Volunteering opportunities
There are lots of different opportunities for you to get involved. Whether you have a 10 minutes or 10 hours a month, there's a volunteering role for you.
Find out more about all the current volunteering opportunities available at the BPS.
The listed opportunities are not remunerated and therefore are not subject to the society's general terms and conditions of employment.
BPS Boards and advisory groups
- Chair of the EDI Board
Closing date: 11 June - National Assessors Scheme - Chief National Assessor
Closing date: 01 July 2025 - Practice Board Recruitment - a psychologist practising in Wales / a Wider Psychological Workforce Practitioner
Closing date: 11 August 2025 - Mental Capacity Advisory Group
No closing date - Expert Witness Advisory Group Members
No closing date - Member Network Futures Task and Finish Group
No closing date - Partnership and Accreditation: Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner Subcommittee - Members
No closing date - Psychological Testing Centre - Test Reviewers for Test Reviews
No closing date - Psychological Testing Centre - Consultant Editors for Test Reviews
No closing date
Editorial posts
- Chair, Psychologist and Digest Editorial Advisory Committee
Closing date: 13 June 2025 - Editor, Psychology of Sexualities
Closing date: 15 June 2025 - BPS Statistics and Research Methods Advisory Panel - Neuroscience Methods & General Expertise
No closing date
Member Network positions
Crisis, Disaster and Trauma Psychology Section
Division of Clinical Psychology
Appointed Members x5 - DCP Faculty for Oncology and Palliative Care Committee
No closing date
Appointed Members x1 - Division of Clinical Psychology Committee
No closing date
Appointed Member x1 - Division of Clinical Psychology Committee
No closing date
Appointed Member x1 - Division of Clinical Psychology Committee
No closing date
Appointed Members x1 - Division of Clinical Psychology Committee
No closing date
Appointed Members x3 - DCP Faculty for Children, Young People, and Families
No closing date
Appointed Members x5 - DCP Pre-Qualification Group Committee
No closing date
Appointed Members x8 - DCP South West Branch Committee
No closing date
Appointed Member x1 - DCP Faculty of Psychosis and Complex Mental Health
No closing date
Appointed Members x15 - DCP North East Branch
No closing date
Appointed Members x2 - DCP Faculty for Eating Disorders
No closing date
Appointed Members x2 - DCP Pre-Qualifications Group Committee
No closing date
Appointed Members (National Representatives) x2 - DCP Pre-Qualification Group Committee
No closing date
Division of Coaching Psychology
Appointed Member x 1 - Division of Coaching Psychology
No closing date
Division of Counselling Psychology
Division of Forensic Psychology
Appointed Members x4 - Division of Forensic Psychology (Scotland) Committee
No closing date
Appointed Members x4 - Division of Forensic Psychology (Northern Ireland) Committee
No closing date
Appointed Members x5 - DFP Scotland
No closing date
Appointed Members x1 - Division of Forensic Psychology Wales Committee
No closing date
Division of Health Psychology
Division of Neuropsychology
Division of Sport and Exercise Psychology
London and Home Counties Branch
Chair - BPS London and Home Counties Branch
Closing date: 16 June 2025
Appointed Members x6 - London and Home Counties Branch
No closing date
Northern Ireland Branch
North West of England Branch
Political Psychology Section
Psychology of Women and Equalities Section
Chair - Psychology of Women and Equalities Section
Closing date: 25 May 2025
Psychosis and Complex Mental Health
Qualitative Methods in Psychology Section
Scottish Division of Educational Psychology
Special Group for Psychology, Health and Social Care
Chair - Special Group for Psychology, Health and Social Care
Closing date: 26 June 2025
- Assessors for the Qualification in Counselling Psychology (Pre-2018 and 2018 routes)
No closing date - Coaching Psychology Training Committee Member
No closing date - DCP Communications Subcommittee
No closing date - National Assessors Scheme
No closing date - Partnership and Accreditation – Committee on Training in Clinical Neuropsychology - Committee Members
No closing date - Partnership and Accreditation – Associate Psychologist Sub-Committee - Committee Members
No closing date - Partnership and Accreditation – Committee Member for the Committee on Training in Clinical Psychology
No Closing date - Partnership and Accreditation – Committee Member - Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner Training Committee
No closing date - British Red Cross - Psychosocial Reserve Volunteer
No closing date - Partnership and Accreditation – Sport and Exercise Psychology Training Committee
No closing date - Partnership and Accreditation – Counselling Psychology Training Committee
No closing date - Partnership and Accreditation – Forensic Psychology Training Committee
No closing date - Partnership and Accreditation - Division of Occupational Psychology Training Committee Member
No closing date
Do you want to represent the BPS at your university? We would love you to join us to support your fellow psychology student members.
If you are studying on one of our accredited undergraduate or conversion courses, are passionate about psychology, supporting your fellow students and want to learn new skills along the way – you could be a volunteer student ambassador.
It's a brilliant thing to have on your CV and can open up a number of doors, enabling you to meeting people within the BPS and build your network who can support your future career aspirations.
Become a student ambassador
Join us to support your fellow psychology students.
These boards are made up of society members, and their chairs serve on the Board of Trustees.
Vacancies are advertised when they are available in The Psychologist, via Member Update and on the website.