Everyone has something to offer as a volunteer, you all have a valuable contribution to make to the local or wider community. However, the huge range of volunteer roles available and the many and varied number of organisations offering them can make the task of finding voluntary work daunting, but we have created a list of questions to make this as easy as possible.
Key things to consider when thinking about volunteering are:
• What you feel you would like to contribute in terms of skills and experience
• What you would like to gain from the activity
• What level of commitment you can offer, whether it's long or short term, weekly or one-off.
Below are some useful questions you may want to consider and some suggestions as to which organisations may be worth approaching about a volunteering opportunity.
Are you looking for opportunities to meet new people and to make friends?
Do you want something you can do at weekends or during the evenings?
Interested in a one off short burst of volunteering?
Would you like to work with someone on a one to one basis, enabling them to help themselves?
Want to get practical training and experience to help you get a job?
Want to do something to help animals?
Interested in campaigns to change things at a local, national or global level?
Want to use your time to help run an organisation?
Want to make use of specific skills, knowledge and experience?
Retired, or about to, and thinking of doing voluntary work?
Have a passion for the arts?
Keen to look after your local or national heritage?
Love sports and outdoor pursuits?
Care deeply about environmental/conservation issues?
Want to work with children or young people?
Under 18 and want to volunteer?
Interested in volunteering in a health, care or mental health setting?
Interested in volunteering overseas?
