Volunteering in Every Form

Do you want to volunteer? Do you maybe not have a lot of time though? Are you unsure that you have the skill set to volunteer? We are here to let you know we can help you! There are numerous ways to volunteer that don’t require too much time or an extensive skill set or ones that require a lot of time and extensive skill set if that’s your thing. Below is a brief outline of the various forms of volunteering on offer.

1. Regular/Ongoing Volunteering

This volunteering tends to be a committed time weekly or monthly at places like Lifeline, Meals on Wheels and school tuck-shops. This is a great option for anyone who is able to commit to the same time weekly and wishes to participate in an easy task and possibly make friends along the way.

2. Project or Event-Based Volunteering

This form of volunteering is great for anyone who can only make a short commitment yearly to a charity. At Tour de Office we have volunteers who help just for our two events in the year. This is a great opportunity to engage in interesting and varying activities that are not regularly available for volunteers.

3. Corporate Volunteering

Corporate volunteering is a great way to involve large companies in volunteering, especially for the individual employees who may not have the time otherwise. Organisations like Solar Buddy engage businesses in assembling solar lights as a team to send onto places suffering from energy poverty.

4. Overseas Volunteering

This is a very time-consuming form of volunteering but provides numerous opportunities in the form of a rewarding holiday overseas. Organisations like Habitat for Humanity and Go Overseas offer various programs that require various skill levels so all can participate.

Now knowing some of the types of volunteering it’s time to choose. We have two tips for choosing to help make this process even easier:

1. Choose a form of volunteering that suits your schedule. This will help you maximise the opportunity but also create a smooth process between you and the charity – you don’t want your good intentions doing more harm than good if you cannot commit.

2. Choose what you love! Make sure you are passionate about what you are doing, this not only makes the experience better and easier for you but for the people around you. Your passion could also help to raise awareness for your charity and reel in new volunteers.

Now get volunteering!

If you want to learn more about volunteering with TourdeOffice you can check out these links:

Volunteer 2019 Recruitment: Watch this space and social media to find out more

Volunteer Board Position