About volunteering

As a Co-operative Council, we believe our residents have an important role to play in volunteering and supporting the local community.

Becoming a volunteer can be personally rewarding and help you to 'give something back' to your community, examples of just some of the ways you can volunteer are:

• caring for a friend or member of the family
• caring for animals and wildlife
• setting up a volunteer scheme at your workplace
• spending time mentoring and befriending a young person
• working outdoors to improve the environment
• working on local community projects
• becoming a school or college governor.

As a volunteer you can give your time to help charities and community groups make a difference, but volunteering can also provide you with many benefits too, including:

• the chance to have fun doing something you've never tried before
• increased confidence
• a sense of satisfaction and achievement
• the opportunity to make new friends and contacts with diverse backgrounds and experiences
• increased job and career prospects and new skills - over seventy per cent of employers would hire a candidate with volunteering experience over someone who has never volunteered.

So why not give it a try!

Last updated: 12/12/2023 10:46