Volunteer with us

Volunteer with us and make a valuable difference to people who are deaf, have hearing loss or tinnitus.

Any contribution you make, no matter how small, can have a big impact.

Find a volunteering opportunity

Our volunteers are vital in helping us make life fully inclusive for the 12 million people in the UK who are deaf or have hearing loss or tinnitus.

We have remote and in-person volunteering opportunities available across the UK.

Find an opportunity and apply

Our volunteers

Video: how our volunteers make a difference to our communities

“When you see the difference you can make to someone, it’s very fulfilling.”
Tom, RNID volunteer

Our volunteers are instrumental in delivering nationwide support and information to people who are deaf, have hearing loss or tinnitus. Their stories show what they gain from the experience, too.

Gerry’s volunteering story

Gerry started volunteering with RNID in 2003. As someone with hearing loss who’d been wearing hearing aids for many years, Gerry felt that by becoming a volunteer he could easily relate to people looking for support.

Read Gerry’s story

More about volunteering

Benefits of volunteering

See the benefits of volunteering with us.

How our volunteers make a difference

The 3 main ways our volunteers help the people in the communities we support.

Who can volunteer

Our opportunities are open to anyone who can volunteer in the UK.

Support and training

We provide support and training for all our volunteers.

Join us

Explore our available volunteering opportunities or make a general volunteering enquiry through the Contact Centre via email or live chat, call or text, or by using our BSL service, SignLive.

Find an opportunity and apply

Investing in Volunteers

We achieved the Investing in Volunteers quality mark in 2023 for the work we do with volunteers across the UK.