Volunteer opportunities

Our roles are carefully designed to meet the needs of patients, visitors, and services; that offer volunteers meaningful and rewarding opportunities, engaging everyone’s unique experiences and skills, whilst offering a chance to develop new abilities.

We recruit regularly to specifically identified roles, which are open to anyone aged 18+. All opportunities are advertised on this page, and we encourage applications from communities across the city to support the diverse volunteer workforce already in place at LTHT. Each role has a carefully designed profile which explains the opportunity in more detail including any restrictions, skills required and the days/times we are looking for support.

If you feel a role is right for you, then please follow the instructions provided in the profile on how to apply.

If there are no opportunities listed currently on this page, then please visit back shortly.

Are you a qualified Hairdresser? Would you be available to volunteer at Chapel Allerton Hospital LS7 4SA?

The Rehabilitation ward at Chapel Allerton has patients who spend a substantial amount of time in hospital.

We are looking for a qualified Hairdresser to provide hairdressing services 1 or 2 days per month for patients residing on the Rehabilitation Ward. To help promote patients’ wellbeing, and boost morale.

We are looking for a volunteer who can:

Wash hair
Blow dry and style Hair
Trim hair
Shave heads
Use Roller sets
Provide Beard and moustache trims

What are the requirements?

A Hairdressing Level 3 Qualification
At least 2 years’ experience providing hairdressing services to clients/members of the public in a work or volunteering environment.
Someone Willing to hold an Honorary Contract with The Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust
You must be punctual and dependable and committed to attend regularly for at least 6 months / 75 hours of volunteering
Have access to their own equipment

Volunteers must be 18+. To request the full volunteer role profile and for further information please contact The Voluntary Services Team by emailing [email protected] or calling 0113 2065888

Do you want to learn more about gardening, make new friends and care for the hospital gardens?

We are currently recruiting volunteers to our new Gardening Club role based at St James’s Hospital with the possibility of some cross site sessions across other sites in the future.

The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust White Rose Wellbeing Garden, designed by award-winning garden designer and RHS Ambassador Adam Frost and created in partnership between the Trust and the RHS, the UK’s leading gardening charity, helping people and plants to grow.

The wellbeing garden at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is a relaxing and restorative space for NHS staff, volunteers, patients and visitors to take time out and enjoy.

The Volunteer Gardening Club will support the ongoing maintenance of the garden along wish supporting staff to use and care the space also and is a great way to support the health and wellbeing of staff at our busy NHS Trust.

Our roles are open to anyone 18 years or older, who can commit to gifting their time for a minimum of 50 hours/6 months and can meet any additional requirements specific to a role. We are looking for anyone who is interested in gardens or learning more about gardening and full training will be provided.

Volunteers will be:

Supporting with the general maintenance and upkeeping of the garden
Helping with seasonal activities such as pruning, seed sowing, planting, weeding, deadheading, watering, mulching etc.
Supporting staff to engage with the garden encouraging their support with activities in the garden and providing information about the garden
Helping to facilitate workshops in the garden

We are looking for volunteers who are:

Aged 18 +
You must have a professional and friendly demeanour.
You must be punctual and dependable.

Additional skills would be welcome as we plan to run health and wellbeing workshops in the garden so anyone willing to facilitate sessions would also be welcome to apply, or have a further conversation with us about how they can get involved.

If you are interested in volunteering please complete our Expression of interest Form

For further information please email [email protected]

Would you be interested in volunteering at the new Rob Burrow Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Centre at Seacroft Hospital in Leeds.

This volunteer role will make a really difference to patients’ experience, can you help?

The volunteer Complementary Therapist will be supporting patients, families & carers by providing complementary therapy such as gentle Massage, Reiki, Mindfulness and Yoga. This will be a relaxing experience and may help reduce a patient’s stress, anxiety and improve mood. Complementary & supportive therapies will be available free of charge to patients & families/carers affected by MND.

What do we need:

· Somebody who is a qualified professional therapist.

· Minimum of Level 3 Diploma in massage therapy or

· Reiki Level 2

· In date Registration with the Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC)

· Willing to hold an Honorary Contract with The Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust

· At least 2 years’ experience including providing this type of treatment to clients/members of the public in a work or volunteering environment.

· You must be punctual and dependable and committed to attend regularly for at least 6 months / 75 hours of volunteering.

If you are interested in volunteering please complete our Expression of interest Form

To request the full volunteer role profile and for further information please contact

The Voluntary Services Team: [email protected]

Tel 0113 2065888