Volunteer

Volunteering with Safer Places

Safer Places volunteers play a vital role in delivering our lifesaving and life-changing services. Whether it be supporting survivors directly, raising awareness of our work and its impact, fundraising for us or supporting our head office we have a range of volunteering opportunities for you.

We are always looking for new volunteers to join our teams - browse through the pages below to find out more about different ways to volunteer, training and support opportunities, to hear from our current volunteers and for information about how to apply.

Current Volunteering Opportunities

We have new opportunities coming soon.

What volunteering involves

Volunteering for Safer Places includes a huge variety of roles.

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Training and Support

At Safer Places we offer a great training and support package to our volunteers.

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Who volunteers

Safer Places already has a great team of volunteers. Hear from them about their volunteering experiences.

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How to apply

To apply to volunteer with us, simply fill out our application form and return to [email protected]

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Donation page for Greater Anglia employees.
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Having been close to someone who needed to escape abuse, I learned first hand about the devastating impact the abuser has on the lives of innocent, loving people who become trapped by coercive control.

J9 Initiative

The J9 Domestic Abuse Initiative aims to raise awareness of domestic abuse and assist survivors to access support safely by training professionals and members of the community to recognise domestic abuse and respond to survivors. Once J9 trained, the J9 logo is displayed, letting survivors know that they have a safe place to access information and use a telephone to contact support services.
Independent Domestic Violence Advocate (IDVA)

The IDVA qualification is a Level 3 OCNLR Qualification in Domestic Abuse: Prevention and Early Intervention. The course is designed for adult professionals working with families affected by domestic abuse.
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Independent sexual violence advisors course (ISVA)

This is a specialists level course designed to increase the knowledge of a qualified IDVA and someone who has been supporting victims/survivors of domestic abuse and sexual abuse for over a year.
About our Training

At Safer Places we have a range of training courses and qualifications available, from short 3 hour sessions to Level 3 and 4 accredited qualifications.
Work With Us

At Safer Places, our team are our most important resource and a real asset to us. Having a highly competent, survivor focused, experienced and resourceful team is key to delivering a high quality service. We are proud of our team and our organisational culture is really important to us. Working for Safer Places is no ordinary job. Every role in our organisation plays a part in delivering on our Mission. We work hard to create an environment that inspires and empowers staff to give their bes
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Therapeutic Programmes

Triple R is Safer Places' main trauma informed Domestic Abuse Programme which has three aims: To enable victims/survivors to recognise the abuse and its impacts on them and their children. To enable them to recover from the abuse and support their children to do so. To develop resilience by building on their strengths and addressing challenges in order to build a better sustainable safe future for themselves and their families We also run a Money support programme
J9 Disclosure Scheme

J9 is named in memory of Janine Mundy, a mother of two, killed by her estranged husband in June 2003 whilst on police bail. This awareness raising course will give you the skills to recognise abuse and the confidence to respond to survivors, opening the door to safety and support. At the end of the course you can display the J9 logo so survivors know they have a safe space to get help.
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