TSL Kirklees Volunteering is the official Volunteer Centre for Kirklees
This means that we’re here to help you get started on your volunteering journey and support you through the process.
We also make sure that any groups or charities that advertise for volunteers on our website will look after their volunteers properly. Some of them will have a stamp of approval called the Kirklees Volunteering Quality Award (KVQA), which means that they’ve done even more to make sure that their volunteers are valued and have a good experience.
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Latest Opportunities
- Dewsbury and Mirfield
- Flexible
Since its opening in 1999, Thornhill Lees Community Centre has provided a safe and welcoming space for the communities in Thornhill Lees and the surrounding villages. We offer the community a weekly food hub, the Helping hands café, hosting of Kirklees College’s adult learning courses, keep fit and yoga classes and craft activities. The centre’s rooms are also available for rental for groups, meetings and functions.
The centre is owned by the people of Thornhill Lees and is run on their behalf by the trustees.
We have steadily rebuilt our activities since the COVID pandemic and now need to develop our organisation further for a sustainable future. We see the expansion of our volunteer team as central to this next phase.
Thornhill Lees Community Centre is looking for a volunteer to help organise small building maintenance works by:
- Advising on building maintenance to support the trustees in making sound decisions on ways forward with maintenance works as they arise.
- Liaising with trusted local tradespeople to gather quotes for works.
- Overseeing the works to advise the trustees on the quality and completeness of work.
Person specification
- Ad-hoc availability, as required by trustees in response to building maintenance needs.
- Good working knowledge of building maintenance.
- Good knowledge of the network of trusted local tradespeople to carry out these works.
- Friendly.
- Flexible.
- Good communication skills.
- Good attention to detail.
Benefits of volunteering with Thornhill Lees Community Centre
- Working within a friendly organisation of volunteers, staff and service users.
- A sense of achievement from giving back to the local community by supporting trustees with a challenging area of their work.
A DBS check will be carried out. Two references will be required.
For more information please submit your details below and one of our trustees will be in touch.
Rolling application. Please apply as soon as possible.
Thornhill Lees Community Centre
- Other
- References required
- DBS (criminal record check that the organisation will organise)
31/08/2026
Submit your details to apply
Have a question or need help applying for a role?
Click here to get in contact or email us directly at volunteer@tslkirklees.org.uk
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Business Volunteering
Share your team, resources and expertise
Many businesses offer their employees an opportunity to volunteer in work time. This is known as Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) or Employer Supported Volunteering and it can include fundraising for a group, or even sharing expertise and resources as well as volunteering.
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