Would you like to make a difference to the environment or to people’s lives, meet new people, take on a new challenge or learn a new skill and improve your job prospects? Have you ever thought about becoming a volunteer?

Leicestershire museums, libraries and country parks service provide many exciting volunteering opportunities for you to get involved in your local community – these are just a few of many different roles available:

In many tasks you would work alongside experienced staff - enabling you to broaden your knowledge or develop new skills. You’ll make new friends, meet likeminded people and generally have fun whilst doing something very rewarding!

Look out for this symbol throughout the Leicestershire Events Guide to see some of the volunteering events happening in Libraries, museums and country parks.

If you’ve got some spare time and would like to find out more about the volunteering opportunities open to you, contact Joan Berry on 0116 305 5956 jiberry@leics.gov.uk or visit www.volunteeringleicestershire.org.uk