What's going on in East Cambridgeshire?

Find out how to support your community.

Who needs help in your area?

Click on the map, or browse below, to see the many ways to support your East Cambridgeshire community.

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Donation Sales Champion

One-off · 0—2 hrs

From home

Donation Sales Champion

Help sell donated items on Facebook Marketplace & eBay to raise funds for our charity. Flexible, fun, and no experience needed!

Posted by The Red Hen Project
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Parent Advocacy & Education Volunteer

Organisation role · 2—4 hrs/Week

Flexible location

Parent Advocacy & Education Volunteer

The Parent Advocacy & Education Volunteer will use their lived experience to help other families navigating the challenges of supporting neurodivergent children

Posted by Curiously Divergent CIC
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Research & Policy Volunteers

Organisation role · Flexible hours

From home

Research & Policy Volunteers

The Research & Policy Volunteer will help strengthen Curiously Divergent’s advocacy work by gathering data, insights, and evidence to support our projects.

Posted by Curiously Divergent CIC
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Admin & Project Support Volunteer

Organisation role · 2—4 hrs/Week

From home

Admin & Project Support Volunteer

You’ll help keep our digital systems, records, and communications up to date, making sure we can continue delivering high-quality, inclusive support.

Posted by Curiously Divergent CIC
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Community Engagement

Organisation role · Flexible hours

Flexible location

Community Engagement

Represent Curiously Divergent at local events, fairs, and networking sessions. Build relationships with schools, charities, and local businesses.

Posted by Curiously Divergent CIC
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Awesome Wizard IT Support Team Member

Project role (Temporary) · Flexible hours

From home

Awesome Wizard IT Support Team Member

We are looking for friendly IT people to support our other team members and help us share healthy smiles :-)

Posted by Awesome Oral Health CIC
Treasury

Organisation role · 6—10 hrs/month

Flexible location

Treasury
Posted by Curiously Divergent CIC
Volunteer Finance and Infrastructure - 2 hours a week

Organisation role · Flexible hours

From home

Volunteer Finance and Infrastructure - 2 hours a week

Support our Treasurer and CEO to enhance financial systems, including Xero. Streamline accounting, forecasting, and simplify accounts prep.

Posted by Sew Positive
Events Volunteer

Organisation role · Flexible hours

Flexible location

Events Volunteer

Events volunteers help raise awareness of diabetes and Diabetes UK at events. They talk to members of the public in a friendly and enthusiastic manner to raise

Posted by Diabetes UK
Listening Volunteer

Project role (Temporary) · Flexible hours · For around 12 months

From home

Listening Volunteer

Volunteers provide 1-1, ongoing, empathetic and non-judgmental listening support to people living with autoimmune diseases.

Posted by The Wren Project
Cambridgeshire Helper

Organisation role · Flexible hours

From home

Cambridgeshire Helper

The Helper lends out tandems to people from the Helper's home. The Borrowers take the tandems typically for two months then bring them back.

Posted by Charlotte's Tandems
Volunteer tutor

Project role (Temporary) · 1—4 hrs/Week · For around 6 months

Flexible location

Volunteer tutor

Volunteer as a tutor with Action Tutoring for one hour a week over 10 to 20 weeks and make a difference to the lives of young people facing disadvantage.

Posted by Action Tutoring
Marketing and Engagement Volunteer

Organisation role · Flexible hours

From home

Marketing and Engagement Volunteer

In this role you can use your experience in community engagement, marketing or communications to improve our engagement and raise awareness of CPRE.

Posted by CPRE Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
Trustees wanted!

Organisation role · Flexible hours

From home

Trustees wanted!

This is an excellent opportunity to play a senior role in a respected environmental charity.

Posted by CPRE Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
Trustee

Organisation role · 2—5 hrs/month

From home

Trustee

Our local branch of the RSPCA is looking for trustees to join our board. You don't have to have been a trustee before but a passion for animal welfare is key.

Posted by RSPCA Cambridgeshire Mid East
Fundraiser / Fundraising Assistant

Organisation role · Flexible hours

From home

Fundraiser / Fundraising Assistant

Could you spend a few hours or days helping Balik Arts reach the next level?

Posted by Balik Arts
Become a Volunteer Befriender – Make a Real Difference in Someone’s Life

Organisation role · 2—4 hrs/month

Flexible location

Become a Volunteer Befriender – Make a Real Difference in Someone’s Life

We’re looking for volunteers to join our brand-new Befriending Project, supporting people living with hearing loss across Cambridgeshire.

Posted by Cambridgeshire Deaf Association
Chair, CPRE Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

Organisation role · 6—12 hrs/Week

From home

Chair, CPRE Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

This an excellent opportunity to use your management and leadership skills to help develop and support our small, local environment charity and join our team!

Posted by CPRE Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
ACT Champion

Organisation role · Flexible hours

Flexible location

ACT Champion

An ACT Champion is a diverse, dynamic and engaging volunteer role where you have the chance to be the face of our organization

Posted by Addenbrooke's Charitable Trust
RSPCA Wildlife Friends

Organisation role · Flexible hours

From home

RSPCA Wildlife Friends

Become a Wildlife friend! Help make a difference by taking part in wildlife friendly activities, creating wildlife friendly habitats & taking action at home...

Posted by RSPCA
RSPCA Microvolunteer (England)

Organisation role · Flexible hours

From home

RSPCA Microvolunteer (England)

Microvolunteering is perfect for busy people who’d like to get involved and help the RSPCA, but don’t have much time to give.

Posted by RSPCA
Volunteers needed to support Bowel Cancer UK

Organisation role · Flexible hours

Flexible location

Volunteers needed to support Bowel Cancer UK

We're always looking for enthusiastic people to support our work by joining our wonderful team of volunteers.

Posted by Bowel Cancer UK
Trustee - Splash Pad

Organisation role · Flexible hours

From home

Trustee - Splash Pad

We are looking for Trustees to be the hero our community.

Posted by VCAEC
Awesome Game Developer

Organisation role · Flexible hours

From home

Awesome Game Developer

Got creativity, imagination, and passion for gaming? Proficient in coding and building games? We want kids to have fun learning to care for healthy smiles

Posted by Awesome Oral Health CIC
Awesome Business Administrator/Systems developer

Organisation role · 2—8 hrs/Week

From home

Awesome Business Administrator/Systems developer

Do you know what it takes to run efficient business and team management systems? Can you help us work smarter as we grow? Have time to input and see results?

Posted by Awesome Oral Health CIC
Awesome Video Editor

Organisation role · Flexible hours

From home

Awesome Video Editor

Do you enjoy Video Editing? Want to work in a team to make our videos really engaging? We need fun shorts to share the benefits of a healthy smile :-)

Posted by Awesome Oral Health CIC
Awesome Videographer to help us create Fun Educational shorts to share smiles

Organisation role · Flexible hours

Flexible location

Awesome Videographer to help us create Fun Educational shorts to share smiles

Are you an experienced videographer with some time to spare? We need videos to share the benefits of a healthy smile online. Editing skills a bonus but not esse

Posted by Awesome Oral Health CIC
Awesome Artist (actual and/or digital)

Organisation role · Flexible hours

From home

Awesome Artist (actual and/or digital)

Do you have a talent for producing original artwork or designs? We need brightly coloured and fun creations for our educational and promotional resources.

Posted by Awesome Oral Health CIC
Social Media Manager in Sales and Marketing Team

Organisation role · 3—6 hrs/Week

From home

Social Media Manager in Sales and Marketing Team

A team player with a keen eye for fun content and a desire to get our audience smiling are what we need in our Awesome Social Media Manager.

Posted by Awesome Oral Health CIC
Awesome Creative Team Designer for educational and promotional resources

Organisation role · Flexible hours

From home

Awesome Creative Team Designer for educational and promotional resources

Whether you want to share your expertise in digital design or develop your creative and technical skills, our growing team are waiting to welcome you.

Posted by Awesome Oral Health CIC
Awesome Wizard Web Developer

Project role (Temporary) · Flexible hours

From home

Awesome Wizard Web Developer

We are looking for a Web Developer to work with our creative team turning ideas into our website to convey our Awesome message and share more healthy smiles :-)

Posted by Awesome Oral Health CIC
Foodbank Drivers - Volunteer

Organisation role · 3—4 hrs/Week

Flexible location

Foodbank Drivers - Volunteer

Help people in crisis at our foodbank session or warehouse!

Posted by Ely Foodbank
Call Companion Volunteer - Do you have 30 mins a week to call an older person

One-off · 0—2 hrs

From home

Call Companion Volunteer - Do you have 30 mins a week to call an older person

Have you got 30 mins a week that you could spare? We are seeking volunteers to spend 30 minutes a week chatting with older people aged 75+ who are lonely

Posted by Re-engage
Volunteer Gardener - East Cambs only

One-off · 2—4 hrs

From home

Volunteer Gardener - East Cambs only

Your role is helping those unable to tend to their gardens. The gardening ranges from cutting grass to chopping your way through brambles. East Cambs only.

Posted by VCAEC
Volunteer Driver - East Cambs only

One-off · 2—4 hrs

From home

Volunteer Driver - East Cambs only

As a volunteer driver your role is to take people to various appointments (such as shopping or hospital trips), for residents in East Cambs only.

Posted by VCAEC
Image of VCAEC volunteer gardeners helping their community, with the VCAEC logo in the top right hand corner

Need additional support?

Contact Voluntary Community Action East Cambs (VCAEC)

VCAEC are an independent, registered charity based in Ely, Cambridgeshire.


They offer a social car and gardening scheme, both of which are run with the goodwill of volunteers. They also have an active role as a Volunteer Centre, supporting people into volunteering, and promoting volunteering to all sectors of the community.


Visit the VCAEC website to find out more about the support VCAEC can provide to volunteers and volunteer involving organisations in East Cambridgeshire.

Come and speak to us!

If you want to talk with us about volunteering, visit one of our stalls.

The team aims to attend as many community events as possible across Cambridgeshire, so look our for the logo.


If you want to know where we will be, check out our Events page on our Facebook profile.


Here, you can see where the team will pop-up across the county. If you would like us to attend an event, send us an invite to [email protected].


Check out our Facebook page