Gardening Volunteer - Cornerstone

Cornerstone is our day centre in Manchester which supports people experiencing homelessness or at risk of becoming homeless. As a volunteer you would support Cornerstone in its aims of offering a holistic approach to supporting the whole person, assisting them to have their voice heard and to transform their life with dignity. The people who visit aspire to have a good quality of life and a safe place to live, positive friendships, good health and a purpose in life, and at Cornerstone we work alongside them to help them to achieve their goals.

What you will be doing:

You will work at our Cornerstone Day Centre in Hulme to support the maintenance of our garden. We have a gated garden with raised beds, hanging baskets, a composter, as well as our car park area with bordering flower beds. This role will include maintaining the garden and car park area, composting fresh food waste from the kitchen, and planning what items to plant with people who use the service.

Mentor and work alongside our Community Volunteers doing practical tasks such as cleaning the area, planting, and general garden maintenance. We aim to enable people who visit the centre to do as many of the practical tasks involved in running the Centre as possible with our general volunteers working alongside them to support and encourage them to do this.

You will also provide general gardening knowledge to our staff.

Please read before applying:

As part of the safer recruitment process, we will be requesting a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and two references for this role.

Having a criminal record is not necessarily a bar to volunteering within the organisation. This will depend on the nature of the position and the circumstances and the background of the offences.

Prior to starting with us you will be required to complete four mandatory online training modules.