Volunteering Opportunities

We are currently recruiting volunteers across our projects. These are some of the types of roles we offer:

• The Shed volunteers – based at our woodworking shop in Queen Street, Redcar – various times/days.  Opportunities for general session volunteers, workshop and community project volunteers. Previous woodworking experience desirable.
• Art/Craft volunteers – various opportunities Monday to Friday daytimes and potential evenings/weekends. Opportunities to help support our Community Wellbeing Partnership’s art and craft wellbeing sessions at various venues across the Redcar area.
• First Steps project – based at our warehouse in Dormanstown – Mondays and/or Thursdays 8.30am-12noon.  This role involves sorting donations of baby/children’s clothing and equipment and fulfilling referrals.
• Redcar Area Foodbank (Foodbank Centres) – various opportunities within our nine foodbank centres across the Redcar & Cleveland area – Monday – Friday daytimes. Welcoming clients, packing food parcels, preparing snacks/drinks and general help.
• Redcar Area Foodbank (Warehouse) – based at our warehouse in Dormanstown – Mondays and/or Thursdays 8.30am-12noon. Sorting and weighing-in donations of food and making-up orders to go out to our nine foodbank centres across the area. (Opportunities expected from Autumn 2025.)
• Footprints Community Cafe based on Redcar High Street – various opportunities Monday to Friday 11am-2pm. This role may involve serving customers, clearing tables, operating the till and some food preparation.

If you think volunteering with Footprints could be for you, please email volunteer@footprintsinthecommunity.co.uk or telephone 01642 484842 to arrange an informal chat with Rachel, our Volunteer Coordinator.