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Rewards & benefits
Find out about the rewards and benefits we offer.
Volunteer roles
Our volunteer roles are as diverse and fulfilling as our volunteers’ interests and skills, and the list of opportunities is constantly evolving.
Why ExtraCare
We’re a charity that really does create better lives for older people, not just by building fantastic locations with first class facilities, but by gathering a dedicated and talented workforce. Our staff make the biggest difference by working together, living our values, and providing a quality person-centred service to be proud of.
The charity is proud of our Investors in People – Gold Award and we are committed to supporting our employees’ learning and development. We offer a wide range of on-going comprehensive programmes of statutory and mandatory training.
We want our staff to be empowered to bring their full, authentic selves to work and feel part of a safe and supportive community.
Vision, mission & values
Our staff help us to deliver our vision, mission and values.
Training & development
ExtraCare is committed to supporting our employees’ learning and development and we offer a comprehensive training package.
Our Staff Stories
Sunley Court’s Activities Coordinator Sarah-Jane MacLean will be training as a soul midwife. Sarah-Jane talks us through what her training will involve.
Sarah Jane
Sunley Court
Our Staff Stories
ExtraCare’s Recruitment Apprentice Charlene won DBC Training’s Sales & Recruitment Apprentice of the Year recently. Here Charlene discusses her apprenticeship, what it meant to win the award and future plans.
Charlene – Recruitment Apprentice
Head Office
Our Staff Stories
The biggest benefit for myself is the chance to communicate with customers coming into the shop and giving them a good impression of the charity therefore coming back to the shop frequently.
Rachel
Parr Bridge Charity Shop
Our Staff Stories
Student shop volunteer Ruby discusses her role volunteering at an ExtraCare charity shop.
Ruby – Student Volunteer
Charity Shop
Our Staff Stories
Student volunteer Joe discusses the importance of volunteering at Solihull Village and what he enjoys most about his role!
Joe – Student Volunteer
Solihull Village
Our Staff Stories
Lark Hill Housekeeper Julia is celebrating ten years in her role. Julia discusses the key to her long service, and why Lark Hill Village remains close to her heart.
Julia – Housekeeper
Lark Hill Village
Our Staff Stories
Former Art Director at Solihull Society of Arts Nick Worley discusses his new art course at ExtraCare’s Solihull Village and what volunteering means to him.
Nick Worley – Art Instructor
Solihull Village
Our Staff Stories
Aran Duggan Head of Property & Environment at charitable trust, ExtraCare, answers a Q&A about how the charity is focussing on sustainability.
Aran Duggan
Our Staff Stories
“I volunteer mainly on reception but during lockdown I set up a recycling collection team and a team to deliver orders from supermarkets to people like myself, who were in isolation. This was carried out on my computer, in my apartment, adhering to government and ExtraCare guidelines.”
Barbara Barnes
Stoke Gifford Village
Our Staff Stories
“I am a resident and a volunteer. I have been a resident for 3 years 5 months and I have been volunteering for 2 ½ years only missing 16 weeks due to covid.”
Robert Passco
Stoke Gifford Village
Our Staff Stories
“I’m doing my Bronze Duke of Edinburgh at school and my dad mentioned that ExtraCare were looking for volunteers to help at Solihull, so that seemed ideal.”
Amelie
Solihull Village
Our Staff Stories
“I am quite new to the Charity, being here just over 1 year, but I’m not new to occupational therapy, having been an OT for 16 years, I have experience in hospitals and in the community and I work alongside a Dementia and Wellbeing Enabler and my manager.”
Sherisse Smith
Contact us
Contact locations directly
Bournville Gardens Village
49 Bristol Road South, Bournville,
Birmingham,
West Midlands,
B31 2FR
Brunswick Gardens Village
Station Road, Woodhouse,
Sheffield,
Yorkshire,
S13 7RB
Earlsdon Park Village
Albany Road, Earlsdon,
Coventry,
West Midlands,
CV5 6JQ
Hagley Road Village
322-336 Hagley Road, Edgbaston,
Birmingham,
West Midlands,
B17 8BH
Hughenden Gardens Village
Hughenden Boulevard, High Wycombe,
Buckinghamshire,
HP13 5GD
Humber Court
Humber Road, Coventry,
West Midlands,
CV3 4FE
Lark Hill Village
New Rise, Clifton,
Nottingham,
Nottinghamshire,
NG11 8BH
Longbridge Village, Birmingham
Austin Avenue, Longbridge,
Birmingham,
West Midlands,
B31 2FZ
Lovat Fields Village
Japonica Lane, Brickhill Street,
Willen, Milton Keynes,
Buckinghamshire,
MK15 9ED
New Oscott Village
25 Fosseway Drive, Chester Road,
Birmingham,
West Midlands,
B23 5LD
Pannel Croft Village
290 Hospital Street, Newtown,
Birmingham,
West Midlands,
B19 2XU
Reeve Court Village, Merseyside
Elton Head Road, Rainhill,
St Helens,
Merseyside,
WA9 5AG
Rosewood Court
Irthlingborough Road, Wellingborough,
Northamptonshire,
NN8 1NP
Shenley Wood Village
Chalkdell Drive, Shenley Wood,
Milton Keynes,
Buckinghamshire,
MK5 6GJ
Solihull Village
Victoria Crescent, Shirley,
Solihull,
West Midlands,
B90 2FH
St Oswald’s Village
Gravel Way, Gloucester,
Gloucestershire,
GL1 2UF
Stoke Gifford Village, Bristol
Edward Parker Road, Stoke Gifford,
Bristol,
BS16 1YG
Sunley Court
Piper Hill Road, Kettering,
Northamptonshire,
NN15 7RJ
Wixams Village
Bedford Road, Wixams,
Bedford,
Bedfordshire,
MK42 6EA
Yates Court
95/97 High Street, Evesham,
Worcestershire,
WR11 4DN