Find volunteering opportunities in your local area (UK only), from one-off events and longer-term commitments in charity shops, animal shelters, youth work, conservation and loads more.

“Do-it for you, others, fun, friends, love, pride, change, passion, life, good.” Visit their website.

Inspire young people about opportunities in the workplace. Volunteers give up an hour of their time each year to visit UK state schools or colleges and share their story with pupils – talking through what kind of education they had, jobs they’ve done and careers they’ve built.

Young people gain first-hand insight into potential career options and can make better informed decisions about subjects to study while still in education, or apprenticeships/university degrees/jobs they may want to consider once they leave school or college. Visit their website.

Join 1-12 week volunteering projects around the world, working in areas ranging from animal conservation, education and community.

Share your skills for a project, like using film and photography knowledge to help create a community initiative in Ghana, or try something entirely new, like helping build schools in Madagascar. Visit their website.

Professionals with at least three years’ experience are matched to grassroots entrepreneurs whose social businesses are making improvements in communities. Working together, both parties “share skills, solve problems, generate new ideas and provide a platform for cross cultural co-creation…and long-term impact.”

Choose to volunteer 2-12 weeks of your time for a project. Visit their website.

Volunteers “deliver mentoring projects to tackle complex social problems” – the scope of these projects is broad, covering anything from resettlement support for former military personnel, to language assistance for long-term international residents, or advice for unemployed groups. Each project tends to be focused around a particular location so use the search functionality to find available opportunities near you. Visit their website.

Skilled professionals are placed into long term African and Asian volunteering placements that aim to fight poverty.

Placements are recruited for based on need and could fall within the following categories. Visit their website.

Connecting volunteers with hosts to do projects around the world. There’s a huge range of work available; examples include helping Vietnamese young adults improve their English language skills, working on a farm in northern Italy, renovating derelict buildings across Europe, contributing to animal welfare in central America and tonnes more. Visit their website.