Volunteering
– Learning, sharing and helping others
Volunteering at DIAL
Becoming a volunteer at DIAL will offer you the chance to be involved in every aspect of the work we do. You’ll be able to learn new skills as well as use your existing skills and experience to help people in Barnsley.
We promise you that DIAL will:
Value the work that you do
Create a safe and inclusive environment
Celebrate your diversity
Help you achieve your personal goals
There are many different volunteering roles available to you and whichever one you choose, you’ll be offered the training and support you need to make a real difference to the people you’ll be working with.
At DIAL, we understand that our volunteers have many demands on their lives, so we ask for only a half-day a week commitment to your volunteering role. However, you can do more if you choose to.
Connect Together Volunteer: Health and Happiness Hubs Supporter
As a Connect Together Volunteer, you’ll work closely with the Social Inclusion Worker to help the Hubs run smoothly and ensure participants feel welcomed, comfortable, and supported to achieve their goals. Your role may include accompanying participants to venues, helping to promote the project and groups, offering neighbourly support, sharing your skills as a mentor, meeting and greeting participants, or carrying out other agreed activities identified alongside the Social Inclusion Worker.
This role requires a two hours a week minimum commitment.
Sound like this could be for you?
If you’re interested in the role, please email mel.holden@dialbarnsley.org.uk
Outreach Support Volunteer
As an Outreach Support Volunteer, you will support our community drop-ins. We’re looking for people who are empathetic, enjoy talking with others, work well as part of a team, and are passionate about tackling poverty.
You’ll learn new advice and communication skills; you’ll support the advisor at outreach sessions by welcoming people, answering questions, and helping with basic tasks as needed.
This role requires a two hours a week minimum commitment.
Sound like this could be for you?
If you’re interested in the role, please call 01226 240273 and ask for Nicola, or email nicola.walker@dialbarnsley.org.uk
My Green Space Volunteer
You will work closely with the Community Development Worker, who will train and support you to take part in home visit consultations with clients. During these visits, you will help assess and deliver environmental solutions such as pollinator-friendly and edible plants, mini wildlife habitats, rainwater-harvesting devices, composting solutions, and sensory planting areas.
Your role will also involve supporting the Community Development Worker to deliver community workshops and nature-themed events.
This role requires a two hours a week minimum commitment.
Sound like this could be for you?
If you’re interested in the role, please call 01226 240273 and ask for Jeff, or email first.contact@dialbarnsley.org.uk
Penistone Befriender
As a befriender, you will provide companionship and emotional support to older people in the Penistone area who may be isolated or lonely, helping them to build confidence, engage with their community, and improve their well-being. You will receive training from our Social Inclusion Worker.
This role requires a one hour a week minimum commitment.
Sound like this could be for you?
If you’re interested in the role, please call 01226 240273 and ask for Emma, or email emma.race@dialbarnsley.org.uk
Warm Connections Volunteer
- Small Measures
Being a Warm Connections volunteer, you’ll be supporting people who would benefit from energy-saving measures to reduce their energy bills and keep their homes warm. Your role will be to offer support to the Handyperson, providing practical assistance to install the energy-saving items.
You’ll work closely with the Warm Connections Handyperson who will deliver and install the Small Measures – such as draught excluders, energy efficient light bulbs, thermal curtains etc – to all eligible participants’ homes.
This role requires a two hours a week minimum commitment.
Sound like this could be for you?
If you’re interested in the role, please call 01226 240273 and ask for Sue or Dave, or email susan.reynolds@dialbarnsley.org.uk or david.taylor@dialbarnsley.org.uk
Advice Engagement Volunteers
In particular, we’re currently looking to recruit new Advice Engagement Volunteers to support our teams at local foodbanks. Volunteers should have the ability to be empathetic, be comfortable talking with others, and have a passion for fighting poverty. For more information on the role, download the role specification below.
Sounds like this could be for you?
If you’re interested in volunteering with DIAL, please email: first.contact@dialbarnsley.org.uk or ring 01226 240273 or send us a message on our contact page for more information.
“Volunteering at DIAL has given me back my confidence in a working and social environment without the pressure. Due to my ill health volunteering has enabled me to give back to this valuable service. I have met some great people and I love the feeling that I can help to make a difference in someone’s life.”
