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Goal Setting & Aiming High

Goal Setting & Aiming High is a valuable, transferable workplace skill — and goal setting & aiming high volunteering is one of the smartest, lowest-cost ways to build it. Employers value people who can evidence real, transferable skills. On Vinspired, real volunteering becomes evidence you can put on your CV.

What is goal setting & aiming high?

Goal Setting & Aiming High is a valuable, transferable workplace skill. You can develop it for free — while doing something genuinely useful for a cause.

How volunteering builds goal setting & aiming high

You build goal setting & aiming high by doing, not just by reading about it. Through volunteering you might find yourself:

  • supporting a local charity
  • helping at a community event
  • mentoring someone one-to-one

Each one gives you a concrete story to tell in an interview or on an application.

Who is goal setting & aiming high for?

Everyone. Whether you’re a student building a UCAS or CV story, a graduate breaking into your first role, or a professional levelling up, goal setting & aiming high is a skill you can keep growing — while helping a cause that needs you.

Goal Setting & Aiming High volunteering opportunities

There are 167 live opportunities available right now, across 33 organisations. Browse goal setting & aiming high roles and filter by what fits your schedule, location and interests.

Earn verified goal setting & aiming high badges

Earn a bronze badge at 10 hours, silver at 50, and gold at 100 — verified and shareable. Every hour you log is verified, so your badge actually means something to employers. See how awards work.

Goal Setting & Aiming High rarely travels alone. Explore Creativity & Innovation, Data Analysis & Research and Digital Literacy & IT Skills to round out your profile — or pick a cause you care about to put your skills to work.

Start building your impact today

Browse live opportunities, log your hours, and earn verified badges you can add to your CV and LinkedIn. Find volunteering roles or explore all skills.

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Opportunities

Goal Setting & Aiming High Roles

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CatsProtection

Fundraising Volunteer - Tain

Cats Protection is the UK’s leading feline welfare charity, and our vision is a world where every cat is treated with...

Digital Literacy & IT Skills Emotional Intelligence & Empathy Fundraising & Grant Writing Goal Setting & Aiming High Listening & Communication Resilience & Staying Positive Teamwork & Collaboration Animal Welfare Community Support
Remote, Onsite, and Hybrid

CatsProtection

Fundraising Volunteer - Inverness

Cats Protection is the UK’s leading feline welfare charity, and our vision is a world where every cat is treated with...

Digital Literacy & IT Skills Emotional Intelligence & Empathy Fundraising & Grant Writing Goal Setting & Aiming High Listening & Communication Networking & Relationship Building Teamwork & Collaboration Animal Welfare Community Support
Remote, Onsite, and Hybrid

CatsProtection

Fundraising Volunteer-Stranraer

Cats Protection is the UK’s leading feline welfare charity, and our vision is a world where every cat is treated with...

Digital Literacy & IT Skills Fundraising & Grant Writing Goal Setting & Aiming High Listening & Communication Networking & Relationship Building Teamwork & Collaboration Animal Welfare Community Support
Remote, Onsite, and Hybrid

434th Manchester Scout Group

Youth Leader - Team Member

The Section Team plans, delivers, and runs quality programmes safely. They make sure all young people can take part i...

Creativity & Innovation Emotional Intelligence & Empathy Goal Setting & Aiming High Leadership & Management Listening & Communication Networking & Relationship Building Problem Solving & Critical Thinking Project Management & Organization Resilience & Staying Positive Teamwork & Collaboration Community Support Education Employment & Skills Family Support Sports & Recreation
Onsite

Bylines Network

Writer

Researching and writing news articles, features, reviews or interviews. Working with editors to refine them. Engaging...

Creativity & Innovation Data Analysis & Research Emotional Intelligence & Empathy Goal Setting & Aiming High Listening & Communication Networking & Relationship Building Problem Solving & Critical Thinking Project Management & Organization Teamwork & Collaboration Animal Welfare Arts & Culture Civic Engagement Community Support Disability Inclusion Education Elderly Care Employment & Skills Environment Gender Equality Health & Well-being Homelessness & Poverty Human Rights LGBTQ+ Support Mental Health Refugee Support Rehabilitation Services
Remote

Centrepoint

Independent life Skills Volunteer - Cooking (Ealing)

As an Independent Life Skills volunteer, you will be supporting the delivery of our Lifewise Programme. This role wil...

Emotional Intelligence & Empathy Goal Setting & Aiming High Listening & Communication Problem Solving & Critical Thinking Project Management & Organization Public Speaking & Presenting Arts & Culture Business Support & Consulting Education Elderly Care Employment & Skills Entrepreneurship & Innovation Gender Equality Homelessness & Poverty LGBTQ+ Support Mental Health
Onsite
Organisations

Focused on Goal Setting & Aiming High

Organisations offering goal setting & aiming high volunteering opportunities.

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SCHOOL2U VIRTUAL ACADEMY

We bring the school to you

Our mission is to build a more inclusive and equitable education system where every young person can succeed

1 opportunity

Bylines Network

We are a nonprofit publisher using citizen journalism to fill gaps in local news, build community, strengthen democra...

1 opportunity

Vinspired

Unite, Impact, Inspire

Since 2006, Vinspired has been a beacon for young volunteers, igniting the passion for community service among thousa...

99 opportunities

Bridlington Cricket Foundation

At Bridlington Cricket Foundation, we harness the power of cricket and outdoor recreation to create magical experienc...

1 opportunity

St Dunstan's College

St Dunstan's College is an co-educational, independent school located in Catford, south London. St Dunstan's is an am...

2 opportunities

It Gets Better UK

It Gets Better is an international movement which envisions a world where all LGBTQ+ youth are free to live equally a...

1 opportunity

Healthwatch Leeds

Healthwatch Leeds gives people a powerful voice on health and social care services in Leeds and beyond. Healthwatch L...

4 opportunities

Churston Ferrers Grammar School

Churston Ferrers Grammar School provides a wide variety of opportunities within the school for students to take respo...

0 opportunities

Gateshead Youth Council

Gateshead Youth Council (GYC) is an organisation which has been in existence since 1979. We are youth centred, youth ...

3 opportunities

Rainbows Hospice for Children & Young People

Rainbows is the only hospice in the East Midlands dedicated to providing specialist care and support services for bab...

10 opportunities

Unfold

Empowerment through volunteering

Driven by highly trained, volunteer mentors, Unfold offer support that works for lasting change. We provide 1-2-1 men...

6 opportunities
TAP

The Access Project

The Access Project supports students from disadvantaged backgrounds to access top universities, through a unique comb...

4 opportunities

Ebor Academy Trust

Ebor Academy Trust: One School, Many Sites

Understanding Ebor Academy TrustWith its headquarters in York, Ebor Academy Trust is a systems-led primary focussed m...

1 opportunity

Rephael House Counselling Centre

Our aim is to improve people's mental/emotional health through talking therapies

Rephael House is an independent charity established since 1997 offering one to one professional therapy.  Now ba...

1 opportunity

Treviglas Academy

Stay closer go further!

We are a competitive 6th form centre, in the coastal town of Newquay offering level 3 educational experiences in a va...

0 opportunities

GT Scholars

The GT Scholar's programme is a social enterprise that tackles educational inequality by helping pupils gain access t...

20 opportunities

Marie Curie

Whatever the illness, we’re with you to the end

Marie Curie is the UK’s leading end-of-life charity. We are the largest non-NHS provider of end-of-life care in the U...

3 opportunities

KEEN London

With KEEN, you can!

KEEN London is a small but growing charity. Our vision is that every child has the chance to enjoy games and leisure ...

1 opportunity

Genius Abroad

Helping one person might not change the whole world but it can change the world for one person.

At Genius Abroad, we believe that talent knows no boundaries. By breaking down language barriers, providing tailored ...

1 opportunity

Powered By CAN

Powered by CAN is a twenty-first century youth organisation without walls. We support people aged under 35 in the Bla...

2 opportunities

TLDM Ltd

Talk Less Do More.

We are a Social Enterprise dedicated to address critical common issues amongst young people ages 11-16 within the UK....

1 opportunity

ReachOut

We build socio-emotional skills that transform outcomes for young people constrained by circumstance

At ReachOut, we believe that socio-emotional skills are overlooked foundational skills which improve success at schoo...

1 opportunity

African Community School

The African Community School’s vision is for a city in which everyone is fulfilling their potential, free from povert...

1 opportunity

Trailblazers Mentoring

Inspire New Futures

Trailblazers is a UK charity which provides 1:1 mentorship and practical support to people in prison and post release...

3 opportunities

Green Meadows

Local action on climate change

We're building a community that can tackle climate change together, starting with The Meadows. Through a people centr...

1 opportunity

Hire Purpose

Recruitment for a brighter future

1 opportunity

Tees Valley Museums

Tees Valley Museums Consortium consists of the museum services of Stockton-on-Tees, Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbr...

1 opportunity

CPRE Buckinghamsire

The Buckinghamshire branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) is an environmental charity dedicated to t...

2 opportunities

Canterbury Oast Trust

Supporting me to live my life

COT are a charity supporting adults with learning disabilities and autism through providing accommodation services, t...

2 opportunities

Remedi

Empowering people, changing lives.

Remedi are a charity that has been at the forefront of the development and delivery of Restorative Justice, services ...

1 opportunity

Barnardo's

Changing Childhoods. Changing Lives.

When life gets tough or it feels like there’s nowhere to turn, Barnardo’s is here.We make sure children and young peo...

169 opportunities

Supporting Humanity

Supporting wellbeing through compassion, connection and community care.

Supporting Humanity is a UK registered charity founded in 2021, focused on mental health, bereavement and community w...

0 opportunities

The Confidence Academy

Get Britain Moving

1 opportunity

Aaron Opoku Foundation Mentorship

Inspiring the next generation to achieve their career aspirations.

At the Aaron Opoku Foundation, our vision is to inspire younger generations to believe in themselves, providing suppo...

1 opportunity

The North Halifax Grammar School

Where who you are now meets who you are meant to be!

Where your academic endeavour is celebrated. Where you can belong. Where your experience is unique and individual.

0 opportunities
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