Volunteering comes in many forms. We have categorised our volunteering offer into two main types – Formal Volunteering and Informal Volunteering:
Formal Volunteering
This refers to volunteering that takes place regularly for an organisation or group, over a period of time.
This type of volunteering is suited to those who are able to commit to a more structured type of volunteering that involves a regular time commitment. Within the realm of formal volunteering there is a wide scope of opportunities from volunteering in an office, hosting tea parties for the elderly, ringing church bells, or fostering a cat!
All our formal volunteer opportunities can be found here.
Informal Volunteering
This refers to volunteering that involves community participation or social action and is carried out more flexibly.
It may be a one-off volunteer activity, or can occur more than once, but on more of ad-hoc basis. It can also be any volunteering that isn’t for any organisation, such as helping a neighbour with their shopping or doing a litter pick with your friends or family.
Our informal volunteer is whatever you do or could be one of our one-off opportunities to volunteer for specific events or tasks.