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Our Volunteering Opportunities!

​Complementary Therapist Opportunities

Are you qualified or nearly completed your training in Acupuncture, Shiatsu, Massage, Aromatherapy, Reflexology or Reiki?
Are you looking to increase your experience and gain
 skills in a supportive environment.
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​Can you:
  • See up to 3 clients, on the same day each week. Monday - Friday between 10am and 5pm.
  • Commit to at least one year with the Stress Project, undergo a DBS check to work with vulnerable adults.
  • Hold an indemnity insurance and be a member of a professional body. 
Our therapy rooms are fully equipped with a massage table, massage oil, couch roll, and clean towels. 

​We offer a reimbursement of travel and any out of pocket expenses relating to your practice.

Please submit a completed application form found here and send to [email protected]

​Wellbeing Group Facilitator

Our Wellbeing Group is every Tuesday, 10:30-12:00, which offers wellbeing activities such as creative crafts, ear acupuncture, and gardening. Volunteers will be required to provide a supportive environment for individuals coming in, many of whom are regulars, offering support, signposting where necessary, and be able to offer encouragement and be non-judgemental.

See the application form to complete below, and return to [email protected]:
Wellbeing Group Volunteer Form
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Gardening Volunteer Opportunities

See our page on our therapeutic gardening below:
Gardening Volunteer Opportunities

In-Touch Volunteer Opportunities

See our page on our in-touch services below:
In touch volunteer opportunities

Counselling Placement Volunteer Opportunities

We are not currently accepting placement applications.
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Voluntary placements at Stress Project are open to trainee or qualified counsellors and psychotherapists who wish to practise in community based mental health setting. We are looking for people who can commit to a placement of at least a year, seeing three clients per week in a morning or afternoon. Trainee counsellors will be required to have completed one year of diploma training , applicants will need to be in their own personal therapy, and some experience be able to work at depth with clients. The placement is supported by monthly individual supervision. Because we receive no funding, there is a reasonable charge for this.

Placement requirements
  • Commitment to at least a year on placement
  • Membership of BACP, UKCP or equivalent
  • Commitment to regular counselling or psychotherapy for the duration of the placement
  • Commitment to monthly supervision and ongoing professional development
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Please submit a completed application form and send to [email protected] 
Download the application form here.

Other Volunteer Opportunities

If you have any specific skills or experience that you think you could bring to our charity, please get in touch with us! We'd be open to see what volunteer opportunities we could offer. 

Some specific roles we would be interested in are:
- Yoga Teacher Volunteers
- Social Media Volunteers
- Resource Pack Volunteers

Join Our Board of Trustees!

Know the Nag’s Head area and want to make it better? Looking for a new way to support your local community?
Got skills in finance, legal or mental health and community engagement?
​Have - or could make - time for 6 meetings a year/ around 3 hours a month in reading papers and taking on tasks as well as being an ambassador in the everyday and using your networks to further our work?  

We at Holloway Neighbourhood Group need new trustees to join our small but super team.
With a turnover of just over £300,000 our 5.5 full time equivalent staff run two centres bursting with our own and others activities, supporting good health and wellbeing and connecting people into the range of support and services across the borough (Islington).
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We are looking for people who share our ambitions. In the coming years we will step up, growing our offer to meet the ever-increasing need while making connections, proactively seeking solutions to address the root causes and ultimately demanding more for everyone who lives in the unique, vibrant place we call home.  
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If this is you, please contact us for a recruitment pack or ask us for an informal chat.  
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