VOLUNTEERING

Develop new skills, boost your confidence, and become part of our nationwide team.

Hope UK needs people who have a passion for equipping children and young people with life skills that will help them manage drug-related situations and make drug-free choices.

Our volunteer drug educators are crucial to our work. As a fully trained volunteer you will become part of a national team, working locally with organisations and individuals. Training is free with all travel costs and other expenses covered. During the training, you will learn about drugs, how to be a good communicator, how to plan activities and make them interactive and inclusive for everyone. You will observe and work alongside experienced workers before you take the lead yourself.

Could you learn to facilitate sessions with children, young people or adults? Help them to learn about drugs and alcohol, to consider their attitudes, and to develop key skills such as peer resistance and parenting?

With our help, you can. We have volunteering opportunities to suit different interests and abilities.

If you are looking for a fresh challenge and this is something that interests you, please read on…

Our volunteer training course is accredited by the Open College Network. It takes about 120 hours to complete, including distance learning and four practical training weekends. In return, we ask for an average of two hours per week of your time (or one day a month) to reach out to your community. Volunteers working together locally achieve more and benefit from mutual support and encouragement.

To be a Hope UK Drug Educator, you need to be over 18, Christian, and drug free (including alcohol and nicotine).

For more information, download the information pack and application form below, or contact us.

INFORMATION PACK

Wanted! Junior Citizenship Scheme Volunteers

We are currently looking for volunteers located in London and Surrey to help with the Junior Citizenship Scheme for primary school children age 10-11.

For further details about this volunteering opportunity, please download the information pack below.

JCS INFORMATION PACK

WHAT OUR VOLUNTEERS SAY

“It has been a privilege to be trained by Hope UK, and my desire is to reach 10,000 children and parents myself, as I have personally seen the pain and suffering that drugs cause. Education is one way of helping those young people to make drug-free choices. We at Hope UK are committed to doing this.’
Volunteer, London

‘Although we are a very small team here in North Herts, we are finding that the work is growing, which is very exciting, but it’s also a question of whether we are able to take on new commitments. What we really need is a couple of new educators in our area!’
Volunteers, Hertfordshire

‘I doubt I would have done Open University and have had this job without your encouragement on the training course a few years before that’
Former Volunteer, Dorset