Volunteer

At Sandy Bear we are lucky to have amazing volunteers who support our children and young people in a variety of ways, from assisting at the Family Support groups, raising much needed funds for the charity, to sending out teddy bears to bereaved youngsters, there is a role for everyone. On this page you will find our current volunteer opportunities for across Wales. We like to build a long-term meaningful relationship with our volunteers, and therefore we only advertise for new volunteers when we have a specific role.

If you don’t see a role that matches your requirements, please join our Talent Community, and we can match your skills and experience to our volunteering roles.

We look forward to hearing from you

Why Volunteer?

When you contribute your time and skills to Sandy Bear as a volunteer, we can achieve more for the young people when they need us most. In return for your amazing commitment, we offer

  • A two-day bespoke bereavement training course (depending on role)
  • Ad hoc training days
  • Keeping in touch newsletters and social events
  • Transferable skills/reference for your CV or CPD certificates
  • Being part of a dedicated community of colleagues and volunteers with a shared mission to help young people overcome significant barriers and challenges.
  • But most importantly the satisfaction of directly contributing to positive outcome for young people when they need us most. We really couldn’t do it without you!
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Leah

Rebecca

Volunteer

I started volunteering with Sandy Bear last summer and get so much from it. The families I speak to are so grateful for someone checking in on them and offering support and advice. I have learned loads from working in the office with the practitioners and have developed the confidence to use the skills and knowledge from my previous career and lived experiences. 

There are so many different aspects of SB that volunteers can get involved with, there is something for everyone whatever your particular skills or area of interest. I cannot recommend it enough!!

Who Can Volunteer?

We are looking for people who want to make a difference to children and young people. You don’t have to have experience of supporting young people in difficult circumstances, we can help you with that. We just need you to be friendly, approachable and understanding.

If you want to make a real difference to children and young people in your local area, we would love to welcome you into our community.

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The Volunteer Process In 6 Easy Steps

Six steps to volunteer

Upcoming Volunteer Training

As we support more children, young people, and families throughout Wales, we are adding training dates to support more amazing people work alongside us, ensuring that wherever they reside in Wales, no child grieves alone. 
Our two-day training, coupled with plenty of telephone and online support from the team will equip you with the knowledge to support our families at some of their most difficult times.
Whether you give a lot or a little time, ad hoc support, or simply want to be better equipped to support young people through bereavement within your own setting then that’s fine with us.

  • Sign up to Day one only if you would like an insight into our work and expand your knowledge of supporting children and young people in the lead up to or following a bereavement. This is a CPD certified course
  • If you have completed the day one- Sandy Bear DIY training session previously then you can sign up for Day two only
  • Sign up to both days if you are totally new to Sandy Bear but want to be able to volunteer with Sandy Bear or to expand your knowledge whilst volunteering with other organisations that are part of the Enfys Alice collaboration.
TrainingDateLocation
Sandy Bear DIY Bereavement Basics (Day 1)15th AprilCanolfan Felin Fach Cyf, Stryd Penlan, Pwllheli, Gwynedd, LL53 5DE Apply Day 1
Sandy Bear Volunteer Training (Day 2)16th AprilCanolfan Felin Fach Cyf, Stryd Penlan, Pwllheli, Gwynedd, LL53 5DE Apply Day 2
Or Sign up for both Days

Current Volunteering Roles:

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Sandy Bear is looking for a team of volunteers to help support the Bereavement Practitioners and Family Support Workers at Head Office. The role is varied and has a mixture of telephone/admin-based duties and more practical support.  With coaching, training and mentoring we would love to be able to support more children, young people and families with your assistance.

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We are looking for volunteers in the community who can help with raising much needed funds. This could involve attending events and running a raffle, to organising a local pub quiz night, 5k walk or distributing and collecting charity boxes. Sandy Bear has fundraising packs that give you all the information that you need to organise a successful event, or ten.

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Sandy Bear sometimes needs extra office support to ensure that activities like making a memory jar or creating a memory box are prepared for the Bereavement Practitioners or packs of books and teddies are sent to children and young people. Occasionally Sandy Bear needs help to prep supplies for training days of teaching staff, especially when there are large amounts of people that need to be trained. The role is based at head office in Milford and is on an ad-hoc basis. Times can be arranged to suit the volunteer.

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Sandy Bear is looking for volunteers to help run events in the community. These events often happen in the summer, although November and early December are other popular times. Events volunteers will set up the stand on the day (all Sandy Bear material will be provided) engage with people attending the event telling them about Sandy Bear and what we do. There is often a raffle or other fund raising mechanise to sell to help fund Sandy Bear’s work. The role will involve some standing during the event and sometimes the car park is a distance away from the stand requiring merchandise to be moved by hand.

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Sandy Bear is looking for volunteers to help run information stands in schools. These events happen during school term time, often in October or May. School Events Volunteers will set up the stand (all Sandy Bear material will be provided), the event is usually held in the school hall. Parents and staff visit the table, and the volunteers talk to them about Sandy Bear. The role will involve some standing during the event and sometimes the car park is a small distance away from the school requiring merchandise to be moved by small trolley.

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The role involves supporting the practitioners when they see children and young people on a one-to-one basis and helping in the support groups run by Sandy Bear. The groups either take place one day a week in 5-week blocks throughout the year or are held over two full days. These are dependent upon local demand and funding available. Family support volunteers assist the service delivery team with activities which can include making a memory jar, a story board, reading age-appropriate books on death, and talking about their special person.

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We are looking for people (18+) who enjoy social media. From liking our posts to helping create content for our feed, we have a role for you. You can get involved as much or as little as you like. There will be opportunities to help craft new posts, reels and stories across our social media platforms with our social media person, but if you just want to like and shares our posts that’s OK too. Getting the message of Sandy Bear to the widest audience is what matters. And it can be done any time or place, so it’s a perfect role for people who want to volunteer, but don’t have much time.

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Become a Volunteer

Play a crucial role in the delivery and development of Sandy Bear

If you think you have what it takes, and a little time spare to support us, then we’d love to hear from you.

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