Voluntary Work and Work Experience

Voluntary work can assist you to build new skills, meet new people and add variety to your work experience.

Volunteering can help people gain work experience, apply skills learned in study, re-skill or experience a new sector, and develop broader social and work-related networks. Volunteers can use these benefits to help them find paid employment.

Many not-for-profit organisations are also able to provide formal training that can contribute to a later qualification. This type of work experience can be a good way to help you:

• find out what type of work or course suits you
• gain experience while you study, are seeking paid employment or exploring a career change
• gain experience working for causes that you are interested in, or
• assist in creating change in areas that are important to you.

For further information about volunteering and community work, visit this website