Support Ripples of Compassion
Find your way
to volunteer.
Make something from home, help in your community, share your professional skills or take on a longer-term role.
Choose what works for you. Some roles need a regular commitment. Others begin with just a few hours.
Featured
opportunities
Explore some of the ways you can get involved right now.
Crochet
Volunteer
Crochet approved Dreams & Courage hats and crowns for children who have lost their hair during treatment. We provide patterns and making guidance, and you can contribute one hat or make more regularly.
Home based
Flexible
Trustee
Opportunity
Join the board responsible for guiding Ripples, protecting its charitable purpose and ensuring it is responsibly governed. Trustees contribute to decisions, strategy, oversight and the charity’s long-term development.
Home based
Regular commitment
Event
Volunteer
Help at Ripples stalls, community events, collections and fundraising activities. Tasks might include welcoming visitors, setting up displays, selling donated items or helping behind the scenes.
In person, various locations
Occasional
More ways to make a difference
Fundraising
Volunteer
Organise a fundraiser, challenge or community activity to raise money for Ripples. We will help you choose an idea and provide guidance and resources to get started.
Local or home based
Flexible
Community Ambassador
Help more people discover Ripples by building relationships with schools,
businesses, community groups and local organisations. Share our work using
approved information and help identify new opportunities.
Local or home based
Flexible
Digital Content
Creator
Help create warm, accessible social media and digital content that shares Ripples’ work, promotes campaigns and shows supporters how they can get involved.
Home based
Regular or Project based
Grants & Funding Volunteer
Help us identify suitable charitable trusts, grants and community funding opportunities. This could suit someone with research, writing, fundraising or bid-development experience.
Home based
Regular or Project based
Not sure which role is right for you?
Tell us about your interests, skills and availability.
We’ll explore what could work together.