What is volunteering? - Volunteering Wales

Campaigning and Lobbying:

Outreach volunteers required at events and gigs throughout Wales

Community Work:

Advocacy:

Age Concern Powys are launching a new Advocacy Service for people who are 60 and over and living in Powys

The definition of volunteering used by the Welsh Assembly Government in the Voluntary Sector Scheme is:

‘Volunteering is an important expression of citizenship and an essential component of democracy. It is the commitment of time and energy for the benefit of society and the community and can take many forms. It is undertaken freely and by choice, without concern for financial gain.’

The word volunteering is used for a range of activities such as community service, self-help, charity, neighbourliness, citizenship, public service, community action, community involvement, trustee, member, helper.

To some people it is an act of kindness, to others it is a means of achieving a personal goal or putting something back into society. It is also a way of gaining new skills and improving job prospects.

Volunteers come from all walks of life and are active in almost every aspect of society that you can think of - from visiting elderly people, to sitting on a magistrates' bench, to governing local schools, to performing in a local play or coaching young athletes.

Volunteering opens up a world of possibilities - and volunteers can and do almost everything!