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Volunteering in the Community

Get Ready to Create Some Mischief and Magic!

We are Over The Wall Camp, a UK based children’s charity. We offer free and fun activity camps for children and young people living with health challenges. These camps provide opportunities for young people and their families to discover a world of mischief, magic and new possibilities. There are two ways for our campers to experience this; at residential camps and through our online programme, Camp in the Cloud. And what’s more, it’s all free!

Thank you so much for checking out our Community Volunteering page. Our volunteers support us in helping to create the best possible experience for our campers at our residential and online camps. As a volunteer, you can learn new skills, meet new people and make a difference to the lives of children and young people in a unique and magical environment.

Volunteering Opportunities

Helping Hands of Ockbrook Campus

We’re on the lookout for friendly local legends who can lend a hand with some behind the scenes tasks on an ad hoc basis. The little things that make a big difference! This is a great opportunity to contribute to our new site, gain new experience, and make a difference on your own schedule. It’s flexible, friendly, and rewarding, and could be great for your CV. Perfect if you want to help out when you can, without a regular commitment.

You could be:
  • An Admin Allstar
    • Completing admin tasks, organising materials, packing up and posting information packs.
  • An Events Volunteer
    • Helping run Over The Wall Camp events or supporting occasional information stands at external events.
  • A Fundraising Volunteer
    • Hosting your own fundraising events or supporting bucket collections.
  • An Ambassador Volunteer
    • Would be trained up and provided with the tools to give talks to groups and associations about the charity.
  • Doing practical volunteering, e.g. gardening, painting.
  • Doing Heritage-related work, e.g. cataloguing and preserving records, recording oral histories.
Corporate Volunteers gardening at Ockbrook Campus
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Heritage Collections Volunteers

We’re seeking volunteers to help record and preserve the history of Ockbrook School and Over The Wall Camp as we begin to transform the former school into our forever home.

You’ll be working alongside our Heritage Officer on a project funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund. You’ll capture stories, catalogue and preserve records, record oral histories, and help create a heritage exhibition that will become a permanent feature at Ockbrook.

This is a great chance to learn new skills, meet new people, and help preserve the history of a unique heritage site.

This volunteering opportunity is held at our Ockbrook Campus.

Join our heritage collections volunteer team
Black and white photo of an old school building at Ockbrook School
The National Lottery Heritage Fund logo

One Off Volunteering Opportunities

Please come back soon for more one-off volunteering opportunities.
"It's the best new thing I've done in years. I would love to come back and volunteer again, I gained so much and had a great time. I feel so much more confident in myself and my ability to respond to challenges."
Over The Wall Camp Volunteer

Get in touch

Fill out the form or use the details below to get in touch.
volunteering@otw.org.uk
01332 977589