The Difference that Volunteers Make

We would not be able to continue to deliver our life-changing services to women and children without the support and dedication of volunteers. 

Our amazing, dedicated volunteers give us their time, passion and energy, helping us to continue supporting vulnerable women. They make an enormous  contribution to our services by building bridges with our customers and clients or supporting core operations at our Head Office. In return we offer volunteers meaningful roles, with regular supervision and training opportunities, that have a real impact on women's lives.

Volunteers support us in the following areas:

Office Based Volunteers - Supporting our teams in Finance, Fundraising, Governance, Neighbourhood Services, Customer Services and Communications

Refuge Based Volunteers (female only) - Working alongside staff in the refuges providing practical support to women and children fleeing domestic abuse

Student Placements - We work in partnership with a range of colleges and Universities to offer formal placements to students. Contact us if you would like do your placement with us, and we will check with your place of study how we can work together. Roles with direct contact with service users will be offered to female candidates only

Internships and Special Projects - From time to time we recruit volunteers to support us by contributing to specific short-term projects in different parts of the organisation

Corporate Volunteers - We work with our generous corporate partners whose volunteers support us through such volunteering projects as fundraising, donating and distributing festive hampers, gardening and decorating in our refuges.  If you would like to contact us about corporate volunteering please fill in our form here

During the last 12 months, we have recruited 34 new volunteers who have contributed 4,367 hours of hard work, effort, support and dedication

What our volunteers say

"Working at (Housing for Women Project) Reunite has been really rewarding. With supervision, I have learnt a lot working with people with complex issues as well as developed my interpersonal and active listening skills. My experience of conducting assessments and support plans for service users has been valuable in guiding my future practice. I am thankful for all the experiences I have had so far." - Hermela, Social Work Student

"I am really pleased I found an organisation like Housing for Women who are making a lot of difference in women’s lives. Housing for Women gave me, a return to work mum, the opportunity to develop, gain confidence in my abilities, and take the next steps into employment." - Dionne, Office Volunteer

"Volunteering at H4W has allowed me to see how the charity works and learn more about its meaningful cause, this has made me appreciate the vital work they carry out. It has inspired me to continue working for a charity, further fuelling my ambitions of working in the charity sector after university." - Hannah, Fundraising Volunteer

Current vacancies 

Please go to the Vacancies page for more information about current and future opportunities.