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Volunteer Hub

When you join us we want you to feel supported, updated and a valued member of our volunteering community. We welcome and appreciate your feedback at any time.

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Welcome to the Volunteer Hub

If you’re already one of our fantastic volunteers, then this Hub is for you! You can find useful information and resources, and we regularly share news and updates to do with volunteering at Cancer Research UK. Find everything you need to know about your time with us in the Welcome to Volunteering booklet.

View the Welcome to volunteering booklet(PDF, 3.42 MB)

Watch the Welcome to volunteering video

Latest updates

We’d love your help: let’s renew our Investing in Volunteers accreditation together!

In 2022, Cancer Research UK was proud to achieve the nationally recognised Investing in Volunteers accreditation – a mark of good practice in volunteer management. This accreditation shows our commitment to supporting you and making sure you have an enjoyable and rewarding experience. Now it’s time to renew that accreditation, and your voice is essential. During January, we’re asking as many volunteers as possible to complete a short questionnaire about what it’s like to volunteer with us. The questionnaire is anonymous and should take no more than 10 minutes to complete, but we really appreciate your feedback. Ready to help? Complete the survey If you have any questions or need more information, please contact the Volunteer Team at volunteerenquiry@cancer.org.uk.

Changes to our shops

We’ve announced an important change to our retail operations that will impact some of our shop volunteers.

Read more and access our FAQs

Sharing your experiences

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Share your story with us

We love hearing our volunteers' stories! If you'd like to share your volunteering experiences with us, please complete our 'Share Your Story' form below. You can tell us what inspired you to start volunteering, what you enjoy, and what you might say to anyone thinking about getting involved.

Share your story

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Share your love of volunteering with our online badges

A variety of online badges have been created to help you share your love of volunteering with friends and family.

Help us spread the word by downloading and sharing on your social media or adding one to an email signature - you never know who you might inspire to help out too!

Download the volunteering badges

Volunteering resources and information

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Your wellbeing and development

Volunteering has many benefits, from boosting your wellbeing to giving you the opportunity to learn and develop new skills. At Cancer Research UK, we are really grateful for the support you give us, and we want to make sure that you have an enjoyable, rewarding and satisfying volunteering experience. Our wellbeing and development page is full of useful resources to help you make the most of your time with us.

Explore our wellbeing and development page

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Equality, diversity and inclusion at Cancer Research UK

We exist to beat cancer. And beating cancer means beating it for everyone. We want everyone at Cancer Research UK to feel part of an inclusive team, where our differences are valued, we have fair and equal opportunities to succeed and everyone can thrive. As a volunteer with us, it’s important you understand and embody our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) values.

Read more about EDI at Cancer Research UK(PDF, 2.02 MB)

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Talking about cancer and health

Join our Talk Cancer online workshop to feel more confident in having supportive conversations about how people can reduce their risk of cancer, the importance of early diagnosis, and cancer screening. The Talk Cancer training is created by nurses, with workshop content always backed up by the latest cancer evidence.

Read more and register to join the next workshop

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Investing in our volunteers

We were delighted to have been awarded the Investing in Volunteers accreditation for good practice in volunteer management. We appreciate the amazing impact that our volunteers have on our mission to beat cancer. This accreditation is our commitment that we’ll do all we can to give back to our volunteers as much as you give to us.

Find out more about Investing in Volunteers

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Cancer support

To talk to others affected by cancer. Or if you have questions about cancer, you can speak to one of our nurses on freephone, Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm, 0808 800 4040.

Visit our Cancer Chat forum

Contact us

If you have any questions about volunteering, please speak to your staff contact or email us.

volunteering@cancer.org.uk