We couldn’t do what we do without our amazing volunteers!
We are so grateful to our volunteers for giving their time, sharing their skills and experience, and helping to make a difference to carers in our community.
Their roles range from undertaking administrative tasks, information technology support to giving benefits advice and helping at our events and activities so carers of all ages can have a much-needed break from their caring responsibilities.
Our Trustees are also volunteers and their role includes quality governance, development and monitoring of Swindon Carers Centre’s strategic goals and supporting our team and volunteers in the delivery of our services. You can read more about the work of our Trustees here.
Why I volunteer
We aim to offer our volunteers a supportive, rewarding and enjoyable experience. Below you can read about two of our volunteers, Gary and Roger.
“It’s a great experience and it never feels like work.”
We currently have no vacancies but check back again as all vacancies are advertised on our website.
What Our Volunteers Say
Volunteering gives me a chance to work with carers who are maybe struggling and help them rediscover their inner strength and create some time for themselves. SCC is a very positive organisation, where everyone pulls together, and I enjoy being a part of that.
I have been volunteering for a quite a long time with various organisations and have found it very rewarding, as I feel I am giving something back to the community. Volunteering for Swindon Carers has been a very enjoyable and moving experience. Working with children of various ages has proved valuable and rewarding, especially knowing what roles they have as young carers. In spite of their caring roles I have always found the children to be happy, although sometimes shy and reserved to start with they soon seem to come out of their shells, which is so lovely to see. I find it very moving when they look out and help one another.
I started volunteering for Swindon Carers as a newly retired person, the reason was to scale down my working week while keeping the social and technically challenging aspects of my previous role going. Volunteering for Swindon Carers allows me to do this one or two days a week, more if i like, and it still leaves me free to travel and follow my other interests without being restricted by employment rules. The team at Swindon Carers are by definition friendly and considerate people, they work tirelessly to support carers of any age within our community and i would thoroughly recommend Swindon Carers as an opportunity to volunteer.
I have been volunteering with Young Carers for just over a year. My husband also volunteers, and it was through him I became aware of the need for volunteers to help with the activities and craft sessions. It has been a very enjoyable and rewarding experience, seeing the pleasure the children get from having the opportunity to express themselves through Arts and Craft, it is very heart-warming to see the pride they take making their creations, often to take home and give to other family members.
What Our Volunteers Say