VOLUNTEERS

• Short-term Volunteering,Weekends or 1-2 weeks
• Long-term Volunteering,3-6 months
• International Volunteering
• Volunteers With Disabilities
• Summer Volunteering
• Senior Volunteers
• Residential for the Duke of Edinburgh Award

Share works closely with many different groups and societies every year. Many of our 10,000 guests come from the M.S. Society, the Down Syndrome Society, the Muscular Dystrophy Society, the RNIB, the NDCS, as well as primary and secondary school groups, youth groups, church groups, scouts and guides and many, many more. All in all we work with a very diverse range of people for whom we need a diverse range of volunteers.

Share needs volunteers all the time. Whatever time you can give will be very much appreciated. A week, a weekend, even a day; we will always be glad of the extra help. Any time on your hands is time which SHARE and its guests can use.

For young people participating in the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, volunteering at the SHARE meets the “residential” requirements. DofE volunteers are welcomed for a minimum of one week to act as carers/companions to guests, activity role models for our Summer Language Programme or maintain the site on our Work Camp.

Activity Leaders
Assist our qualified instructors in delivering water, land and arts based activities. Help out in activities such as kayaking, sailing, windsurfing, archery, climbing, mountain biking, t-shirt painting, pottery and much more. Use your existing skills or learn new ones through our extensive volunteer training programme.

Arts Volunteers
Assist our arts workers in developing, designing, and delivering a variety of arts workshops. We need creative and motivated people to help run workshops for people with disabilities, youth groups, primary and secondary schools and the elderly. Workshops are designed to suit the need of each group, each one individual and creative. Opportunities exist for people to create project ideas, assist with existing workshops or work behind the scenes making costumes, scenery and props.

Senior Volunteers
Come and join our team of senior volunteers, aged 50+. These volunteers give their time throughout the year, and pass on their skills and experience to the next generation. Over the winter learn to sail, and in the summer you could be taking a group of stroke patients out for a sailing session. Learn to powerboat over 2 weekends, and during May and June you could be taking a primary school out banana skiing. Our Senior Volunteers use their skills and experience to repair our equipment and engines, they drive the buses to take disabled children to the beach and they befriend elderly stroke patients during their holidays.

International Volunteers
Every summer Share welcomes about 15 international volunteers from all over the world to assist with all duties and enjoy centre life. These volunteers stay between 1 week to several months, living and working alongside our staff and other volunteers. They participate in a variety of jobs from helping those with disabilities, to working in the Centre’s garden, to assisting our Arts programme.

Fundraising Volunteers
Host you own fundraising event or create a fundraising challenge in aid of SHARE. Or you could help out at one of our flag day collections throughout the country. Telephone Catherine on 02867722122, or email catherine@sharevillage.org if you can help our charity fundraise in any way. You can also visit our Fundraising page https://www.sharevillage.org/more-info/fundraising/ for more information.

Maintenance Volunteers
Use your skills and knowledge to work on maintenance and repair projects both outdoors and indoors.

House-Keeping Volunteers
Bring along your feather duster and join Dominic and the team to maintain our high standard of cleanliness throughout the centre. From making the beds to mopping the floors, if cleaning is your thing then there is always lots of it to do at SHARE.

Kitchen Volunteers
Lookout your apron and we can give you the opportunity to help out in our busy kitchen. You could assist with preparing, cooking and serving meals to our residential groups and to guests at many of our special functions.

Food and accommodation are provided for all volunteers during their stay. Volunteers have access to all the facilities offered at Share. Accommodation for short term volunteers is provided on-site and for long term volunteers is provided in two houses, both located one-quarter mile from the main Share site.

We offer not only food, accommodation but also comprehensive training, in many cases leading to NGB qualifications. Opportunities to meet a huge variety of people of all ages and abilities from all around the world and make lifelong friends. You will be helping people and learning lots of new skills and you get all this on the beautiful shore of Lough Erne.

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Short-term volunteers from Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland must be a minimum of 16 years of age.  Long-term and those from overseas must be a minimum of 18 years of age. All volunteers are offered programmes of induction and training to support development of their work at Share.

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Joining the team at SHARE couldn’t be easier, simply pick up the phone and call +44 (0) 28 6772 2122 or e-mail info@sharevillage.org

If you have time on your hands or just want to try something different get in touch, it may be just what you’ve always been looking for!

Volunteering in Northern Ireland | Share Discovery Village