With King Charles' coronation taking place next month, on Saturday May 6th, The Big Help Out, a volunteer initiative supported by some of the UK's biggest volunteer organisations, starts the following Monday on May 8th.
Some of the organisations that are taking part in the initiative are the Scouts, NSPCC, Age UK and the RSPCA. These organisations are some of the biggest names involved, but people can volunteer on an individual basis too.
There are all kinds of options when it comes to being a part of The Big Help Out, with ideas such as checking in on someone who needs some company, or volunteering for a more established charity.
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There are no limits in terms of the time that people have to spare, with organisations hoping that when people get the buzz from volunteering, they will continue to play a regular part in their local community.
Signing up for The Big Help Out can be done in a couple of different ways, the first of which is through the scheme's website. First, you need to put in your name, email, phone number and create a password to set up your account.
There is then a short 3 question quiz, where you put in your location and the kind of volunteering you want to do, before you are presented with several different opportunities that you can then directly sign up for.
For context, after putting my location in to the search, 20 different volunteering opportunities came up, in a relatively quiet area. This shows just how widespread The Big Help Out initiative is.
King Charles himself is a huge advocate of charity work, with his organisation The Prince's Trust supporting 46,000 young people between 2020 and 2021, and having helped over a million young people since it was founded in 1976.
To signup for The Big Help Out, and for anymore information on the volunteer initiative, visit the website here.
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