There are volunteering opportunities to suit everyone, from meals on wheels to support in our centres for the community, and from countryside volunteers to healthy walk leaders.
Volunteering opportunities
You can volunteer with community services, family support, our countryside team, wellbeing walks and cycles rides and local sports clubs.
Community services
If you are interested in becoming a meals on wheels volunteer or you would like to help at our centres for the community, see volunteer with community support.
Countryside
If you care about your environment and want to do something to make a difference, why not join our group of countryside volunteers? As a countryside volunteer, you will carry out conservation tasks across local countryside sites. Countryside Rangers will be on hand to answer any questions you might have.
Weekly conservation tasks on Tuesday and Thursday morning (various sites):
Email countrysidevolunteers@elmbridge.gov.uk or further information.
Claygate Common and Weybridge Heath:
Claygate: volunteers meet on the second Wednesday of the month (apart from January): 9 September | 14 October | 11 November | 9 December and 10 February.
Weybridge: volunteers meet on the third Wednesday of the month (apart from January): 16 September | 21 October | 18 November | 16 December | 17 February.
Sessions are from 9:30am to 12:30pm, but you can stay for as long or as little as you wish. Please register by emailing countrysidevolunteers@elmbridge.gov.uk. You will receive the what3words location for each session via the volunteering WhatsApp group.
Wellbeing walks or cycle rides
If you enjoy walking and want to improve lives in your area, why not become a 'Walking for Health' walk leader to lead short walks (10 to 30 minutes).
You will need to attend a minimum of 1 day's free training. We also offer a free 1-day first aid course. For further information please email health@elmbridge.gov.uk or find out more about our wellbeing walks.
Sports club
Volunteers are the key to a successful sports club. There are various ways sports clubs can recruit volunteers, either through existing memberships or by contacting and advertising for specific positions through Volunteer Action Elmbridge, the local volunteer centre.
If you want to become a volunteer for a local club, or have another volunteer opportunity in mind, please email sport@elmbridge.gov.uk.