Volunteer-Schemes
Addiction Recovery Agency (ARA)
8 volunteer counsellors.
Volunteers provide counselling support to clients with alcohol problems.
Travel expenses paid.
Location – Bristol.
Committment – 1 day a week – 1year.
Application process – form and interview. CRB check required.
Contact Susanna Hoare – 0117 929 3028.
Website Addiction Recovery Agency
New Highway
18 – 25 volunteers.
Volunteers support the needle exchange service, but widening to include reception, admin, promotion, fundraising and IT support.
Travel and subsistence expenses paid.
Location – Bath, BANES and Wiltshire.
Committment – 1 day a week – 1 year.
Application process – form and interview. CRB check required.
Contact – Adrian Murphy 01225 469479.
Bristol Drugs Project (BDP)
60 volunteers in three distinct areas.
Project volunteers – working in the drop-in, needle exchange and on the telephone helpline.
Mentoring volunteers – mentoring for young people who have drug-using parents.
Counselling volunteers – Diploma students working within the counselling service.
Travel, subsistence and childcare expenses paid.
Location – Bristol.
Committment – 1 day a week – 1 year.
Application process – form and interview. CRB check required.
Contact – Project volunteers – Rachel Ayres, Jim Bartlett or Liz Taylor – 0117 987 6011.
Mentoring volunteers – Jenny Cove 0117 987 6009.
Counselling volunteers – Sarah Wilson 0117 987 6010.
Website Bristol Drugs Project
Community Action Around Alcohol and Drugs (CAAAD)
15 volunteers
Volunteers help run the drop-in and provide support to clients attending the project
Travel, subsistence and childcare expenses paid
Location – Bristol.
Application process – form and interview. CRB check required.
Contact – Lucy Giles 0117
Website Barton Hill Settlement
Independence Trust
Independence Trust has Investing in Volunteers recognition.
Volunteers help run needle exchange and offer advice and information both on the telephone and face to face; they also complete administrative tasks.
Travel, subsistence and childcare expenses paid.
Location – Countywide.
Committment – 1 day a week.
Application process – form and interview, group work skills assessment. CRB check required.
Contact – 01452 317 464.
Website Independence Trust
Gloucestershire serivce users group
Flexible – contact co-ordinator
Volunteers are current and ex service users and they give feedback on drugs services in Gloucestershire.
Expenses paid
Contact – Dave Stork 01452543546
User Feedback Organisation – UFO
Flexible – contact UFO co-ordinator
Volunteers are current and ex service users and they give feedback on drugs services in Bristol. There are a number of sub groups including a Womens group and Mushwera a BME specific group.
Expenses paid
Committment – flexible
Application process – none just attend a meeting
Contact – Max Harriss 0117 914 2208
Website: under construction
St James Priory Project – Walsingham House
Approx 30 volunteers
Volunteers perform a variety of functions. These include practical tasks such as cooking/cleaning and administrative tasks. Support volunteers provide assistance to clients who are attending the project with activities etc.
Expenses paid
Commitment – flexible
Application process – form and interview
Contact – John Jotcham – 0117 929 9100
Website Walsingham House
