What is a volunteer?
Someone who gives their time freely and without payment, to benefit other people, the community or the environment.
Who Volunteer?
Anyone can volunteer if they feel they have something to offer. Men and women carry out voluntary work in roughly equal numbers. Age is not a barrier over half the volunteers we see are under 30. A growing number of young people are coming forward to volunteer.
Why Volunteer? You want to .....
Take an active part in your community
Have fun, meet new people, make friends
Give yourself a challenge
Prove something to yourself or others
Increase your chances of getting a job
Get free training
Improve your English
Have something to put on your CV
Gain a recognised qualification
Improve your skills and gain an up-to-date reference
Have a reason to get out of bed in the morning
If you can answer yes to any of the above, please click here to find out more.
What can you do?
You can choose from the hundreds of opportunities we have registered on the database waiting to be filled by volunteers, the list is endless, but you could think about such things as caring, mentoring, teaching, helping, advising, driving, cooking, administration and many more.
How much time do you have to give?
You can give as much or as little time as you like. Many organisations are flexible on the time volunteers need
