Places that teenagers can do volunteering

I did volunteering at my local library for a reading award thing to encourage younger children to read more.

One place I would recommend is at a special needs school etc though this will be more at times when school will be on so best at summer time. You will however need to be able to cope with very difficult situations, in a calm manner and some ways of dealing things will be very hard to do.

I've done volunteering at a charity shop, a castle and at a zoo The zoo was probably the most fun to be honest! Look on websites for volunteering opportunities around you, that's how I found mine! There were pages and pages of different places I could go. You can do admin, fundraising, youth work etc.. I did mine over the summer/weekends
I went on VolunteeringWales for mine and there was actually so much, i applied to about 10 ;P

Ok thanks those sound interesting and unique. Are these placements usually advertised or do you need to ask??

I don't know whether there is a group in your area, but have you thought about Riding for the Disabled? You don't actually have to have previous experience with horses, or necessarily actually work with them and it's definitely something which makes the lives of the participants more interesting / enjoyable.

http://www.rda.org.uk/donatefundraise/volunteering/volunteering-faqs/

Re holiday reading schemes, just go along to your local library and ask - our local scheme is always in need of volunteers.

Depends. Some places you will need to ask if there is any opportunity but sometimes a organisation may advertise what they do looking for volunteers. My library volunteer programme was advertised at my college on some "for the future day". Would like to ask but what are you performing this next volunteering for?

I volunteered at the British Heart Foundation during college, it was super easy to get one there.

Ok thanks.
I'm keen to do some more volunteering because I want to do something good for others, also for my CV and I think it would be a worthwhile way to use my free time.

Yeah I would say helping at special needs organisations would be good for these reasons. If you are thinking of going to uni I wouldn't put loads of volunteering projects in your personal statement since you are limited to what you talk about and a small amount is stuff unrelated to the course.

What did you do there?

Admittedly, it was boring. I think this was because it was a small one. We just stacked shelves with new books that came in, alphabetised them and also put clothes on racks and handed out ribbons and pins to passers-by for a pound. Very easy job.

Yeah sounds quite similar to what I did at the salvation army

Honestly, in the experience of myself and my friends, the younger we were when looking for a job, the harder it was. Because no one wanted to take people who wouldn't work a full day, every day and someone who's main interest is their studies. They want to be able to call on you when they feel like it, even at night, and because that's illegal at 16, they're in no rush to give 16-year-olds job. All the cooler jobs were off-limits.

Are you volunteering just because you're bored and want something to do plus the CV thing or the CV alone? Loads of people will say this - and it is true, colleges and unis don't care about you volunteering unless it has some direct relationship to what job you want in the future. I wished I'd listened to that when I got my volunteering job because it was honestly a waste of my time - I only did it for my CV, and it's on there and has never impacted my life.

Why volunteer? Get a job get money. For my bronze d of e my volunteering was selling the food and drink at break time when I was in cadets this took 14minutes a week and I nicked a free drink each time by charging 5extra to people who didn't like me