Volunteer with Zero Carbon Guildford
Get involved with your local community no matter where you are on your journey
Skills and Training
Learn and share skills. Take our climate engagement training
Flexible options
Choose from one-off events, short-term projects or roles that fit your schedule
Community
Make friends and be part of a growing community of over 200 volunteers
Roles
ZERO Volunteer
Based in Zero, our vibrant town centre hub, you will be carrying out a variety of volunteering tasks including:
● Talking to visitors to the hub about environmental issues and the changes they can make
● Helping us deliver a range of initiatives aimed at reducing consumption, better energy management and reducing waste.
● Assisting with our projects that you are interested in
● Helping with displays
● Keeping the space tidy and inviting for our customers
Energy Champion
Our hugely successful Home Energy Advice Taskforce has supported 550 households across Surrey in 2024 to cut energy bills and carbon emissions. You get free training - and you get paid £25 per survey completed! Get in touch today and find out how you can:
Get trained for free, whether you want a bit of pocket money or a career change into energy - we've even paid for some Energy Champions to become Domestic Energy Assessors
Help your community to reduce energy bills and keep their homes healthy and free of damp & mould
Deliver real world impact, help secure retrofit grants, and become part of our great HEAT community
Support the 68% of Surrey residents who want ambitous action on climate change to reduce their home's emissions
Energy Champions are paid per survey, and therefore are contractors rather than volunteers
Community Fridge Volunteer
Zero Carbon Guildford runs the only town centre Community Fridge in Guildford, taking leftover food from local supermarkets and offering it to the local community for free, ensuring it doesn’t go to waste. The Community Fridge at ZERO is entirely led by local volunteers who are needed to:
● Collect food from local supermarkets (own car needed)
● Weigh, check labels and display food when it is received
● Although the Community Fridge is “unmanned” with the public helping themselves, provide help talking to the public to explain that the food is freely available and the goal is to reduce food waste
● Ensure the fridge is kept clean and tidy
Project Volunteer
Get immersed in one of our ZERO climate projects. You’ll be spending time coming up with engaging ways to inform the public or your project topic and showing them ways they too can get involved. Our projects include:
Library of Things
Sustainable Business Network
Home Energy
Active Travel
Reducing Waste
Admin Volunteer
Help us by being a behind-the-scenes warrior. continue on its successful journey by volunteering your time contributing to one of one of it’s most vital roles. These admin tasks can be mostly done from home at times that are convenient to you and include:
Marketing
Finance
Organising events
Responding to queries