Volunteering

Come and join our great team of  family support volunteers and help make a difference to local families experiencing stress, emotional or practical difficulties, ill health, disabilities or who need parenting support.  Using your own life experiences, you will engage with the whole family with the aim of empowering them to be the best they can be.

Once you are registered, you will meet with your allocated member of staff from our team to go through processes and procedures ensuring you are ready to be introduced to a local family.  You will be in frequent contact with your allocated member of staff and be invited to attend relevant training and meet regularly with other volunteers.

Over the past couple of years, we have been fortunate enough to secure funding to hold a Volunteer Recognition and Development event.

March 2022 was a long overdue event after all the Covid Restrictions. We were privileged to recognise our long service volunteers.  We had at that time over 50 volunteers, 14 of whom have volunteered in their roles for over 10 years and another 7 who had been with us more than 5 years! We were also fortunate to be joined by Andy Slattery (former Assistant Chief Constable for Cumbria) giving his key note speech about the hugely beneficial impact of the volunteer workforce across Cumbria during the pandemic.

In June 2023 we held our second recognition and development event, with chocolate’s and thankyou’s to all.  We had some fascinating “Reducing Family Conflict- Family Matters” training, and an energising and fun “Drumming Circle” session at lunchtime.