Volunteering opportunities

Volunteering opportunities

Volunteering allows you to try new things, have fun, meet new people and explore the city.

The activities you get involved with can help you discover your interests and give you the skills and experience to make you stand out from the crowd after you graduate.

Most of all, knowing that you made a difference by giving your time is a feeling that’s hard to match.

Whether you want to volunteer with different communities in the city or alongside other students on on campus, there are plenty of options.

Volunteering with others on campus

  • LUU volunteering opportunities

    LUU has over 20 volunteering societies you can join, and needs volunteers to help at organised litter picks, or by donating clothes and getting involved with focus groups.

    Student action for refugees volunteers sat talking on the Parkinson Building steps

  • Student Leaders

    Become a student representative or sit on an advisory board to help make decisions to improve the student community and campus.

    A group of students chatting sitting at a table in LUU

  • Sustainability Service volunteers

    Help with arts and gardening projects in the local community, share your skills at the Bike Hub and Repair Café, or support biodiversity monitoring.

    Staff member and student in LUU's rooftop garden planting plants.

  • Volunteering in sport

    Leeds Sport offers a range of sport volunteering opportunities on campus, in the community and even internationally.

    A student volunteer in an orange t-shirt teaching volleyball

  • Residence Life Social Committees

    Run events for fellow students in your University accommodation by joining the Residence Life Social Committees.

    A group of students playing cards in their accommodation

Intercultural volunteering opportunities

Volunteering in local communities

  • Volunteer with a local charity

    Find volunteering opportunities at charities and not-for-profit organisations in Leeds to give back to the city and get to know the local community.

    A student volunteering in a garden in Hyde Park

  • Students into schools

    Sign up to a weekly morning or afternoon session in a primary or secondary school to give back to the community and boost your CV.

    Three children supervised by an adult doing an activity with paper and pipe cleaners at Be Curious