We have several rewarding opportunities to join our team as a volunteer.

Opportunities include helping at a youth group, admin in our office or at home, fundraising, and assisting at events.

We rely on our fabulous volunteers to give their time and energy to support our work and make a difference in the lives of children and families. 

Youth Groups

We offer a great opportunity to volunteer in youth work with children/young adults who are autistic without a Learning Disability. Our youth groups provide a relaxed space for young people to chillout, socialise, play, chat, and make friends.

Activities include arts & crafts, sports games, board games, video gaming, or just chilling and chatting.

We are looking for volunteers to assist with social activities, games, and trips out. No experience is necessary. Our requirements are:

• A minimum commitment of one year (or one academic year if relevant). 
• Understanding of autism or a willing ‘on the job’.
• Able to initiate, encourage, and support socialising and play.
• Able to work with a small group of young people.
• Able to use initiative, and work without close support / direction.
• Have a responsible and mature manner.
• Reliably attend when expected. You can choose how often you attend – most volunteers commit to weekly attendance but on occasions when they can’t attend they let us know in advance; others attend on set times e.g. alternate weeks or the first session in the month.
• Patience
• and a sense of fun.

Opportunities available:

Age range of members	When & where	Other criteria
8–12 year olds	Saturdays 9:30am – 12:30pm Wolvercote, Oxford	Volunteers must be aged 17 and over
13–17 year olds	Friday evenings 6pm – 9pm Wolvercote, Oxford	Volunteers must be aged 17 and over
18–21 year olds	Wednesdays, 6pm – 9:30pm St Clements, Oxford.	Volunteers must be aged 25 and over
11–16 year olds	Thursdays 5:30pm-8:30pm, Abingdon	This group is currently CLOSED

We understand that you may not able to attend every week – contact us to discuss options.

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Office admin and general help at our office 

We need volunteers to help us with admin and other general tasks in our office in Abingdon. Admin jobs could include filing paperwork, shredding documents, and/or creating documents in Word, Excel or PowerPoint. Other tasks include tidying up the office, sorting equipment, or even making tea and cleaning. We are currently looking for volunteers to come to our office on Wednesdays for 1 to 5 hours any time between 9AM to 5PM. Volunteers can volunteer weekly or less often.

All our volunteers must complete a DBS check and are subject to 2 satisfactory references. 

If you have queries about volunteering please Email Gita or call Gita on 07929 379125.

We look forward to hearing from you!