People with extra support needs as volunteers

Everybody needs some support when they take on a volunteering role, but sometimes people need a bit of extra help before they become confident in their new tasks.

Volunteering can really help volunteers as well as the people they help!

People who might need some extra help to get involved in volunteering include those with disabilities, or recovering from mental ill health, or perhaps people who are generally lacking in self confidence.

Disabled people often feel that they are the recipients of services, and their abilities to give something back to their communities can be overlooked. Reasonable adjustments can be made to enable disabled people to take up volunteering opportunities, and they can offer can valuable insight and experience to those roles. Volunteering is a key route to enabling people from socially excluded groups to participate in their communities.