Volunteer Festival

Friday 23 October 2026
1.30 pm – 4.30 pm
City Theatre De Harmonie
Ruiterskwartier 4, Leeuwarden
Free admission

Will you be coming along too?
The Volunteering Festival is the perfect place to get a feel for the atmosphere at various organisations and to find out what sort of volunteering opportunities are available. Pop in and have a chat with one of the 70 organisations taking part. The Volunteering Festival is for anyone who is curious about volunteering in the municipality of Leeuwarden.

What sort of voluntary work would you like to do?
Discover a range of organisations in the field of Culture, Care and Wellbeing, Socialising, Animals, Health, Exercise, Language and Nature and much more besides. There’s always something that makes you happy and where you can make a difference.

We look forward to seeing you on 23 October at De Harmonie!

For organisations
Are you an organisation or initiative active in the municipality of Leeuwarden and are you looking for volunteers? There are currently 70 organisations listed. You can now only sign up for the waiting list in case an organisation withdraws. Sign up here to.

They’re here:

@ease Leeuwarden – Leeuwarden Drop-in Centre – Alliade – Amaryllis – Amnesty International Leeuwarden – Leeuwarden Basketball Club – Experience the Second Chance – Insulinde and Surrounding Areas Neighbourhood and Playground Association – Neighbourhood Service Point – Christian Scouting Group Burmania – COA Leeuwarden – COC Friesland – COSA Probation Service Netherlands – CultuurPodium Dorpskerk Huizum – dbieb – De Luisterlijn – De Skulp Friesland – Dekema State Jelsum – Dress for Success – Faber Support Services – Frisian Agricultural Museum – Frisian Museum and Frisian Resistance Museum – Frisius MC – GGZ Friesland, Client Council – Humanitas – IVN Leeuwarden and Surrounding Areas – Ixta Noa – Princessehof Ceramics Museum – Leeuwarden Independent Seniors’ Association – Salvation Army – Media Art Friesland – Civil Defence Museum in Grou – Museum de Grutterswinkel – Museumhuis Huis Van Eysinga – Fryslân Natural History Museum – Time to Connect Network – Neushoorn – Noorderbreedte – Odensehuis Gerard Smit – Omrin-Estafette – De Remise Senior Citizens’ Society – Repair Café Gerard Dou / Huizum-West – Sanquin – Save the Children – St Peter’s Church, Grou – St Vitus Parish, Leeuwarden and the surrounding area – Slieker Film – Solidair Friesland – Stadskantine West – Stadsklooster Leeuwarden – 058 Media Foundation – Amivedi Foundation – ANDERS Foundation – Bezoek en Co Foundation – De Wissel Animal Shelter and Animal Ambulance Foundation – Leergeld Foundation – Foundation for the Care of Retired Riding Horses and Ponies in Friesland – Present Foundation – Leeuwarden Tea House Foundation – Leeuwarden World Shop Foundation – Tendens Holidays – Theater de Bres – Veilig Verkeer Nederland – Vier het Leven – Vluchtelingenwerk Leeuwarden – Leeuwarden Food Bank – VPTZ NW Friesland – Werkpro – Gerard Dou Neighbourhood and Playground Association, Huizum-West – Zonnebloem Leeuwarden East – ZENZ Care Group