Volunteering
Our Volunteer Centre can help you to become a volunteer, match your organisation with potential volunteers, and support your organisation’s volunteer managers.
I want to volunteer!
Whether you want to boost your self-esteem, learn new skills or give back to your local community, there are plenty of compelling reasons to volunteer:
Reasons to volunteer
Follow your passion - With hundreds of opportunities available, you have the freedom to work in an area about which you’re really passionate
Boost your employability - Volunteering gives the chance to fill in gaps in your CV and show potential employees that you’re proactive about self-development
Have fun - Volunteering is a fun and social activity. You’ll meet lots of like-minded people, who you can both learn from and share your skills with
Find fulfilment - Perhaps above all else, volunteering is a really rewarding experience that lets you give something back to your community and make it a better place for everyone who lives there
Fancy giving it a go?
You can email [email protected] or go directly to our dedicated volunteering website Go-ViP.
Go Volunteer in Peterborough (Go-ViP) is a one stop shop for:
Volunteers
Register and browse the latest volunteering opportunities from a large bank of vacancies.
VCS groups
Upload your volunteering opportunities and find volunteers; we support you to get access to all kinds of useful online tools too
Go-ViP
Organisations using Go-ViP create a profile enabling you to ‘Tell your Story’, recruit new helping hands and keep in touch with your volunteers and followers. Check out these videos and tips for using Go-ViP here.
Why not volunteer for PCVS?
We aim to provide
A suitable volunteer placement for anyone who is able to help the organisation to provide a service to the community
A safe working environment for all our volunteers
Reasonable expenses which are incurred as a direct result of volunteering for PCVS
An induction process and relevant training for all volunteers
Support for all our volunteers
Fair and equal treatment to all volunteers
Do you manage or coordinate volunteers?
We host networking events to provide information and peer support for members . These are generally every first Tuesday of the month. Check our events page here or email [email protected] to find out more. We also support National Volunteering Week.