As you will already know from our great volunteering section, there really is no reason not to get involved in volunteering yourself – a boost to your CV, meeting new people, helping the community and gaining great work experience! With a wealth of volunteering opportunities out there it wouldn’t be surprising if you were a bit stuck knowing where to start. So here we have put together a reader friendly list of different types of volunteering opportunities you could get involved in:

Event Volunteering (for example, marathons and charity races)

Developing Country Volunteering (for example, charity work in developing countries in Africa building schools or teaching)

Virtual Volunteering (for example, helping an organisation or charity with their website or monitoring their emails remotely)

Environmental Volunteering (for example, helping ecological restoration such as planting trees or weed removal)

International Workcamp Volunteering (for example, working in a children’s holiday camp in America as a volunteer – in some instances your accommodation and food is provided for you as part of your benefits)

Community Volunteering (this covers a wide range of activities from volunteering in an old people’s home in your community to helping litter pick in your neighbourhood. Below are some different branches that are covered by community volunteering:)

– Aged services

– Animals

– Board and management committees

– Child and youth services

– Customer service

– Disability services

– Emergency services

– Food services

– Gardening

– Retail

– Transport

– Tutoring

Whichever area of volunteering you decide to try your hand at, we are sure you will have a great experience and it will be of great benefit to you in the future! Let us know how you get on so we can celebrate your success too!