# Big Help Out volunteering app launches

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2023/03/21/big-help-out-volunteering-app-launches/
- Published: 2023-03-21T08:50:00+00:00
- Author: Melanie May

**The Big Help Out officially launched yesterday with a volunteering app offering
opportunities from 1,500 charities.**

The app has been designed to appeal particularly to those new to volunteering or
who may have experienced barriers or challenges to doing so in the past. It seeks
to give them a quick, clear and easy way to find and select suitable opportunities.

There are thousands of volunteering opportunities available on the app, which is
available on AppStore and Google Play. People can use it to find opportunities near
them, from the big to the small with the Big Help Out encouraging members of the
public to sign up to volunteer on the bank holiday of the Coronation (8 May) or 
for other opportunities. The opportunities are searchable by postcode, activity 
and organisation.

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Part of the Coronation celebrations, [The Big Help Out](https://www.thebighelpout.org.uk/)
campaign was founded by the Shaping the Future with Volunteering Group, which includes
some of Britain’s largest volunteer-involving charities and is co-chaired by Scouts
and Royal Voluntary Service. The Group is working in partnership with The Together
Coalition to deliver The Big Help Out, supported by DCMS and the Royal Households.

> [#TheBigHelpOut](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheBigHelpOut?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> is being created by thousands of volunteer organisations – big and small. Businesses,
> local authorities and countless individuals across the UK are getting involved!
> [#JoinInFeelGood](https://twitter.com/hashtag/JoinInFeelGood?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)–
> [https://t.co/0Iczv6jPBW](https://t.co/0Iczv6jPBW) [pic.twitter.com/QJPkySIbsG](https://t.co/QJPkySIbsG)
> — The Conservation Volunteers (TCV) (@TCVtweets) [March 20, 2023](https://twitter.com/TCVtweets/status/1637844450717184000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

The Coronation year is seen as a unique opportunity to capture new interest in volunteering
especially among those new to it, and to channel that towards groups and causes 
that need them after rates of formal volunteering fell during Covid.

More opportunities for volunteering across the summer include Volunteers Week (1-
7 June) and Thank You Day (2 July), as well as local or regional initiatives such
as the Mayor of London’s Community Weekend in June.

The Big Help Out was [first announced in January](https://fundraising.co.uk/2023/01/27/big-help-out-launches-with-100-days-to-go-until-coronation/),
by Bear Grylls and charities across the UK.