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Professional Volunteering

Use your hard-earned skills to make a difference

Professional volunteering offers the opportunity to use and develop your skills while making a meaningful impact. Unlike traditional hands-on volunteering, professional volunteering involves taking on roles such as:

  • Non-executive director
  • Charity trustee
  • School, college, or provider governor
  • Magistrate
  • Providing specialist skills in marketing, finance, bid writing, HR, and more

Below you’ll find useful links to volunteering opportunities where businesses and individuals can explore ways to get involved.

Why Encourage Professional Volunteering?

Professional volunteering provides a wealth of advantages, including:

  • Opportunities to apply skills in different settings
  • Development opportunities
  • Experience in governance and board-level decision-making
  • Networking and relationship-building with a wider range of professionals
  • Contribution to CPD and professional growth
  • Supporting social value initiatives
  • Enhancing brand reputation
  • Boosting employee morale and engagement

Advertise or Find an Opportunity

Do you have a volunteering opportunity you’d like to promote here? Email us via info@cumbriachamber.co.uk to list your opportunity here.

This service is free for members of Cumbria Chamber of Commerce and charged at a rate of £25 per listing for non members.

Resources and Further Information

We will continue to build a resource hub with useful links, including:

Cumbria CVS Volunteering Database

I Can Be a Magistrate Website

Judicial Office Instagram Videos