Health Promotion Volunteer

Passionate about sexual health?

Want to make a difference in your community?

Joining our Sexual Health Promotion and Outreach Team means you will be providing safer sex and positive sexual health messages along with providing info regarding available services and how, where and when to test for STIs and HIV. This will happen in a variety of settings, from university fresher fairs to LGBTQ+ club nights and saunas. You will receive full training, regular support and supervision, as well as being reimbursed for expenses up to a reasonable amount.

We are looking for people interested in volunteering for at least one of the following roles:

Clinic support: welcoming people to clinic and guiding them through their visit, explaining how to use self-testing STI and HIV kits and sharing positive sexual health messages.

Event support: co-hosting a stall and sharing positive sexual health messaging and sexual health information with the members of the public.

Outreach support: handing out safer sex packs, sharing info on safer sex and signposting to appropriate services at a variety of LGBTQ+ venues and events i.e. bars, clubs and saunas.

• Closing date for applications:Monday 16^thFebruary 2026
• Interview date:Wednesday 25^thFebruary 2026 @ Brigstowe Office, BS5 6AF
• Training:Thursday 19^thMarch 9.30am – 3pm @ Brigstowe Office, BS5 6AF
• Start date:March 2026

To apply for this role, please read the Role Description and complete our online Volunteer Application Form: https://forms.office.com/e/SNs8s1t1iG and we will contact you as soon as we have reviewed your application.

Volunteers will be asked to complete a DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check, this is highlighted in the Application Form and we would cover the cost of this. ** Please note that having a criminal record does not necessarily prevent you from volunteering.

Don’t be a stranger. If you want to have a chat about volunteering or ask more questions, please contact Mark via healthpromotion@brigstowe.orgor by calling 0117 955 5038.

We are particularly interested in recruiting people from groups identified as at greater risk of poor sexual health, or those with close ties to these communities. This includes:

• People living in/near Hartcliffe, Southmead, South Glos, or Weston Super Mare
• Gay or Bisexual men
• Trans people of any gender
• People of marginalised ethnicities, especially of those with cultural taboos around sex and HIV
• People who currently work in, or have lived experience of, the sex industry
• People who have lived experience of homelessness or substance misuse
• People of any gender who attend sex-on-premises events
• Gay or bisexual men who engage with, or with lived experience of, substance-linked-sex, or chemsex
• Men who accept, or have accepted, money or gifts for sex
• People who have undergone the asylum-seeking process