7 simple things you can do this Volunteer Week

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It's National Volunteer Week from the 15th-21st of April and there couldn't be a better excuse to finally do that bit of volunteer work you keep meaning to sign up to.

You should check out Volunteering UK for the full lowdown on lending a helping hand but we've also come up with a few easy peasy ideas to help get the ball rolling.

Do Do Do: Take a challenge and raise sponsorship with a twist with The Do Nation. Instead of being sponsored with money, people donate by doing. You get supported by simple green actions like Pedaling the Pedals or going Easy On The Meat for a week. At the end of it you can see how much CO2 you saved with everyone's actions.

Save for Saved: If you want something simple and easy to do while making the world a little greener along the way, you could send us some t-shirts that are in desperate need of being Saved. Or pop into Do The Green Thing HQ (we're extremely friendly) and help us sew some gloves back to life with Glove Love.

Promises going once, going twice, sold: Do you have any special skills that you can offer? Give up your time and expertise on Auction Of Promises and let people bid on it. The highest bid wins and the money goes to the charity of your choice.

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Help from home: For the lazy man's way to volunteer, try it in your pyjamas with Help From Home. Help From Home means you can take part in micro volunteering whether you have 30 seconds or 30 minutes and all from the comfort of your own sofa.

Go mobile: Show us your amazing hacks and fixes with our Orange Do Some Good volunteering app, it only takes 5 minutes and you can do it on the go.

Garden fitness: If you're looking for something a bit more involved, get fit while helping out with Green Gym. Green Gym needs you to help with some intensive outdoor projects, so you can lend a hand while working on your muscles. Two birds, one spade and all that.

Gym it up and give something back: Or if you are a keen runner, go join the Good Gym. You join a running group, so you'll be running like normal, but along the way you help out with community projects whether that be shifting rubble and planting gardens to making deliveries and friendly visits to older people.

And if that's not enough to get you excited, have a read of last year's post for even more tips to get you volunteering.

It's better to give than receive but this way you get as much out as you put in. Now that's what we call a great gift.

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