Volunteer

Change life for the next generation.

LGBT volunteering Manchester: Volunteers waving the Pride flag

Change life for the next generation

Volunteer your time with Just Like Us, the UK’s leading charity working to ensure LGBT+ young people can thrive.

Lend your time to fundraising so we can continue our work in schools and with young people right across the UK.

“I’ve been harassed at school for being a lesbian. I’m scared for LGBT youth at the moment – we aren’t safe. We need Just Like Us because they make schools safer for us.”

LGBT+ school pupil

Join the 190 Challenge

Young people spend 190 days at school every year – days that should be safe and inclusive. But for many LGBT+ young people, they’re not. Anti-LGBT+ bullying in schools has risen 25% in just three years, with lasting effects on young people well into adulthood.

At Just Like Us, we’re working to change that. Join the 190 Challenge and help transform school days for LGBT+ young people across the UK – because every child deserves to feel safe, happy, and proud of who they are.

Run, walk or swim 190km, or create your own 190 Challenge! 

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Volunteer with Just Like Us

Join our young people’s programme

“I spoke about being LGBT+ in a school and the pupils left me brimming with Pride.”

Start your own fundraiser

Give your time by starting a fundraiser that will change the lives of LGBT+ young people.

From a sponsored walk, running a marathon, braving a zip wire, knitting jumpers or baking cakes to sell, the possibilities are endless!

LGBT+ young people are four times more likely to be ashamed of who they are when they aren’t supported. Your fundraiser could make that difference.

“My legs ache but it was so worth it! Thank you for all the amazing work your charity does! Every time the going got tough, I thought of little me, but also of all the people you now help!”

Alex Knock, who ran the Manchester Marathon 2026 for Just Like Us

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Volunteer with Just Like Us

Become an LGBT+ career mentor

“I want to provide others like me with a role model, support and increased visibility.”

Volunteer through your workplace

Joining leading companies from tech and financial services to retail and FMCG in partnering with Just Like Us.

Spend your annual volunteering days helping Just Like Us, so that LGBT+ young people can thrive.

Or, make a suggestion to your company about fundraising or building a corporate partnership with Just Like Us.

“Just love it. Just Like Us is incredible and I’m so glad to be a part of it.”

A Just Like Us volunteer