Volunteer With Us

We have a pool of around 50 volunteers who undertake a variety of roles on a rota basis. These include cooks, kitchen assistants, befrienders, people with IT skills, and people with relevant experience to help run groups, and we also need people to support our ad hoc fundraising activities.

At the moment we’re looking for Session & Group volunteers for our Monday afternoon Women’s Group and Thursday afternoon drop-in session, and fundraising volunteers – see below. We would also be interested to hear from anyone interested in cooking on Monday or Thursday morning.

Volunteers benefit from regular training in a wide range of subjects – recent training has included mental health awareness, an overview of drug & alcohol abuse, autism, First Aid, modern slavery and self-defence. 

If you’re interested in volunteering for Doorway drop-in sessions, including cooking roles, please download, complete and return this form. We ask for two referees which should be people the applicant has known for over two years in any capacity (just not relations or partners). Email addresses for these are really helpful if possible.

We ask for all our volunteers to undertake an induction process and we will organise enhanced DBS checks for those who intend to work with our guests.

Please contact Amy (01249 445385 / ) for more info.

Events & Fundraising Volunteering

We’re always looking to expand our team of volunteers who can attend ad hoc events or spend some time planning new fundraising events for us. These might be people with some fundraising experience or ideas, or just a bit of time to spare in the evenings or weekends, who can, with training, represent and raise awareness and funds for Doorway in the community.

If this would appeal to you, we’d love to hear from you! There is a separate application process for this (not the form above). Please get in touch with Facilities Manager Sarah M, by email:

Volunteering at Christmas