A to Z Directory of volunteering groups and organisations

Better Futures was founded over 30 years ago and is a service for adults age 18+ with a learning disability and or autism.

Elder Tree helps older people lead full and independent lives and offers them opportunities that most thought had passed them by.

Improving Lives Plymouth welcomes volunteers from all backgrounds and has various roles that people can help support.

IMB members are unpaid public appointees, appointed by ministers to provide independent oversight of what happens in places of detention.

Ivybridge Caring is a voluntary organisation with a mission to promote the independence, physical and mental well-being of older and isolated people within the area of Ivybridge, Cornwood, Lutton, Sparkwell & Harford.

The Oasis Project welcomes voluntary help particularly to support tutors, for example with healthy cooking classes, work clubs, computer groups, to help with catering and DIY, to help with administration and supporting people who drop in for information and support.

Do you have a passion for saving lives at sea? Plymouth's Lifeboat Station, part of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), is looking for dedicated volunteers to join their team and help them in their life-saving efforts.

Royal Voluntary Service mobilises volunteers in every corner of Britain to support people in need and the NHS.

St John Ambulance is a volunteer powered, charitable organisation dedicated to the teaching of first aid. We support the NHS, provide medical support at public events and administer engaging youth programmes throughout England.

At START our work aims to support refugees to reduce the impact and isolation they feel coming to live in Plymouth in a number of different ways.

The Prince's Trust supports 13 to 30 year-olds who are unemployed and those struggling at school and at risk of exclusion. Three in four young people supported by The Prince's Trust move into work, education or training.