Working to change lives
As a CDAS volunteer, you’ll support people to make positive changes to their drug or alcohol use, or their mental health.
We have a variety of volunteering opportunities across a range of roles, from working directly with clients and families to assisting with reception and administration. Check out our latest volunteer opportunities.
Our volunteers are as varied as the roles they undertake and we encourage applications from all walks of life, including those with lived experience of challenges with drugs or alcohol.
We value lived experience
We welcome the involvement of volunteers with lived experience of challenges with drugs, alcohol and mental health. You’ve been there, you get it, and you can use your story to support others on their recovery journey.
Peer Mentors with lived experience demonstrate visible recovery and act as positive role models. As a Peer Mentor, working alongside staff, you’d help support our clients through things like welcoming people to the service, sharing information about the different types of support options, helping to run support groups, accompanying staff who are visiting clients in the community, or helping to organise events to promote our services.
The benefits of volunteering
By lending your time and skills, you’ll make a profound difference to people’s lives at a time when they most need it - an opportunity to offer support and compassion to people bravely working to turn their lives around.
In addition you will:
Learn new skills, make new friends
Build your confidence, and be part of an amazing team.
Gain valuable experience and insight into the inner workings of community drug, alcohol and mental health services.