Volunteering

Volunteering is choosing to do something for the benefit of others, or for your community or the environment, without being paid to do it. Volunteering is open to anyone and can bring great personal rewards. We believe that everyone has a valuable contribution to make to society.

Volunteering is a great way to:

Meet people
Gain work experience
Make a difference
Do something you’re passionate about
Fill some spare time
Help people
Get involved in your local community
Try something new
Enjoy yourself

You could be a befriender, treasurer, coach, first responder, wildlife or conservation volunteer…the possibilities are endless. If you are looking for something to do then there are lots of organisations that would appreciate your time!

The Lincolnshire Community and Voluntary Service (LCVS) alongside Voluntary Centre Services (VCS) and the Lincolnshire Voluntary Engagement Team (LVET), launched a new digital platform supporting volunteering across the county. Register your interest in volunteering through Lincolnshire Volunteers.teamkinetic.co.uk or use the link to search for opportunities without committing any information. Find your local Volunteer Centre on the Lincolnshire Volunteering website.

You can also find information about how to apply to become a volunteer through the Lincolnshire County Council website.

Also search for volunteering opportunities upon the national volunteering website www.doit.life/volunteering

There are also many organisations that need volunteers to take part in or to raise money for research, such as Parkinson’s research, Dementia research, Cancer research, Multiple Sclerosis research, and Mental Health research.

Volunteer Centres are a one-stop shop for volunteer recruitment, as well as offering a range of good practice resources, training, and expertise to help you manage and retain your volunteers. Our Centres work with organisations from all sectors to link potential volunteers with opportunities that match their interests and needs. Your organisation can make use of our free service to advertise opportunities and recruit new volunteers. The new system is the main database used by Voluntary Centre Services (VCS) and Lincolnshire (LCVS) to promote and manage volunteering activity. If your organisation currently advertises opportunities with LCVS and/or VCS, you will need to register onto the new system.

We're encouraging as many organisations as possible to self-register and add their opportunities to the system. Go to Register and start creating opportunities and accessing great volunteers (teamkinetic.co.uk)

The new platform offers some additional benefits such as :

A public profile page within the platform, linking to opportunities
The ability to self-manage opportunities and their content
The ability to self-manage your profile information
A volunteer management space
Reports and analysis of any volunteering activity linked to your organisation

For active and prospective volunteers, they will be able to browse volunteering opportunities and create an online profile where they can manage and record their volunteering activities with future scope to build a ‘Social CV’.

If you require any support to register your organisation on the system, contact volunteer coordinator Abbi Taylor to book a 1-1 registration meeting – email: abbi@voluntarycentreservices.org.uk

The national volunteering website www.doit.life/volunteering is also available to advertise volunteering opportunities available from your organisation.