Welcome to the May Newsletter. A month that celebrates not one, but two bank holidays! It is wonderful to see so many community events planned to celebrate the 80th Anniversary of VE Day and we hope you can join some of the fun or a street party where you live.
In this Newsletter:
- Volun-cheers Awards 2025
- Do Good, Feel Good
- Case Studies and Spotlights
- Volunteering Opportunities
- Volunteering Support
Volun-cheers Awards 2025
We are currently working on the final touches for the Volun-cheers awards on Thursday 8th May. Certificates have been printed, speeches written, and table plans have been set. We are very much looking forward to an evening of celebration and recognising our students for the amazing contribution they have made to the community. The independent judging panel certainly had a tough decision for our special recognition categories.
Do Good, Feel Good
We have two Do Good, Feel Good Events coming up and would love for you to join us. These events are volunteering alongside the volunteering team, and both give back to the community.
Daisy Chain Megastore Volunteering Day, 23.05.25. This is a great chance to develop your communication and interpersonal skills. You can find all the details for this event here. Places for the event are limited so don’t delay if you are interested.
Community Litter Pick with Middlesbrough Council, 26.06.25. Join likeminded people and let’s help to #KeepBoroTidy. The last litter pick was a great success so we thought, lets do it again! Click here for more details.
Look at all the rubbish collected in just one hour from the last pick! Well done to everyone who joined us on the 24th April.
Case Studies and Spotlights
Every month we like to shine a light on our volunteers and find out more about their volunteering journey. We love to read about success stories and both Sewuese Adzege and Mohammed Nassiru have certainly made an outstanding contribution, we are incredibly proud of what they have achieved.
Please click on the links below to read more.
This month, our organisations in the spotlight are Teesside Mind and Young at Heart. Both provide such a wonderful and supportive experience to their volunteers, and we are extremely grateful to have them on the platform and supporting our students.
Volunteering Opportunities
We certainly have something for everyone, take a look at some of the most recent volunteering opportunities that are live on the volun-tees platform!
Billingham International Folklore Festival
Billingham International Folklore Festival of World Dance (BIFF) since its foundation in 1965 has welcomed 20,000 performers from 95 different countries. BIFF is a unique multicultural event celebrating World Dance in all its variety and its fusion with other art forms and sport.
BIFF History Makers Volunteer 2025 (Billingham) By Billingham International Folklore Festival Ltd
British Heart Foundation
At the BHF, we are proud that the work we do is funding groundbreaking, lifesaving science that one day could see a world free from the fear of heart and circulatory diseases, including conditions such as heart attacks, stroke and vascular dementia.
Citizens Advice Middlesbrough
We can all face problems that seem complicated or intimidating. At Citizens Advice, we believe no one should have to face these problems without good quality, independent advice. Our network of charities offers confidential advice online, over the phone, and in person, for free.
Generalist Adviser - Citizens Advice Middlesbrough
Daisy Chain Project
We support and empower autistic and neurodivergent individuals through the provision of holistic services, whilst promoting training, wellbeing, inclusion, and acceptance regionally and nationwide.
Events Volunteer - Daisy Chain Project
Retail & Fashion Volunteer - Daisy Chain Project
Farm & Barn Volunteer - Daisy Chain Project
Family Action
Family Action works to tackle some of the most complex and difficult issues facing families today – including financial hardship, mental health problems, social isolation, learning disabilities, domestic abuse, or substance misuse and alcohol problems.
Babbling Babies Volunteer - Family Action
Stay & Play Volunteer - Family Action
Middlesbrough Borough Council
Our values are at the heart of everything we do at Middlesbrough Council. We're passionate about our people, our work, and our residents.
Community volunteer - Environment work
National Childbirth Trust
Our mission is to support parents through the first 1,000 days to have the best possible experience of pregnancy, birth and early parenthood.
Volunteer Team Leader - National Childbirth Trust
North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust
The Trust continues to strive for transformational service change and the way in which healthcare services are delivered to the people of Stockton-on-Tees, Hartlepool, Sedgefield and Easington. Volunteers are an integral part of helping us to deliver excellent healthcare as standard.
Volunteer - North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust
Neuro Key
To relieve and support any person with a neurological condition, impairment, injury, neuro-diversity, disability or their caregivers particularly but not limited to the area covered by the Tees Valley, Durham, North Yorkshire and North Cumbria.
Media, Website, Admin Volunteer - Neuro Key
Ormesby Hall, National Trust
As Europe’s largest conservation charity, we look after nature, beauty and history for everyone to enjoy. We do it with the help of members, volunteers, staff and donors. Without this, we couldn’t care for the miles of coastline, woodlands, countryside and the hundreds of historic buildings, gardens and precious collections we protect.
House Experience Volunteer - Ormesby Hall - National Trust
Roseberry Community Consortium
The charity's mission is to help disadvantaged young people of Tees Valley to develop and learn through the use of innovative projects designed to engage creativity and social cohesion within the community.
Marketing Assistant - ROSEBERRY COMMUNITY CONSORTIUM
Volunteering roles - ROSEBERRY COMMUNITY CONSORTIUM
RSPB Saltholme
The RSPB is a charity for the conservation of birds and nature. We bring people together who love birds and other wildlife, and who want to take action to restore the health and diversity of the natural world.
Nature Activity Leader - Saltholme
Saltburn Folk Festival
To provide opportunities for the performance of the acoustic music, song and dance traditions of the British Isles and of related countries, helping to preserve these traditions.
Festival Steward - Saltburn Folk Festival
Stokesley and District Community Care Association
We aim to reach out to the local community, identify needs and assist in the establishment of services and support for the local community particularly the elderly, disabled and rurally isolated.
Volunteer Befriender - Stokesley and District Community Care Association
Volunteer Sitter - Stokesley and District Community Care Association
Teesside Hospice
Our vision is that we are there for everybody who needs us. We want to change the way our society and healthcare systems care for people with a terminal illness and ensure that local people get the very best care at the end of their life.
Volunteer Administration Assistant - Teesside Hospice
Volunteer Marketing Assistant - Teesside Hospice
Teesside Mind
We are Teesside's Leading Mental Health Charity. We believe everyone has the right to enjoy good mental health and have access to the best possible care and services. Volunteering is a great way to help others, learn new skills and connect with like minded people.
Appropriate Adult (AA) Volunteer - Teesside Mind
Tees Valley Festivals
Tees Valley Festivals Network (TVFN) is a consortium of individuals and organisations in the Tees Valley which undertake regular festivals and are committed to shared advocacy, training, information sharing and support in a non-judgmental space.
Redcar Kite Festival Volunteer 2025 - Tees Valley Festivals Volunteering
Crossing the Tees Volunteer 2025 - Tees Valley Festivals Volunteering
Sonic Arts Week Volunteer 2025 - Tees Valley Festivals Volunteering
Tees Valley Together
The objective of our organisation is the prevention or relief of poverty in the Tees Valley by providing food, items and services to individuals in need and/or charities, or other organisations working to prevent or relieve poverty.
Volunteer Eco Shop - Tees Valley Together
The Hope Foundation
Hope has been here for people in Middlesbrough since 1995, providing opportunities for learning, access to technology, careers advice, volunteering opportunities and support.
Energy Buddy - The Hope Foundation
General volunteers needed at The Hope Foundation
Trinity Youth and Children's Project
To help young people growing up in North Ormesby and their families to flourish. North Ormesby can be a tough neighbourhood to grow up. According to official statistics 64% of children live in poverty. We seek to offer a safe and nurturing environment where they may grow in confidence and learn life skills.
Volunteer Youth Support Worker - Trinity Youth and Children's Project (TYCP)
Volunteer Children's Support Worker - Trinity Youth and Children's Project (TYCP)
TS Volunteers
Open to all students offering a wide range of services and programmes, whether you are an elite athlete, want to try a new sport, play in a campus league, join a team or club, use the gym, volunteer in sport or try an outdoor activity. We offer the highest quality experience for you to get involved in sports during your student journey.
Student Sports Leader - TS Volunteers
Wag and Company
Ending loneliness for older dog lovers.
"Visiting Wag Team" - Befriending An Older Person With Your Dog By Wag and Company
Young At Heart ULO CIC
Young At Heart ULO CIC aims to provide regular opportunities for people living with dementia and their care partners to meet and develop support networks in a safe and friendly environment, to take part in a variety of engaging opportunities and to access a range of engaging and meaningful activities to holistically support quality of life.
Events & Fundraising Support Volunteer - Young At Heart ULO CIC
Digital Media Support Volunteer - Young At Heart ULO CIC
Activity Resource Volunteer - Young At Heart ULO CIC
Volunteering Support
If you have any questions regarding volunteering, creating a profile or using the platform, please email volunteering@tees.ac.uk and we can arrange a convenient time to meet. Why not pop along to the next volunteering roadshow to see us. We do like to get out and about on campus, so if you see us, do stop for a chat.
Did you know, 31 students signed up to the volun-tees platform in April, this is fantastic, thank you!
Best Wishes
The Volunteering Team
Jayne, Kate and Lindsey
Related Opportunities
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