Volunteering
At Manchester Women’s Aid, we are immensely proud of our inspiring team of volunteers. Across the organisation, our volunteers offer invaluable support to those who access our services. We provide a range of volunteering opportunities across multiple MWA services.
Find your role today!
Individual Volunteering
We work with many individuals in Manchester across a range of roles, including drop-in volunteers and counselling volunteers. The best place to see our current opportunities is Team Kinetic, where you'll find everything currently available.
We work with many individuals in Manchester across a range of roles, including drop-in volunteers and counselling volunteers. The best place to see our current opportunities is Team Kinetic, where you'll find everything currently available.
Corporate volunteering
We work with corporate volunteers to understand their needs and find opportunities for them to contribute to our organisation, whether it’s sharing their skills or volunteering regularly at our drop-in.
We work with corporate volunteers to understand their needs and find opportunities for them to contribute to our organisation, whether it’s sharing their skills or volunteering regularly at our drop-in.
What to expect, from enquiry to induction
Register on Team Kinetic
Complete your application and pick shifts on our volunteering platform.
Attend your induction session
Book onto your induction session
Receive your follow-up email
Check your emails!
Checks & references
We arrange any DBS check or references your role needs.
Induction & training
Organisational induction plus role‑specific training before you start.
Ready to join sessions and log your hours!
Find your shifts, attend supervision and wellbeing check‑ins.
FAQS
It depends on the role, from a weekly phone call as a Phone Buddy, to helping run our drop‑in, to supporting counselling sessions. Every role includes clear guidance on what a typical shift looks like before you start.
We support people who live locally in the Manchester City Council area to find meaningful volunteering opportunities. We support all members of our community to volunteer and are committed to providing equal opportunities and building a diverse volunteer team. We have some roles that require specific experience in our counselling and children’s services.
We provide travel expenses to our volunteers, for public transport, mileage and parking.
Yes, we cover travel expenses for public transport, mileage and parking.
Each role has its own process, explained during registration on Team Kinetic. Once you've completed the steps, you can join the team quickly.
You will join a friendly, supportive team, can share your skills, and learn new ones. We organise regular events for the team to socialise and to say thank you as we couldn’t offer as much support without our generous volunteers!
If you’re looking for work, we’re here to support you build your confidence and gain experience.
We work with corporate volunteers to understand their needs and find opportunities for them to contribute to our organisation, whether it’s sharing their skills or volunteering regularly at our drop-in.
We manage all our volunteering applications through Team Kinetic. Create a free account to see live roles, pick shifts, and track your application.
Join the impact
Of time spent volunteering in 2025-26
volunteers have been with us for over 2 years
Maria's volunteering story
DROP-IN & MUSEUM VOLUNTEER
Being a part of the team at the Pankhurst centre has been absolutely wonderful, I’ve gained so much in terms of confidence and skills. The staff members are so warm, supportive, creative and passionate. My fellow volunteers are also very warm, supportive and creative and they get really involved. They are just as passionate and knowledgeable about the national history of the suffragette movement, international stories or reports about the movement (and wider or general history). I volunteer during Wednesday afternoon Drop ins, making service users feel welcome and comfortable is an important part of the experience for me. Service users have the opportunity to speak to professionals about legal issues, financial and housing support and much more. There is also an activity session that is organised beforehand. Volunteers work with staff members to make sure that Drop-ins are a time of fun, support and care. When I see everyone chatting, smiling and laughing during the activity sessions and lunch-time it makes me very happy.
I truly appreciate the people and the place, and if I could sum it up in one word I would say: Community.
