Work in partnership with us to tackle the challenges of congestion, air pollution, physical inactivity, and social inequality, by making it easier for people to walk and cycle.
For professionalsYour support helps to give children access to the training and equipment they need to ride a °Ä²ÊÂÛ̳ safely - starting a cycle of good that can go on to benefit their health, education and future.
Get involvedEnsuring everyone feels safe and included to volunteer
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We welcome people from all backgrounds to volunteer with us.
Together, we continue to learn and make efforts to ensure that volunteering with °Ä²ÊÂÛ̳ is for everyone and with everyone in mind.
Everyone should be enabled, welcomed and feel safe to offer their time in a range of different ways with us.
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Are you an active bystander when things happen?
We want everyone to feel able and equipped to help, intervene and speak up when others are experiencing unacceptable behaviour.
This includes when engaged with volunteering activities with °Ä²ÊÂÛ̳.
Familiarise yourself with to do this. You can also use these for a discussion or session in your local team or area.
If you are volunteering with °Ä²ÊÂÛ̳, reach out to your local Volunteer Coordinator to get the toolkit we have created for this.
We expect °Ä²ÊÂÛ̳ employees and volunteers alike to react to and challenge unacceptable behaviour.
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Volunteers and °Ä²ÊÂÛ̳ employees play an active part in creating and ensuring a volunteering culture of belonging.
Everyone should be treated with dignity and respect when engaged with volunteering activities.
We do not accept harassment, discrimination, threats or bullying of any kind.
We have these expectations and more of each other when engaged in volunteering.
These are set out in our Volunteering for Everyone standard.
It supports us all to have a greater understanding of the values and behaviours we wish to uphold across volunteering.
You can read the standard and all of the supporting documents at the bottom of the page.
Volunteers and °Ä²ÊÂÛ̳ employees play an active part in creating and ensuring a volunteering culture of belonging. Credit: John Linton
Volunteering for everyone standard
Volunteering for everyone standard (easy read version)
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Examples of unacceptable behaviour
Our guide to identifying unacceptable behaviour whilst volunteering.Ìý
Our guide to reporting concerns about unacceptable behaviour whilst volunteering.
Our online form to anonymously report concerns about unacceptable behaviour whilst volunteering.
Reporting a concern anonymously - print and post form
Our form to anonymously report concerns about unacceptable behaviour whilst volunteering. Print and post to our Freepost address.
External organisations support list
Our list of UK-wide organisations and charities who can offer independent support.