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Volunteer Opportunities For Young People
Under 18?
We aim to help anyone who wants to volunteer and there are some organisations that do involve younger volunteers.
We produce a monthly bulletin for under 18s which you can download or choose to receive by e-mail by signing up to our mailing list. Click here to access the bulletin and mailing list.
Other options:
- Talk to your school about helping you get into volunteering – there may be opportunities you don’t know about, or the school might be able to develop opportunities
- With the help of a parent or guardian, contact local community centres, youth groups or churches to see if they run activities that you could get involved with
Under 16?
You can still volunteer with a parent’s or guardian’s consent, but difficulties with insurance means that only a very few organisations take on volunteers who are under 16. Your options?
- Some volunteer roles are open to 13 – 15 year olds. See our Bulletin for 13-17 year olds
- Talk to your school about helping you get into volunteering – there may be roles you don’t know about, or the school might be able to develop a role for you
- With the help of a parent or guardian, contact local community centres, youth groups or churches to see if they run activities that you could get involved with.
Under 13?
You could also explore possibilities in your local area with the support and consent of a parent or guardian, but we are not aware of any formal volunteering for under 13s.