Volunteering will enable you to make an important contribution to your local community. There are more volunteering opportunities than you might imagine from helping out at a nature reserve to mentoring young people or providing advice and support for a charity.
Getting involved with your community can be very satisfying and the range of voluntary work is vast.
What can I benefit from volunteering?
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It is a great way to make new friends;
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It improves your health and happiness;
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You can try something different;
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Learn new skills or develop existing skills;
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Get involved in your community; and
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Help local people and causes.
Volunteer Centre East Sussex manages a database with volunteering opportunities across East Sussex.
You can log on the Do-It website to check the latest volunteering opportunities both locally and nationally.
Alternatively you can contact Volunteer Centre East Sussex on 01323 301757 to arrange a confidential one-to-one appointment, either over the phone or face to face with a Volunteering Support Officer.
For more information you can visit the Volunteer Centre East Sussex website.
Volunteer Centre East Sussex is hosted by 3VA and works in partnership with organisations within the voluntary, community and statutory sectors to raise awareness of the diversity of volunteering opportunities available and to support organisations in engaging and managing current and future volunteers.
Volunteer Centre East Sussex also collects data to monitor any trends that will help the sector respond and manage their volunteers effectively. You can contact the Volunteer Development Coordinator on 01323 301757 for further details.
