Volunteering

Volunteering can be an extremely rewarding experience leaving you with an enormous sense of satisfaction from giving up your time to help others.

The experience you gain along the way is beneficial too. You will have the opportunity to gain new work and life experiences, developing your skills further and training you to deal with different situations.

This experience combined with the fact that you have shown your self-motivation by giving up your time will boost your CV and help your employment prospects.

What is more, the opportunities for voluntary work are vast and whatever your interests, music, arts, sport, animals, etc, there will be a group in need of your help. Opportunities exist in the UK and overseas, with organisations offering the chance to see parts of the world you would never have otherwise been able to visit.

So what are you waiting for!

Follow the links below to find out more about volunteering opportunities for you.

For general advice go to
www.volunteering.org.uk

To help fight poverty and help the disadvantaged across the world, visit www.vso.org.uk

Volunteering advice for 16-24 year olds is available at
www.mvonline.gov.uk