Volunteer work for the retired.

[Pistol p]

Evening, my brother in law who is recently retired is looking toward volunteer work or charity work to keep himself occupied. He is a very skilled electrical engineer with worldwide experience and wants/ needs to keep busy for a few hours a day.
Does anyone know of any good organisations that would entertain somebody like him?
He’s based in mid Essex and is willing to travel.
Thanks.

 

[DXX]

Engineer is a broad term these days and often linked to nothing to do with engineering IMO
If you post his specialist subject matter it might make it easier.
Greenpeace, British Antarctic Survey (need to be fit and crazy), there’s no shortage of organisations who love ‘free’.
RNLI.

 

[Sackmycook]

I volunteer for English Heritage as a maintenance bod. Do as much or as little as you want. I look after Berwick upon Tweed Ramparts, mainly minor repairs and tidying up. It gives me free access to their sites nationwide as a bonus

 

[TrevorK]

Volunteer Essex - Volunteering opportunities throughout Essex is a good place to start.

I volunteer for Workaid.org - refurbishing tools for Africa. Chesham might be a bit too far away?

There are also ‘men-in-sheds’ around and about.

 

[DXX]

He could join the T6 Forum and answer the ‘My Leisure Battery is Flat’ questions.

 

[DaveLC]

A recently retired colleague now volunteers at Colchester Zoo and enjoys it.

Stow Maries Great War Aerodrome always seems to be on the lookout for volunteers and might have something to suit his engineering background.

 

[Pistol p]

Thanks for the replies folks, I’ll be seeing him next week so I shall pass on these ideas.