Volunteer for us
Whether you can spare an hour a week volunteering from home or would like to join us in the office, there are lots of opportunities for you to volunteer with YouthNet.
YouthNet is full of keen, creative, can-do people who care passionately about our mission. Volunteers bring a breadth of skills, diversity of experience, and plenty of enthusiasm to our work.
Some of our volunteers join us in our buzzy office in Old Street, London. Many others are virtual volunteers – working from a location of their choice, typically using the internet for all or part of their volunteering.
We want to make sure that volunteering at YouthNet is a meaningful and rewarding experience. All volunteers can expect to receive an introduction to the organisation and their role as well as ongoing support from a dedicated volunteer manager. They're respected for their experience, and provided opportunities to develop new skills. In short, volunteers are an integral part of our team!
Our current opportunities
Answer questions about relationships Provide young people in need with a first port of call as an online peer advisor on askTheSite. By offering individual and confidential advice, you'll make a big difference to our capacity to deal with young people's concerns!
Write for our websites Aspiring journalists: here is your chance to get a piece of work reviewed, edited and published. You can be a ranter and talk about something that that's really got on your wick. Or, become a diary writer and submit lively entries on your work, travels or a special circumstance. Perhaps you're a volunteer and want to spread the word about what you'rd doing? Join our bloggers (on health & social care volunteering) on do-it. And, if you have more ideas for informative articles for TheSite, consider a stint as a volunteer journalist.
Get those creative cells working We go through a massive amount of images for articles, promotional work, email updates and even blog entries. We're on the lookout for TheSite photographers. Or, If you think you can create something funny, shocking, or inspiring - and spice up our e-cards, screensavers - you can be a web artist.
Interested in a career in marketing or public relations? We're looking for a communications assistant to support our Communications and Marketing team in our office. You'll provide administrative support as well as develop media relations skills including writing, event organisation and media evaluation.
Volunteer handbook and policies
All new volunteers receive a copy of the YouthNet Volunteer Handbook. It includes: an introduction to YouthNet; our Volunteer Agreement, which highlights our mutual expectations; an induction checklist to make sure they get everything they need to get started; and, information about policies that relate to their volunteering.
YouthNet is firmly committed to equality and diversity in all areas of our work.
Have your say!
If you have volunteered - or are currently volunteering - with us, we'd love to hear from you! Please complete our volunteer feedback survey and let us know your thoughts on your volunteer experience at YouthNet.