Benefits of Becoming a Volunteer

Looking to volunteer? The sport and activity sector has a whole host of voluntary opportunities – from being a coach or activity leader to taking care of the admin behind the scenes.

Volunteering is an incredibly rewarding experience. Not only does it allow you to give back to your local community, but it also gives you a chance to develop new skills – which can be great for your CV. Whether you’re volunteering on a regular basis or at a one-off event, you’ll play an essential part in ensuring the activity runs smoothly. Without volunteers, grassroots sports and activities wouldn’t be able to happen.

Volunteering is a great way to:

• Meet people
• Gain work experience
• Make a difference
• Do something you're passionate about
• Fill some spare time
• Help people
• Get involved in your local community
• Try something new
• Enjoy yourself

Volunteering Opportunities

Discover volunteering opportunities across Lincolnshire below.

Voluntary Centre Services

There are lots of new and exciting opportunities being added to the Voluntary Centre Services database every day.

Finding the right volunteering opportunity is easy. You can either book an appointment online to speak with one of the volunteer advisers at Voluntary Centre Services or contact your local Volunteer Centre to arrange an appointment.

Voluntary Centre Service also list their current opportunities on their website, where you can find opportunities from Assistant Youth/Sports Leaders, Garden Club leaders at your local heritage site or community group, Therapy Assistants, Trustee opportunities, event volunteers and much more.

Parkrun Volunteers

Sign up to become a Parkrun volunteer at your local event.

The volunteers make Parkrun happen; they run the local events and take on roles such as Event Director, Run Director, Equipment Delivery & Storage, Event Day Course Check, Pre-event Setup, First Timers Briefing, Sign Language Support, Marshals, VI Guide, Tail Walker, Timekeeper, Finish Tokens, Funnel Manager, Barcode Scanning, Number Checker, and much much more.

Discover how to become a volunteer for your local Parkrun here.

Lincolnshire Wellbeing Walks

Wellbeing Walks are short walks, led by friendly, specially trained volunteer walk leaders, who are on hand to provide encouragement and support.

If you'd like any further information about volunteering on the Lincolnshire Coop Wellbeing Walks please get in touch with wellbeingwalks@lincolnshire.coop, or telephone 01522 544 632.

ReEngage Training

ReEngage is a free digital platform, designed to follow on from ReActivate and provide the sector's workforce with the skills and knowledge to confidently engage with people across all communities, helping them to access the benefits of sport and physical activity.

The training is open to individuals and employers working in sport, physical activity, leisure and fitness in England, including coaches and volunteers.

The training provides online learning and skills development in four key areas, designed to ensure that everyone providing sports and physical activity services has the knowledge and confidence to engage with all members of their community:

• Awareness of the prevalence, impact and treatment of long Covid
• Engaging effectively with inactive adults with no pre-existing health conditions
• Communication with customers, especially those who may be lacking the confidence to return to physical activity
• Awareness of the aspects of ageing that can be controlled or influenced through physical activity.

Thanks to funding from Sport England through the National Lotter, ReEngage is free to all providers of sport and physical activity services in England.

Get access to the ReEngage platform for leisure, sport and fitness organisations to offer free training to your staff teams as part of the ReActivate.