Volunteering at Single Parents Wellbeing

Built by the voices and experiences of single parent families

Use your time and skills to strengthen the SPW community, while building connections, confidence and experiences of your own.

Volunteer as a single parent, a young person living in a single parent household (11+) or as a family.

Can’t find what you’re looking for? Email sarah@singleparentswellbeing.com

Volunteer Ambassador

Ages 24+

Get involved individually or as a family, supporting community events, wellbeing activities, projects and peer support.

Contribute your time, skills and ideas to help build the SPW community. Take a look at our Thrive project.

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Youth Community Volunteer

Ages 11+

For young people from single parent households, Have your say, develop new skills and help shape activities, campaigns and projects for young people.

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University Placements

Ages 18+

We offer university placement opportunities for students keen to support single-parent families and gain experience in creative, community-based projects.

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Raise Van Host

Ages 13+

Join our volunteer powered mobile café, serving Welsh coffee, teas and conversation at community events, markets and festivals. Learn new skills, meet people and help raise awareness and funds for Single Parents Wellbeing. No previous café experience needed.

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Strategic Advisory Committee

Ages 18+

Help guide SPW’s future direction by advising on strategy, developing new ideas and projects, and providing expertise and constructive challenge to ensure our work meets the needs of single parent families.

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Volunteer Hours

Whether you want to help at one-off activities or take a leading role in planning and delivering events, your skills and ideas are valued.

Be a part of building something that matters

What Are Volunteer Say

  • "Being a part of the Advisory Group has made me feel empowered by giving others a voice. Knowing that we are all making a difference makes all the struggles seem less impossible to get through."

    SPW Advisory Group Volunteer

  • “I love being part of a diverse group of people who all have a passion and common goal to support, empower and uplift fellow single parents. It feels great to positively contribute and feel part of a great team.”

    SPW Volunteer

  • ”SPW has changed my life so much, especially how I feel more positively about being a single parent. I am constantly learning and inspired by the fearless nature by which the group go about making a difference and helping single parents.”

    SPW Advisory Group Volunteer

  • "SPW has helped with my mental health- to know that I'm not alone. To celebrate me on all the things I do that are unseen. SPW has skilled me up and has titled me as a 'superhero' and 'champion' parent. I feel proud to be a single parent achiever."

    SPW Wellbeing Ambassador Volunteer

Latest Volunteer Blogs

Blog
Spotlight Interview- Volunteering with Champions for Change (C4C)
Spotlight Interview- Volunteering with Champions for Change (C4C)

We chat with a C4C youth volunteer who has been part of the project for almost 3 years about what they’ve learnt about themselves and what other organisations can do to support those from a Single Parent Household.

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“That sense of connection is priceless - it’s what turns loneliness into belonging.” Raise Campaign- Sophia’s Story.
“That sense of connection is priceless - it’s what turns loneliness into belonging.” Raise Campaign- Sophia’s Story.

Sophia became a single parent when her daughter was four. She first joined SPW in 2019 and found connection that carried her through the loneliness of early single parenthood and the challenges of lockdown.

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“I walked in anxious and walked out feeling like I belonged.” Raise Campaign- Zoe’s Story.
“I walked in anxious and walked out feeling like I belonged.” Raise Campaign- Zoe’s Story.

Zoe became a single parent in 2015 and says the first two years were “pure survival.” For years she avoided SPW, telling herself she wasn’t a “proper” single parent, but when she finally attended in 2019, she realised: “Why didn’t I do this sooner?”

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