Plymouth Volunteers
Welcome to the Plymouth volunteering page!
If you're studying at one of the Universities in Plymouth and are interested in volunteering, there are a wide range of opportunities available to you locally, nationally and internationally.
Volunteering can involve anything from a day serving lunch to asylum seekers to a year surveying endangered wildlife. All opportunities offer something to the local community at the same time as enhancing your employability through developing skills and providing experience to boost your CV.
Bulletin Board
Our bulletin board gives a quick snapshot of the opportunities available.
| Opportunity | Location | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| BBC Local Radio: Promoting volunteering among young people. | Plymouth, and other locations around the country | CSV on 0800 374 991 or visit www.comcats.org.uk |
| Horticultural work | New Zealand | Marianne Cvitanovich H@hortnz.co.nz |
| Action Days | 1 off action days throughout the year - cleaning environmental spaces, tea dances, working with children etc | Email volunteer@su.plymouth.ac.uk |
| Church Schools Worker | Hong Kong | Ring Rev P Nicholas on: 01242 510 007 |
| Beach Projects | Great days out cleaning and surveying litter and debris | Email volunteer@su.plymouth.ac.uk |
| Exchanges, Individual Volunteering and Training & Network Building | Most Countries in Europe | POINT EUROPA info@pointeuropa.org 01752822444 |
| Barnardo’s Volunteer Internships - Summer 2008 | London HQ as well as offices Nationwide | www.barnardos.org.uk/internships email internship@barnardos.org.uk |
| Hundreds of opportunities | Across the UK | www.csv.org.uk/ftvol |
| Volunteer Opportunities in Cuba | Cuba | email: finance@cuba-solidarity.org.uk http://www.cuba-solidarity.org.uk |
| Volunteer Play Leaders | Plymstock, Plymouth | Contact Sarah Nobel on 01752 484 433 |
| Volunteers | Eden Project, Cornwall | Jess Collings 01726 818878, jcollings@edenproject.com |
| Student Volunteers | Israel | www.goeco.org |
| More opportunities like these! |
There are lots more opportunities like these listed on Gradsouthwest or you can contact your Volunteer Co-ordinator to check out what's available:
Volunteer Coordinators:
- University of Plymouth: Claire or Denise. Email volunteer@su.plymouth.ac.uk or see the volunteering pages of the UPSU website
- University College Plymouth St Mark & St John: Faye. Email fhatherley@marjon.ac.uk or see the volunteering pages of the Marjon website
Every person that gets involved in volunteering gets a real sense of achievement and satisfaction and, whilst studying is fundamentally important, the projects we do as volunteers shows students that they can make a real difference to the community. The people they meet, the projects they do and the help they give to so many will be with them forever, long after they have finished at university. It is important that students give something back to the local community and that the community are made aware of the work that goes on, sometimes un-noticed, but always appreciatedJames Redfearn, ViP President.
