Volunteering Opportunities
There are so many ways you can use your talents to support Choices – and volunteering with us can be a very rewarding experience!
We rely on a team of incredible volunteers who help us provide our services. We often have volunteering opportunities within our parenting support and counselling projects as well as within the office. Volunteer roles in our prison and community counselling projects are placements for trainees on accredited training programmes.
Take a look through the options on this page – if there’s anything you like the sound of, get in touch for more info!
If you already know which role you’re applying for, we’d love to hear from you.
Please click below to fill in the application form:
Become a befriender
Could you befriend a pregnant woman or new mum during one of the hardest times?
One-to-one befriending is for pregnant women and new mothers facing difficult circumstances, who would benefit from having someone to talk to each week. We give all our befrienders training and support and match them with a mum we think they will get on well with. Befrienders then offer emotional support and encouragement.
What makes a good befriender?
Someone who is interested in other people
Someone who is a good listener
Someone who is reliable
Someone who could commit to volunteering 2-3 hours each week
Befriending is a chance to give, by offering your time and commitment, but every befriender also has stories of what they get back in return. If you’re interested get in touch to find out more!
Counselling placements
Are you a trainee or trained counsellor looking for an exciting voluntary position?
Choices offers counselling to women struggling following an abortion, or miscarriage, as well as counselling for women facing mental health challenges during pregnancy. We also have placements counselling women for child loss and separation in prison. Get in touch if you’d like more information about what this entails. We have placement positions both in the community and in three prisons.
Donate pre-loved items
Many parents struggle to afford baby and children’s clothes and equipment.
The Choices Boutique can help.
We receive donations of pre-loved clothing and equipment for babies and children so that other families who need these items can collect them for free.
Fundraise.
We are so grateful for our incredibly active and energetic supporters who raise money for us every year in a variety of creative ways – from running a marathon, to running their own event. If you’d like to raise money in this way – THANK YOU!
Any current ways to fundraise are below, but if you’ve got another fundraising idea please do get in touch!
No current opportunities
We don’t currently have any live fundraising opportunities but we’d love to hear from you if you have an idea to raise money in support of the work we do.