22-28 February is Student Volunteering Week. Students - this is your chance to think about volunteering! Volunteering can help you develop new skills and gain work experience. It looks great on your CV and can help you stand out from the crowd.

There are thousands of volunteering opportunities available across Northern Ireland. Volunteering is a great way to meet new friends whilst making a difference and engaging with your local community.

It's simple to search for an opportunity - just enter your postcode, distance you are prepared to travel and the type of volunteering activity you are interested in, in the volunteering search on the left of your screen.

Click here to go to our Young people section to read volunteer stories and watch videos.

Representatives from the Volunteer Development Agency and Volunteer Centres NI will be attending various careers/work experience fairs during February to promote volunteering. If you are a student and attend the relevant school/University and would like some information on volunteering come along and see us on:

* 10 Feb, 11am - 3pm, Work Experience Fair, Whitla Hall, Queen's University.
* 22-26 Feb, Information Stand, Student Guidance Centre, Queen's University - VSB.
* 22-26 Feb, Information Stand, Enniskillen Library, VSB Fermanagh Volunteer Centre.
* 23 Feb, 9.30am - 3.15pm, Careers Fair, Cambridge House Grammar School, Ballymena.
* 23 Feb, Work Experience Fair, University of Ulster at Jordanstown.
* 23 Feb, 12-2pm, SERC Downpatrick - Down District Volunteer Centre.
* 23 Feb, Careers Forum, College of Agriculture, Food & Rural Enterprise, Greenmount Campus - Loughside Volunteer Centre.
* 25 Feb, Voluntary Work Information Day, University of Ulster at Coleraine.