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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 on people in your local area. No experience? No problem. We’ll give you all the training and support you need.

RNID Near You volunteers and RNID CEO, Harriet Oppenheimer, stand in front of green RNID banners.

Find a volunteering opportunity

Our volunteers are vital in helping us make life fully inclusive for the 18 million people in the UK who are deaf or have hearing loss or tinnitus.

We offer flexible roles across the UK – remote and in-person – so you can volunteer in a way that fits around your life.

By giving your time, you can transform lives in your local community.


Our volunteers

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Video: how our volunteers make a difference to our communities

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.

The beauty of volunteering for me is that I can do something really hands-on to help… Residents in the care homes are always so happy to see us, and I have a lovely chat with them as well as fixing their hearing aids.”

Barry, RNID care homes volunteer

Volunteer Gerry, wears a suit and is presenting at an RNID event.

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

It’s the immediacy of literally transforming someone’s life in an instant that appeals to me so much about my volunteering with RNID.”

– Tom, RNID Near You Northern Ireland volunteer

Read Tom’s story

An RNID volunteer seated at a table talking to a woman who has their back to the camera

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.

Investing in Volunteers

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

Page last updated: 1 January 2026

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