Ways you can volunteer

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Become a befriender

Our befrienders are parents or close relatives who have experienced the sudden or unexpected death of a baby or young child. They provide support to families after their own bereavement.

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Become a fundraising volunteer

Our fundraising volunteers play a vital role in helping keeping babies safe and providing grieving families with the support they need.

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Family panels

Our family panels help to shape the services offered by The Lullaby Trust.

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Benefits of becoming a volunteer 

The time and energy you give as a volunteer really does help to give babies a safer start in life and help grieving families throughout incredibly difficult times.  

On top of this, you can significantly benefit from your volunteering role in all these different ways: 

  • Feel proud about making a life-saving difference. 
  • Meet new people and develop new friendships
  • Develop new skills and enhance existing ones. 
  • Improve your confidence, wellbeing and self-esteem. 
  • Gain work experience to boost your job prospects

205

valued volunteers support our work

88 %

of Befrienders get 'great satisfaction' out of their volunteering role

5225

hours given by our kind volunteers

Frequently asked questions about volunteering

Got a question about volunteering for The Lullaby Trust? We’ve provided answers to the most common questions we get asked.