Volunteer Centre Lincoln

I want to volunteer…

Thinking of volunteering? Every year, volunteers in Lincoln donate thousands of hours of their time free of charge to organisations that depend on voluntary support to run their valuable services.

Once you contact us, we will offer you a one-to-one confidential interview with one of our volunteer advisors. Interviews are informal and will help you to learn more about volunteering and the range of opportunities we have available. We will work with you to select an organisation you want to work with. We will contact the organisation on your behalf and pass on your details to them. We will also follow you up within the first month and continue to maintain regular contact with you.

As a Volunteer you have the right to:

An induction and relevant training
Adequate support and supervision
Safe working conditions
Insurance cover for activities undertaken
Be treated in accordance with the organisation’s equal opportunities policy
Have access to a complaints procedure
Reimbursement of expenses
A fulfilling and enjoyable volunteering experience where you will develop self confidence, use your abilities, learn new skills, and gain knowledge
Have Fun!

Support for organisations

We run regular Volunteer Co-ordinator Forums (VCFs) for volunteer hosting organisations across the City. These are themed networking events, incorporating a mix of training, guest speakers and show-case presentations.

See when our next VCF's are and what they are going to be about...

We provide support with policy documents and training on volunteering management and key facets of voluntary sector work.

Please contact us, if your organisation would like to take on volunteers. Once registered with us, you will receive regular information, bulletins and flyers for events and training.

Organisation registration form - Please print and send to us to register your organisation with us

Opportunity registration form - Please print and send to us to register your volunteering opportunities with us

Motivations for volunteering vary, they could be…

A student needing to back up their studies with practical work
Retired people that want to keep busy
Long term unemployed people wanting to retrain
Parents whose children have started school / left home
Someone with free time to help someone else

What next?

Once you have decided that you would like to volunteer some of your free time, you need to think about what kind of volunteering you would like to do.

Our opportunities range from gardening to befriending, reception work to driving and depending on what your reasons are for volunteering would depend on what opportunity you would chose.

Office opening hours: Monday - Friday, 9.00am - 4.30pm

One of our team of volunteer advisors has a special focus on disability issues. If you would like to speak to our disability advisor, please mention this when you book your interview with us.

Visit the do-it website at www.do-it.org.uk