{"id":12507,"date":"2025-10-23T13:46:05","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T12:46:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/?page_id=12507"},"modified":"2025-10-23T14:26:57","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T13:26:57","slug":"volunteering-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/join-in\/volunteering-opportunities\/","title":{"rendered":"Volunteering Opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1518.4px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h3 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"text-align: center; --fontsize: 32; line-height: 1.3;\" data-fontsize=\"32\" data-lineheight=\"41.6px\">Volunteering Opportunities at Christ Church<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Benches-with-Bernard-and-Daniel.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-large wp-image-12508\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Benches-with-Bernard-and-Daniel-600x600.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Benches-with-Bernard-and-Daniel-600x600.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%27600%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20600%20600%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%27600%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Benches-with-Bernard-and-Daniel-66x66.png 66w, https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Benches-with-Bernard-and-Daniel-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Benches-with-Bernard-and-Daniel-200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Benches-with-Bernard-and-Daniel-400x400.png 400w, https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Benches-with-Bernard-and-Daniel-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Benches-with-Bernard-and-Daniel-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Benches-with-Bernard-and-Daniel-800x800.png 800w, https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Benches-with-Bernard-and-Daniel.png 1080w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Daniel and Bernard installing our beautiful new benches outside Christ Church &#8211; Photo by Janet French)<\/p>\n<p>Christ Church relies on the generous support of volunteers to help keep our church and community centre running smoothly. Whether you can spare a few hours a week or prefer to help out at one-off events, there are plenty of ways to get involved and make a real difference.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re currently looking for volunteers to help with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Administration and office support<\/li>\n<li>Opening and closing the church building<\/li>\n<li>Assisting at regular activities and one-off community events<\/li>\n<li>Helping with the weekly Lunch Club<\/li>\n<li>Supporting concerts, plays, and festivals \u2013 including bar work, meet and greet, and event setup<\/li>\n<li>Gardens and grounds maintenance \u2013 keeping our outdoor spaces looking their best<\/li>\n<li>General maintenance and DIY tasks around the church and community centre<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Volunteering is a great way to meet new people, learn new skills, and play an active part in our community.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019d like to get involved, please contact Chris at <a href=\"mailto:chris@christchurchswindon.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">chris@christchurchswindon.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>or call 01793 267500 \u2013 we\u2019d love to hear from you!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":9580,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12507","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12507"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12507\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12515,"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12507\/revisions\/12515"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}