Growing Together at Shining Stars: Volunteering, Skills and New Opportunities
Are you looking for an opportunity to gain valuable work experience, develop new skills and make a positive difference in your community?
At Shining Stars Cardiff CIC, we believe that volunteering can open doors, build confidence and create meaningful opportunities for people from different backgrounds.
As a not-for-profit nursery in Cardiff, we provide affordable childcare for children aged 2–5. Alongside supporting children and families, we are committed to creating opportunities for people to develop their skills, gain practical experience and explore new career paths.
Through our project, Empowering Ethnic Minority Women Through Volunteering in the Childcare Industry, we support women from diverse backgrounds in overcoming barriers to employment through volunteering, training and work experience.
As our work continues to grow, we are looking for new volunteers to join our team and contribute to different areas of the organisation.
Our Current Volunteer Opportunities
We currently have four volunteering opportunities available at Shining Stars Cardiff CIC. Each role offers a different way to share your skills, gain experience and support our work.
1. Volunteer Administrative Assistant
We are looking for someone to support our administrative tasks and daily nursery operations. This role is ideal for someone who is organised, reliable and confident using computers and digital systems.
2. Grants & Community Fundraiser
Help us identify funding opportunities, prepare grant applications and organise community fundraising activities. This role will play an important part in supporting the development of our training programme and future projects.
3. Volunteer Nursery Assistant
Join our nursery team and support qualified staff with children's daily routines, play and learning activities. This is a valuable opportunity for anyone interested in gaining hands-on experience in early years education and childcare.
4. Social Media & Content Officer
Help us share the work of Shining Stars with the wider community. You will contribute to our social media content, write blog posts and help raise awareness of our nursery activities, events and initiatives.
Why Volunteer with Shining Stars?
Volunteering is about more than giving your time. It can help you gain valuable work experience, develop transferable skills and build confidence in a supportive environment.
At Shining Stars, we aim to provide our volunteers with:
Opportunities to gain practical experience and develop new skills.
Training and ongoing support.
Opportunities to build confidence and improve employability.
Professional references and experience to strengthen your CV.
A friendly and supportive team environment.
The chance to make a positive difference to children, families and the wider community.
We welcome people with different backgrounds, skills and levels of experience. Whether you are looking to gain your first work experience, return to employment or share your existing professional skills, we would love to hear from you.
What Our Volunteers Say About Shining Stars
We asked our volunteers about their experiences, what they learned and what being part of Shining Stars meant to them. Here are some of their personal experiences and reflections.
⭐“I’m very grateful to the team, Cindy and Caroline. It was a really lovely and friendly team. I truly appreciated the opportunity to gain such an interesting new experience.”
⭐“I feel I have gained more childcare experience, while also connecting with other people. I thank everyone that I worked alongside during volunteering, I’ve learnt so much and this experience will stay with me forever.”
⭐“I gained experience working with children aged 3 and 4, and I had several months of experience in childcare. My volunteer work at Shining Stars Nursery also boosted my confidence that I would successfully pass job interviews to become either a child carer or a teaching assistant, and that's exactly what happened.”
I thank the Shining Stars Nursery team for their support, advice, and guidance throughout my time volunteering with them. I am truly grateful to them all.”
⭐“Their teamwork has given me the confidence and love to move on with them.
I didn't see anything bad. They are very cooperative, loving and emotional and attached to each other at heart . I will recommend that every person come and work with them. They will tell you yes THIS IS TEAMWORK.
Good luck to everyone.
Good luck, Cindy, Jacky, Candy“
⭐“I gained skills in how to handle kids’ needs and gained practical experience working with children, as well as learning about UK culture. It was a good opportunity to gain practice and experience if you want to work with children in the future.“
Get Involved!
If you are interested in any of these volunteering opportunities, we would be delighted to hear from you.
Please take a look at the individual role descriptions above to find out more about the responsibilities, skills and time commitments involved.
To express your interest or ask a question, please contact us:
We look forward to welcoming new volunteers to Shining Stars Cardiff CIC and continuing to create opportunities for our community.
With our thanks to everyone at The Welsh Government’s Volunteering Wales Main Grants Scheme, administered by the Wales Council for Voluntary Action (WCVA).
