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Volunteer

Volunteers are an integral part of the work that we do every day. We wouldn’t be the same without their support, and we could not achieve the level of impact we do without them.

If you’d like to get involved to build on what you’re already great at, learn new skills, give something back to your local community or gain experience for a new career please get in touch! You’ll be making a different to the lives of thousands of victim-survivors of domestic abuse with any time that you can give.

Last year, volunteers donated 415 hours to support adults and children surviving domestic abuse. Thank you!

Rising Sun, GSK IMPACT Awards 2024
"Volunteering at Rising Sun has been truly inspiring. It taught me so much about domestic abuse, and it made me feel that, even in my small way, I was contributing to a bigger cause" Emma and Nicole, Student Volunteers from Canterbury Christ Church University.

Ways that you can volunteer

We have a wide-range of volunteering opportunities at Rising Sun, some are regular roles whilst others are ad-hoc for when it suits you.

Here are just some of the ways that you can volunteer:

  • At our fundraising events helping us to raise vital funds and awareness for our work
  • Being the first point of contact for survivors when they attend our weekly One Stop Shops
  • Support facilitators to deliver our group programmes for survivors of domestic abuse
  • Creating a warm and welcoming space at our Café Support Group
  • Supporting young women at our supported accommodation through gardening, chats and group programmes
  • Volunteer your time as a counsellor to provide women with free therapeutic support to explore and reflect on their experiences
  • Helping our team with day-to-day tasks in HR, finance and fundraising
  • Working with our Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning team to gather feedback and analyse data to measure our impact
  • Corporate volunteering
  • Placing and returning collections tins in the community
  • Joining our Board of Trustees to provide the drive to everything that we do at Rising Sun
Due to the nature of our work some roles are restricted to women under the 2010 Equality Act.

Current volunteering opportunities

Take a look at our opportunities for how you can get involved in volunteering for Rising Sun. If any of the roles are of interest please email us at admin@risingsunkent.com and we can get you in contact with the right team.

Equally, if you can’t see a suitable role right now, get in in touch and we can let you know if an opportunity becomes available.

Collection Tin Volunteer

Our collection tins are a simple way to raise vital funds and awareness for Rising Sun, helping us to continue supporting victim-survivors experiencing domestic abuse. It’s also a super flexible role that you can fit around your commitments.

The key tasks of this role include:

  • Distribute collection tins to businesses in your local area within Canterbury, Ashford or Folkestone & Hythe, such as newsagents, post offices, chemists, pubs, cafes etc.
  • Visit every 3 – 5 months to replace their collection tin
  • Return the full collection tin to Rising Sun’s fundraising team
  • Keep in touch with our Community Fundraiser

For your safety, you will need access to a vehicle for this role.

Community Fundraising Volunteer

We are looking for friendly and enthusiastic volunteers to support our Community Fundraising team to raise funds and awareness for Rising Sun across Canterbury, Ashford and Folkestone & Hythe. This is a flexible role that can fit around your commitments.

The key tasks of this role could include:

  • Attend store collections to raise funds and awareness for survivors
  • Attend fundraising events alongside the Community Fundraising team
  • Distribute leaflets and posters in the community
  • Support at events through marshalling runners, hosting water stations or fundraising stalls
  • Keep in touch with our Community Fundraiser
Corporate Volunteering

Volunteering for Rising Sun is a great opportunity to bring your staff together and demonstrate your company’s commitment to supporting the local community and making a difference to the lives of survivors of domestic abuse.

You can volunteer with Rising Sun through:

  • Attending store collections to raise funds and awareness for survivors
  • Supporting at fundraising events
  • Putting together flee packages for survivors
  • Helping at our supported accommodation, through gardening, painting etc.

Why volunteer for Rising Sun?

By volunteering for Rising Sun, in any role, you will be joining us to end domestic abuse together.

Volunteering can help you:

  • Learn new skills
  • Gain experience for a new career
  • Meet like-minded people
  • Use your experience to support us to end domestic abuse
  • Learn about domestic abuse and Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG)

We’re a small, local charity with like-minded individuals all working towards the goal of ending domestic abuse. We emit passion in everything that we do, and are committed to supporting women and children surviving domestic abuse. We are an award-winning charity for the impact that we’re having on the lives of the most vulnerable victim-survivors of domestic abuse, and would love for you to join us on this journey.

More ways to support us

Survivor Forum

Fundraise for us

Corporate partnerships

Donate