Volunteer with Age NI

Volunteer opportunities

• My Life My Way

  'My life My Way' provides support to older people with dementia and their carers in Belfast, Ballymena, Carrickfergus, Larne, Ballyclare & Newtownabbey areas.

• Retail Volunteers

  Age NI Retail volunteers transform lives by raising vital funds to ensure we can deliver vital services for older people.

• Day Centre Volunteers

  Our Day Centres can be a lifeline to older people. Areas include: East Belfast, Dunmurry, Ballyclare, Ballynahinch, Castlewellan, Dungannon, Kilkeel, Newry, Lisburn & Portaferry.

• Fundraising Volunteers

  Opportunities include charity collections & bag packing in a supermarkets and events such as abseils, ziplines, firewalks & more!

• Be part of Living Well Moyle

  Living Well Moyle was launched recently to provide support and encouragement to people with chronic conditions to help them reconnect with the local community.

• Casual Volunteering

  If committing to a regular volunteering role is not possible for you, why not try some of our casual volunteering opportunites.

• VIVO Store Ambassador

  We are now recruiting Vivo Store Ambassadors, a local liaison between Age NI and local Vivo stores so that together we can support older people across Northern Ireland.

• Share your story with local media

  Age NI regularly receives calls from journalists who want to hear from older people about anything and everything.

• Project Retain

  Project Retain aims to support nurse recruitment and retention in care of older people by embedding a culture of ‘open and transparent communication across all bands and disciplines of staff’

• First Connect Volunteer

  Age NI's First Connect service offers dedicated emotional and practical support at difficult times in an individual’s life; situations which are often triggered by feeling the loss of independence or sudden unexpected changes in important relationships.