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New in Volunteer Roles

04 March 2026
The following volunteering opportunities were added to the CVS Simply Connect platform during February 2025
We have exciting new roles added almost daily onto our system, check out what's new!

 

Bedford MS Therapy Centre

Reception Assistant   

The reception team take enquiries from current and potential new users, manage bookings, and complete a range of admin tasks. This role will be working with our part time receptionist and covering key reception tasks in their absence. 


Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Charity

Forget-Me-Not at Luton & Dunstable Hospital 

Forget-Me-Not Volunteers provide social interaction and engagement for hospital patients living with dementia, supporting staff, carers and families to make hospital stays more warm, friendly and positive.

 

Bright Futures UK

GCSE English Tutor for a Young Person with Long-Term Illness 

GCSE Maths Tutor to a Young Person with Long-Term Illness 

Run tutoring sessions online to support a young person. Offer subject area knowledge and expertise related to GCSE subjects. Help to combat social isolation through fun and engaging tutoring sessions.

 

Dine With Us

Food Quality Control EVENINGS

Food Quality Control SATURDAY EVE 

Food Quality Control TUES 5 - 7pm

Food Quality Control WEEKDAY

To sort through stock which is bought in and see what is fit for human consumption or not, to make sure the Larder is kept to the high standards we expect when dealing with food (neat and tidy) and to prepare for our open days.


Emmaus Village Carlton

Clock Specialist 

In Emmaus, volunteers are an important resource and make a vital contribution to Emmaus’ aim to take action to help disadvantaged people. Emmaus therefore encourages, develops and supports volunteer involvement in its work.

 

Everyone's Gang

Youth Club Assistant

We are seeking enthusiastic and reliable volunteers to assist in running our youth club sessions. This role is ideal for individuals who are passionate about making a positive impact on young people’s lives and want to gain experience in youth work.

 

Icknield Way Association

Chairperson 

The main role of the Chairperson is to oversee the direction of the organisation and our volunteers. We also want to find someone who will be a proactive contact for the IWA and its aims, helping to promote the Icknield Way in meetings with other organisations.


Keech Hospice Care

Counsellor Volunteer

Currently enrolled in a recognised counselling qualification (minimum Level 4 Diploma or equivalent). Reliable and committed to completing each clients 6-12 sessions

 

Madad UK (MUK)

Charity Shop Manager 

Managing a team of volunteers. Reporting to Area Manager and Chair of Trustees. Leading sourcing of donations, arranging deliveries, identifying new volunteers,

 

Re-engage

Call companion 

As a call companion you’ll make regular telephone calls to an older person experiencing loneliness and isolation. These friendly chats provide a lifeline of friendship for older people and a vital link with the outside world from which they’ve become isolated.

Group coordinator 

As a tea party group coordinator, you’ll plan, organise and schedule monthly tea parties in your local area. This is an administrative role that requires communicating and socialising with older guests, volunteer hosts and drivers from all walks of life.

Tea Party Driver 

As a tea party driver, you’ll collect older guests from their homes, accompany them to the monthly tea party and drive them home again afterwards. The tea party will be at a different volunteer host’s home each month and will include older guests, other volunteer drivers and the tea party group coordinator.

Tea Party Host - Dunstable

As a tea party host, you’ll host a tea party in your home once or twice a year providing refreshments for the older guests, volunteer drivers and the tea party group coordinator.

 

The Bedford Competition

IT Support 

We need a volunteer with IT technical skills to help support our WordPress website and back-office systems. Working with our Web-site Manager to ensure that systems are running and effective

Marketing and Social Media Support

We need a volunteer with Marketing Skills to assist in implementing our marketing both traditional (local press etc.) and on our social media sites.

Reader

Readers are paired and read a set of short stories, usually 20-30 (3000 words max). Discuss them with an assigned partner and agree a grade and give feed-back on-line

 

The Pachamama Project CIO

Sewing for charity - making reusable pads for people experiencing period poverty around the world

Anyone with some spare time and access to a sewing machine can get involved. Our volunteers sew from home or in self-organised friendship groups. It is a zero-commitment role with volunteers coming and going, staying long term or using us as a one-off vounteering opportunity.


The Royal Osteoporosis Society

Better Bones for Luton Events Volunteer

Attending community events such as Luton Carnival, Desi Fest, Luton Town Football Club games etc.

Better Bones for Luton Support Group Volunteer

Coordinating monthly or bimonthly meetings with fellow volunteers and the Better Bones for Luton Coordinator.


Villager Bus (Sharnbrook) Ltd

Villager Bus - Driver

We are seeking volunteer drivers for our Community Bus in North Bedfordshire. We are run and operated by volunteers and provide transport facilities to town and village communities throughout North Bedfordshire via a scheduled timetable.

 

Women's Aid in Luton

Chair of Trustees

As Chair, you will help guide the organisation's strategic direction, support the Chief Executive and Board, and ensure Women's Aid in Luton remains resilient, sustainable, and true to its values. You will play a key role in shaping the charity's future and championing its work within the local community

43 Bromham Road, Bedford
Call 01234 354 366 or
Email volunteering@cvsbeds.org.uk
www.cvsbeds.org.uk

 

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Related Events

Volunteer Information Session Luton

  • Tuesday 10 March 2026

To find out about volunteering locally, come along to the Point in Luton, at any time between 10:00 am and 3:30 pm.

 

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