Volunteering Opportunities
Volunteering for Royal Manchester Children's Hospital Charity is a fun and rewarding way to help us make a difference. Your time and talent is valuable in helping to support our fundraising work.
We're on the lookout for helpful and reliable volunteers to assist with a wide range of volunteer opportunities. Volunteers must be over 18-years-old, under 18s can attend most of our opportunities as long as they are accompanied by their parent/guardian.
All volunteers helping the charity must first register with us before carrying out any volunteering activity. If you have not already done so, please register online at: https://secure.rmchcharity.org.uk/volunteer-registration-form
Whether it is store collections, helping out at our events, or assisting in our charity office, there are many ways that you can get involved. Our current volunteer opportunities are listed below...
Christmas Carols in the City
Type(s) of roles available: Marshals, Food & Beverage distribution, Supporter Engagement
Where: Manchester Cathedral, Victoria St, Manchester M3 1SX
When: Tuesday 14th December 2021
Time: From 4pm to 9pm
*Minimum volunteering time: We ask all volunteers to volunteer for a minimum of 4 hours within the above time
Skills Required: Welcoming smiles, cheery outlook and ready to encourage participants.
Age Restriction? 18+
Number of volunteers required: 6 - 10
Details: Carols in the City is our flagship Christmas event, welcoming 900 supporters to Manchester Cathedral for an evening of music, readings, and Christmas cheer.
Further details of role(s)
We need volunteers to help make this event as much fun as possible for our participants and their families. The following roles are available:
- Marshalling, welcoming guests to the venue and showing them where to go
- Serving mince pies and drinks
- Assisting the Event team as needed
All volunteers will be sent a brief specific to their role before the event.
Travel: Volunteers are responsible for making their own way to and from the event. Manchester Cathedral is easily accessible by public transport.
If you are interested in this opportunity, please email Jack.Bright@mft.nhs.uk expressing your interest.
BigXmas Trail Races
Type(s) of roles available: Marshals, Event support
Where: Sale Water Park, M33 2LX
When: Saturday December 19th 2021
Time: From 8.30am to 12pm
Minimum volunteering time: We ask all volunteers to volunteer for a minimum of 2 hours within the above time
Skills Required: Welcoming smiles, cheery outlook and ready to encourage participants.
Age Restriction? 18+
Number of volunteers required: 10+
For each volunteer, Big Feat Events will generously donate £25 to Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital Charity!
Further details of role(s)
“We need volunteers to help make this event as much fun as possible for our participants and their families. The following roles are available:
- Race Marshals – helping to keep participants on track with the routes
- Helping at the Start / finish
- Supporting the Big Feat Events team as directed
All volunteers will be sent a brief specific to their role before the event.
Travel: Volunteers are responsible for making their own way to and from the event
If you are interested in this opportunity, please email Jack.Bright@mft.nhs.uk
All the roles and times above are just a guideline. A full event brief will be sent to volunteers two weeks before the event.
Volunteering in the hospital
You can volunteer in the hospital but this is not something that the charity can organise. You will need to contact Volunteer services on 0161 276 5190 or volunteer.services@mft.nhs.uk.