Volunteering with Focus Birmingham: A Rewarding Journey That Enriches Your Life and the Lives of Others

Volunteering with Focus Birmingham isn’t just about giving your time – it’s a unique opportunity to enrich your own life, too! By dedicating time to support our community, you’ll gain more than just experience – you’ll build confidence, boost your self-esteem, and develop meaningful skills that will last a lifetime.

Whether you have a couple of hours each week or several days a month, your contribution will have a lasting impact. You’ll also expand your personal network, meet amazing new people, and make lifelong friends along the way.

We offer a wide variety of volunteer roles, so no matter your interests or skills, there’s something for you. Your efforts will help us create real change in the lives of those who need it most.

Here’s a glimpse of the incredible difference our volunteers make:

• Our telephone befrienders dedicate over 110 hours each month, offering vital companionship to individuals in the community.
• Volunteers contribute more than 23,808 hours every year, helping improve the lives of those we support.
• Our Low Vision admin volunteers provide 2,080 hours of critical support each year to our optician, ophthalmologist, and patients.

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Volunteer Testimonies:

Volunteer A "I feel the main impact I have on service users is that they can see that having a VI is not a barrier to getting on in life".

Volunteer B "When supporting the social group I enjoy helping people in the group that find interaction difficult by sitting down and having a chat with them 1:1 and encouraging conversations with others, I even host some of the quizzes". 

Admin Volunteer "I have volunteered with Focus for nearly a year helping to produce learning materials for our service users. Contributing to the Focus team has provided me with a meaningful and fulfilling role which has given me a new purpose in life, and has greatly improved my mental health". 

Sacha, Telephone Befriender "One of the greatest gifts is giving my time to support and empower citizens with sight loss."

Stephen, Telephone Befriender "My role is to listen and talk with visually impaired people who are isolated in their homes. It's been a real pleasure to learn about their interesting lives and contribute to the good of the wider community". 

Sonia, Telephone Befriender "It's so rewarding knowing that  a weekly phone call to someone can help reduce their feeling of loneliness and isolation for a small part of their day." 

Make a difference today and help us to continue making lives better, see all our current volunteer opportunities here