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Volunteer registration form template. Thirteen questions that match every volunteer to the right task.

How people heard about you, their past volunteering, the work they want to do, their skills, schedule and contact details. Copy the form, replace the kinds of work with your own tasks and share the link wherever you recruit.

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Free plan: 100 responses a month and up to 50 surveys, no credit card.

The template’s real survey on a phone.

  • 13 ready questionsAbout 4 min on a phone.
  • Yours to changeQuestions, answers and logic.
  • A ready reportA chart for every closed question.
  • Export on every planCSV, Excel and SPSS.

Offers to help arrive in comments, calls and chat messages, and the details get lost. A form asks every volunteer the same questions and keeps the answers in one list.

The 13 volunteer registration form questions in this template.

In the order volunteers meet them. Rename the kinds of work, delete what you won’t use and add your own.

First contact

  1. What's your name?

    Open answer Required

    Why ask it. Who signed up. It is required, so no registration arrives without a name.

  2. How did you find out about the volunteer project of our organization?

    Single choice Required

    • From friends
    • On the Internet
    • Offline ads
    • Other, in their own words

    Why ask it. Shows which recruiting channel brings people. Post your next call for volunteers there; the Other field catches the rest.

  3. Do you have experience as a volunteer?

    Yes / No Required

    • Yes
    • No

    Why ask it. Separates first-timers, who need an introduction, from people who already know how volunteering works.

Skills and background

  1. What kind of work would you like to do at our organization?

    Multiple choice

    • Office work
    • Driving
    • Photo and video shooting
    • Content creation
    • Administrative work
    • Creative work
    • Work directly with people in need
    • Other, in their own words

    Why ask it. The heart of the form: which tasks each person will take on. Replace the seven options with the roles your project actually needs.

  2. Tell us about your skills and hobbies

    Open answer

    Why ask it. Turns up skills you did not think to list, from first aid to fixing bikes.

  3. What's your educational background?

    Open answer

    Why ask it. Helps match people to tasks that need training, such as tutoring. Delete it if no task depends on it.

  4. What are you doing now?

    Single choice

    • Unemployed
    • Student
    • Employed
    • Retired

    Why ask it. Students, employees and retirees have different free time. It hints at who can come on a weekday morning.

Availability and contact details

  1. What kind of schedule would you prefer as a volunteer?

    Open answer

    Why ask it. The days and hours each person can give, in their own words. Read it before you plan shifts.

  2. Your email:

    E-mail Required

    Why ask it. Where the welcome message and the shift schedule go. Required, in a field made for e-mail addresses.

  3. Your phone number:

    Phone number

    Why ask it. For the reminder call the day before a shift, in a field made for phone numbers.

  4. Links to your social media accounts:

    Open answer

    Why ask it. Lets you see who is joining and tag volunteers when you post about the project. Delete it if you don’t need it.

About the volunteer

  1. Your gender:

    Single choice

    • Male
    • Female
    • Would rather not say

    Why ask it. Useful when a task calls for it, such as support at a women’s shelter. Anyone can pick “Would rather not say”.

  2. Please specify your age:

    Single choice

    • 18 - 25
    • 26 - 35
    • 36 - 45
    • 46 - 55
    • 56 +
    • Would rather not say

    Why ask it. Shows the age mix of your team. The options start at 18; add one for younger volunteers if your project accepts them.

Use this template

How to set up a volunteer registration form from this template.

  1. 1

    Copy the form

    Click “Use this template” and create a free account or log in. The form is copied to your account with all 13 questions. The copy waits in your survey list as a draft.

  2. 2

    Make it yours

    Replace the kinds of work with the tasks your project needs, delete the questions you won’t use, and add a logic rule that asks about a driver’s license when someone picks Driving.

  3. 3

    Share it where you recruit

    Post the link on social media, embed the form on your volunteer page, or print the QR code on flyers and at events.

  4. 4

    Build the team

    Charts show which tasks people chose and how they found you. Turn on e-mail notifications to hear about every new volunteer the moment they sign up.

How to review volunteer registrations.

Which tasks you can staff

The chart for “What kind of work would you like to do at our organization?” shows how many people chose each task. A short bar tells you where to recruit next.

One task at a time

On Basic and higher plans, filter the registrations by kind of work and get everyone who offered to drive, shoot photos or work with people in need.

A contact list for coordinators

Export the registrations to Excel or CSV on any plan, with names, e-mails, phone numbers and schedules side by side, and plan the first shifts.

How to get more volunteers to sign up.

  1. Say what the work is

    Name the project, the place and the time a volunteer gives at the top of the form. People sign up for something concrete.

  2. Keep only what you use

    Thirteen questions take about four minutes. Delete education or social media if no task depends on them.

  3. Reply fast

    On Basic and higher plans, an automatic e-mail thanks each volunteer right after they sign up. Call them within a few days, while the interest is fresh.

  4. Close it when the team is full

    Close the form by hand on any plan. On Standard and higher plans it closes by itself on a date or after a set number of registrations.

More volunteer registration questions you can add.

Not in the template. Add any of them in the builder in a few clicks.

Availability

  • Which days of the week can you volunteer?
  • How many hours a month can you give?
  • From what date can you start?

Requirements

  • Do you have a valid driver’s license?
  • Have you completed first aid training?
  • Who should we contact in an emergency?

Preferences

  • Would you rather volunteer on site or remotely?
  • Which languages do you speak?
  • What T-shirt size should we order for you?

Questions about this template

What should a volunteer registration form ask?

Contact details, the kind of work the person wants to do, their skills and past volunteering, when they are free and how they heard about you. This template asks all of it in thirteen questions, four of them required.

Can I use it as a sign-up form for one event?

Yes. Delete the education and social media questions, turn the schedule question into a choice of your event’s shifts, and the form gets shorter. Any question deletes in one click.

How do I know when someone signs up?

Turn on e-mail notifications in the form settings, on any plan. On Basic and higher plans you can also send each registration to Google Sheets and send volunteers an automatic reply.

Can volunteers sign a waiver?

No. SurveyNinja has no e-signature. Link to your waiver in the form and collect signatures at orientation. On Standard and higher plans, a consent checkbox on the submit button records that the volunteer accepted your terms.

How do I share it with volunteers?

Post the link on social media, embed the form on your website, or print the QR code on flyers and posters. Every registration lands in your account.

Open registration for your next volunteers.

Copy the form, list the tasks you need help with and share the link.