A useful starting point
Treat volunteering like work: organisation, dates, caseload or hours, result. One page unless you also have a professional history to keep. Skip listing every bake sale. Skip this page if volunteering is a one-line extra on a two-page professional CV.
These examples illustrate structure, not a real applicant’s history. Replace every sample detail with your own evidence. Follow the employer’s instructions on qualifications, registration, document length and file format.
Evidence to consider
- Organisation name
- Hours or caseload
- DBS status if the role required it
- A named outcome
Illustrative achievement bullets
- Weekly four-hour shift on a community advice desk for 11 months
- Logged 30 visitor enquiries a session into a shared spreadsheet
- Trained 3 new volunteers on the welcome script
- Helped run a fundraising stall that took £1,200 in one day
Relevant skills to substantiate
Safeguarding awareness · Record keeping · Welcome desk · Team rota · Cash handling · Confidentiality
What to leave out
- Vague “helped out”
- Photos
- Unrelated school history once you have years of volunteering
Choose a layout
Explore the compact template or use it in the CV builder. This is a suggested layout; follow the vacancy’s requirements.