What types of volunteering are there?

Latitude Giving can help to match your skills and interests to hundreds of volunteer opportunities across more than 1,500 charities. You’ll find skilled and hands-on volunteering opportunities for both for individuals and teams.

  • Skilled volunteering puts your skills and talents to work for the benefit of the community. Examples include project management, public relations, administration, event management, legal and governance or even advising on a Board.
  • Hands On volunteering includes roles like tree planting and cooking for the homeless. Please use the drop-down menu or the Search functionality to find your perfect role.

How do I organise a team volunteer activity?

  1. Select Volunteer from the top left navigation bar
  2. View a charity
  3. Select the Apply as a Team tab
  4. Describe to your team why you are wanting to volunteer
  5. Nominate how big you want the team to be
  6. Enter details to invite people to the event
  7. Click Apply from the top left

How do I apply for a volunteer opportunity?

  1. Select Volunteer from the top left-hand side of the navigation bar
  2. Use the filters on the left side panel to filter and find charities
  3. Select an opportunity that appeals to you and click View
  4. Click Volunteer
  5. Select Apply as an individual
  6. Fill in the details on the application page and click Apply.

Your application will be emailed to the charity who will respond to you directly.

Please allow 10 business days for the charity to respond to you. If after this period you have not heard from the charity, please contact support@goodcompany.org.

What if I have committed but I can no longer help?

When you first meet with the charity, be open and honest about your level of commitment (considering your professional and personal commitments). If you think that it’s too much of a commitment, then you are entitled to withdraw at this stage.

Go to My Account> Volunteering Application> Click on Role > and click on Action then Cancel Application