Volunteering with us is a fantastic opportunity to gain experience, develop your skills and meet new people from all over the world. It can also count towards your Bristol PLUS Award.
There are three volunteering opportunities for you to get involved in, read about each one below and then fill out an online application form to apply:
🌍 Language Cafe volunteer application form
🌍 Friday Hangouts volunteer application form
🌍 Find out how to volunteer at a cultural event
Interested in helping others learn a language at our fun and friendly weekly Language Café? We'd love to hear from you! To apply, please complete the Language Café Volunteer Application Form. If you experience any difficulties with the form, you can get in touch with us directly at global-lounge@bristol.ac.uk.
Keen to make new friends and help bring other students together? Help shape our weekly Friday afternoon hangouts with other volunteers. We'd love to hear from you! To apply, please complete the Friday Hangouts Volunteer Application Form. If you experience any difficulties with the form, you can get in touch with us directly at global-lounge@bristol.ac.uk.
Whether you are a society or an individual, if you have an idea for an exciting event you'd like to organise with us, we'd love to help you bring it to life. As you work alongside our friendly team, you'll gain confidence and develop important transferable skills. For an informal chat, and to check available event dates, please email global-lounge@bristol.ac.uk.
To make sure we are delivering authentic cultural events, we are looking for volunteers who can share their own cultural experiences to make activities, decorations and presentations as accurate to the culture as possible. If you are of the nationality being celebrated or have significant links and/or an understanding of the culture being celebrated, then we'd love to work with you! If you'd like to apply for a "Culture Day" space at the Global Lounge, please submit this application form and a member of our team will get back to you as soon as possible.
“Big congratulations to the Global Lounge team for organising this event, I was especially impressed by how smoothly and quickly the food distribution went. I really enjoyed the community spirit at this event, I went alone and ended up talking to strangers who invited me to their circle. It was overall a warm and spiritual experience even though I am not a religious person.”
Virag Csoli (about Open Iftar 2025)
“It was such a lovely event, where I had the chance to connect with other students while painting pots. The whole experience was so enjoyable, relaxing and therapeutic, a sweet little break from the intensity of PhD work.
Suruchi Bala (about Spring Crafts: Plant Pot Painting 2025)
“The presentation was very informative and the food was amazing!”
Anonymous (about Polish Culture Day 2025)