Why volunteer?
Volunteering is simple. It’s about giving your time to do something useful that can benefit both you and your community. Many voluntary organisations would not survive without the time freely given by volunteers.
Benefits of volunteering
Volunteering can be a great way to:
- Meet new people
- Get some direction and a positive frame of mind
- Develop an interest in new things
- Learn new skills and increase your knowledge
- Have some fun!
- Gain useful experience, training and qualifications
- Give something back to the community
- Develop your CV
What can I do?
There are lots of different things you can do. Everyone can volunteer, no matter what your age, background and life experiences. There is an opportunity to suit everyone!
Many people use volunteering as an aid to their recovery and as a stepping stone to finding the right paid job, particularly if they have been unable to work for a while. It can give you career ideas you would never have thought of, if you are unsure of what you want to do work wise.
You might not be looking to work but enjoying your volunteering role is important and it should be an enjoyable and worthwhile way to spend some of your time. Volunteering can also be a way for you to build your confidence and fight the stigma that can still be attached to having some sort of mental health problem.
It is as important to think about what you don’t want to do as what you do want to do. You will enjoy it much more and get more out of it if you have found the right role in the right organisation. You may also find that, having gained experience in one sector, you might be able to find work in it, if that is what your end goal is.
If you would like to ‘dip your toe’ in volunteering then why not have a go at helping at an event? Click here to find out more
Volunteer Driver initiatives
To find out about local volunteer driver opportunities, click here…
Frequenty Asked Questions
Follow the link to our FAQs
The next step
Contact New Forest Volunteer Centre Co-ordinator on Tel: 01425 482773 or email [email protected]
Download and fill in our Volunteer Registration Form Then, send it to the address on the top, (right hand side) of the form and we will be in contact.
All 1-2-1 interviews will be carried out confidentially.
In the meantime, you may wish to look at the Do It! Website which has a selection of current vacancies:
www.do-it.org or check out the Do-it - How to Guide
