We have over 340 volunteering opportunities for you to choose from.

Volunteering gives you the chance to:

Have some fun

Try something different

Gain confidence and experience

Make new friends

Be involved in something worthwhile

Use and improve skills

Feel good about yourself

Contribute to your community

Obtain a reference

What opportunities are there?:

Here are some of the things you could do as a volunteer:

Drive someone to a hospital appointment

Help out with office administration

Design some publicity

Visit an elderly person in their home

Man a library

Plant a wildflower meadow

Join a management committee

Befriend a child

Give a listening ear to someone who wants to talk

Repair a bridle path

Teach people English

Raise funds for a group

Go on day trips with people who have learning disabilities

Assist in a charity shop

To view opportunities in detail take a look at the national volunteering database website at www.do-it.org.uk

Find out what you need to know before you volunteer

If you don’t know what you want to do you can phone your local Volunteer Centre