Physical Activity Volunteer

Time commitment: 4-6 hours per month.
Travel: A community-based venue or online.
Locations: Derry/Londonderry, Strabane, Limavady, Castlederg, Belfast Trust, South Eastern Trust (Northern Ireland).

Are you enthusiastic, compassionate and keen to expand and develop your skills while helping others? Do you have a caring, sensitive and supportive approach?

If so, we would love to have you as a volunteer. Apply today - make a positive difference to people’s lives and help us to achieve a future free from arthritis.

About the role

Physical Activity Volunteers are part of a network of people who understand how movement can transform the lives of people with arthritis and volunteer their time to provide supported and accessible activity in their local area or online, helping to support people living with arthritis to get active and stay active.

Leading safe and engaging physical activity sessions for people of all abilities, particularly adults who are or have been inactive and who live with arthritis or related condition.
Planning and organising activities with the support of the Regional Officer/Service Coordinator.
Help promote the activities to encourage new participants.
Support participants to understand and agree to the health and safety statement and take registers of attendance.
Act where necessary to ensure a safe and inclusive environment.
Accredited training specific to the activity you will deliver.
Reimbursement for reasonable out of pocket expenses.

Download the role profile for a Physical Activity Volunteer (PDF 40KB).

If you have any questions about this role before applying, please contact volunteering@versusarthritis.org.

How to apply

Please fully complete and submit the Volunteering Application Form online.
This role has been assessed as requiring a criminal record check according to nation specific requirements and guidelines.
We will ask you to provide the names of two people, one of which must have known you for at least two years, who can offer a reference for you; this could be a colleague or a friend but not a family member.
On your application form you will need to quote the advert code and the opportunity you are applying for. You can find the relevant code below:

Where are you located?

VR2024/55 - Derry/Londonderry, Strabane, Limavady, Castlederg (Northern Ireland).
VR2024/61 - Belfast Trust (Northern Ireland).
VR2024/65 - South Eastern Trust (Northern Ireland).

About us

We have made a commitment in our Diversity and Inclusion Strategy to increase the diversity of our charity and we welcome candidates from a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences.  We want our employees, volunteers and trustees to represent the broad diversity of the communities of which we are a part.   

There are over 10 million people living with arthritis. That’s one in six, with over half of those living in pain every single day. The impact is huge as the condition slowly intrudes on everyday life – affecting the ability to work, care for a family, to move free from pain and to live independently. Yet arthritis is often dismissed as an inevitable part of ageing or shrugged off as ‘just a bit of arthritis’. We don’t think that this is okay. Versus Arthritis is here to change that.  

Versus Arthritis is committed to keeping children, young people and vulnerable adults safe from harm. During the recruitment process we will undertake safer recruitment practices and relevant checks to ensure applicants are suitable to work with children, young people and vulnerable adults. 