Volunteering

To empower volunteers to serve their communities, meet humanitarian needs, encourage peace and promote international understanding through Lions clubs.

The first step to joining Bournemouth & Christchurch Lions Club is to call us on 0845-8332 823 to express your interest

As a Volunteer Centre, we promote and enable volunteering to take place in Dorset. We support charitable organisations to advertise their roles and match them up with volunteers. As a volunteer, we will support you to find the perfect role and if you need any additional training or DBS checks, we can also support you with this.

The staff at the Volunteer Centre have an extensive knowledge of volunteering in the local community, which makes us the first point of call for volunteers and charitable organisations.

Do you have a couple of hours to spare to help someone do the shopping, take them for a coffee or maybe stay at home with them whilst their carer goes out to run an errand?

‘Being a Neighbour is incredibly rewarding. You will be giving something back to the community in a way that is hugely appreciated by Oakhaven patients and their families.’

CAN provides professional expertise, practical services and a platform for promoting and sharing volunteering opportunities. They help groups set up, speak up on their behalf to ensure they have a say in the local community, support them to network, and give them the tools and knowledge they need to grow and thrive.

Lewis-Manning Hospice Care is a charity helping people with life-limiting illnesses and their families across East Dorset.

We promote acceptance, hope and peace of mind, helping people live well through their illness. Lewis-Manning Hospice Care offers a range of important services, which are run by our incredible clinical team.

These free services are:

Day Hospice
Lymphoedema Clinic
Breathlessness Service
Creative Arts & Wellbeing
Bereavement & Family Support
Complementary Therapy

Age Concern Christchurch (ACC) aims to improve the quality of life for thousands of older people across the borough, helping them to retain their independence safely and with dignity to get the most out of life. We aim to be responsive and innovative, flexible and community driven.

We provide befriending services for over 65s, friendship groups and transport for shopping and day trips. We have two retail shops in Bargates and Tuckton too.

The key purpose of our service is to ensure the views of parents and carers are considered and valued to improve and shape future service provision across education, health and social care services within the local area.
We do this by:
• gathering parents and carers views in a variety of ways
• highlighting common issues
• working in co-production (as equal partners) with key SEND leads and head of services
• finding out about service developments and national policy and how they affect families
• responding to consultations
We also run coffee mornings across the locality, these are an ideal opportunity to meet with other parents in a safe and supportive environment and find out about local services.
The forum is free to join and is open to all parents and carers in BCP who have children or young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities aged 0-25. Whether diagnosed or undiagnosed.

Hourglass is the only charity in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland working exclusively on elder abuse, and we provide knowledge, expertise and support to thousands of people every year.

We work to protect, and prevent the abuse of, vulnerable older adults and by doing so we also protect other adults at risk of abuse.

This is a confidential Service. If you are worried for the welfare of an older person, you can call us for free on our 24/7 Helpline – 0808 808 8141 for confidential information, support and guidance.

Our Helpline is open 24/7 – including weekends and bank holidays. Email, text and instant message options are currently only available during business hours, (Mon-Fri 9 to 5).

Mobile number for the text service 07860 052906.