Volunteering for Choices
There are so many ways you can use your talents to support Choices – and volunteering with us can be a very rewarding experience.
We rely on a team of incredible volunteers who help us provide our services. We often have volunteering opportunities within our parenting support and counselling projects as well as within the office. Volunteer roles in our prison and community counselling projects are placements for trainees on accredited training programmes.
Take a look through the options on this page – if there’s anything you like the sound of, get in touch for more info!
Meet the team
Choices is supported by an amazing team of volunteers - community and prison counsellors, boutique team and befrienders. They help make all we do possible and we are so thankful for their support.
To give you a glimpse into the impact they make, a few of our dedicated volunteers have kindly agreed to share their personal stories and experiences with us.
If you already know which role you’re applying for, we’d love to hear from you.
Please click below to fill in the application form.
Counselling placements
Are you a trainee or trained counsellor looking for an exciting voluntary position?
Choices offers counselling to women struggling following an abortion, or miscarriage, as well as counselling for women facing mental health challenges during pregnancy. We also have placements counselling women for child loss and separation in prison. Get in touch if you’d like more information about what this entails.
Please note that we currently have no placements available for either the community or prison counselling services. If you would like us to keep hold of your CV and information for when we next recruit in 2025, please get in touch.
Become a befriender
Could you befriend a pregnant woman or new mum during one of the hardest times?
One-to-one befriending is for pregnant women and new mothers facing difficult circumstances, who would benefit from having someone to talk to each week. We give all our befrienders training and support and match them with a mum we think they will get on well with. Befrienders then offer emotional support and encouragement.
What makes a good befriender?
Someone who is interested in other people
Someone who is a good listener
Someone who is reliable
Someone who could commit to volunteering 2-3 hours each week
Befriending is a chance to give, by offering your time and commitment, but every befriender also has stories of what they get back in return. If you’re interested get in touch to find out more!
Donate pre-loved clothes and equipment
Many parents struggle to afford baby and children’s clothes and equipment.
The Choices Boutique can help.
We receive donations of pre-loved clothing and equipment for babies and children so that other families who need these items can collect them for free.
Become a Social Media Support
Choices is looking for a motivated Social Media Support to help grow engagement with existing and potential audiences. Working with our fundraising Manager, we are looking for someone to be involved in: maintaining our Facebook, Instagram and Linkedin accounts, creating exciting content and helping to implement a strategy to share the work we do.
Fundraise for Choices
We are so grateful to our wonderful supporters who raise money for us every year through a variety of creative ways - whether it’s running a marathon or organising their own events. If you would like to raise money for Choices and need some advice, please get in touch with our friendly fundraising coordinator. We would love to hear from you! Thank you.