Volunteering

We’re always looking for residents to volunteer to help their communities stay safe and well during a major incident.

Become a Community Flood Warden

You might want to consider volunteering as a Flood Warden. Our Flood Warden volunteers provide vital support and information to communities before, during and after a flood.

Responding agencies keep us informed of what’s happening and what we might need to do during a response. For example, if homes are flooded, the evacuated residents may need a Rest Centre setting up in order to co-ordinate the support they will need.

We ask our Flood Wardens to report blocked drains or blockages in local brooks or streams and to provide advice to residents who may have flooded or may be at risk of flooding about what they could do to protect their homes and businesses.

Flood Wardens should never enter flood water. There are specially trained responders to undertake this role and this is not included in the Flood Warden role.

Should you wish to become a Flood Warden volunteer, please contact us.

Voluntary sector partners

Alternatively, you may wish to join one of the organisations we call upon in the event of an emergency.

The organisation we currently use are:

• British Red Cross
  Assisting the Emergency Services in various bespoke roles, providing emergency centre volunteers, supporting with door-to-door visits.
• Salvation Army
  Providing emergency centre volunteers, catering, counselling.
• Leicestershire Search and Rescue
  Providing specialist resources to assist 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 to backup communications or work alongside officers who may not have direct communications themselves.
• REACT
  Helping people in crisis by deploying highly trained volunteer responders in the immediate aftermath of an incident, specialising in fast-moving and complicated emergencies.
• St John Ambulance
  Providing First Aid training and recruiting volunteers to help save lives.
• Rapid Relief Team
  Offering quality catering assistance and tangible support to charities, government and emergency services confronting some of humankind’s greatest challenges.
• Joint Civil Aid Corps
  Providing a disciplined voluntary reserve to the Emergency Services, government and other authorities. It has trained volunteers able to meet 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. The group provides free out of hours movement of blood, blood samples, human milk and other medical supplies, all year round.
• Voluntary Action LeicesterShire
  Supporting individuals and organisations through the creation of volunteering opportunities in Leicester and Leicestershire.
• Citizens’ Advice Rutland
  Supporting individuals and organisations through the creation of volunteering opportunities in Rutland.