The IET depend upon a team of over 4000 volunteers to establish and maintain our place at the forefront of engineering and technology.  Working throughout the UK and internationally, our volunteers undertake dozens of roles that support the day to day running of the IET – they make up our boards and committees, contribute both to the governance and general running of IET activities –and without them we would be unable run many of our activities and events.

 

Our volunteers tell us that along with the positive feeling they get from helping others, volunteering can be a great way to widen your professional network and make new contacts as well as developing valuable professional skills or practising skills that you may no longer use in your day to day job roles or experiences.

 
Interested in volunteering?

 

If you are interested in offering your time as an IET volunteer, there are a number of different roles you may wish to consider depending on your skills, abilities and availability.  You can find more information on our volunteer pages.

 
Already a volunteer?

 

If you’re already a volunteer with the IET, then why not share your experiences:


- create a video for our ongoing everyday champions project 

- join and participate in the IET Volunteer community page

- consider starting a discussion topic about what you do

- write a blog for Volunteer Viewpoint


The more information we can share with others about IET volunteering, the more volunteers we can attract to the IET and the benefits of volunteering and this means that we can run more activities, inspire more people into engineering and spread the message about why the work of the IET is important.

 
Do you know an inspirational volunteer?

 

The IET have launched a new achievement medal for major and outstanding contributions voluntarily given to furthering the aims of the IET.  The medal was awarded for the first time in 2015.  This award recognises the importance of volunteers to the IET in its mission to inspire, inform and influence the global engineering community.  You can find further details at: http://conferences.theiet.org/achievement/awards/medals/volunteer-medal.cfm.