Volunteering opportunities in the West Midlands
Fundraising volunteers needed
Event volunteers 
We are looking for people to help us run registration desks, serve refreshments, marshal participants or traffic and count sponsorship money. We also need help with marketing our events through poster campaigns and leaflet distribution.
Collection volunteers
We hold a number of collections each year at supermarkets, shopping centres, football grounds and other venues in the West Midlands, and we rely on the support of volunteers to help us do this. Could you spare a few hours a couple of times a year at one of these venues?
Static box volunteers
To help us raise funds to support people affected by stroke, we are launching a new range of collection boxes which will be placed in local shops, pubs and garages around the West Midlands. We are currently recruiting a team of volunteers to place these boxes in a number of locations and empty them 3-4 times a year. If you can commit to a couple of hours work on a regular basis, have good numeracy skills and enjoy getting out and about in your local community then this may be the volunteering opportunity for you.
Income Liaison Officers
We receive many donations in memory of a loved one. Through our relationships with local funeral directors we are able to ensure that anyone who wishes to donate to The Stroke Association is able to do so conveniently and in a manner that suits them. We are looking for six Income Liaison Officers to work within their own county, visiting Funeral Directors and supplying them with our leaflets, donation envelopes and other materials. This is an interesting and varied role that can fit in and around other work or volunteering commitments.
In return The Stroke Association will offer you full training, ongoing support and out of pocket expenses. For more information about this work, or for an informal chat about any of our fundraising volunteering opportunities, please email Esther Wright or telephone 0121 441 6413
Volunteer to help stroke survivors
Communication Support Group Volunteers
Can you imagine not being able to talk to your family or friends, or write a letter? Volunteers are needed to help people who have been left with speech and communication difficulties folowing a 
stroke. Groups run for two hours a week in friendly, relaxed surroundings. No experience is necessary as staff are on hand for support and advice. We have groups in and around Birmingham, Bromsgrove, Cannock, Solihull, Wyre Forest and Worcester. If you feel that you could offer your time to someone who needs your help, or if you would like further information we would be pleased to hear from you.
In return The Stroke Association will offer you full training, ongoing support and out of pocket expenses. For more information please email Lesley Burke, Assistant Regional Manager, or telephone 0121 441 4044.
For information about stroke and details of The Stroke Association's local services and support, please call our helpline on 0845 30 33 100 or email info@stroke.org.uk
