# Big Help Out launches with 100 days to go until Coronation - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2023/01/27/big-help-out-launches-with-100-days-to-go-until-coronation/ - Published: 2023-01-27T12:12:17+00:00 - Author: Melanie May **With 100 days to go until the Coronation weekend, Bear Grylls and charities from across the UK are today launching the Big Help Out.** Charities including the [Scouts](https://www.scouts.org.uk/), the [Royal Voluntary Service](https://www.royalvoluntaryservice.org.uk/), Rotary, and the National Trust are behind the event, which will take place on Monday 8 May – the Bank Holiday of the Coronation weekend. It is also supported by the Together Coalition and NCVO. [The Big Help Out](http://www.thebighelpout.org.uk) will encourage people to try volunteering for themselves and support their local areas. The aim is to use volunteering to bring communities together and create a lasting volunteering legacy from the Coronation Weekend. ## Advertisement [⌊Posthub advert. You create the campaign. We'll handle the postal journey. Get started at post-hub.co.uk.⌉](https://fundraising.co.uk/ads/posthub-20261007-300x250/) Launching the Big Help Out, Chief Scout, Bear Grylls said:  > “Volunteering has always been a huge part of what makes this country great – from > families looking after evacuees during WW2 to neighbours looking out for each > other during the pandemic. But it’s not just in times of crisis that we step up. > Volunteering ­– whether formal or informal ­– is what powers our communities from > Scout leaders to football coaches, collecting the shopping for an elderly neighbour > to helping out at the school fete. >   > “The Big Help Out will put volunteering centre stage for a day and give people > who want to volunteer easy ways to join in. We are delighted to be a central part > of the Coronation weekend, particularly given The King and The Queen Consort’s > long history of support for volunteering. So please save the date – Monday 8 May– > and join us the Big Help Out in your community.” The charities behind the Big Help Out have set out its three core parts: * A public awareness campaign to raise understanding of the personal and societal benefits of volunteering. * The creation of opportunities to join in in every community in the country on 8 May – a chance to take part in taster sessions and give volunteering a go. Communities can also set up their own events locally. * Longer-term opportunities to sign up to volunteer with opportunities made easily accessible via [www.thebighelpout.org.uk](http://www.thebighelpout.org.uk/)  Catherine Johnstone CBE, CEO of Royal Voluntary Service said:  > “This is a wonderful opportunity for everyone to come together and have a go at > volunteering.  Whether it’s your first time, or you are an experienced volunteer, > The Big Help Out will make it easy to get involved in something that matches your > interests and fires your imagination. I hope it inspires many thousands of people > to explore what volunteering has to offer them and their communities. Royal Voluntary > Service is delighted to be part of this exciting initiative.” Sarah Vibert, CEO of NCVO added:  > “We are proud to be part of The Big Help Out which will showcase that volunteering > is for everyone, in every community. There are an amazingly diverse range of organisations > which all have unique, life-enhancing volunteering opportunities. From the largest > well-known charities to the smallest, grassroots organisations, to the public > sector, volunteers, all are critical to supporting people and communities. We > hope everyone will get involved and find out how volunteering is not only really > fulfilling, but also offers the chance to meet new people, learn new skills and > make a positive impact on the community you live in.”