Volunteer

Volunteering for SNAP is a really rewarding experience bringing many benefits to both the charity and to the individual themselves. Whether working directly with our families or supporting our fundraising efforts, our volunteers are invaluable and their passion and commitment helps us make a real difference to the lives of SNAP families.

Current opportunities:

Services Volunteer

We are looking for enthusiastic, reliable and committed volunteers to support our family team during busy sessions at SNAP. Helping to maintain a safe and non-judgemental environment. There could also be training opportunities available to expand your knowledge and understanding of neurodiversity and disabilities.

Here are just some of the centre volunteer opportunities:

Making refreshments for families.
Help to create a welcoming environment for families.
Supervision of the children when needed, this could be whilst a family is talking to
a member of staff.
Helping to clean and tidy equipment and toys away at the end of the session.
Supervise a structured activity – depending on the session.

Find out more here

Community Event

Community Event Volunteer

SNAP has a varied calendar of fundraising activities throughout the year and volunteers play an invaluable role in ensuring we can continue to raise awareness and funds for our charity.

Here are just some of the community opportunities that you could get involved with:

Local Community Days – e.g. Strawberry Fayre and Brentwood and Shenfield Light-Up events.
Sponsored Occasions – e.g. Brentwood Half Marathon and the Barleylands Fun Walk.
Community Events supporting SNAP – e.g. shows, concerts.
SNAP Social Events – e.g. our annual Quiz Night.

Find out more here

Community Fundraiser

Community Fundraising Volunteer

We are looking for a reliable and enthusiastic volunteer to help raise money and awareness of SNAP. You will be responsible for developing relationships with local business, encouraging them to take a collection pot, keep our charity in mind for their own events and activities, and keep them up to date and excited about supporting SNAP.

Here are just some of the community opportunities that you could get involved with:

Collect and replace collection pots
Share SNAP News and distribute SNAP Matters Magazines
Identify potential new locations for donation pots
Build and maintain relationships within your local community in aid of SNAP

Find out more here

Register your interest in volunteering for SNAP

Volunteering for SNAP is a really rewarding experience bringing many benefits to both the charity and to the individual themselves. Whether working directly with our families or supporting our fundraising you can make a real difference to people’s lives

For any queries, please email [email protected].

Volunteering can have a huge impact on you. How?

Making a difference – helping others makes us happy!
Developing new skills or re-igniting forgotten ones.
Increasing your job opportunities.
Not having enough time is considered to have a detrimental effect on happiness. Counter-intuitive as it sounds, volunteering can increase your perception of how much time you have, and lower your stress in the process.
By volunteering you are making a valuable contribution to the community in which you live.
For young volunteers still in education it can help build social skills, and confidence. Volunteering work on a CV can be seen as a great positive for further education establishments and potential employers.
Nurturing new friendships.
Providing a sense of purpose.

Our volunteers often bring skills already acquired that complement the SNAP team. Any training required is given and our volunteers are only asked to do what they feel comfortable with. You can volunteer on an adhoc basis, or more often, and we and we regularly update our volunteers on opportunities to get involved.

If you are interested in volunteering then our team would be delighted to invite you into The SNAP Centre for a tour and an initial chat about upcoming opportunities. Please contact us using our online form.