Work experience, Movement to Work, volunteering, charity and social enterprise

Support with work experience and volunteering opportunities.

Jobcentres run managed work experience, work trials and volunteering opportunities which change quickly. Contact your Work Coach to find out what the latest opportunities are in your travel area.

England: national support

Movement to Work – a 2-6 week work experience opportunity in the Civil Service

Vinspired – youth volunteering network for 14-30 year olds

Volunteering on GOV.UK – information on volunteer placements, rights and expenses

East London

Newham Volunteers – provides volunteering opportunities for people in Newham

Volunteer Centre Tower Hamlets – provides volunteering opportunities for people in Tower Hamlets

Essex

Chelmsford Voluntary Action Support – provides volunteer opportunities for people in Chelmsford

Tendering Timebank – provides volunteer opportunities in Tendering that can be exchanged for time credit

Volunteer Essex – provides volunteer opportunities across Essex

Kent

Kent Coast Volunteering – local volunteering opportunities in Dover, Thanet, Folkestone and Hythe

Medway Voluntary Action – local volunteering opportunities in Medway, including a befriending service

North London

Volunteer Centre Camden – provides volunteering opportunities for people in Camden

Surrey and Sussex

3VA - volunteering opportunities

Volunteer Centre East Sussex - VCES - volunteering opportunities

Voluntary Support North Surrey - volunteering opportunities

Volunteer Woking - volunteering opportunities

West London

Hammersmith & Fulham Volunteer Centre - volunteering opportunities

Kingston Voluntary Action - volunteering opportunities

Richmond CVS - volunteering opportunities

Voluntary Action Harrow Co-operative - volunteering opportunities

Northumberland, Tyne and Wear

Northumberland Community and Voluntary Action (NCVA) - promotes volunteering throughout Northumberland

Volunteer Centre Newcastle - Volunteering opportunities in Newcastle upon Tyne

West Yorkshire

Volunteering Bradford - volunteering opportunities

East Anglia

Change Grow Live – runs volunteering opportunities across Norfolk

Volunteering Matters – provides volunteering opportunities across Suffolk

Voluntary Network – provides volunteering opportunities across Cambridgeshire and Suffolk

Voluntary Norfolk – provides volunteering opportunities across Norfolk

Volunteer Suffolk – provides volunteering opportunities across Suffolk

Leicestershire and Northamptonshire

Daventry Volunteer Centre - actively promotes volunteering for all and to enable use of their skills

Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and Rutland

Caudwell Children - variety of volunteer roles available

Mercia

Voluntary Action Coventry - provides access to a range of volunteering opportunities for several organisations and projects across Coventry

Staffordshire and Derbyshire

DCG Ilkeston - offers courses Volunteering (NCFE Level 1 & 2)

VAP - Community Action Derby - offers a training scheme for volunteers

Chesterfield and North East Derbyshire Volunteer Centre - provides extra support to those volunteers who need it for whatever reason

Support Staffordshire - offers support to people to find the right volunteering opportunity

Scotland: national support

Movement to Work – a 2-6 week work experience opportunity in the Civil Service

Project Scotland – a volunteering program for 18-30 year olds in Scotland

Scottish Enterprise – offers support for starting a social enterprise

Vinspired – youth volunteering network for 14-30 year olds

Volunteering on GOV.UK – information on volunteer placements, rights and expenses

Volunteer Scotland – information and opportunities for volunteering in Scotland

North East Scotland

Dundee Volunteer and Voluntary Action – a directory of volunteer opportunities in Dundee

Fife Voluntary Action – a directory of volunteer opportunities in Fife

Voluntary Action Angus – a directory of volunteer opportunities in Angus

Northern Scotland

HISEZ – support for starting a social enterprise in the Highlands

TSI Moray – provides volunteer opportunities in Moray

Voluntary Action in Badenoch and Strathspey – a directory of volunteer opportunities in Badenoch and Strathspey

Voluntary Action Shetland – contact your Work Coach about accessing this volunteering support service in Shetland

Volunteer Centre Western Isles – a central point to register and find volunteer opportunities in the Western Isles

South West Scotland

VASLAN – provides volunteer opportunities in South Lanarkshire

West Scotland

Argyll and Bute TSI – provides volunteer opportunities in Argyll and Bute

Voluntary Action North Lanarkshire – provides volunteer opportunities in North Lanarkshire

Volunteer Centre Inverclyde – provides volunteer opportunities in Inverclyde

West Dunbartonshire CVS – provides volunteer opportunities in West Dumbartonshire

Wales: national support

Movement to Work – a 2-6 week work experience opportunity in the Civil Service

Vinspired – youth volunteering network for 14-30 year olds

Volunteering on GOV.UK – information on volunteer placements, rights and expenses

Volunteering Matters – volunteering information and vacancies

Volunteering Wales – information and support for developing and promoting volunteering in Wales

South East Wales

GAVO – volunteering organisation for South East Wales

Glamorgan Voluntary Services – includes the ReBUILD Project which provides volunteer opportunities to people in Western Wale with experience of mental ill health

Torfaen Voluntary Alliance – supports community based organisations and social enterprise development in Torfaen

South West Wales

BAVO – volunteering organisation for Bridgend

CAVS – runs the Carmarthenshire Volunteer Centre which helps match people to volunteer roles

PAVS – volunteering service in Pembrokeshire

Swansea CVS – volunteering organisation in Swansea

Volunteer It Yourself – for people aged 14-24 to learn a trade or building skill on the job by volunteering