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Volunteering in Liverpool
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Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation
Community SupportSpooky Welly Walk Event Volunteer
Help bring one of Liverpool's biggest family fundraising events to life! Join our friendly volunteer team at Spooky Welly Walk and make a real difference while enjoying a fun-filled Halloween day in Sefton Park.
Barnardo's
Lead Retail Volunteer 1 (Wavertree)
As a Lead Retail Volunteer, you will play a key role within the in store team, supporting staff with the day to day running of the shop, helping to attract and recruit new volunteers, and mentoring fellow volunteers. You will also have the opportunity to support the staff team with the development, in-store marketing campaigns and initiatives within the store. Our retail stores are the face of our charity on the high-street and in local communities, and money raised through our retail operations help support children, young people and families across the UK. You will play a key role in this, by supporting the team to maximise the revenue from donated stock, gifts in kind, new goods and Gift Aid. Our Lead Volunteers for retail support the staff team to ensure the smooth running of the store, ensuring that all policies and procedures are adhered to. Please note: This role requires a time commitment of approximately 5–10 hours per week. Due to the vetting requirements, the application process may take longer than usual.
Barnardo's
Lead Retail Volunteer 1 (Liverpool, Crosby)
As a Lead Retail Volunteer, you will play a key role within the in store team, supporting staff with the day to day running of the shop, helping to attract and recruit new volunteers, and mentoring fellow volunteers. You will also have the opportunity to support the staff team with the development, in-store marketing campaigns and initiatives within the store. Our retail stores are the face of our charity on the high-street and in local communities, and money raised through our retail operations help support children, young people and families across the UK. You will play a key role in this, by supporting the team to maximise the revenue from donated stock, gifts in kind, new goods and Gift Aid. Our Lead Volunteers for retail support the staff team to ensure the smooth running of the store, ensuring that all policies and procedures are adhered to. Please note: This role requires a time commitment of approximately 5–10 hours per week. Due to the vetting requirements, the application process may take longer than usual.
Barnardo's
Retail Volunteer (Liverpool, Speke)
• Work on the till processing sales and returns • Prepare stock, including sorting, steaming and pricing • Create stylish window displays • Replenish stock on the shop floor • Stock-take and other administrative tasks
Wheels for All
Community SupportSupport Inclusive cycling sessions in Westvale delivered by Wheels for All Pedal Away Westvale
Support participants during our cycling sessions by helping with equipment, offering encouragement, and ensuring a safe, inclusive environment.
Wheels for All
Community SupportSupport Inclusive cycling sessions in Halewood delivered by Wheels for All
Support participants during our cycling sessions by helping with equipment, offering encouragement, and ensuring a safe, inclusive environment.
Wheels for All
Community SupportSupport Inclusive cycling sessions in Croxteth Park delivered by Wheels for All
Support participants during our cycling sessions by helping with equipment, offering encouragement, and ensuring a safe, inclusive environment.
Royal Mencap Society
Disability InclusionShop Volunteer - Liverpool Norris Green
Our Shop Volunteers raise money for the people we support with a Learning Disability. Do you have a few hours a week to spare and share your time with us?
Guide Dogs
Disability InclusionJoin your local Guide Dogs Fundraising Group
Join the pack. Lend a hand. Change lives. Join your local fundraising group as a volunteer - opportunities across the UK. Are you looking for a volunteering opportunity where you can meet new people and raise funds that will change lives? Join a Guide Dogs group near you for fun, fundraising and four-legged friends.
Guide Dogs
Animal WelfareFoster a trainee guide dog
Are you a dog lover with room in your home to look after a dog during evenings and weekends? This could be the perfect role for you! As a training dog fosterer, you'll be giving a dog in training a loving home whilst they embark on their journey to become a guide dog. You'll get to see the progress your furry companion is making in their training and be a vital part of their journey, without the commitment of looking after a dog full time.
Guide Dogs
Animal WelfarePuppy raiser
Are you a dog lover? Do you have the time to help raise a life-changing puppy? Would you like to make a difference to someone's life? If you've answered yes to these questions, then this role could be perfect for you! As a Puppy Raiser, you'll provide a 6-8 week-old puppy with the vital foundation for its future role as a guide dog. You'll be looking after a puppy for 12-16 months and will guide him or her through training, socialisation, the introduction of new environments and experiences while providing a loving home. There might be the odd chewed slipper along the way, but nothing beats the rewarding feeling of loving and raising a puppy who will go on to make an enormous difference to someone living with sight loss.
The People's Dispensary for Sick Animals - PDSA
Animal WelfareCharity Shop Volunteer - Formby
PDSA is a charity with 48 pet hospitals that supports pets and people in need. All of our charity shops need an amazing team of volunteers to make them a success and we need you now more than ever.
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Teenage Cancer Trust
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The People's Dispensary for Sick Animals - PDSA
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FoodCycle
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Sanctuary Care Limited
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Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation
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Lymphoma Action
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Alzheimer's Society
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ATE Superweeks
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Royal Mencap Society
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Oxfam
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Guide Dogs
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Volunteering in Liverpool by cause and skill
Liverpool has a strong culture of looking after its own, and its voluntary sector shows it. Community groups here tend to be old, well known locally and rooted in a particular set of streets.
Popular causes in Liverpool
- Food poverty, through one of the most established food bank and community pantry networks in the north west
- Homelessness and hostel support, including outreach, catering and day centre roles
- Heritage and museums, in a city with a UNESCO listed waterfront and a large museum sector
- Youth and sport, where clubs and community coaching reach across the whole city
- Older people and befriending, particularly in the outer neighbourhoods
Browse every cause on the impact areas page, or start from a skill you want to build.
How to start volunteering in Liverpool
- Browse the live roles on this page and open anything that looks like your kind of thing.
- Apply in a couple of minutes. There is no CV stage and no interview for most roles.
- Log your hours as you go, so your contribution becomes a record you can show.
- Earn verified badges and certificates for your CV, your UCAS application, or your LinkedIn profile.
About volunteering in Liverpool
Liverpool’s community organisations are notably long lived. Many of the food banks, community centres and youth projects operating today grew out of local campaigns and mutual aid going back decades, and they carry that history. Volunteering with one of them tends to mean joining something with a settled way of doing things and a core of people who have been there a long time, which is reassuring if you have never volunteered before.
The city’s cultural sector is the other major draw. Liverpool’s museums, galleries and waterfront attractions take on front of house, collections and events volunteers, and the roles are genuinely useful experience for anyone considering heritage, tourism or arts administration as a career. They also tend to come with proper training, which is not true everywhere.
Merseyside’s geography matters when you are choosing. Wirral, Sefton, Knowsley and St Helens each have their own voluntary sector and their own transport realities, and a role that looks close on a map can be an awkward journey. Start with the neighbourhood you can reach easily and reliably, because turning up consistently matters more to a small organisation than anything else you can offer.
Common questions about volunteering in Liverpool
Can I volunteer at Liverpool’s museums and galleries?
Yes, and the city has more of that work than most places its size. Front of house, visitor welcome, collections and events roles come up regularly, usually with training provided and a commitment of one day or half day a week.
Do I need experience to start volunteering?
Almost never. Most organisations are looking for reliability and interest rather than a background in the work, and they will show you what to do. If a role does need a specific skill or a DBS check, it says so on the listing.
How much time do I have to give?
As much or as little as suits you. Some roles are a single afternoon, some are a couple of hours a week, and some are one off events. You can filter by how much time you have before you apply.