There are many ways you can help your local community and neighbours:
- Shopping for others
- Dog walking
- Helping people who are ill or self-isolating
- Online mentoring or socialising
- Litter picking and other community schemes
There are also opportunities available to you if you are self-isolating or are not able to offer physical help.
If you are a Cardiff Council employee and wish to volunteer, please contact
volunteer@cardiff.gov.uk
Find a volunteering opportunities to support your community
Use the search to find opportunities that we have available. You can filter by area and by type of volunteering work available.
Make sure you read our Guidance for Volunteers before you apply.
At Working Wardrobe, we believe that everyone should have the chance to feel self-assured, whether it’s in the workplace, during an important interview, or at the start of a new...
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We are looking for mentors to be part of our mentoring programmes starting October 2023.To mentor a young person aged between 14 - 25, you must have at least 5...
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Assemble is a national programme taking place in non-mainstream schools in London, Manchester, and Wales. Designed to address the rising number of disabled and neurodivergent young people experiencing isolation and...
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The International Youth Volunteering Programme (IYVP) can offer young people aged 18-25 who live in Wales the opportunity to travel to Spain to take part in a full-time, structured, and...
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Caerau Ely RFC mini and junior section support up to 300 young people ages 3-15 and their families, a rugby club at the heart of the Ely and Caerau community....
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Caerau Ely RFC mini and junior section support up to 300 young people ages 3-15 and their families, a rugby club at the heart of the Ely and Caerau community....
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Mission: Big Issue Group (BIG) Our mission is to dismantle poverty by creating opportunity, through self-help, social trading, and business solutions. The Big Issue magazine launched in 1991 in response...
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We’re looking for enthusiastic and reliable retail volunteers to help support our charity shops. Our shops raise vital funds to enable us to support those in the local community living...
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We are a charity for older people in Cardiff and the Vale. We support people aged 65 plus who are lonely and isolated. We are looking for Volunteer Befrienders...
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Llais is the new independent citizens voice body for Wales on health and social care. Llais will strengthen the power and influence of people’s voices in shaping health and social...
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Tŷ Hafan is a leading and much-loved charity that provides life-changing care and support to children with life-shortening conditions and their families who live in Wales. We’re a safe...
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Cerebral Palsy Cymru is a national centre of excellence for families in Wales with children who have cerebral palsy. Our specialist team of physiotherapists, occupational therapists and speech and language...
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Cerebral Palsy Cymru is a national centre of excellence for families in Wales with children who have cerebral palsy. Our specialist team of physiotherapists, occupational therapists and speech and language...
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Yellow TSE is a not for profit hub with a sustainable refill section, cafe and meeting space. We provide space for people to meet and chat, cowork and feel part...
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AbilityNet is a UK-based charity with a global reach - our vision is a digital world accessible to all. We’ve been helping older people and disabled people of any...
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Samye Foundation Wales is a compassion-based Mindfulness training centre in Cardiff. Our main purpose is to provide Mindfulness training to alleviate stress and anxiety and improve mental health and wellbeing....
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FoodCycle runs every week cooking and serving delicious, free 3-course meals to the local community for ANYONE to come along and enjoy. We get all walks of life come and...
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The Sixteen is a performing arts charity which exists to take beautiful and inspiring choral music, from the Renaissance to today, to as wide and diverse an audience as possible....
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Clashes, collisions and historic rivalries; there’s so much to look forward to when the Euros come to Cardiff this year. To make this event as spectacular as it can...
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Caring for our historic places, inspiring current and future generations. Our work serves a greater purpose — protecting our historic places so they can continue to inspire generations to come....
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Calon Heart is a small charity based in Llandaff Cardiff. Our aim is to improve accessibility and availability of lifesaving defibrillators in Wales, which in turn, will help improve the...
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The RAF Association is a member-led, welfare charity that exists to ensure that all members of the RAF community are supported, when they require it. The caseworker’s role is at...
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The RAF Association is a member-led, welfare charity that exists to ensure that all members of the RAF community are supported, when they require it. As part of the...
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The SAFE Foundation is a South Wales based charity committed to improving the lives of some of the poorest people and communities in the world. With a variety of projects...
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Post: Volunteer Archive Assistant Contract: Initially three months Responsible to: Office Manager Hours: 6-12 hours per week Location: Cardiff This volunteering opportunity is open to everyone, but...
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The Birth Partner Project is a Cardiff based charity that supports women seeking sanctuary who would otherwise birth alone. A small team of three volunteers is assigned to each woman...
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Our vision is to live in a society where older people are respected and enabled to meet their aspirations. We are committed to tackling loneliness, isolation and poverty for the...
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ACE is a community regeneration charity. It is about people working together to build community and to improve their own, and each other’s lives. The ACE Youth team run...
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Llamau is the leading homelessness charity in Wales, supporting the most vulnerable young people and women. We are particularly well known for working with those most at risk - care...
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This volunteering opportunity is open to everyone, but we especially encourage applications from students from minority ethnic communities Organisation’s profile: Jewish History Association of South Wales/Cymdeithas Hanes Iddewig De...
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This volunteering opportunity is open to everyone, but we especially encourage applications from students from minority ethnic communities. Organisation’s profile: Jewish History Association of South Wales/Cymdeithas Hanes Iddewig De Cymru...
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We are Wales leading Cancer charity. Providing care and support for people living with Cancer. We have lots of volunteering opportunities available from our Head Office, Retail shops, remote...
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Working within homeless service for Cardiff Council’s Diversionary Activities Team. Who engage clients with complex needs to build positive social network through meaningful activities, engagement, education, therapy and training. With...
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We’re the UK’s leading bowel cancer charity. We’re determined to save lives and improve the quality of life of everyone affected by bowel cancer. A flexible opportunity to represent Bowel...
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We are currently looking for new volunteers to join the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) at 5 prisons across Wales (HMP Cardiff, Parc, Swansea, Usk/Prescoed, Berwyn, and Eastwood Park (Gloucestershire)). The...
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Become a Dementia Friendly Ambassador Volunteer Cardiff Council is working to make Cardiff a Dementia Friendly City. We need your help to support local shops, businesses, and organisations to: •...
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Just Like Us are an LGBT+ young people’s charity. Our mission is to empower young people to champion LGBT+ equality. We are inviting LGBT+ young people aged 18-25 to...
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Want to be part of the movement changing the face of what it means to be a man? Get in touch now to be part of the HUMEN Space team! Location:...
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Volunteer Development Team Assistant: Purpose of Role: To assist FareShare Cymru’s Development Team in a range of administrative and support duties. Why we need you: FareShare Cymru is...
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Volunteer Engagement Assistant: Purpose of Role To assist FareShare Cymru’s Volunteering & Employability Coordinator in a range of administrative and support duties. What will I be doing? Tasks will vary...
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Radyr Scouts are looking for people interested in volunteering. In particular, we are looking for people interested in becoming Leaders for the Tuesday cub pack (boys and girls aged 8...
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Marie Curie is the UK’s leading end of life charity. We provide frontline nursing and hospice care, a free support line and a wealth of information and support on all...
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PAPYRUS - Prevention of Young Suicide is looking for volunteers to help raise awareness of young suicide, the biggest killer of under 35s in the UK. We need volunteers...
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Maes y Coed Community Centre * is the centre of our community * a volunteer run community centre, run by the community for the community. * a thriving multi-purpose community...
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A more active generation of older adults has resulted in an increased level of mobility and travel needs, however research has found that there is a lack of information or...
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Ideally you need to be a parent or have parenting experience. As a Home-Start Cymru volunteer you will support a family by visiting them at home for around two...
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Scouting in Cardiff is run entirely by volunteers. Unfortunately following the recent lockdowns, some of our volunteers decided to leave Scouting. In the case of 2nd Llandaff this has meant we had...
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The FAN Charity promotes and supports FAN (Friends And Neighbours) Groups in venues across Cardiff, South Wales and on Zoom. FAN Groups bring people together in friendly conversation and offset...
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Welsh Women’s Aid ‘s Ask Me scheme supports communities to break the silence on violence against women, domestic abuse and sexual violence (VAWDASV) and give a better response to...
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Our Objective is to help, support and enable older people in Cardiff and the Vale to maintain their independence and improve the quality of their lives, particularly where they are...
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