Whether you want to help out at your local charity shop, coach sport, improve the environment, campaign, befriend children or care for animals there are a wide variety of diverse volunteering opportunities available to everyone. You may want to just help out as a one-off volunteering experience, volunteer a few hours a month, a few days a week or more.

Finding the right volunteering opportunity to suit you is the first step to a positive volunteering experience. Some things you may want to think about before you search for volunteering opportunities are:

• Your interests and hobbies
• Things you are good at or enjoy
• What you might like to learn
• The time that you have
• The distance you can travel

If you are interested in finding a suitable volunteering opportunity there are lots of options available to you:

• If you would like to see volunteering opportunities within South Lanarkshire you can search our database of South Lanarkshire volunteering opportunities and register your interest online
• If you would like to see volunteering opportunities in neighboring areas or across Scotland you can search the Volunteer Scotland website and register your interest online
• If you can’t find something suitable, don’t worry, you can complete our interest in volunteering form  and we will be in touch to assist you to find the role that’s right for you
• If you would prefer to speak one of our Advisors you can contact us by telephone and email Please call 01698 300 390 or email volunteer@vaslan.org.uk