Almost 7,000 UK organisations are looking for 18,000 volunteers this National Volunteers Week, according to data from Co-op's online community centre, Co-operate. Developed during the pandemic, Co-operate is as an online community centre which is currently enabling over 15,000 organisations across the country to gain access to funding and resources including volunteers. To date, Co-operate has connected these organisations with 1,200 volunteers.
This National Volunteers Week, Co-op is looking to highlight the sheer volume of volunteering opportunities available to people. There are currently almost 7,000 organisations looking for volunteers according to Co-op and this number is expected to dramatically increase as the mutual reports that in the last week requests for help from organisations have increased by 400.
Nottingham tops the list as the City most in need of volunteers, followed by Sheffield and Newcastle. In light of this, Co-op is urging volunteers to sign up to support organisations in their local area this National Volunteers Week through their Co-operate platform.
