Volunteering Opportunities

Check out the latest volunteering opportunities that have been shared with us

Volunteer Opportunity: Community Organiser, The Vegan Society
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Volunteer as a Community Organiser, helping The Vegan Society coordinate events, lobby councillors on vegan issues, and help measure the impact of the charity.

 
Paid Opportunity: Cancer Research UK
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Cancer Research UK are looking for paid event assistants and event merchandise coordinators to join the world’s leading charity dedicated to beating all types of cancer.

 
Volunteer: Class Mentor, Young Enterprise
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Volunteer as a Day Programme (Class Mentor), helping more young people realise their potential and succeed in the changing world of work.

 
Volunteer: Student Ambassador, YGAM
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Volunteer as a Student Ambassador, to help educate around and prevent harm from gaming and gambling.

 
Volunteer: Occasional/Regular Volunteer, Glow
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Looking for either regular or occasional volunteering opportunities? Glow is looking for volunteers to help with supporting victims of domestic abuse.

 
Volunteer: Dungeons and Dragons Volunteer, Stoke City Council
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Volunteer as part of Stoke City Council's Communities, Libraries and You (CLaY) project, helping welcome new members to groups, sharing their knowledge and teaching others to play Dungeons & Dragons.

 
Help bring a gift to local families this Christmas

Volunteer to help wrap presents to be gifted to local community members whose children may not get any presents this Christmastime.

 
Volunteer Opportunity: Park Tennis Activator, We Do Tennis
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Volunteer as a Park Tennis Activator, participating in volunteer-led, turn up and play, free community tennis sessions!

 
Volunteer: Social Activities Coordinator, Changes
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Volunteer as a Social Activity Coordinator for Changes Health & Wellbeing, planning a range of social activities that support children, young people and adults in the local area.

 
Volunteer: Team Leader, Cats Protection
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Volunteer as a team leader at the Newcastle-Under-Lyme branch of Cats Protection, rehoming and supporting cats and kittens.

 
 

Don't forget to keep your volunteering profile up to date with all of the great work that you have done, so that your hours of committment can be recognised in your Higher Education Achievement Report.

Volunteering News

Tips and advice on how to get involved and making the most of your volunteering time.

Kind hearted students making a BIG impact

Term one has seen some truly inspiring fundraising from our students and student groups

 
How to Find the Right Volunteering Opportunity for You
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Whilst it can be daunting looking at all the opportunities at your fingertips, it doesn’t have to be that way. Here are a few tips to find the right opportunity for you.

 
How to Get Involved in Volunteering
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There are so many ways to get involved and gain some volunteering work experience. In today’s article, we’ll look at some local and national examples of organisations that you can volunteer with and make the most of any spare time you might have.

 
Why Should you consider volunteering?

There are so many benefits to volunteering, and in this quick read, we’ll explore a couple of excellent benefits and reasons to consider volunteering.

 
What is Student Volunteering Week?
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This week is the Student Volunteering Network’s (SVN) “Student Volunteering Week” (Try saying that 5 times), and during this week, we’ll be looking at some useful tips and tricks to prepare you for any future volunteering you may wish to do. We’ll also be showing you some great local and national organisations that offer loads of volunteering opportunities.

 
 

 

 

Volunteering Resources

Click on the tiles below for all the resources you need to find the right volunteering opportunity for you, accessing your personal Volunteering Profile and more...