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You can join one of our Action Teams helping out in a variety of diverse fields where you can use your existing skills and knowledge or build up new ones.
Pick from one or more of the volunteering opportunity areas in the list below and we look forward to serving alongside you and others soon. If you’re interested in any of our opportunities, please call us and we’ll be back in touch with you soon.
1 What you can expect?
2 Benefits of volunteering.
3 Impact of volunteering.
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Volunteering: here’s what to expect
The difference between volunteering on your own and volunteering through Royal Voluntary Service is that we help you match your talents and skills with the roles that suit you best.
That’s because we want the experience to be as meaningful and enjoyable to you as it is to the people you help.
Whether you’re keeping a hospital patient company, helping to run a community activity, giving someone a lift to the shops or just being there for someone who needs a friendly face, you’ll be using your own unique abilities to make a positive difference.
What can you get out of volunteering?
We want to make sure you get as much out of volunteering as you put into it. That’s why we work hard to match your aims, goals, aspirations, personality, available time and everything else with opportunities in your area.
We ask our wonderful volunteers every year what they’ve gained from their experiences with us. Their answers show that volunteering is not only good for the community, but can improve your physical and mental health and wellbeing. Here are just some of the things our teams say they get from giving their time:
New skills and valuable work experience.
Making new friends
Better physical and mental health and wellbeing
Giving something back
Improving your confidence
Sense of connection to others in the community
Improve how things work for the better
How your work helps others
Our volunteers donate a huge variety of skills in a wealth of ways. They cover all kinds of roles, from working in hospital shops and cafés to offering transport for essential hospital appointments. From running weekly lunch clubs to creating community support groups. What they all do, regardless of the role or activity they take on, is make a difference to the health and happiness of others. That means giving people more access to services in their communities and improving social interaction. Helping people to keep doing the things they enjoy. Making sure people who might otherwise struggle to cope for themselves have the support they need.