How to start volunteering

Looking for a volunteering role that fits your schedule and location? Your local Volunteer Centre is a great place to start. You can search for volunteering opportunities that match your interests online, or you can also contact your nearest Volunteer Centre directly. Whether you talk face-to-face or over the phone, people there can help you find the role that's right for you, give you advice, and answer any questions you may have.

Search for volunteering opportunities online

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Talk to someone about volunteering

Before you contact your Volunteer Centre you may find it helpful to think about:

If there is a particular cause you would like to support
What skills you might want to use or develop through your volunteering
Where you would like to volunteer
How much time you feel you can offer

If you are a local group or organisation

You can also register with your local Volunteer Centre, where you can benefit from:

Opportunities, information, advice and support for volunteers
Help finding volunteers
Involvement in campaigns for volunteering

Whether you are a volunteer or a voluntary organisation there are also lots of resources on the that can help answer some of your questions.

Contact details

Use the links below to find your local volunteering centre:

Elmbridge

Elmbridge Volunteer Centre, Charities House, No.1 The Quintet, Churchfield Road, Walton on Thames, KT12 2TZ
Email: contact@csva.co.uk
Volunteer centres in Elmbridge are supported by

Epsom and Ewell

Epsom Volunteer Centre, Old Town Hall, The Parade, Epsom, KT18 5AG
Email: volunteering@csva.co.uk
Volunteer centres in Elmbridge are supported by

Guildford and Waverley

Voluntary Action South West �й�Pվ, Suites G09 and G10, Part ground floor, Old Millmead House, Guildford, GU2 4BB
Email: volunteer@vasws.org.uk
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Mole Valley

Dorking Volunteer Centre, The Mayflower Centre, Lyons Court, Dorking, RH1 1AB
Email: vcdorking@csva.co.uk
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Reigate and Banstead

Voluntary Action �й�Pվ East, The Community Hub, 1st Floor Library Building, 14 Gresham Road, Oxted, RH8 0BQ
Email: info@vase.org.uk
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Runnymede

Voluntary Support North �й�Pվ, 6 The Sainsbury Centre, Chertsey, KT16 9AG
Email: info@voluntarysupport.org.uk
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Royal Holloway Community Action (students and staff only)

Community Action, Students' Union, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham Hill, Egham, TW20 0EX
Email: volunteering@royalholloway.ac.uk
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Spelthorne

Voluntary Support North �й�Pվ, Staines Library, Friends Walk, Staines, Middlesex TW18 4PG
Email: info@voluntarysupport.org.uk
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Voluntary Support North �й�Pվ, Community Link, Ian Goodchild Centre, Knoll Road, Camberley, GU15 3SY
Email: info@voluntarysupport.org.uk
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Caterham

Voluntary Action �й�Pվ East Ltd (VASE), The Community Hub, 1st Floor Library Building, 14 Gresham Road, Oxted, RH8 0BQ
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Oxted

Voluntary Action �й�Pվ East Ltd (VASE), The Community Hub, 1st Floor Library Building, 14 Gresham Road, Oxted, RH8 0BQ
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Woking

Volunteer Woking - Woking Borough Council, Civic Offices, Gloucester Square, Woking, GU21 6YL
Email: volunteer@woking.gov.uk
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