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Volunteer Welcome Bingo

A warm welcome activity to introduce new volunteers to a team and cause.

Volunteer Welcome Bingo gives new volunteers a friendly way to meet fellow volunteers, understand the organisation, and feel part of the team from their very first session. It works well at orientation events, training sessions, or the first meet-up of a new volunteering project. The activity celebrates the enthusiasm and variety of experience that volunteers bring.

How to run this activity

Hand out a bingo card to each volunteer at the start of the welcome session. Volunteers move around the room, finding others who match each square and noting their name in the box. Give a clear time limit, then bring the group back together to hear a few highlights from completed cards. This is a good lead-in to formal introductions or role assignments.

Full prompt list

  1. Find someone who has volunteered somewhere else before
  2. Find someone who heard about this opportunity from a friend
  3. Find someone who has a skill they want to bring to volunteering
  4. Find someone who lives in the local area
  5. Find someone who has a favourite cause close to their heart
  6. Find someone who has volunteered for more than a year
  7. Find someone who is volunteering for the first time
  8. Find someone who enjoys working outdoors
  9. Find someone who has organised an event before
  10. Find someone who wants to meet new people through volunteering
  11. Find someone who has a hobby that could help the team
  12. Find someone who has driven or travelled far to be here today
  13. Find someone who volunteers with family members too
  14. Find someone who has a story about why they got involved
  15. Find someone who enjoys working with children or older people
  16. Find someone who has fundraised for a cause before
  17. Find someone who is retired and enjoying new free time
  18. Find someone who is a student volunteering alongside studies
  19. Find someone who has a favourite past volunteering memory
  20. Find someone who brought a friend along today
  21. Find someone who works in a completely different field day to day
  22. Find someone who has a talent for organising people
  23. Find someone who wants to learn something new here
  24. Find someone who has already met one of the team leaders

Customisation ideas

  • Add a prompt referencing your organisation's specific cause or recent milestone
  • Include long-serving volunteers as a way to spotlight their experience
  • Adapt prompts for a single-event activity like a clean-up day or fundraiser
  • Follow up with a group photo of everyone who completed a card

Frequently asked questions

Yes, the prompts focus on general interests and volunteering experience rather than age-specific topics, making it suitable for a mixed-age group. Organisers can tweak language for younger volunteer programmes if needed.

Yes, it works well for short-term events such as a community clean-up day, as it helps strangers introduce themselves quickly before getting to work. It only takes a few minutes to run.

Add one or two prompts that reference your specific cause or recent projects, which helps new volunteers connect the activity to why they are there. Keep the rest general so it stays approachable.

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