{"id":1289,"date":"2025-09-03T18:43:45","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T18:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dioceseofleeds.org.uk\/caritas-leeds-resources\/?page_id=1289"},"modified":"2025-09-03T18:46:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T18:46:16","slug":"volunteering","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dioceseofleeds.org.uk\/caritas-leeds-resources\/volunteering\/","title":{"rendered":"Volunteering"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1289\" class=\"elementor elementor-1289\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-466cee6 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"466cee6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column 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data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8c44216\" data-id=\"8c44216\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47a79f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"47a79f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>How Can We help?<\/h1><p>Many of the organisations we talked to asked for volunteers, so we\u2019ve given some ideas of how to start volunteering below. There are lots of other ways to get involved \u2013 pray, donate, start a group in your parish, campaign\u2026<\/p><p>In this video commissioners talk about how they\u2019ve been inspired to take action themselves:<\/p><p><iframe id=\"_dytid_6264\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gr6vuvBDquE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p><p><strong>VOLUNTEERING<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Are you interested in volunteering in the field of criminal justice?<\/strong><\/p><p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1291 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dioceseofleeds.org.uk\/caritas-leeds-resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/volunteer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"343\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dioceseofleeds.org.uk\/caritas-leeds-resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/volunteer.jpg 343w, https:\/\/www.dioceseofleeds.org.uk\/caritas-leeds-resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/volunteer-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 343px) 100vw, 343px\" \/>\u200bYou would be surprised how many organisations in the criminal justice system rely on volunteers to be able to do their job. Whether you want to support victims, offenders or their families, there are many ways that you can offer your time to help others.<\/p><p>A great resource is the website\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/do-it.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/do-it.org\/<\/a>\u00a0which tells you what volunteering opportunities are available near to you. By selecting \u2018advanced search\u2019 you can choose the skills you want to use, the areas you want to volunteer in and the location. See an example for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/do-it.org\/opportunities\/search?miles=10&amp;interests=ea047609-577d-4cfb-a90f-1e7f3eb247ee,5052c4dc-875f-4f9b-912d-f587b7072189,ca8badda-d7eb-4c75-9e9a-ef220689e53f,328ece49-0076-4dfe-a0ea-4991741ad175,8d67d71d-62b3-41b4-93ed-dd7abf27f4cf&amp;sort=distance&amp;order=asc&amp;page=1&amp;lat=53.79648&amp;lng=-1.54785&amp;location=Leeds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Leeds\u00a0<\/a>and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/do-it.org\/opportunities\/search?miles=10&amp;interests=ea047609-577d-4cfb-a90f-1e7f3eb247ee,5052c4dc-875f-4f9b-912d-f587b7072189,ca8badda-d7eb-4c75-9e9a-ef220689e53f,328ece49-0076-4dfe-a0ea-4991741ad175,8d67d71d-62b3-41b4-93ed-dd7abf27f4cf&amp;sort=distance&amp;order=asc&amp;page=1&amp;lat=53.79391&amp;lng=-1.75206&amp;location=Bradford\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bradford<\/a>.<\/p><p>A list of local organisations is available in our directory [link to webpage]. Almost every area of the criminal justice system, from the police, to courts, to probation, to victim services, has opportunities for volunteers to help.<\/p><p>We have picked out four organisations who do great work and use volunteers:<\/p><p><strong>\u2014\u2014<\/strong><\/p><p>The<strong>\u00a0West Yorkshire Community Chaplaincy Project\u00a0<\/strong>helps people in prison while they are still inside to prepare for their release. Once out in the community, they offer support and mentoring. They also offer help to the families. Information about volunteering and contact details is available\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wyccp.org.uk\/volunteers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>\u00a0and the story of one volunteer is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/5ce3d8d04f89dd00010a2693\/t\/5e568321d3e11b4136cdbaa8\/1582727970520\/My+Link+Worker+Story+.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/p><p><strong>\u2014\u2014<\/strong><\/p><p>Would you like to help victims and offenders to meet, hopefully helping each one to learn and move on from the crime? The Catholic Bishops of England and Wales have repeatedly encouraged the use of such \u2018<strong>restorative justice<\/strong>\u2019 methods.<\/p><p>In\u00a0<strong>North Yorkshire<\/strong>, the service is provided by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.restorativesolutions.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Restorative Solutions<\/a>\u00a0so you can contact them directly for more information about volunteering. In\u00a0<strong>West Yorkshire<\/strong>, the service is also provided by Restorative Solutions but it has a separate\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rjwestyorkshire.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a>\u00a0with contact information for victims, offenders and potential volunteers.<\/p><p><strong>\u2014\u2014<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>If you are a manager or own a business<\/strong>, and are willing to employ people leaving prison to help them to settle back in into the community, then\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tempusnovo.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tempus Novo<\/a>\u00a0is keen to hear from you. They look for prisoners who are highly motivated to change and to make a new life on the \u2018outside\u2019, and offer the ex-offender support and mentoring.<\/p><p>If you have opportunities at your firm for ex-offenders to volunteer and gain skills to help them enter employment,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doinggoodleeds.org.uk\/giving-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Giving Time<\/a>\u00a0offers help in this process.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-05d5e1c\" data-id=\"05d5e1c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b863141 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b863141\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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Many of the organisations we talked to asked for volunteers, so we\u2019ve given some ideas of how to start volunteering below. 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