Education for All

Stonewall's Youth Volunteering Programme

16-25? Passionate about ending homophobia and homophobic bullying? Then this is the place for you!

The Stonewall Youth Volunteering Programme is part of our Education for All campaign to tackle homophobia and homophobic bullying. As a Stonewall Youth Volunteer you'll develop your own local campaigns against homophobic discrimination.

Your campaign can be as small or as big as you like and you can work alone or with other young people. You can choose an issue you feel passionate about - from helping your school develop an anti-homophobic bullying policy, to teaching your peers about LGB history and issues - be as creative as you like!

There are great reasons to volunteer with Stonewall, including:

Make a difference in your community

You'll be able to campaign for change that will really make a difference to young people affected by homophobia in your local community.
Get an official accreditation

We offer National Open College Network accreditation certificates through Youth Train in skills such as speaking and listening and developing skills - they'll be great for your CV or university/college application
Win awards

You can work towards the V awards (which are run by V - England's biggest youth action programme) which recognise your volunteering on the basis of the time you put in and the impact you make on your community. Stonewall are also developing our own awards to recognise your contribution to our campaign to tackle homophobia.
Make new friends

At regional and national meetings you'll be able to meet other young people from across the country that, like you, care about making a difference in their communities.

If you want to get really involved you could consier becoming a Youth Leader, working as the bridge between Stonewall and young people in your region. You'll learn skills to help you train and support other volunteers and you'll chair regional meetings. You will also sit on the Stonewall Youth Leaders Network, guiding the development of the programme.

Interested?

Once you've completed an application form you'll be invited to an induction day where you'll find out all about the project and you'll be given an information pack and log book to start planning your campaign. You'll then be able to attend the monthly regional meetings where you'll develop your campaign, learn new skills and make new friends.

For more information donwload the more info pack below and if you want to get involved simply fill in the online application form below or get in touch with Stonewall and ask us to send you more information and an application form.

Application form

We have 3 volunteering days planned

London: Sunday 27th July (10:00am - 4:30pm)
Liverpool: Saturday 16th August (10:00am - 4:30pm)
Walsall: Saturday 6th September (10:00am - 4:30pm)

They are an opportunity to:

Meet other young people from your region
Learn more about Stonewall and the work we do to
tackle homophobic bullying
Explore issues around homophobia
Explore campaigning and how to organise effective
anti-homophobia campaign

The day is free and we'll pay travel expenses and provide you with lunch. You can attend the day whether or not you would like to continue volunteering with Stonewall afterwards.

Places are limited so if you would like to continue volunteering with Stonewall afterwards.

Places are limited so if you would like to attend please complete the application form attached and send it back to us asap!

if you would like to volunteer for Stonewall but cannot attend one of the volunteering days, email Laurie: laurie.kay@stonewall.org.uk to talk about how you can get involved with us.