Football Group Assistant

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Making Space is a national values led charity and a leading provider of health and social care services. We have been helping people with care and support needs since 1982. Stockport Connect Hub (formerly SPARC) supports people over 18 who are accessing or have previously accessed secondary mental health services. Volunteers and staff provide a range of activities including our football group where people take time out to connect through football and be active.

Role

You need a good knowledge of football and have a reasonably level of fitness. You will be supporting people to do football drills and play games. You will also need an understanding of mental illness as you will be volunteering with people living with enduring mental illness. This role is for people 18 and over. As you are volunteering with adults at risk, you would need to do a DBS check as part of your volunteer application. This involves filling in a form and bringing in some ID to be verified.

When:

Where:

SK2

Other:

You will be playing football when volunteering, so you would need to wear active clothing when volunteering.

Closing date for applications:

28 August 2026

Who to contact:

David Richards

Making Space

Organisation description:

Making Space is a national values led charity supporting people living with mental illness, dementia, learning disabilities and age related illness. In Stockport, we have 3 services supporting people living with mental illness. Castlewood Court - is a supported living service where staff work with people to build their skills, confidence with the aim for people to move on to live independently Stockport Open Door - supports people over the age of 18 who need emotional support and are in crisis with their mental health Stockport Connect Hub - supports people who currently or have accessed secondary mental health services to get involved in therapeutic group activities and one to one support.

Organisation type:

Registered Charity

Company location:

Making Space, Lyne House 46 Allen Street Warrington Cheshire , WA2 7JB

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