Our Volunteer Roles.
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Personalized support to champion inclusion and remove accessibility barriers.
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Become a Community Volunteer and Make a Difference!​
Our Community Volunteer pathway is open to young people aged 16–25 and adults aged 25+.
As a Community Volunteer, you can help Tailored Leisure Company raise awareness of our work, support community activities, and bring people together. You may represent us at events, support sessions, help with outreach, or take part in projects that make a real difference.
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Volunteering with purpose
At Tailored Leisure Company, our aim is to support disabled people and people with long-term health conditions to feel more connected, active, confident, and included.
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By volunteering with us, you will help create welcoming spaces where people can get fit, feel good about themselves, meet others, and reduce isolation.
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At the same time, you can build valuable skills for the future, including:
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Communication
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Teamwork
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Leadership
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Customer service
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Confidence
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Community engagement
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Organisation and responsibility
Supporting your goals and development
Our volunteering programme is designed to help people grow at their own pace. We support volunteers to develop employability skills, confidence, independence, and a stronger connection with their community.
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We work in partnership with parents, carers, schools, colleges, and disabled people’s organisations to create meaningful volunteering opportunities. These pathways can be linked to individual goals, qualifications, personal interests, and future aspirations.
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For example, some of our disabled volunteers complete activities linked to the Duke of Edinburgh Award, with support from schools and staff to help meet specific criteria and develop new skills.
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Community projects and real experience
Our volunteers have supported a range of activities and projects, including:
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Helping with our Sit to be Fit programme
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Supporting instructors with equipment
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Welcoming people at events
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Serving refreshments
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Taking part in networking events
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Supporting social café activities
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Leading or contributing to creative mini-projects
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Building confidence through sports, coaching, and community sessions
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One of our successful projects included piloting a social café, giving volunteers the chance to build teamwork, leadership, and customer service skills. The café also created a friendly space for young and older disabled people to connect, enjoy healthier choices, build confidence, and reduce isolation.
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We have also supported volunteers to follow personalised pathways through tools such as a Volunteering Passport, helping them gain feedback, experience, and support from different partners.
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Join our volunteering team
Whether you want to gain experience, build confidence, meet new people, support others, or give something back to your community, we would love to hear from you.
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Join Tailored Leisure Company as a Community Volunteer and help us create positive change for disabled people and people with long-term health conditions.
CASE STUDIES
Employability Skills and a Football Camp in South Tyneside – how a placement is shaping one young man’s future.
Liam Keightley joined Tailored Leisure in October 2024 to build his employability skills after completing a Level 3 course in Coaching.
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At 20 years old, this was Liam’s first volunteering and placement experience. Since joining, he has developed skills in health and safety, administration, social media, activity planning, and community support.
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When Liam started, he had low confidence. With encouragement from the Tailored Leisure team, he has grown into a more confident and capable volunteer. His placement has helped him build life skills, workplace experience, independence, and travel confidence.
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Liam is now planning an Easter football camp for other young people, using his coaching skills and the experience gained through his placement. He successfully applied for funding from Sported and is being supported to plan and deliver the project from start to finish.
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Liam has autism and has previously been supported through an Education, Health and Care Plan. His lived experience helps him understand some of the challenges faced by other young people with special educational needs and disabilities, making his contribution especially valuable.
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He has also supported Get Out Get Active activities and Tailored Leisure’s Christmas Bowling Bonanza.
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Through his placement, Liam has discovered an interest in administration and hopes to move into paid employment after completing his experience with Tailored Leisure.