Events & One-off opportunities
Check out the Events Calendar below for opportunities to volunteer at some of the great events coming soon to Northern Ireland! Most of these are one-off or short-term volunteering opportunities… and if there’s nothing there you fancy at the minute, check back in a few weeks as the calendar is always being added to!
When you register online, your contact details are forwarded to the organisation you want to volunteer with, and they will come back to you with more information.
Events Calendar
Misc.
Throughout NI
Join Volunteer Now’s Events Team
21 October 2026 10:15 am
Hillsborough
Branch clearing and chipping at Hillsborough Forest
Will you help Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council to tidy up Hillsborough Forest?
23+24, 28-30 Oct 2026
Omagh
Hallowe’en at the Ulster American Folk Park
Could you help bring the witching season to life in the Ulster American Folk Park this year?
24 October 2026
Newry
Haunted Halloween Walk at Derrymore Wood – Family friendly role
Volunteer at the the Haunted Halloween Walk at Derrymore Wood — a fantastic day of family-friendly Halloween fun, all while raising funds for Head Injury Support!
31 October 2026
Galgorm, Ballyclare, Donaghadee, Bushmills
Creative Gardens Halloween Event
Give a hand at this Halloween event and help fundraise for Cancer Fund for Children.
Oct-Dec 2026
Banbridge, Enniskillen, Lisburn, Lurgan, Newry, Omagh, Portadown
USPCA Street Collections
Give a couple of hours of your time and help fundraise for USPCA’s rescue, rehabilitation, and rehoming services for animals.
20-22 Nov 2026
Throughout NI
NI Hospice Festive Collection at Tesco’s (family friendly volunteering opportunity)
Don your worst Christmas jumper and help at the Festive Tesco Collection taking place at 35 Tesco stores across NI!
17 March 2027
Spar Craic 10K
Be part of a brilliant community event!