Location
Croft House, 12 Matham Road, East Molesey, Surrey, KT8 0SU

Hours
Minimum 3-4 hours per week

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
Waythrough provides specialist support across mental health, alcohol, drugs and related areas, delivering high-quality, evidence-based services designed around the real needs of the people we serve. Every year, we support around 125,000 people through over 250 services, made possible by our 3,500 brilliant staff and volunteers. As a Volunteer Gardener at Croft House, you will play an important role in creating and maintaining a welcoming, therapeutic outdoor space for residents. Working alongside staff and residents, you will help care for the garden and support engaging, hands-on gardening activities. This role is about more than plants — it’s about connection, wellbeing and creating a shared space where residents can relax, learn new skills and enjoy being outdoors. Your ideas and enthusiasm will help shape seasonal projects and themed gardening sessions throughout the year.

Key Duties
Support the general upkeep of the garden including planting, watering, weeding, tidying and seasonal maintenance. Work alongside residents to co-create and deliver inclusive gardening sessions. Encourage and support residents to take part in hands-on gardening tasks. Help plan and contribute ideas for seasonal or themed activities such as spring planting, sensory gardens and harvest projects. Promote a positive, safe and welcoming outdoor environment. Follow guidance from staff to ensure activities are safe and accessible for all.

What We Offer
We value the people who make a difference every day. Alongside meaningful work, you will enjoy discounts from various schemes, training and personal development, a chance to make a real difference in people’s lives, free induction and role-specific training, support from experienced staff and regular supervision, opportunities to meet new people and develop your confidence, reimbursement for travel and agreed expenses, valuable experience that can support your personal or career development.

Inclusion and Accessibility
Waythrough is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and communities, especially those with lived experience of the issues we support. We have signed up to the Disability Confident Scheme – all applicants are welcome, and adjustments can be made to enable fair participation.

Experience
An interest in gardening is essential. Experience is helpful but not required.

About you
Friendly, patient and enjoys working with people. Confident supporting others in practical, hands-on tasks. Reliable and able to commit to agreed volunteering times. Creative and enthusiastic to help make the garden an engaging space. Values inclusion, wellbeing and creating supportive environments.

Qualifications
No formal qualifications are required for this role, only a positive attitude and willingness to contribute to the community.