Volunteering Opportunities

Lifeline Community Action are always on the lookout for Volunteers.

People are referred to the charity by Social Services, JSP, other voluntary and community agencies or by current beneficiaries.

Community Hub Volunteer

Our Community Hub based in Newton Aycliffe town centre is now open Monday-Friday from 10am – 1pm and the last Saturday of the month from 10am – 1pm. We receive a large number of donated items that then need to be organised, boxed and put out onto the shop floor.

We also make up our essential basic cleaning packs from within our hub and therefore this opportunity could include making up some of our cleaning packs that contain 11 cleaning & toiletry items.

You could also be responsible for greeting people as they enter and being there to answer any questions they may have. You will be required to provide character references and may require a DBS check.

Volunteer Administrator

Our office is based in St Clares Church in Newton Aycliffe. We receive a lot of referrals for all of our projects and recording client information onto our computer system is paramount.

This role could involve, scanning paperwork, Filing, uploading client details onto our secure online database or answering phone calls and filling in simple forms with clients’ details.

If this is something of interest to you then please get in touch with us for more information. You will be required to provide character references and also be willing for us to complete a DBS check.

Helping Hands/Children’s Support Volunteers

Our large household and baby packages that are tailor made to each individual families circumstances are made up at our offices at St Clares Church in Newton Aycliffe.

As a Project Volunteer you could be assisting with, taking delivery of stock, putting stock in the relevant store rooms, organising and tidying stock rooms, washing and drying clothing and assisting in making up the large packages for referrals.

If you are able to spare a couple of hours a week and would like to help then please get in touch.

Volunteering with us

We make up our essential basic cleaning packs in our community hub and therefore rely on our volunteers to help with this.
Volunteers make up cleaning packs that contain 11 cleaning & toiletry items.

Alternatively, we need volunteers to greet people as they enter the hub and be available to answer any questions they may have.

Volunteers may be asked to provide a character reference and may also require a DBS check dependant on their role.

Our office is based in the Acorn Unit in St Clare’s Church in Newton Aycliffe. LCA receive a lot of referrals across all of our projects and recording client information onto our computer system is essential for monitoring and reporting purposes. A volunteer administrator role could involve, scanning paperwork, filing, uploading client details onto our secure online database or answering phone calls and filling in simple forms with clients’ details.

Our large household and baby packages are tailor made to each individual families circumstances and are usually made up at our premises in the Acorn Unity at St Clare’s Church in Newton Aycliffe.

Volunteer Development

Being a regular volunteer with us opens up the opportunity to gain valuable work experience as well as gaining qualifications that you can use to enhance your own CV.

The types of courses we can offer are Manual Handling, Administration, First Aid etc.