Volunteering England works to promote volunteering as a powerful force for change, both for those who volunteer and for the wider community. This website offers a range of resources for anyone who works with or manages volunteers as well as for those who want to volunteer.

Visit www.volunteering.org.uk or telephone 0845 305 6779

Do-it is part of the charity YouthNet UK and was launched in 2001. It has a database for UK volunteering opportunities and information on all you need to know to become a volunteer. There is no charge for organisations to register their opportunities or for people to use the database.

For more information visit www.do-it.org.uk or telephone 0207 226 8008

Student Volunteering works towards ensuring that every student has the opportunity to volunteer and make a positive difference in their community and beyond, through having access to relevant volunteering opportunities and receiving effective support. It provides an information service which includes publications, toolkits, news updates and personal support.

For more information visit www.studentvol.org.uk or telephone 0845 4500219

The British Trust for Conservation Volunteers (BTCV) specialises in working with people, especially volunteers within their communities, to bring about positive environmental change. In the early years, BTCV developed volunteering as a means to achieve an environmental goal; now conservation volunteering is also becoming a focus for the achievement of wider social goals tackling social exclusion and encouraging personal development and lifelong learning. For more information on becoming involved, on training, conservation holidays or to order conservation handbooks visit www.btcv.org or telephone 01302 572 244. You can also find out more about BTCV's Green Gyms, which offer the opportunity to improve your fitness by getting involved in practical conservation activities such as planting hedges, creating and maintaining community gardens, or improving footpaths

. For Green Gyms in your areas visit www.btcv.org/greengym/regions/map.html

Groundwork is a federation of nearly fifty Trusts in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, each working with their partners to improve the quality of the local environment, the lives of local people and the success of local businesses in areas in need of investment and support. It is part funded by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) and supported by corporate, local and European funding. Every year Groundwork Trusts deliver thousands of projects in neighbourhoods that are blighted by a variety of social or economic problems. These projects aim to create opportunities for people to learn new skills and to take local action. They also aim to help businesses and individuals fulfil their potential. There are many opportunities for volunteers in Groundwork Trusts or they may be able to support a local project including regenerating parks and gardens.

For more information visit www.groundwork.org.uk or telephone 0121 236 8565