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Volunteer today for racing charities!

Charities working across the sport are frequently in need of valuable support from volunteers – on an ongoing basis or just to support a particular event.

Volunteering is a great way to help the causes you support, and can even boost your CV and help you make new friendships.

Volunteer bucket collector

Opportunities to volunteer with racing industry charities will be found through Careers in Racing and the Sport and Recreation Alliance.

A selection of charities that rely on volunteers:

  • Racing Welfare
  • Palace House
  • Racehorse Sanctuary & Rehoming Centre
  • The Racehorse Rescue Centre
  • The British Thoroughbred Rehoming Centre
  • Greatwood
  • and more…

Example roles include administrative or specialist business support, fundraising-specific tasks, or hands-on with horses.

Click the logos below to find volunteering opportunities…

Careers in Racing:

Sport and Recreation Alliance – Join In:

If you are a racing charity looking to recruit volunteers, simply contact lucy@racingtoschool.co.uk for further information on how we can help you.

Racing Together

Volunteer Menu

Resources

Resources

Here you will find useful documents, links and case studies, designed to encourage and showcase British racing’s community engagement activity.

RT-Brochure-Single-Pages

Partnership Logo and Assets

Racing Together is a partnership of charities and organisations working together across British racing to help others. We actively encourage all charities and commercial organisations across the sport to use this logo to identify and promote racing’s combined community engagement activities.

The logo can be downloaded below and used on any appropriate promotional material.

Racing Together LogoDownload
2019 Racing Together BrochureDownload
Racecourse CCTV Graphic x 1Download
Racecard Advert Graphics x 2Download
10 ideas: a one page racecourse community engagement planDownload

Complete a Free e-Learning

A short online course on Racing2Learn, designed to inform anyone who is involved with racing. Learners receive CPD points, and an eCertificate verified by 1st4Sport and the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA).

Racing2Learn also provides a wide range of free courses to learn more about aspects of the racing industry.

How to use the course:

  1. Visit www.racing2learn.com
  2. Create a free account and access the course
  3. Complete the course, answer the questions and receive your certificate
  4. Please also share the course widely with your organisation and HR function, embedding it in new starter packs, for example, to help us inspire others.

Political Engagement Toolkit

Conor McGinn

The Racing Together Political Engagement Toolkit can be downloaded below. This document can be used as a guide to support your engagement with political figures. For further information and guidance please contact us directly.

Political Engagement Toolkit 2019Download

Guides and Information about Racing’s Community Engagement

British Racing Factsheet
British Horseracing: a factsheetDownload

In 2018 racecourses were increasingly connected with their communities. Click the link below to view a summary of the 2018 community engagement audit, completed by 38 out of 59 racecourses detailing their charity, volunteering and community projects.

Racecourse Community Engagement: 2019 FactsheetDownload
Racecourse Community Engagement: 2018 FactsheetDownload
Top Ten Tips for Racecourse RecyclingDownload

Racing’s Volunteering Portal

Volunteer bucket collector

Click here to visit Do-It for Horseracing, the industry’s hub for searching and applying for a wide variety of volunteer opportunities within racing.