Volunteer

Can you get involved and offer your time and expertise to make a difference and transform lives?
We rely on the support of over 70 volunteers who all give their time, expertise, humour, knowledge, skills, lived experience, enthusiasm and passion to connect with our clients and support our staff teams.

Can you get involved and offer your time and expertise to make a difference and transform lives?
We rely on the support of over 130 volunteers who all give their time, expertise, humour, knowledge, skills, lived experience, enthusiasm and passion to connect with our clients and support our staff teams.

Can you get involved and offer your time and expertise to make a difference and transform lives?
We rely on the support of over 130 volunteers who all give their time, expertise, humour, knowledge, skills, lived experience, enthusiasm and passion to connect with our clients and support our staff teams.

A blue sketch of a jack in a box

In building diversity we build strength. We encourage everyone with the right skills to apply so that we can build a more diverse and representative team, including people with lived experience of mental health problems. This is really important to us.

You can support us in many ways including:

  • Gardening

  • Graphic design & marketing

  • Client support in our groups

  • Arts and music
  • Administration and reception

  • Leaflet and collection pot distribution

  • Fundraising ……..and much more!

Current volunteer opportunities

We are currently recruiting counsellors to support children and young people.

Find out more and apply here. 

Fundraising opportunities

Help needed:

We are looking for willing volunteers to distribute and pick up our collection pots from supermarkets, retailers, council offices, doctor and dentist surgeries, libraries etc. in your local community of West Kent.

Time investment:

As much or as little as you can offer!

Prior experience needed?

None at all – we would be grateful for any support you can give us, distributing and picking up our collection pots to fundraise our mission to help individuals get well, stay well, and thrive.

How do I get in touch?

If you’re interested in volunteering, please email us at volunteering@westkentmind.org.uk or call 01732 744950 and ask to speak to the Volunteering Team.

Read all about the role here.

Help needed:

We are looking for willing volunteers to distribute our leaflets and posters in supermarkets, council offices, doctor and dentist surgeries, libraries etc. across West Kent.

Time investment:

As much as you can offer!

Prior experience needed?

None at all – we would be grateful for any help you can give us, distributing our print and helping to promote our vital mental health services.

Interested?

Thank you for your interest in volunteering with West Kent Mind!

Volunteers must be 18 or over. Please call us on 01732 744950 or email volunteering@westkentmind.org.uk for an initial discussion.

Should you wish to move forward, as part of the volunteer recruitment process you’ll need to complete an application form and attend an informal interview via Zoom. If you’re accepted as a volunteer, all roles are subject to two satisfactory references and a DBS check.

We process your personal data during the recruitment process and as an active volunteer. Please read our Privacy notice – staff, volunteers & recruitment for more information.

We look forward to working with you!

Are you interested in joining our team? See if we have any current vacancies.

Stay in touch with us on social media

Find out about our latest opportunities and join the conversation to get West Kent talking about mental health.
Connect with us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn @westkentmind

Stay in touch with us on email

We send out an email once a month to tell our supporters about what’s going on at West Kent Mind. It includes any volunteering opportunities we have, and what we need help and support with.

Why not sign up and see what you think? You can stop receiving them at any time by clicking the ‘Unsubscribe’ link in every email – and we do not share your data with anyone else. Simply click on the blue Newsletter box you’ll find on the side of this page and get updates straight to your inbox!

Here’s what some of our volunteers have to say…

After the pressures of frontline social work volunteering for WKM has been so refreshing and fulfilling. I can help to support people in nurturing their creativity, health and wellbeing and my experience has highlighted the importance of group activities in promoting feelings of belonging, purpose and friendship.

Rebecca, Creative Minds

Aside from the obvious pleasure derived from helping people, for me one of the interesting things about volunteering is meeting people you may not have normally met in life. Perhaps the gardening group is unique in that everyone outside is aiming towards a common goal, regardless of individual condition which can remain unspoken or shared. We’re all in the same boat (or in this case garden!), and there is something life affirming about meeting up in it.

Neil, Gardening Group
Illustration of Dunorlan Park

I volunteer for West Kent Mind to make a difference to the lives of others. It is rewarding to make a positive impact on their lives.

I volunteer for West Kent Mind to make a difference to the lives of others. It is rewarding to make a positive impact on their lives.