BEcome a Volunteer

Modern volunteering through Volunteer TimeBank isn’t just about helping others. It’s about being part of a community built on reciprocity, compassion, and connection.

VTB is designed to remove the barriers that often stop people from getting involved, making it simple to turn the willingness to help into meaningful action. By making volunteering more accessible, flexible, and rewarding, we empower people to support others while strengthening their own sense of purpose, belonging, and community.

Here’s what you’ll gain:

  • Register ONCE and get instantly matched – No more database searches, volunteer opportunity trawling or spending endless time on applications . . .
  • Put your skills to good use – Volunteer in ways that suit your strengths and interests, with charities in your local area that genuinely need your help.
  • Earn and bank time credits – Every hour you volunteer is recorded and saved in your personal timebank, ready to be used if you ever need support.
  • Log Your Own Hours – If you already volunteer for a VTB charity, you can easily submit your hours directly through the platform, with no duplicated admin burden, your charity simply approves the hours and VTB securely transfers and banks them for you.
  • Unlock Champion status – After 50 verified hours, you become a “Champion” and earn the right to request help from other volunteers.
  • Elevate your CV – Receive officially endorsed community hours for CVs, resumes, and university applications.
  • Feel the impact – Know that your volunteering time is strengthening real causes and changing lives, yours included.  Volunteering is proven to have a positive effect on mental wellbeing.

How It Works

  1. Create Your Profile: Sign up, link yourself to a charity and tell us a bit about your background, skills, and areas of interest.
  2. Complete Necessary Checks and Registration: If you’re applying for roles involving vulnerable people (e.g. children, elderly), you’ll need relevant criminal or safeguarding clearance. If you don’t yet have the right checks, your charity will assist you with this.
  3. Start Volunteering: You will be instantly notified of opportunities that may interest you – OR – you can choose from a database of opportunities posted by VTB registered charities in your region or beyond. Your chosen charity will verify your completed volunteering hours.
  4. Earn and Bank Time: Once you reach 50 verified hours, you become a Champion—unlocking the ability to redeem help from other Champions when needed.
  5. Champion-to-Champion Help. Only Champions can request support, and only Champions can respond. Encouraging a secure community of trusted individuals.

Important Legal & Safeguarding Information

  • On Sign Up – you must register yourself with an official charity listed on VTB before you can complete your profile and start volunteering.
  • Background security/safeguarding checks (e.g. DBS in the UK) are required for some roles. These checks are managed by the charity, and it’s their responsibility to ensure you meet all legal and safeguarding standards.
  • Safeguarding requirements vary by country. When volunteering internationally, you and the charity must follow the local laws and compliance rules specific to that region.

Disclosure & Barring Service – The Updated Service https://secure.crbonline.gov.uk/crsc/subscriber

Subscribing to this service, within a month of obtaining a new DBS certificate reduces the need to apply for multiple DBS Certificates when you move from one job to another in the same workforce or volunteering role or when a recheck is required. Organisations/charities can carry out a quick online status check to see if an individual’s certificate is still up to date – saving you both time and money. 

This service is free for volunteers.

Registration Form
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