Why volunteer for the British Liver Trust and Children's Liver Disease Foundation?
Volunteering can be a chance to try something new, and can be a way of gaining new skills, knowledge and experience or developing your existing skills and knowledge.
Sometimes volunteering can help with employment opportunities, as well as helping you meet new people and make new friends. It can give you the chance to get to know your local community and use your skills and knowledge to benefit others.
As well as filling spare time and making you feel rewarded, volunteering can enhance your CV and help maintain your own health and wellbeing.
- Your passion can help us make a greater impact
- Help us reach more people with vital messages about liver health
- Raise awareness of what we do and encourage more people to volunteer and join the cause!
- Meet new people and learn new skills
- Support a great cause
- Build relationships within your community
- Support others in your community
- Help shape future plans at the charity
- Provide practical help to the British Liver Trust team
Any Questions?
If you have any questions at all about volunteering, please do email us at volunteering@britishlivertrust.org.uk or call us on 01425 481320.
Current volunteering opportunities
Light Up for Liver campaign - Outreach volunteer
This is a good opportunity to help increase awareness of liver cancer across the UK and to gain valuable events experience.
The role
You will be involved in this campaign throughout our Liver Cancer Awareness Month in October, which will include:
- Contacting landmarks and public buildings that participated last year
- Researching new potential landmarks across the UK
- Sending emails or letters requesting support
- Tracking responses in a spreadsheet
- Following up with interested venues
- Sharing confirmed locations with the charity team
While this is a volunteer role, the work is meaningful and impactful. You don’t need to have worked in a charity before - you just need a positive attitude, reliability, and a willingness to get involved.
What you’ll gain
- Valuable experience in a national charity
- The chance to work as part of a supportive and friendly team
- A meaningful CV addition, whether you are early-career or more experienced
You will be based at home and working collaboratively with our Head of Communications.
What we’re looking for
- A reliable person who can commit their time regularly throughout October 2026
- A team-player who is happy to roll up their sleeves and help where needed
You’ll be joining us at a critical and exciting time, when extra hands genuinely make a difference.
Fundraising events volunteer
If you enjoy engaging with the public, our fundraising events volunteer role is a great opportunity to show your support alongside our fundraising team. This role is particularly great if you can only commit your time on an ad-hoc basis.
The role
- Attending events with our fundraising team to help raise awareness and cheer on those participating such as the London Marathon
- Talk to members of the public and encourage them to engage with the event
What you’ll gain
- The chance to support alongside a friendly and energetic team
- The chance to be a part of our key fundraising events
- A meaningful CV addition, whether you’re early-career or more experienced
Many of our volunteers use this experience to support their next paid role, and we’re happy to provide references where appropriate.
What we’re looking for
- Confident about speaking to the public
- Positive, outgoing and friendly
- An interest in liver health and the services that we provide
- Preferably London-based or willing to travel
While this is a volunteer role, the work is meaningful and impactful. You don’t need to have worked in a charity before to apply.
Office based role in Winchester
Come and join our small team in Winchester to help with essential admin tasks including sending out materials to hospitals and fundraisers and entering data on the database.
The role
This is a varied, practical role supporting a busy office. You’ll be involved in the day-to-day administrative work that keeps things running smoothly, particularly when workloads are high. Examples of tasks include:
- Order fulfilment; picking, packing patient booklets and materials, preparing to be posted
- Supporting the team preparing for upcoming events; travel arrangements, accommodation, venues, catering
- General admin; filing, stock taking, shredding, scanning
While this is a volunteer role, the work is meaningful, active, and very much part of the core team. You don’t need to have worked in a charity before - you just need a positive attitude, reliability, and a willingness to get involved.
What you’ll gain
- Valuable, current office experience in a national charity
- The chance to work as part of a supportive, energetic team
- A meaningful CV addition, whether you’re early-career or more experienced
Many of our volunteers use this experience to support their next paid role, and we’re happy to provide references where appropriate.
You’ll be based in our welcoming office in central Winchester, just a 5–10 minute walk from the train station. Please note there is no free on-site parking.
What we’re looking for
- Reliable people who can commit their time - as little as 2 hrs per week can be a big help to a national charity
- Team-players who are happy to roll up their sleeves and help where needed
This is an unpaid volunteer role, and we’re hugely grateful for the time and energy our volunteers give.
We appreciate the interest and enthusiasm of our community. As our team is very busy and our resources are limited, we kindly ask that those reaching out consider whether they can offer a consistent time commitment. The process of onboarding and supporting new volunteers is resource-intensive, and we need to ensure our efforts are used as effectively as possible. If you’re interested in being part of a special organisation at its busiest ever time, supporting a great cause while staying active and professionally engaged.
Can you commit to 2 hours per week of support at our office in Winchester? We’d love to hear from you.