Our volunteers come from all walks of life and opportunities are open to anyone who wishes to give their time freely and without payment to benefit other people, the community or the environment.

We’ll match your skills, interests and availability with the work that needs to be done. What you decide to do and how you plan to go about doing it will come through the details you provide on your application form and email, telephone or face-to-face talks. This ensures that the right jobs are done by the right volunteers.

Interested?
If you’d like to find out more about Volunteering contact volunteers@yha.org.uk and remember to supply your postal address details.

How do I apply?
Simply complete and return the Volunteer Registration Form describing your skills and interests and detailing the areas in which you’d like to volunteer. For a copy of the application form please email volunteers@yha.org.uk or phone the volunteering team on 01629 592562.

What happens next?
We’ll record your details on a database and contact you to discuss available projects and sign-post you particular Volunteer Coordinators or Hostel Managers to discuss specific opportunities.

Opportunities For All
We will not discriminate against any volunteer on the grounds of their sex, race or skin colour, disability, sexual orientation, religion or age, and will do everything reasonably possible to make volunteering available to all.

We will do this by aiming to provide a variety of diverse volunteering opportunities and work with a range of partners to access traditionally non-participating groups

What you can expect as a volunteer:

A clearly defined role that is worthwhile and challenging
Your views heard and valued
Reasonable expenses reimbursed
An environment where you can ask for help and be supported
Training to help you do the work
Safe working conditions
Relevant insurance
To be treated with respect and as an equal partner
To have information held about you kept confidential
To be given a reference if you need one.

As a volunteer we’ll expect you to:

Only take on responsibilities that you can handle
Meet time commitments as far as possible
Give adequate notice of holidays or other time off
Perform the tasks given, to the best of your ability
Give input on improvements that might be made to the task
Follow our policies and procedures to carry out agreed tasks
Respect any confidences entrusted to you
Be open-minded and respectful towards opinions shared with you
Comply with the equal opportunities policy
Be aware that the ultimate authority of the given task will rest with a YHA member of staff
Provide references, CRB and attend necessary training as requested