Virtual volunteering during Covid-19
If you want to volunteer without leaving home or work, then you can. Take a look at virtual volunteering.
EMOTIONAL SUPPORT DURING COVID-19
Assisting Blind and Low-Sighted Individuals with Everyday Tasks (Global) https://www.bemyeyes.com
Crisis Text Support – Shout (UK) – https://www.giveusashout.org/volunteer-with-us/
Telephone Based Befriending for Elderly (UK) – https://www.ageuk.org.uk/get-involved/volunteer/telephone-befriender/
Help Combat Loneliness in Old Age with ‘Adopt a Grandparent’ (UK) – https://chdliving.co.uk/adopt-grandparent
Essential Support for Under 25s (UK) – https://www.themix.org.uk/get-involved
Telephone Buddy’ Services for Older People (UK) – https://www.linkvisiting.org/volunteering
Support the under 25’s https://www.themix.org.uk/get-involved/volunteering
Show your support to NHS key workers https://www.thecrisisproject.com
EDUCATION & MENTORING
Online Mentoring Young People at the Prince’s Trust (UK) – https://www.princes-trust.org.uk/support-our-work/volunteer
School in the Cloud – Run Your Own Online Education Sessions – https://www.theschoolinthecloud.org
Mentor refugee & asylum seeking women – https://routescollective.com/apply
SKILLS BASED
Join others local to you https://reactcharity.org/get-involved/volunteer-for-react
Use Your Skills to Assist 100s of United Nations Peace & Development Projects – https://www.onlinevolunteering.org/en
Use your Professional Skills to Help Charities – https://www.catchafire.org
Digital Volunteering for IT/Digital professionals providing help to charities on IT related projects – http://energiseresources.org
Use Your Skills to Help Fight Cancer – https://fcancer.org
Use Your Language Skills to Complete Translation for Humanitarian Projects – https://translatorswithoutborders.org
Use your creative skills to make a difference https://weglimpse.co
ONLINE RESEARCH PROJECTS FOR GOOD
Online Research Projects On Every Topic Under the Sun. – https://www.zooniverse.org
Complete Online Research Projects for the The Smithsonian – https://www.si.edu/getinvolved
Missing Maps – Helping Map Unmapped Areas to Help Humanitarian Aid- https://www.missingmaps.org
Contribute to the Largest Biodiversity Related Citizen Science Project – https://ebird.org/about
Online Conservation Work – Instant Wild by Zoological Society of London – https://www.zsl.org/conservation/how-we-work/conservation-technology/instant-wild
Help Create a Library of Free eBooks – http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Volunteering_for_Project_Gutenberg
OTHERS…
Micro-Volunteering Actions You Can Do From Home – https://www.helpfromhome.org
Join local groups to take action & help solve community problems https://makesense.org/en/re-action-uk/
Donate your old phone to keep people connected – https://www.hubbub.org.uk/communitycalling