A free hot meal will be provided, along with the opportunity to network, meet your neighbours, and build community connections. Free fun creative activities for grandchildren, too!
For more information, please contact Taz Virdee
Fantastic opportunity to take part in a Volunteering Open Day!
Are you a Hounslow resident wanting to volunteer but would like to find out what it would be like before committing to volunteering?
We’ve got a fantastic opportunity for you to join us at Chiswick House and Gardens for a snapshot of what it is like volunteering within the organisation. You will also be informed about all the roles available within the organisation and how you can sign up to take part.
If this is something you are interested in and/or would like more information, please email whitley@ehcvs.org.uk
Home-Start Richmond, Kingston and Hounslow
Fixed term 12-month contract, part-time 28 hours per week (including Wednesdays and Fridays)
Salary: NJC scale 19-26 FTE £31,908 – £36,965 (including Outer London Weighting) Pro rata £25,526 – £29,572. Excellent pension package and annual leave entitlement.
Make a difference in the lives of children who need it most
A unique opportunity to build a brighter future for children and families in Richmond, Kingston and Hounslow, you will join a dedicated and experienced team in assessing and monitoring family needs, managing volunteer support, connecting families with essential community support and delivering school holiday activities for families.
This rewarding and varied 28 hour-a-week role is central to our mission to give every child the best start in life. We are looking for someone who brings a genuine commitment to making a lasting, positive impact on the lives of families in our communities and has parenting experience, an understanding of the needs of families with young children, excellent interpersonal skills and an ability to manage varied projects.
Home-Start Richmond, Kingston and Hounslow is a vibrant family charity, essential to the wellbeing of our communities. We provide vital support to families during the important and challenging early years of raising a child. Through one-to-one partnerships, our volunteers help families respond and adapt to their experience of parenthood and our family play and support groups build connections, friendships and skills.
A full job description can be found here. Mona Saha, Family Support Manager, can be contacted at jointheteam@homestart-rkh.org.uk if you would like to discuss the role, including returning after a career break or changing sectors.
Closing date for applications: 5pm, Monday 26 February 2024
Interviews: Week commencing 4 March 2024
The Ealing and Hounslow Volunteer Centre is hosting a Volunteer Fair on Tuesday 28th November from 10am at Hounslow House!
We would love to invite all residents who are interested in volunteering to attend the fair. Want to hear about the fantastic work being done within local organisations and to find out how you can get involved. There will be a range of different organisations on the day that you can make connections with, taking one step closer to starting your volunteering journey!
Register here Volunteers Fair Tickets, Tue 28 Nov 2023 at 10:00 | Eventbrite
As and organisation, this will not only allow you to connect with local residents, but to network with other local organisations.
If you are an organisation and would like to host a stall, please contact David Buckley at david@ehcvs.org.uk
PT 21 hours
Salary: NJC scale 19-22 FTE £30,006 – £31,593 (including LW) Pro rata £18,003 – £18,956
Empower our volunteers to be the best that they can be
Build on our strong volunteer base and create a brighter future for families in Richmond, Kingston and Hounslow in this flexible, part-time community-based role with training opportunities.
You will be the first point of contact for volunteers and have excellent interpersonal and organisational skills. You will be committed to developing a volunteer pool that reflects the diversity of communities across our three boroughs and be able to engage, enthuse and retain volunteers with the skills and motivation essential to fulfilling our mission. Tech literate or willing to learn, you’ll be able to think strategically, implement plans and measure and evaluate volunteer impact.
You will take the lead in nurturing and celebrating our volunteers, working alongside an experienced team of operations, data and marketing specialists as well as family support coordinators, supported by the CEO and Board of Trustees.
Home-Start Richmond, Kingston and Hounslow is a vibrant family charity, essential to the wellbeing of our communities. We provide vital support to families during the important and challenging early years of raising a child. Through one-to-one partnerships and family groups, our volunteers help families respond and adapt to their experience of parenthood.
In joining our friendly and highly motivated team, you will benefit from 23 days of annual leave, the option of employer-matched pension contributions up to 8% of salary and a flexible, hybrid working structure co-developed by our team.
CEO, Cristiana Camisotti, can be contacted at jointheteam@homestart-rkh.org.uk if you would like to discuss the role, including returning after a career break or changing sectors.
Closing date for applications: 5pm, Monday 16 October 2023
Interviews: Tuesday 24 & Wednesday 25 October 2023
Home-Start Richmond, Kingston and Hounslow
PT 4 days a week / 28 hours
Salary: NJC scale 27 FTE £33,820 (including LW) Pro rata £28,697
Make a difference that lasts a lifetime
A unique opportunity to build a brighter future for children and families in Richmond, Kingston and Hounslow, you will lead, nurture and inspire an experienced team of 7 delivering peer-to-peer support and playgroups weekly to over 300 families a year.
You will bring your experience of managing varied stakeholders and projects and in working in family services, education, social care or a similar setting delivering services to vulnerable children and adults.
People and tech savvy, youll be able to think strategically, implement plans, measure and evaluate performance. As designated safeguarding lead, you will guide and support exemplary practice across the organisation.
Your role will have a direct and tangible impact on families right across our communities, reporting directly to the CEO and Board of Trustees and working alongside a firecracker team of operations, data and marketing specialists as well as coordinators with a wealth of experience and expertise.
Home-Start Richmond, Kingston and Hounslow is a vibrant family charity, essential to the wellbeing of our communities. We provide vital support to families during the important and challenging early years of raising a child. Through one-to-one partnerships, our volunteers help families respond and adapt to their experience of parenthood, and our family play and support groups build connections, friendships and skills.
A full job description can be found here. CEO, Cristiana Camisotti, can be contacted at jointheteam@homestart-rkh.org.uk if you would like to discuss the role, including returning after a career break or changing sectors.
Closing date for applications: 5pm, Monday 4 September 2023
Interviews: Tuesday 12 & Wednesday 13 September 2023
Hounslow West Mencap is a day leisure unit based in Feltham Middlesex for adults with learning disabilities. They are open Monday to Friday. Service users are collected from their residential setting locally in the morning accompanied by a minibus escort and then dropped home in the afternoon. Driver is required for holiday cover , 3 weeks initially, and for future dates and/or sickness. They are looking for a minibus driver to support them at different times from July to September.
Driver requirements:
Work Monday to Friday 2 hours per morning 7.45am-9.45am and afternoon 2.45pm-4.45pm so 4 hours per day and be available to transport service users who live in the local area.
Midas training is a must, a certificate is required to be given to us for insurance purposes. Midas training can be arranged at our cost if this is something that may also be appropriate (The next training available is 11th July in time for dates required). You will be required to give us a copy of your driving license and your NI number. We can pay £11.22 p/h
Dates driver is required:
31 July -4th August
14th August -18th August
29th August-1st September
If this is of interest please ring Annette the centre manager on 0208 890 1617 Mon- Fri 9.00-3.00pm for further details.
