Join as a volunteer and gain new skills
Volunteering with us can give you the skills, confidence and experience you need to build your CV and boost your employability. Problem solving, communication, working with others and familiarity with the workplace are universally valued by employers.
Build your CV and gain confidence
- Gain a qualification while volunteering in one of our shops. We offer accredited qualifications in Retail, Customer Service, Team Leading and Warehousing in partnership with Derby College and Learning Curve. Find out how Cathy gained a National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) at her local shop.
- Fundraising volunteering roles offer a variety of opportunities to help build your CV with experiences in community awareness and engagement, event coordination and logistics, volunteer recruitment and of course raising vital funds.
- We work in partnership with Job Centre Plus to offer suitable work experience for job seekers.
Volunteering might be seen as something you do at the end of your life or when you retire. But for me, volunteering at the BHF has helped start my life. I have had access to training, built my confidence in ways I never imagined and met new, life long friends.”Kira Blake, 25, BHF volunteer
Gain valuable skills for the future
If you're a young person looking for new skills you can...
- Join your local shop team if you are aged 16+. Find out how Katrina got involved in her local BHF shop
- Are you aged 16-18 or 19-24 with an EHCP and qualified below Level 3 (A Levels)? A traineeship with Smart Training involving a retail or warehousing work experience placement in a BHF store could be the next step you’re looking for!
Get started volunteering
Whether you choose to join a local fundraising group, your local shop team or get involved at an event, you will be part of a network of volunteers all gaining skills for the future, whether you have a few hours or days a month to spare. We would appreciate your help and your time will make a difference.
Explore our variety of roles and find a role that suits you.