Volunteer Centre

Swansea Volunteer Centre can provide you with all the support you need to start volunteering. We can offer one to one advice and guidance appointments, telephone assistance or help to access Swansea volunteering information via the Volunteering Wales website.

We also help organisations recruiting volunteers.

To make a volunteering advice appointment at our Centre based on Walter Road, Swansea, please call 01792 544000.

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Our Volunteer Centre is open 9am - 5pm, Mon-Fri, so feel free to come into the centre and take a look though the lists of available opportunities in our reception area.

Swansea Volunteer Centre also has a Twitter account @VolSwansea. Why not follow us?

Search the Volunteering Wales Website for local volunteering opportunities by clicking here!

As well as running the Swansea Volunteer Centre, SCVS also run some direct volunteering projects which were developed as a response to an unmet need in the County. Click here to see volunteering projects coordinated by SCVS.

Volunteering and welfare benefits
Have a look at this Guide to Volunteering It's main aim is to help inform people claiming state benefits about the advantages of becoming a volunteer. It will help by providing practical information on volunteering, including, DWP Guidance and useful websites.

Are you under 25 years of age and interested in volunteering? We can provide help and information for young people under 25 who are interested in volunteering via our Youth Volunteering officer

Are you an organisation that would like to register your need for volunteers?

You can do this online via Volunteering Wales website

Please click here to take you to our support for organisations page, which includes information sheets regarding managing volunteers and more.

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