As a Community Interest Company (CIC), any profit from our work here at Able Hands Together goes straight back into our work with the community, or building up our spaces and provisions on the farm. We would not be able to function without our amazing volunteers and support network.
Volunteering makes a big difference to the work that Able Hands Together can carry out. We have lots of exciting volunteering opportunities available:
- from supporting our Co-farmers with the day-to-day activities on the farm,
- helping raise vital new funds to set up new projects and initiatives,
- to working on our flower farm.
If you are interested in any of the volunteer roles we have advertised or have any other skills or experience that you can bring to the farm, then please contact us at farm@ablehandstogether.org.uk.
Role Title: Education Support Volunteer
Line Manager: Head of Education
Where: The farm (Stoford).
Frequency: Once a week
Duration: To be mutually agreed
Able Hands Together is a registered Alternative Education Centre. We are looking for a volunteer to work within our Education Department, depending on your areas of interest this could involve helping out with basic skills Maths and English or helping with our life skills program such as travel training. This would involve accompanying our member of staff when they take our education clients out to practice catching the local bus. You don’t need to have previous experience of working in education, you just need to be keen to support our education clients to get the best outcomes they can.
Role Title: Flower Farm Volunteer
Line Manager: Laura Tween – Director
Where: The farm (Stoford)
Frequency: At least once a fortnight
Duration: March through to September
Able Hands Together is in the process of setting up a Flower Farm. We have the raised beds ready to go. We are looking for volunteers to work alongside our staff to tend to the flowers and to support our Co-farmers (adults with learning difficulties) to look after the flowers. You don’t need to be an expert gardener or florist just keen to get involved and work alongside our Co-farmers.
Role Title: Allotment Volunteer
Line Manager: Laura Tween – Director
Where: At the farm (Stoford).
Frequency: Once a week / fortnight
Duration: March through to September
Each year we support our Co-farmers to grow a variety of vegetable to sell in our polytunnels. We are looking for volunteers to work alongside our Co-farmers and staff to look after the plants in the polytunnels. This could be during the week when the Co-farmers are in, or coming in at weekends to give them an extra water. You don’t need to be an expert gardener, just keen to get involved.
Role Title: Volunteer Fundraiser
Line Manager: Laura Tween – Director
Where: At the farm (Stoford) or home based.
Frequency: To be mutually agreed
Duration: To be mutually agreed
Able Hands Together is at an exciting stage in its journey, as we are look to set up new projects and develop existing projects. To develop into new areas, we rely largely on applying for grants. We are looking for someone who can help us to write funding proposals and identify grants that we can apply for. This is an extremely rewarding role. The work you do in helping us secure additional funds with make a real difference to the service that we can offer to people with learning difficulties and their families.
For any job – please email Alex at farm@ablehandstogether.org.uk