Introduction

Whether you are an undergraduate or postgraduate, whether you have two hours to spare every Wednesday or are looking for one-off opportunities, volunteering could be for you. In fact in our latest research over 90% of student who volunteer say they would recommend volunteering to a friend and over 70% say it improved their LSE experience.

What are the benefits?

Volunteering is about giving something back to the community and helping others, but it's a great way to help yourself too. You can:

make a difference to the local community
get insight into an area of work you are interested in – having some volunteer experience in your sector of interest will make you shine above others
learn new skills and put your existing ones to good use
network
make new friends
get to know your local community
have fun.

Refer to the Volunteer Centre blog and read our annual brochure for inspirational stories of what other LSE students and alumni have achieved with their volunteering.