The aim of The Big Help Out is to use volunteering to bring communities together and create a lasting volunteering legacy from the Coronation Weekend
Bear Grylls and charities from across the UK will today launch the Big Help Out – one of the centerpieces of the celebrations planned for the Coronation of His Majesty The King and Her Majesty The Queen Consort in May, just 100 days away. The Big Help Out has been created by some of Britain’s best-known charities from the Scouts to the Royal Voluntary Service, Rotary to the National Trust and will take place on Monday, May 8 – the Bank Holiday of the Coronation long weekend.
In tribute to His Majesty The King's public service, The Big Help Out will encourage people to try volunteering for themselves and join the work being undertaken to support their local areas. . Launching the Big Help Out, Chief Scout Bear Grylls said: “Volunteering has always been a huge part of what makes this country great – from families looking after evacuees during WW2 to neighbours looking out for each other during the pandemic. But it’s not just in times of crisis that we step up. Volunteering - whether formal or informal - is what powers our communities from Scout leaders to football coaches, collecting the shopping for an elderly neighbour to helping out at the school fete.
“The Big Help Out will put volunteering centre stage for a day and give people who want to volunteer easy ways to join in. We are delighted to be a central part of the Coronation weekend, particularly given The King and The Queen Consort’s long history of support for volunteering. So please save the date – Monday, May 8 - and join us the Big Help Out in your community.
Catherine Johnstone CBE, CEO of Royal Voluntary Service, said: “This is a wonderful opportunity for everyone to come together and have a go at volunteering. Whether it’s your first time, or you are an experienced volunteer, The Big Help Out will make it easy to get involved in something that matches your interests and fires your imagination. I hope it inspires many thousands of people to explore what volunteering has to offer them and their communities.
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