Volunteering

Are you interested in becoming a volunteer?

Voluntary Action Doncaster

Voluntary Action Doncaster is a Voluntary Community and Faith (VCF) Sector Cooperative which provides a strong voice and representation for the VCF Sector. It offers infrastructure support and a point of access for commissioning/partnership working. Voluntary Action Doncaster also support and match volunteers from both business and residents to opportunities across Doncaster.

Volunteering opportunities

To register your interest in volunteering to support the community please visit the Voluntary Action Doncaster website using the link below:

FIND VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES

Befriending Services - volunteers needed

Could you spare an hour a week?

The following befriending services available to Doncaster residents, are encouraging people to sign up and volunteer to support socially isolated and lonely people via telephone. There is a massive shortage of volunteers available and currently a large numbers of referrals coming into these services. Please sign up and volunteer with them now:

Benefits of volunteering

As well as doing something positive for yourself and your community, volunteering can help you:

improve your self confidence
gain new skills and experiences
benefit from training opportunities
gain references for future employers
improve your employment prospects
make new friends

'Giving' is one of the New Economics Foundation's Five Ways to Wellbeing, one of the cornerstones of mental wellbeing.

Are you an individual looking to volunteer?

Doncaster Libraries - community libraries are opened and maintained across the week by hundreds of volunteers.

Friends of Doncaster Mansion House - meet and greet visitors, act as room stewards and lead guided tours or research into the history of the Mansion House and its contents and create information leaflets, talks and exhibitions.

Volunteer Walk Leaders - trained to a national standard and support the Get Doncaster Walking programme.
School Governors - the largest volunteer force in the country and play an integral role in shaping the future for Doncaster's children.

Biodiversity - opportunities to conserve and enhance the plants, animals and wildlife habitats of Doncaster.

Independent Visitors Scheme - matches volunteer befrienders with children and young people who have little or no contact with their parents.

Trusted Mentor Scheme - volunteer as a mentor and help inspire children and young people to achieve their potential. The scheme is focussed on helping young people to raise their aspirations and have a clear understanding as to how they will achieve their ambitions.

EPIC Mentors - EPIC Mentors are volunteers who can offer support young people aged 10 to 17 years-old, through what can be a difficult stage in their life. Helping a young person to develop, grow and learn new things. Find out more about becoming an EPIC mentor.

Youth Offending Service Mentoring Scheme - be a mentor and support a young person who is on a court order to discover their potential.

Community Panel Volunteer Scheme - make a real difference to the lives of young people who have offended or are at risk of doing so.

Visit the Your Life Doncaster Community Directory - many groups and activities listed which you can volunteer for or get involved with - from sports clubs to scout groups and community centres. There really is something for everyone!

Do-it - search hundreds of national and local volunteer roles by area or keyword.

Are you from an organisation looking to recruit volunteers?

Reach Volunteering - Reach Volunteering runs a free national self service online platform for charities to find people with skills and vice versa. Last year over 1,000 people found roles with us in a wide range of professional and business roles across the UK.