Our latest volunteer round up: Who’s looking for what?
Want to give something back, broaden your horizons and just get out there? All sorts of people volunteer for all sorts of reasons. Perhaps you’ve met someone whos made a difference to your life and now want a chance to do the same, or maybe you just want to give something back, meet new people from all walks of life or learn some new skills.
Find an opportunity now, volunteer for people and causes that matter to you.
Volunteering can be a really great way to meet new people (even more so if you’re single) and gain useful experience. It can also be fun. Whatever skills and experience and time you have available, there’s always some form of volunteering that you can do. So here’s our latest round-up of some of the latest volunteering opportunities we’ve spotted from the thousands available. Have a look, get out there and get involved.
THE WOODLAND TRUST – BOOTS ON THE GROUND NEEDED
Want to see a UK rich in native woods and trees? The Woodland Trust can’t achieve their vision without you – their volunteers.
The proud caretakers of more than 1,000 woods across the UK, from the Cornish coast to the Scottish Highlands and regional offices in Wales, Northern Ireland, Scotland and England they’re looking for more ‘boots on the ground’ to add to their passionate network of staff and volunteers who champion trees and woods across all parts of the UK.
With no experience needed, projects include everything from caring for 800 sites across England, wildlife rich native woods to tranquil urban oases to helping youngsters create the first Young People’s Forest, helping wildlife thrive in the beautiful Faughan Valley and helping to protect Northern Ireland’s last remnants of ancient woodland, restoring ancient Caledonian pine forests, looking after 60 sites across Scotland and helping threatened wildlife flourish to standing up for trees and demanding better protection for our natural heritage in Wales. All sorts of opportunities needed. FIND OUT MORE
CINNAMON TRUST
The Cinnamon Trust, the National Charity for the elderly, the terminally ill and their pets
As far as we know, the only specialist national charity for people in their last years and their much loved, much needed companion animals. Set up to respect and preserve the treasured relationship between owners and their pets, the Cinnamon Trust urgently need more volunteers to join its national network of over 19,000 community service volunteers, They urgently need help from people who can spare a bit of time for with everything from walking a dog for a housebound dog owner through to short term foster care.
Providing “peace of mind and practical help for people – love, care and safety for pets”
Helping over 150,000 people a year with 157,977 animals their volunteers “hold hands” with owners to provide vital loving care for their pets. Keeping them together in all sorts of ways– from organising walks for a dog every day for a housebound owner, fostering pets when owners need hospital care, fetching cat food, right through to cleaning out the occasional bird cage and more. FIND OUT MORE
VOLUNTEER WITH THE BRITISH RED CROSS
Set up to help anyone, anywhere in the UK and around the world get the support they need if crisis strikes, the British Red Cross are also on the look out for volunteers to help with vulnerable people and make a difference in your community
The world’s largest humanitarian organisation, supporting people in the UK and across the world get the help they need when crisis strikes.
Connecting human kindness with human crisis, from hiring a wheelchair or dealing with loneliness, to adjusting to life in a new country – they aim to be there when you need them. They have roles to suit everyone, no matter how much time you have to give, whether a few hours or a few days a week. whatever your experience, – with full training provided too.
With coronavirus pandemic leaving more people need their help more than ever, as a British Red Cross volunteer you can be there for people when they need it most. Volunteer opportunities include ambulance volunteers, refugee support, charity shop and wheelchair volunteers, helping vulnerable people and helping to make a difference in your community. You can even volunteer virtually from home by supporting vulnerable people through the Red Cross national helpline. FIND OUT MORE
THE RAMBLERS: LOVE IT, SAVE IT – DON’T LOSE YOUR WAY
Our paths are one of our most precious assets, hidden in plain sight, and often taken for granted, they allow everyone to enjoy the countryside, both on our doorstep and across Britain’s iconic landscapes and with only 5 years left to collect the historical, documentary evidence needed to build and submit applications to restore the most important paths for future generations, time is running out .
With the help of thousands of volunteers we searched all of England and Wales and found over 49,000 miles of paths which could be lost forever.
Have completed this first stage of the process thanks to the support of thousands of volunteers who compared current maps of England and Wales with two historic maps from 120 years ago to identify more than 49,000 miles of paths, they’re now looking for help to put these paths back on the map. With a deadline of submitting applications of the 1st January 2026, The Ramblers are now looking for help to prioritise those paths which add the most benefit for people, research individual paths to find out if they can be saved and then build applications based on historical evidence. FIND OUT MORE
DO SOMETHING GOOD TODAY, START VOLUNTEERING
Want to look at other ideas and see what else Volunteer agencies in England, Ireland, Scotland & Wales are looking for? The range of opportunities is truly enormous. Check our VOLUNTEER SECTION for all sorts of ideas and information to get you started.
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