The Fair, which is being held tomorrow (22 January 2015)  gives a chance to explore the huge range of volunteering opportunities available from charitable and community-based organisations across the city.

Staff can donate their skills and energy towards a range of projects from protecting local wildlife and preserving historic locations, to giving their time to the libraries and a range of charities

Organisations at the fair will include:

•  Volunteering York/CVS
•  York Cares
•  Parkinson’s UK York Branch
•  Dunnington Playing Fields Association
•  Street Angels York
•  Explore York Libraries and Archives
•  Lidgett Grove Community Hub
•  York Blind & Partially Sighted Society
•  York Wheels Ltd
•  York Family Mediation Service
•  British Red Cross
•  Safe and Sound Homes
•  York Carers Centre
•  Refugee Action York
•  Brain Tumour Research and Support Across Yorkshire
•  Churches Conservation Trust
•  The Brain Tumour Charity
•  Poppleton Youth Club
•  Jane Tomlinson’s Run for All
•  Cruse Bereavement Care York and North Yorkshire
•  Friends of York Walls
•  Volunteer Services at York Hospital
•  MS Society York and District Branch
•  Circles of Support and Accountability
•  Yorkshire Wildlife Trust
•  St Leonard Hospice
•  Sport and Active Leisure
•  York Timebank
•  CYC youth section volunteering opportunities
•  Macmillan Cancer Support
•  Copmanthorpe Youth Club

For opportunities for residents to volunteer with City of York Council, please go to:http://www.york.gov.uk/info/200811/volunteering_with_city_of_york_council/1595/volunteering_opportunities

For opportunities with any organisation involved in volunteering in York please go to: http://www.yorkcvs.org.uk/