Grief Kind Spaces volunteer opportunities

Grief Kind Spaces are in-person drop-in sessions held in the local community. The informal sessions provide a safe, welcoming and supportive place for people who have been bereaved to share their experiences of grief, helping attendees to feel heard and less alone.

As a Grief Kind Spaces volunteer, your role will be to help facilitate the session enabling people to come together to talk to others in a similar position. You will also signpost to other support services available when required. 

Ideally, we hope you’d volunteer for between 2-4 hours per week on a rota, however, we are very flexible and this can be discussed with your local coordinator.

Anyone aged 18 and over can apply to be a volunteer. We explain more about what's expected from a volunteer in our role description, but you do not need to have any qualifications or previous experience. You just need to care about people who have been bereaved and have time to offer. We’ll provide all the preparation, training and support you will need.

We are looking for volunteers to support our Grief Kind Spaces which are now open or are coming soon at the following locations:

• The Guinea Pub, Bedford Road, Moggerhanger, Bedford, MK44 3RG
• Keysoe International, Keysoe café, Church Road, Keysoe, Bedford, MK44 2JP
• Milton Ernest Garden Centre, Radwell Road, Milton Ernest, Bedford, MK44 1SH

• Sheeplands Garden Centre, Hare Hatch, Reading, RG10 9HW
• Thatcham Garden Centre Restaurant, Bath Road, Thatcham, RG18 3AN
• Finchampstead Baptist Church, Gorse Ride N, Finchampstead, Wokingham RG40 4ES (opening date to be confirmed)

• Arlington Manor Luxury Care Home, Wellbrook Way, Girton, Cambridge, CB3 0FW
• Dobbies Garden Centre Café, Banks End, Wyton, Huntingdon, PE28 2AA (opening Monday 9th September 2024)
• Gladstone Park Community Centre, 927 Bourges Boulevard, Peterborough, PE1 2AN
• Morrisons' Community Room, Needingworth Road, St Ives, PE27 4NB (opening date to be confirmed)
• The Oasis Community Centre, St Michaels Avenue, Wisbech PE13 3NR

• The Library in The Place to Eat Café at John Lewis & Partners, 123 High Street, Cheltenham, GL50 1DQ
• The Exmouth Arms, 167 Bath Road, Cheltenham, GL53 7LX
• The Boat on the Docks, The Barge Arm, Gloucester Docks, Gloucester GL1 2DN (closes Tuesday 30th July 2024)
• Roots Coffee & Community, 69 Alvin Street, Gloucester, GL1 3EH (opening Tuesday 6th August 2024)
• The Tank, 12-14 Llanthony Road, Gloucester Quays, Gloucester, GL1 2EH

• The Countess of Brecknock Hospice, Brecknock House, Henry Gamman Drive, Charlton Road, Andover, SP10 3LB

• Cedars Care Home, Church Walk, South Street, Bourne, Lincolnshire, PE10 9UQ
• MindSpace, 39 Broad Street, Stamford, Lincolnshire, PE9 1PX
• Tonic Health, 6 Broadgate House, Westlode Street, Spalding, PE11 2AF (opening Tuesday 6th August 2024)

• Dorothy Parkes Centre, Church Road, Smethwick B67 6EH
• Village Hotel Solihull, The Green Business Park, Dog Kennel Lane, Shirley, Solihull, B90 4JG (opening September 2024)
• Village Hotel Walsall, Tempus Drive, Walsall, WS2 8TJ (opening September 2024)

• The Hub@BA15, Old Town Hall, Church Street, Bradford-On-Avon, BA15 1LS (opening date to be confirmed)
• Village Hotel Swindon, Shaw Ridge Leisure Park, Whitehill Way, Swindon, SN5 7DW (opening date to be confirmed)

• Blades Family Hub, Sheffield United Community Foundation, John Street, Sheffield, S2 4QX
• Bradford & Bingley Sports Club, Wagon Lane, Bingley, BD16 1LT
• Dr Keith Howard OBE Community Hub Room at AMT Headingley Rugby Stadium, St Michael’s Lane, Leeds, LS6 3BR
• Fisher Medical Practice, Coach Street, Skipton, BD23 1EU
• The Old Courthouse, 4 Westgate, Thirsk, YO7 1QS
• TeamSport Bradford, Units 1&2, Beckside Business Park , Bradford, BD7 2JT (opening Tuesday 10th September 2024)
• Village Hotel North Leeds, 186 Otley Rd, Headingley, Leeds LS16 5PR

Get in touch and apply to be a shop, hospice or fundraising volunteer.