What is online volunteering?
Online or virtual volunteering refers to volunteer tasks completed, in whole or in part, via the internet from a location outside of YouthNet UK’s main office. This could be from your own home or perhaps even your place of work or study. Volunteering from a home or work computer is different from working on-site with an organization for many obvious reasons: there’s more flexibility in the use of the time you have; a greater degree of independence; you interact less face-to-face with members of staff; etc. For you, these differences may make virtual volunteering ideal; but these same reasons could also make it difficult for you. Setting your own schedule is one of the chief joys of virtual volunteering. However, there’s nothing virtual about the commitment you are making, nor the deadlines you will be assigned with to complete the work you agree to doing.
