What's going on in East Cambridgeshire?

Find out how to support your community.

Who needs help in your area?

Click on the map, or browse below, to see the many ways to support your East Cambridgeshire community.

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Organisation role · 1—2 hrs/Week

Flexible location

Volunteer Befriender

The team support adults 18+ in Cambridgeshire by giving information, advice and guidance to improve wellbeing and enable them to access local help.

Posted by Making Space
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Organisation role · Flexible hours

Flexible location

Volunteer Administration and Research Assistant

The team supports adults 18+ in Cambridgeshire by giving information, advice and guidance to improve wellbeing and enable them to access local help.

Posted by Making Space

Organisation role · Flexible hours

From home

Volunteer Coordinator

Coordinators work for about 5-10 hours, 1 week in 5, taking requests from passengers and allocating volunteer drivers to lifts. Note one year min. commitment.

Posted by TAG Lifts (community car scheme for Trumpington and Grantchester)

Organisation role · Flexible hours

Flexible location

Fundraising Trustee

Help Liberation Cycle grow! We need a Fundraising Trustee to build sustainable income, shape strategy, and help our Cambridgeshire charity hire its first staff.

Posted by THE LIBERATION CYCLE

Organisation role · Flexible hours

Flexible location

Community Fundraising Group Volunteer

Join our fabulous fundraising team and become the friendly face of Deafblind UK in your local community!

Posted by Deafblind UK

Organisation role · 2—4 hrs/month

From home

Carer Friendly Tick Award Assessor

Are you, or have you been, an unpaid carer? We’re looking for carers with lived experience to join our Carer Friendly Tick Award Assessor Panel.

Posted by Caring Together Charity

Organisation role · Flexible hours

Flexible location

Fundraising Supporter

We are looking for enthusiastic and motivated volunteers to support our small but ambitious fundraising team.

Posted by Caring Together Charity

Organisation role · Flexible hours

Flexible location

Parent Carer Volunteer

As a Parent Carer Volunteer, you will work alongside our carer advisors to support parent carers across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.

Posted by Caring Together Charity

Organisation role · Flexible hours

Flexible location

Young Carer Supporter

As a Young Carer Volunteer, you will help support our young carers at groups, workshops and trips.

Posted by Caring Together Charity

Organisation role · Flexible hours

Flexible location

Event Support Volunteer

Attend local events that are in aid of East Anglian Air Ambulance and be our representative on the day.

Posted by East Anglian Air Ambulance

Organisation role · 2—4 hrs/month

Flexible location

Volunteer Befrienders Needed Across Cambridgeshire

Could you offer a friendly chat, a little company and a listening ear to someone who may be feeling lonely or isolated due to age related hearing loss?

Posted by Cambridgeshire Deaf Association

Organisation role · Flexible hours

From home

Treasurer

The Splash Pad for Ely group are now a registered charity and now require a treasurer.

Posted by Ely Splash Pad

Organisation role · Flexible hours · Starting from 3 Nov 2025

Flexible location

Digital Skills Volunteer – Make a Difference Across Cambridgeshire!

Join Cambridge Online as a Digital Skills Volunteer and help people gain confidence with everyday digital tasks - from sending emails to staying safe online.

Posted by Cambridge Online

One-off · 0—2 hrs

From home

Donation Sales Champion

Help sell donated items on Facebook Marketplace & eBay to raise funds for our charity. Flexible, fun, and no experience needed!

Posted by The Red Hen Project

Organisation role · Flexible hours

From home

Cambridgeshire Helper

The Helper lends out tandems to people from the Helper's home. The Borrowers take the tandems typically for two months then bring them back.

Posted by Charlotte's Tandems

Project role (Temporary) · 1—3 hrs/Week · For around 6 months

Flexible location

Volunteer tutor

Volunteer as a tutor with Action Tutoring for one hour a week over 10 to 20 weeks and make a difference to the lives of young people facing disadvantage.

Posted by Action Tutoring

Organisation role · Flexible hours

From home

Trustees wanted!

This is an excellent opportunity to play a senior role in a respected environmental charity.

Posted by CPRE Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

Organisation role · 6—12 hrs/Week

From home

Chair, CPRE Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

This an excellent opportunity to use your management and leadership skills to help develop and support our small, local environment charity and join our team!

Posted by CPRE Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

Organisation role · 4—8 hrs/month

Flexible location

Volunteer Community Pet Speaker

Are you passionate about helping pets and their owners?  Can you engage with young people in a school environment, or adults at community events? 

Posted by Woodgreen Pets Charity

Organisation role · Flexible hours

From home

RSPCA Wildlife Friends

Become a Wildlife friend! Help make a difference by taking part in wildlife friendly activities, creating wildlife friendly habitats & taking action at home...

Posted by RSPCA

Organisation role · Flexible hours

From home

RSPCA Microvolunteer (England)

Microvolunteering is perfect for busy people who’d like to get involved and help the RSPCA, but don’t have much time to give.

Posted by RSPCA

One-off · 0—2 hrs

From home

Call Companion Volunteer - Do you have 30 mins a week to call an older person

Have you got 30 mins a week that you could spare? We are seeking volunteers to spend 30 minutes a week chatting with older people aged 75+ who are lonely

Posted by Re-engage

One-off · 2—4 hrs

From home

Volunteer Gardener - East Cambs only

Your role is helping those unable to tend to their gardens. The gardening ranges from cutting grass to chopping your way through brambles. East Cambs only.

Posted by VCAEC

One-off · 2—4 hrs

From home

Volunteer Driver - East Cambs only

As a volunteer driver your role is to take people to various appointments (such as shopping or hospital trips), for residents in East Cambs only.

Posted by VCAEC

Organisation role · Flexible hours · Starting from 16 Jan 2026

Flexible location

Emotional Support Volunteers - Helpline, Email and Live Chat Services

Our volunteers offer vital emotional support to women, girls and AFAB non-binary survivors of sexual violence and abuse by listening and believing.

Posted by Cambridge Rape Crisis Centre
Image of VCAEC volunteer gardeners helping their community, with the VCAEC logo in the top right hand corner

Need additional support?

Contact Voluntary Community Action East Cambs (VCAEC)

VCAEC are an independent, registered charity based in Ely, Cambridgeshire.


They offer a social car and gardening scheme, both of which are run with the goodwill of volunteers. They also have an active role as a Volunteer Centre, supporting people into volunteering, and promoting volunteering to all sectors of the community.


Visit the VCAEC website to find out more about the support VCAEC can provide to volunteers and volunteer involving organisations in East Cambridgeshire.

Come and speak to us!

If you want to talk with us about volunteering, visit one of our stalls.

The team aims to attend as many community events as possible across Cambridgeshire, so look our for the logo.


If you want to know where we will be, check out our Events page on our Facebook profile.


Here, you can see where the team will pop-up across the county. If you would like us to attend an event, send us an invite to [email protected].


Check out our Facebook page