Volunteering

We need volunteers to help keep their communities safe during an incident.

Become a Community Flood Warden

Our Flood Warden volunteers help communities before, during and after a flood.

Emergency services inform us about what’s happening and what we need to do during a response. For example, if homes are flooded, we may need to set up a Rest Centre to support evacuated residents.

Flood Wardens should:

• report blocked drains or streams
• advise residents on how to protect their homes and businesses from flooding
• never enter flood water

If you want to be a Flood Warden, please contact us.

Voluntary sector partners

Alternatively, you can join one of the organisations we call upon in the event of an emergency:

• British Red Cross
  • Helping the emergency services
  • Providing emergency centre volunteers
  • Supporting with door-to-door visits
• Salvation Army
  • Providing emergency centre volunteers
  • Catering
  • Counselling
• Leicestershire Search and Rescue
  • Assisting in the search and rescue of vulnerable and missing people
• Samaritans
  • Providing emotional support
• RSPCA
  • Rescuing and caring for animals
• Leicestershire & Rutland 4x4 Response
  • Assisting when conditions are fit only for 4-wheel driving, often in times of flooding and snow
  • Rescuing trapped people
  • Transporting district nurses
  • Delivering meals
• Raynet
  • Providing the Radio Amateurs’ Emergency Network
  • Backing up communications
  • Working alongside officers who may not have direct communications
• REACT
  • Highly trained volunteer responders helping people in crisis during incidents
  • Specialising in fast-moving and complicated emergencies
• St John Ambulance
  • Providing First Aid training
  • Recruiting volunteers to help save lives
• Rapid Relief Team
  • Offering quality catering assistance and support to charities, government and emergency services
• Joint Civil Aid Corps
  • Providing a disciplined voluntary reserve to emergency services, government and other authorities
  • Trained volunteers meeting the needs of communities across the country
• Leicestershire and Rutland Blood Bikes
  • Supporting health organisations in Leicestershire and Rutland, as well as our local Air Ambulance
  • Free out of hours movement of blood, blood samples, human milk and other medical supplies
• Voluntary Action LeicesterShire
  • Providing volunteering opportunities in Leicester and Leicestershire
• Citizens’ Advice Rutland
  • Providing volunteering opportunities in Rutland