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VOLUNTEER

Thank you for your interest in volunteering here at The Avon Centre.  We want all our volunteers to have the best experience possible. As well as being able to use and build on your skills, we want you to feel that you are part of our community, have fun working here and make friends. 

You will be a valuable member of our team, supporting us to deliver our services to Disabled and Disadvantaged people in Bristol and the surrounding areas.

 

Areas to volunteer in include:

  • Yard - Helping on the stable yard to look after the horses

  • Arena – Supporting riders during their RDA sessions

  • Pony Interaction Sessions – Supporting our Shetland Therapy programme

  • Estate – Land tasks e.g. fence building and maintenance

  • Reception – Greeting riders and visitors, answering the phone and admin support

  • Events – Helping with Sunday events - A good one if you can’t commit regularly

  • Nature based Activities support - supporting our nature-based activities in our woodland area.       

 

Types of Volunteers

  • Regular weekly volunteers – everything is trainable, no experience required. Please complete the application below.

  • University/College long term work placements – No experience required. Must be over 18 years old. Will be working with large animals on a busy working yard.

  • Year 10 Work Experience – 1 week placements only available in the yard. Must be competent grooming, leading and tacking up etc. [link]

  • DofE Volunteers – We are able to support DofE, but we ask for a minimum of 6 months commitment, and will only assess the last 3.

  • Corporate Volunteers – We welcome challenge teams from many different organisations. We can offer tasks like stable painting, fence building and land maintenance. Please email info@theavoncentre.org.uk for more information.

  • Individual Volunteer days – some companies offer 1 or 2 days of volunteering a year. If you would like to spend your volunteering time with us, please email info@theavoncentre.org.uk

 

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Please complete the form below to volunteer with us and we will be in touch when we have a volunteering role that matches your skills and availability. Due to low staff numbers we are presently unable to offer supported volunteering for people who need extra help but we hope to be in a position to do so soon.  We can only take on volunteers aged 14 and over. 

 

We are a small team in the office and it may take a little while before we contact you. Thank you for your patience. In the meantime please sign up to our newsletter to keep up to date with what's happening at the Centre.

For more information on any of our volunteering roles, please email Volunteering@theavoncentre.org.uk

​Please note we currently have approximately a 6 week turnaround in processing new volunteers. Thank you for your patience and understanding.

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