Volunteer with us
Could you give your time to help local blind and partially sighted people?
We are always looking for friendly and dedicated people to join our team of volunteers. Whatever skills and experience you have, we’d love to hear from you. We have a wide range of volunteer roles available, including office roles, befrienders, fundraisers and designers.
Accessibility is of course very important to us. We are really happy to discuss how to make any volunteer role accessible to you. We can provide training if you’re looking to develop new skills. And of course, there will be lots of support from our friendly team.
We have charity shops in Salisbury, Devizes, Thornbury and Trowbridge. We are looking for volunteers for each of these shops.
Our volunteering roles are listed at the bottom of this page. If you’d like an informal chat about opportunities, please email volunteering@sightsupportwest.org.uk or call our Volunteer Coordinator, Becs, on 07849 833 047. Alternatively, you can contact your local office to find out more about opportunities at Wiltshire Sight, Insight Gloucestershire or Sight Support West of England.
You can apply for any of our roles by completing this form
Volunteer Application Form (Microsoft Form)
“The team at Sight Support are friendly and approachable. The organisation’s personal touch makes me feel informed and valued.”
“I’ve learnt a huge amount about how sight loss can change your life, but I did not realise how volunteering would add an extra dimension to my own life. I’ve loved every minute!”
Volunteer Role Profiles
Charity Shop Keyholder
A varied and responsible role where you’ll be provided with training that will equip you to support the Shop Manager with the day-to-day running of the shop.
Charity Shop Assistant
We are seeking friendly and reliable volunteers to support our charity shop's daily activities. We have a variety of retail volunteer roles available.
Event Supporter
This rewarding, flexible opportunity is a great way to help us raise funds, increase awareness of our services and ensure that clients feel welcomed and supported when they attend our events.
Service Support and Admin
We require an organised and friendly team player to make evaluation, catch-up and review calls to our clients, as well as provide ad hoc admin support for the team.
Community Representative
We are looking for people to help raise awareness of our vital services within their local area and in so doing increase our reach and support.
Social Group Facilitator
We are looking for friendly, outgoing individuals to facilitate our social groups across the region, whether this be supporting existing groups or helping to set up new ones.
Collections Coordinator
We are looking for motivated and friendly individuals to help us arrange and co-ordinate bucket collections on private sites including supermarkets.
Technology Support
We are looking for friendly, outgoing, “tech-savvy” individuals to help unleash the power of technology so that our clients who are blind or partially sighted can make the most of the digital world.
Speaker
We are looking for outgoing and enthusiastic individuals who are passionate about the work that we do and would love the opportunity to help raise awareness of our vital services within their local area and in so doing increase our reach and support.
Telephone Befriender
Telephone befrienders provide crucial social interaction for our clients, by having a friendly chat on a regular basis at an agreed time, tele-befrienders can make all the difference to a person’s life.
Charity Shop Stock Driver
We are looking for friendly drivers to move stock between our charity shops.