Joseph’s Smile are dedicated to helping families where their child’s medical treatment or equipment is currently unavailable on the NHS. Joseph’s Smile aims to relieve some of this pressure by providing a grant system and support network to help families get the support that they need.

Volunteers are needed to be a stewards and marshals at local and national fundraising events.

Joseph’s Smile are looking for a team of graphic designers and videographers who could offer their time and skills to help families with their fundraising campaigns. Some families may need additional support with logos, posters, infographics and videos, and by volunteering, you could help relieve a lot of pressure and help boost their campaign efforts.

You can also Volunteer to help become a collection box ambassador for your area. We are seeking help from different people around the UK who can organise the distribution and collection of fundraising boxes from their local shops and community centres.  

Volunteers are needed to answer calls at the Youth Homeless Helpline and provide vital out-of-hours support for young people who find themselves without a safe place.

The helpline will operate between 5pm and 9am Monday to Thursday 5pm until 9am Friday to Monday. Llamau will provide a comprehensive training programme

Llangiwg Church / The Llangiwg Trust require volunteers to help with the general upkeep and opening of the building, and also with organising and spreading the word about activities, events and fundraising initiatives.

Need helpers to help look after rescued horses and ponies including general care of the ponies.

Fundraisers are needed to set up small groups to organise fundraising events. 

The Mari Lwyd (in Welsh, Y Fari Lwyd) is one of the strangest and most ancient of a number of customs with which people in Glamorgan and Gwent used to mark the passing of the darkest days of midwinter. New members are needed in Ystradgynlais, come along and have some fun. Meetings start in November yearly.  

Digital Champion Volunteer to help customers with basic IT skills, job searching, universal credit and using different devices. Basic IT skills are required. Some training is provided such as Volunteer Induction and online digital champion training.

Neath East Action Team needs volunteers to help with monthly litter picks and exciting environmental projects.

COVID-19 - Sharing safety messages volunteer. During COVID-19 micro volunteers are needed to help share safety messages on all of social media platforms. With the current guidelines for people to spend more time at home, there can often be other risks posed to them, such as fire. By joining this role you are helping to spread the safety message to a wider audience. They provide a range of messages to do with home safety, water safety, road safety, education, Arson reduction plus lots more.

Community Event Engagement Volunteer to support the promotion and delivery of their key safety messages at events, Station Open Days and initiatives throughout the community. You may be asked to participate in local safety promotions, participate in activities to generate safe and well visits.

Fire Cadet Scheme Volunteer to support the Fire Cadet Instructors with the delivery of the National Fire Cadet Programme in the Service Area consisting of practical and classroom based elements to young people ages 13-17 years.

Service Admin Volunteer to work as part of a team to enhance services already in place with their daily tasks. General Office duties include use of IT equipment and software, telephone duties and data input.

Drone Pilot, Search Helpers and Poster Helper Volunteers are needed to help dogs and their owners be reunited as quickly as possible.

Creative Children’s Play Support Volunteers needed one day a week during school hours for a local charity supporting children outside mainstream education with additional needs.

Volunteer Escorts are required to escort with the driver by helping to collect disabled people from home and take them to a day centre, returning them home later.  Must be over 18.

 Volunteer Minibus (Ambulance) Drivers required collecting disabled people from home and driving them to a day centre, returning them home later. Drivers must be 25 years of age or under 70.

Volunteer Events Coordinator needed to help to deliver a variety of different events at Aberdulais Tinworks and Waterfall, from planning and preparation to setting up and running activities on the day.

Tearoom assistant. The tearoom is organised by Friends who work either morning or afternoon one day a week from 10-15am-1.45pm or from 1.15pm-4.45pm serving light refreshments.

All Independent Visitors are volunteers and they need no formal qualifications just a genuine and active interest in the welfare of children and young people. They are interviewed and on completion of an enhanced CRB check and references verified, they then receive accredited training. Once this has been verified the Independent Visitor is then matched suitably.

A Sitting Service Volunteer is required to cover all of NPT. To offer company and conversation to a person being cared for at home, whilst their carer takes a break for a couple of hours. No personal care required. No experience needed, however some qualities essential such as reliability, honesty and good communication skills. Some training is provided such as first aid, safeguarding and various awareness of disabilities. A DBS check will be required.

Community Companions. Can you spare a few hours a week to offer friendship and support to someone feeling lonely or isolated, or who need help getting out and about and back in to community life. This could involve having a chat over a cup of tea, going shopping, attending a local group or even going for a walk. You will experience first-hand the real difference you can make to someone’s life. You will also receive full training, learn new skills, meet new people and be reimbursed for out of pocket expenses. 

Volunteer Befriender. You can help young people to increase their confidence and self-esteem. You will be positive role model, provide a listening ear and help young people to access to the local community. One-to-one visits will take place weekly at the young person’s home or out in the community. Full training provided and out of pocket expenses reimbursed.

Youth Engagement Support Project for 16-24 year olds to help young people increase their confidence and self-esteem.

Community Companion to offer friendship & support to someone feeling lonely in your community.

Ystradgynlais Neuro Cafe requires volunteers on the 1st & 3rd Wednesday of the month to help out in the kitchen serving refreshments to clients who attend the group.

Volunteers are needed to work with their friendly team to run the foodbank in Pontardawe on a day to day basis, and to help out with fund raising events. Pantry Food Bank can offer 4 day emergency food provisions to people facing crisis.

Would you like to help children understand the value of money? You will gain experience of working within a school environment, pupils will earn the value of saving and will benefit from your skills and enthusiasm.

Volunteering is a rewarding experience and it's great to do something that will benefit you, young people and the community.

People's Collection Wales is a free website dedicated to bringing together Wales's heritage. The Collection is full of fascinating photographs, documents, audio and video recordings and stories that link to the history, culture and people of Wales. Volunteers are needed to help add names, locations and other valuable information to historical photographs, which can be archived and published for others to discover to help celebrate the Vales rich history from Neath to Pontneddfechan.

Being a volunteer at The Pontardawe Arts Centre entails several responsibilities;

• checking tickets on doors of auditorium
• being available to assist the audience at all times
• selling programmes
• checking areas are ready for public use
• Assisting with any first aid incidents

Evacuating the audience if any emergency/incident occurs

Are you a kidney patient or family member /carer and feel you can volunteer for Popham Kidney Support as a Peer Mentor?

Popham Kidney Support are expanding their Peer Mentor service and looking for new volunteers, you can give as little as one hour a week. You will be fully supported with training and on going support from the team.

Volunteer Telephone Befrienders are required in Powys. They are we are working at full capacity and still need volunteers to help reduce loneliness and isolation. As well as telephoning, volunteers are needed to contact people online, by text or email or a friendly letter in the post.  Regular contact is making a huge difference to our most vulnerable communities in Powys - 10 minutes of volunteer time can literally be a lifeline.

Advisers/Gateway Assessors - Volunteers are needed to train as Advisers or Gateway Assessors in our Ystradgynlais premises. You will need to know how to use spreadsheets and database. Volunteer Gateway Assessors are needed on Wednesdays, advisors on Wednesdays or Tuesdays. Some flexibility during the initial training period (3-4mths) is useful and sometimes necessary.

Admin Assistants are needed Tuesdays or Wednesdays 10am until 12pm.

Do you have an interest in helping your local community to improve the services that are provided by the NHS? Volunteers are needed to help improve the NHS locally and nationally. Community Health Council members are local volunteers who act as the eyes and ears of patients and the public; listening to their concerns and working with the health service to improve the quality of patient care, letting those in charge of health services know what people want and how things can be improved. 

If you have any spare time, Powys Pets in Need are looking for help, to promote their Charity, and help as many people as they can, who are on low income or in poverty. They are looking for help with distributing leaflets of free Pet food to shops and supermarkets in your area, people who want to donate pet food, contacting you to arrange for collection, and taking photos of the donated food, asking the donor if they want to be mentioned in their facebook page / group, if not just post the donated items on Facebook. Checking to see if anywhere would take charity collection boxes, help at events if you have time probably 3 events a year,  and any ideas you may have to make the charity a success. Also once a year attend a AGM meeting possibly Jan-Feb.