Volunteering is a great way to enhance your University experience. It's a great way to make new friends and become part of the local community as well as developing new skills and experiences which will look great on your CV when you start job hunting.
There are a wide range of opportunities to get involved. These range from activities that support other students and improve the University community as a result, through to getting involved in charities and not for profit organisations in the wider community outside of campus.
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Organisation | Role | Duration | Area of interest | Description of role | |
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University of Manchester Volunteering & Awards Team | Volunteer Day: DIY and spruce up Blossom at Wythenshawe Park - Wednesday 29 May | Fixed / Short term | Environment and Gardening, Practical Work and DIY | - The Project: We’ll be heading to the Horticultural Centre at Wythenshawe Park for a DIY and spruce up of the glasshouses at Blossom on Wednesday 29... | |
University of Manchester Volunteering & Awards Team | Volunteer Day - Wellbeing crafternoon for Charity - Tuesday 21st May | Fixed / Short term | Art and Design, Children, Health and Wellbeing, Mental Health | Come and join us for an afternoon of letter-writing and crafting for charity Post Pals (https://www.postpals.co.uk/). This is a great volunteering... | |
Feed My City | Dry-bag packer | Ongoing / Long term | Catering | Our dry-bag packers make up our dry food parcels once a week. As a group, you make up the bags ensuring one of each item is in the bags and they are... | |
Feed My City | Cook | Ongoing / Long term | Catering | As a cook at Feed My City, you will help cook and pack the hot meals in the morning. This will either be chickpea curry and rice or tomato pasta and... | |
Feed My City | Call-handler | Ongoing / Long term | Administration, Community Work, Health and Wellbeing | As a call handler, you will answer the phone to people requesting food parcels from Feed My City. You will need to take their details and their food... | |
Oxfam Originals | Fashion Retail Volunteer | Ongoing / Long term | International , Retail | Join the Oxfam community As a Fashion Retail Volunteer you will help people facing poverty around the world by putting your creativity and passion to... | |
Sense | Charity shop volunteer | Ongoing / Long term | Retail | Our amazing team of volunteers help us run over 100 shops across England and Wales. Every donated item that you sort, prepare and sell helps to raise... | |
EcoSwell | Reforestation & Ecosystem Restoration Volunteering (2024) | Ongoing / Long term | Animals, Culture, Environment and Gardening, Fundraising, International , Research | EcoSwell is a surfing-inspired and multiple award winning sustainable development non-profit (NGO) driving the development of poor Peruvian coastal... | |
Access All Areas - Manchester MedReach E-mentoring | Mentor | Ongoing / Long term | Education, Mentoring, Befriending and Buddying, Teaching, Training and Coaching | This sign-up is for those already volunteering with MedReach. Registering here will allow us to allot you volunteer credits prior to the deadline for... | |
British Heart Foundation | Stock Room Volunteer in Stretford | Ongoing / Long term | Health and Wellbeing, Retail | We fund around £100 million of research each year into all heart and circulatory diseases and the things that cause them. Heart diseases. Stroke.... | |
British Heart Foundation | Cash Desk Volunteer (in Stretford) | Ongoing / Long term | Health and Wellbeing, Retail | We fund around £100 million of research each year into all heart and circulatory diseases and the things that cause them. Heart diseases. Stroke.... | |
Manchester Outreach Medics | MOMs volunteering for 23/24 (current volunteers only) | Fixed / Short term | Education | About us: Manchester outreach medics are a team of medical student volunteers who run free widening participation events for sixth form students... | |
The Access Project | Online Volunteer Tutor (GCSE) | Ongoing / Long term | Education, Teaching, Training and Coaching | The Access Project supports pupils from under-resourced backgrounds to access top universities. We are looking for undergraduates, postgraduates,... | |
The Widows Empowerment Trust | Bag Packing 15th June 2024 | Fixed / Short term | Community Work, Event Support, Fundraising, Health and Wellbeing, Mental Health | We need volunteers to join us with our bag packing to support women who have experienced bereavement. This enables us to pay our regular creative... | |
The Wren Project | Listening Volunteer | Ongoing / Long term | Counselling and Listening, Disability , Health and Wellbeing, Mental Health | Volunteers at the Wren Project provide emotional listening support to people living with autoimmune disease (our Wrens). The Wren Project offers free... | |
EcoSwell | Marketing & Communications Volunteering in Peru (2024) | Ongoing / Long term | Animals, Art and Design, Community Work, Culture, Environment and Gardening, International , Marketing, PR and Media, Research | As a Marketing & Communications volunteer at EcoSwell, you will be given ownership of the organization’s marketing projects, working alongside... | |
EcoSwell | Water and Sanitation Volunteering in Peru (2024) | Ongoing / Long term | Environment and Gardening, Fundraising, Research | The organization focuses on helping vulnerable communities in Peru develop sustainably by carrying out infrastructure projects, socio-environmental... | |
EcoSwell | Research Volunteering in Peru 2024 | Ongoing / Long term | Administration, Business Management, Community Work, Culture, Environment and Gardening, Finance , Fundraising, International , Research | As a Research Volunteer, you will be given ownership of research initiatives, working alongside members of the community and the team. The daily... | |
Strathclyde Student Action | Strathclyde Volunteer (SA 23-24) | Ongoing / Long term | Art and Design, Caring, Catering, Children, Community Work, Disability , Domestic Violence, Drugs, Alcohol and Addictions, Homeless and Housing, Youth Work and Young People | Working with disadvantaged people and families at two shelters in Stockport on alternate weeks. One shelter involves two teams of volunteers, one... | |
Age Uk Trafford | Charity Shop Assistant | Ongoing / Long term | Older People, Retail | Work alongside paid staff and volunteers to run our charity shop, helping to fund all Age UK Trafford's local services. Assist customers with... |