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Volunteering
Don't know where to start?
Use our guides to prepare yourself before you start volunteering and search for local opportunities online. Find out how to volunteer at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Finding a volunteering opportunity
Different sources of opportunities and links to volunteering organisations
Becoming a volunteer
Practical information about the benefits of volunteering within your community and how to find organisations that need volunteers
Your employment rights as a volunteer
Find out what rights you have as a volunteer and where to get help if you have problems with your placement
Volunteering while on benefits
How volunteering may affect any benefits you receive including information on expenses
Volunteering at the Games: be a part of London 2012
Find out how you could be a volunteer for the 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games
Setting up a volunteer scheme at work
Advice for employees who are thinking about setting up a volunteering scheme
Mentoring and befriending as a volunteer
Learn how your free time could help to boost someone's confidence and skills
Green volunteering
Find out about green volunteering where you live, and how to set up your own local environmental project
Volunteer for a community project
How you can make a difference to your local community by volunteering
Volunteering to work with animals
How you can use your spare time to work with animals
Community interest in the disposal of radioactive waste
Local communities are invited to get involved in discussions on the possibility of hosting a disposal facitlity
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Celebrating the over 50s
A celebration of the opportunities, achievements and aspirations of older people
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