Volunteer Opportunities

Bedford Domestic Violence Services offers many volunteer opportunities for organizations, civic

groups, and church groups to complete special projects such as:

• adopt-a-room

• gardening

• hosting a birthday party

• organizing food, toiletry, or cell phone drives

• supporting fundraising events

• using your group’s individual skills

Volunteers/interns are always welcome to join our staff. In order to become a volunteer/intern you must first fill out an application and submit it to our program. Someone from our program will contact you.



The training process is more extensive depending on the level of interaction with clients.  Level One, for volunteers not expected to have direct client contact, 4 hours of training required Examples of volunteer work: administrative/office work, donation management, general office, housekeeping, organizing fundraisers 

Level Two, for volunteers expected to have minimal client contact, 20 hours of training required Examples of volunteer work: public awareness volunteers, child care providers, children’s activities.  

Level Three, for volunteers interested in providing direct client services, 32 hours of training required

Examples of volunteer work: answering hotline calls, shelter support, support group facilitators, court

accompaniment



For more information on volunteering please contact us at 540-587-0970 or e-mail at

BDVS@co.bedford.va.us