Are you friendly, approachable, empathetic and non-judgmental?   

Why not join us?

Benefits of volunteering

• Volunteering is a great way to make new friends and support your community.

• It helps you develop vital communication and teamwork skills to help tourists and  enhance your CV. 

• You will be making a difference! Your  presence  alone will help deter  scammers and opportunistic thieves

• Your experience as a volunteer will cultivate instrumental skills, such as patience and resilience, which may help you in achieving your future career goals for those interested in the emergency services.

• We welcome volunteers of all ages including mature candidates with life experience who can help mentor and build confidence in younger volunteers.

• Our volunteers are supported every step of the way

• We can also offer non-public facing roles, including remote opportunities that can be undertaken from home.

Community Safety Volunteer Overview

(Non confrontational and non enforcement role)

We aim to deter, detect and disrupt opportunistic crime by:

• Providing a visible volunteer presence
• Providing Reassurance, directions and local information
• Providing street crime prevention advice
• Reporting crime and any relevant issues to the authorities
• Helping victims of crime

Time Commitment

We are flexible, you can volunteer as much or as little time as you wish but you will need to walk in pairs. you will be walking alongside an experienced volunteer usually a superviser for the first few months.

Volunteer training

All community safety volunteers are trained and vetted including

• De-escalation techniques:
• Safeguarding awareness
• Observation skills
• First aid
• Bleed kit training

  (Opportunities for progression to proactive team, volunteers will need to have SIA door superviser licence ,

which we will help you achieve along with, additional physical intervention and handcuff training.