Spring of Hope Night Support Assistant

To volunteer ad-hoc for sleeping night shifts, any day of the week, 9.30pm-8.30am.

Typical tasks/ activities

• Welcome guests into the shelter in the evening.
• Encourage positive interactions between the women.
• Support staff in ensuring guests wake up and leave on time in the morning.
• Support with cleaning up in the morning after guests have left.
• Support staff with any incidents that arise during the shift.

Wild Goose Van Driver (CostCo)

Wednesdays

Once a week

9.45am- 12.15pm

Tasks will involve

• Collecting van and boxes from Carpenter House.
• Driving van to Costco at Avonmouth and collecting food donations, checking dates.
• Organising food into groups on the van.
• Dropping some provisions off at Emmaus House on certain days of the week.
• Returning to Carpenter House and unloading van.
• Putting food in storeroom in organised way.
• Advising staff team of problems with van and when fuel is low.

Wild Goose Reserve Van Driver (CostCo)

On an ad hoc basis when there are gaps on the rota. 

 Possible shifts are 9.45am- 12.15pm, Monday – Friday 

Tasks will involve

• Collecting van and boxes from Carpenter House.
• Driving van to Costco at Avonmouth and collecting food donations, checking dates.
• Organising food into groups on the van.
• Dropping some provisions off at Emmaus House on certain days of the week.
• Returning to Carpenter House and unloading van.
• Putting food in storeroom in organised way.
• Advising staff team of problems with van and when fuel is low.

Maintenance Volunteer

Locations and hours
The maintenance tasks could be in any of inHope’s locations in and around central Bristol ad hoc depending on service need and volunteer availability, approx. once or twice a month during office hours, or potential Saturdays, approx. 2-4 hours per time.

Tasks will involve
• Performing maintenance and light repairs, such as equipment fixing.
• Painting and decorating.
• DIY such as putting up shelves, picture frames and notice boards.
• Basic carpentry.
• Light installation of fixtures and fittings.
• Filling gaps and sealing.
• Any maintenance seen as appropriate by Operations Manager and volunteer.
• Cleaning facilities by sweeping, dusting etc after maintenance is completed.

Life Recovery Group Chaplain volunteer

Thursday afternoons at Life Recovery Centre, Midland Road, BS2 0JT.

Weekly (ideally) or fortnightly.

You will be leading group discussions (based on LRG materials), providing pastoral care, praying with / for group members, encouraging contributions, and introducing worship where appropriate.

Spring of Hope Group Activity volunteer

Mondays or Wednesdays.

Examples of activities:-

Beauty sessions Wednesdays 1-4pm

Haircuts monthly or bi-monthly Mondays 11am-1pm

Typical tasks/ activities

• Pray together before and after the group, or be comfortable whilst others pray.
• Help set up the room before meeting.
• Encourage good interactions between the women who attend.
• Oversee activities such as arts and crafts, life skills, wellbeing, or visits from outside agencies.
• Oversee cleaning up at the end of the session.

Spring of Hope Housekeeping volunteer

Tuesday – Friday: 8am – 11am

One day a week, weekly or fortnightly commitment.

Typical tasks/activities

• Clean and tidy Spring of Hope as part of a team to ensure it is ready to receive guests.
• Changing the beds.
• Washing and drying bed linen etc.
• Cleaning the premises (Vacuuming, dusting, cleaning etc.)
• To support staff with any other housekeeping activity as needed.
• Possible future opportunity to support women with their cleaning and tidying.

Spring of Hope Chaplain volunteer

Definitely during the ‘My Time’ group on Thursdays 10am – 2pm

Other times and days TBC in conversation with volunteer and staff.

Typical tasks/ activities

• Supporting the emotional and spiritual wellbeing of Spring of Hope women and volunteers.
• Offering opportunities to pray and worship and to explore the Christian faith.
• Exploring ways to find what’s meaningful and spiritually rewarding in our lives.
• Supporting those in established faith journeys to grow and develop their spiritual life.
• Offering prayer and spiritual guidance to groups and individuals.
• To volunteer in a person-centred way, allowing faith conversations to start naturally and from the person/group you are with.
• Finding ways to encourage creativity.
• Supporting Spring of Hope as a place where women, volunteers and staff feel cared for and safe.

If you want to change people’s lives through being an inHope volunteer, there are a few small steps to take:

• Contact Amelia and Karen by emailing volunteering@inhope.uk, calling 0117 405 7112.
• Complete our volunteer application form, so you can tell us a bit about yourself and what you want to get out of your volunteering experience.
• You will be invited to a shadow shift/meet up with staff – so that we can get to know you personally and find the role that suits you most. If the role requires a DBS check, we can also start this process.
• You’ll then be invited to an induction that is appropriate to the role, making sure you’re ready to start!
• Throughout your volunteering experience, you’ll have regular opportunities to review how things are going.

We ask that all volunteers are comfortable volunteering within our Christian ethos. Please ask Amelia for more information.

We are committed to developing a diverse staff and volunteer workforce that reflects the community we are all part of. We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) volunteers as these groups are underrepresented at inHope.

If you would like to know more about volunteering at inHope, please get in touch with our Volunteer Manager, Amelia, or Volunteering Admin Officer, Karen.