Volunteering vacancies

Our volunteers are important in helping us to carry out our life-changing work. Your skills, experience and enthusiasm are a huge part of everything we do.

Volunteering with Vista can benefit you too - developing skills, gaining confidence, demonstrating your commitment, building your experience, meeting new people and knowing that you are making a difference to local people with sight loss.

There are many ways you can be involved - in our social groups, with our charity shops, fundraising events, and more.

Take a look at the opportunities currently available, and if you’re interested please complete an application form.

We're currently looking for

Charity Shop Volunteers

  • Location Oakham, Syston, Shepshed or Rothley

We are looking for people to help in our charity shops in Oakham, Syston, Shepshed and Rothley. If you have an eye for fashion or for a bargain, and can help us meet and greet customers, manage the shop floor, sort, clean, price and display goods or operate the till, please get in touch.

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Volunteer on the Bus

  • Location Various locations within Leicester and Leicestershire
  • Hours Flexible to suit you

Vista's Mobile Support Service will be touring Leicester City, providing information, support and advice about sight loss. Come and join the team on board the bus and meet lots of interesting people!

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Box Collector Volunteer

  • Location Home based with travel
  • Hours Flexible

At Vista, our collection boxes play a vital role in generating income and raising our profile in local communities. We urgently need volunteers to collect, count and bank donations received through charity collection boxes and act as a liaison between the box holders and Vista. If you could give a little time to help bring in this money in your local community we would love to hear from you.

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Bucket Collections Volunteer

  • Location As required
  • Hours Flexible

We have ambitious targets to reach in the fundraising team at Vista. One way we want to increase our income and local profile is by holding more regular bucket collections - but to make them successful we need a team of enthusiastic and willing volunteers to hold the buckets and collect vital funds for us.

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Collections Team Co-ordinator

  • Location As required
  • Hours Flexible

To make our regular bucket collections successful, we need a dynamic, enthusiastic and willing volunteer to lead the team. You will be responsible for booking collections across the region, as well as coordinating our fantastic volunteer collections team, ensuring you have enough people to hold the buckets and raise vital funds for Vista.

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Community Fundraising Volunteer

  • Location In your local community
  • Hours Commitment to fundraise for Vista for the next 12 months

We have ambitious targets to reach in the fundraising team at Vista. One way we want to increase our income and local profile is by setting up “Friends of Vista” fundraising groups. We need dedicated, enthusiastic and hard-working volunteers to lead these groups and raise funds in their communities.

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Children's services Volunteer

  • Location Based in Leicestershire
  • Hours Evenings/ Weekends and holiday time

We’re looking for volunteers to help with our children’s trips and activities during school holiday times, weekends, and evenings.

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Volunteer Driver

  • Location Various locations around Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland
  • Hours 2 days a week but flexible from 9.00 -1.00pm
  • Pay Voluntary

We are urgently looking for a driver for our Vista Bus. You will be driving to numerous locations within Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland helping us to reach remote locations and increase awareness about visual impairment.

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Volunteer Driver for the Information Bus

  • Location Van kept at our Kathleen Rutland Home, 117 Hinckley Rd, Leicester LE3 3PF
  • Hours 2 days a week but flexible from 9.00am - 1.00pm

We are looking for a driver to drive the Vista bus to numerous locations within Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

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Digital Buddy Volunteer

  • Location Within their local communities in Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland
  • Hours Half a day a week/Flexible

We’re looking for Digital Buddies to support people with sight loss by helping them find out more about technology. They will advise and train the people we support in the use of technology and equipment.

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Socialising Volunteer (Meet Ups)

  • Location Within Leicestershire at selected locations in Coffee shops and at local shopping centres.
  • Hours 2 - 3 hours per week

We’re looking for volunteers to help with our Meet Ups. These sessions are a relaxed setting for those who are affected by sight loss to meet others which run in cafés and community spaces.

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