The Maypole Project

• Adult Counsellor: The Maypole Project's volunteer counsellors provide emotional support to adult members of families where there is a child or children with complex medical needs.
• Child and Young People’s Therapist: The purpose of this volunteer role is to support the child or children who have complex medical needs and/or their siblings in one-to-one sessions through the integration of counselling and play skills.
• Fundraising Volunteer: Join The Maypole Project's team of amazing volunteers and help us at various fundraising collections, special events and sporting challenge events throughout the year.
• Holiday Activity and Outings Support Volunteer: The purpose of this volunteer role is to support the organisation and delivery of activity days and outings for children with complex medical needs and their siblings. 
• Maypole Active Club Volunteer: The purpose of this volunteer role is to assist the Activities Lead to support children and young people with complex medical needs and special educational needs (and their siblings) at The Maypole Project's inclusive activity club.

As the Volunteer Centre for the London Borough of Bromley, Community Links Bromley provides support to volunteer-involving organisations and provides volunteering advice for residents. We work with over 300 different organisations looking for volunteers to help them support local people, in a wide range of ways.

View our privacy policy to see what we do with your personal details when you register to volunteer.

To find out how we can support your organisation, visit our Volunteer-Involving Organisations page.

What is volunteering? 

 'an activity that involves spending time, unpaid, doing something that aims to benefit the environment or individuals or groups other than (or in addition to) close relatives' 

 - The Compact Code of Good Practice in Volunteering, 2005 

Volunteering can be great fun and you can make a real difference in your local community. We are here to help choose the right opportunity for you.

Volunteering can also promote your wellbeing. Watch the video below to find out how.

Want to know more?

• Hear from Bromley's volunteers on the Bromley Volunteering Stories YouTube channel
• Here's some Frequently Asked Questions about volunteering.
• Watch these thank you messages to Bromley's volunteers as part of our celebration Volunteers Week 2024!
• Hear from Bromley's Trustees as they talk about their personal experience of volunteering, challenges, and successes

Podcast feature!

Quest Soul Theatre invited our staff members, Christopher Evans and Mark Gilyead, to talk about volunteer journeys on their brand new podcast ‘Creative Junction’. Watch the video below to hear what they had to say about volunteering in the creative sector, young volunteering, and the difference volunteering makes to our wellbeing. You can also check out the full podcast episode here.

Pandemic Impact Short Film

We put together a short film, providing just a few examples of the extraordinary work of Bromley's third sector at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, in 2020. A big thank you to all the groups in Bromley that have provided so much support during the Covid-19 pandemic!