Volunteer stories
Volunteer stories: Volunteer storiesWhat it's like to volunteer at CYF.
Your skills. Their future.
Together, we can help socially excluded people find meaningful work in tech. Share what you know, in a team, a few hours a week.
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Few other experiences will remind you of the tenacity of human beings than working with people who give 100% despite all the struggles they have gone through in life.
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Can’t find your question here? Read our full Volunteer FAQ.
You can volunteer if you:
- are over 18;
- can volunteer consistently for at least 6 months, 4 hours a week (we are flexible for holidays);
- spend at least 20 minutes a week catching up with volunteers and trainees on Slack;
- follow our Code of Conduct, Volunteer agreement, values and working principles.
Yes. You can support our Intro to Digital and Basic Online Skills courses.
Yes. We need people from a wide range of backgrounds to help trainees with the professional skills they need to get a job in tech. We look at your professional career rather than your technical expertise.
Some roles can be done remotely, such as code reviewer and career mentor. It depends on how much time you can give.
- Intro to Digital: in person on Saturdays (from 10am) and online on Wednesday evenings (7pm to 9pm).
- Intro to Programming: in person on Saturdays (10am to 5pm).
- Checkpoint and Software Development Course: Saturdays (10am to 5pm), in person where we have enough people in your region, otherwise online.
If you volunteer in person, please arrive at 9:45am.
We have 5 regions in the UK and 1 in South Africa: West Midlands, Scotland, North West, London, Sheffield and Cape Town. See our regions for more.
Our curriculum uses a flipped classroom: trainees prepare on their own before class. Classes are not lectures. We use our time together for what trainees cannot do at home: debugging, pair programming, code review and building projects.
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Company interested in corporate volunteering? contact@codeyourfuture.io