• December 05, 2025
  • The Ritz-Carlton, Riyadh | Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
RegistER for the National Volunteering Award RegistER for International Volunteer Day Activities

INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEER DAY ACTIVITIES

The world celebrates the contributions of volunteers and their role in promoting Sustainable Development on December 5th. This represents a national opportunity to highlight the achievements of volunteers and enabling entities, while solidifying the value of volunteering through a Professional Volunteering event. This event aims to raise awareness of community participation and underscore its contributions across developmental and humanitarian fields, emphasizing the adoption of best local and global volunteering practices in line with Saudi Vision 2030.

Over the course of three days, volunteering and volunteers will be celebrated in a practical manner through consultation sessions presented by professional volunteers, dialogue sessions interspersed with presentations of scientific papers, specialized workshops, in addition to a dedicated exhibition for volunteer work. A special recognition for volunteering and volunteers will be held under the title: The National Volunteerism Award.

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DAY ONE & TWO (December 03 – 04, 2025)

As part of the accompanying activities, a number of officials and experts will offer voluntary consultation sessions. Those wishing to benefit from these voluntary consultations may register through the Professional Volunteering Zone at the exhibition.

DAY THREE (December 05, 2025)

The content will be dedicated to International Volunteer Day through dialogue sessions and workshops, with the continuation of the professional volunteering sessions.

December 05, 2025

December 05, 2025

The National Volunteerism Award

The National Volunteerism Award seeks to honor distinguished individuals and entities in the field of volunteer work and to highlight the Kingdom's pioneering role regionally and internationally in this domain. It aims to motivate individuals and entities to activate volunteer work, recognize their efforts, and showcase efforts and achievements to foster integration and exchange expertise in order to enhance the quality and caliber of voluntary performance. This initiative is founded upon core values of Innovation, Sustainability, in addition to Solidarity and Competition to create impact.

The Award aims to celebrate volunteering and volunteers through four Categories:

Award Categories

Award Categories

1. Appreciation Category

2. Entities Award Category

3. Volunteer Initiatives Category

4. Volunteers Category

Honoring corporate personalities and entities that have made outstanding, long-standing contributions to the service of volunteer work, whether directly or indirectly. Submissions can be made through two branches:

  • Individuals Branch
  • Entities Branch

The Category aims to appreciate all sectors that have activated the volunteering system within their institutions, and contributed to supporting volunteers and expanding volunteer opportunities, through professional management and sustainable partnerships that impacted the community and raised national volunteering indicators.

To honor innovative individual volunteer initiatives with a societal impact.

General Volunteering Branch: 

Honors individual volunteers who have contributed to various general initiatives.

Specialized Volunteering Branch (Skilled / Professional): 

Highlights the efforts of specialists who have professionally offered their expertise and skills to serve the community.


1. Appreciation Category

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Honoring corporate personalities and entities that have made outstanding, long-standing contributions to the service of volunteer work, whether directly or indirectly. Submissions can be made through two branches:

  • Individuals Branch
  • Entities Branch

2. Entities Award Category

Entities Award Category

The Category aims to appreciate all sectors that have activated the volunteering system within their institutions, and contributed to supporting volunteers and expanding volunteer opportunities, through professional management and sustainable partnerships that impacted the community and raised national volunteering indicators.

3. Volunteer Initiatives Category

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To honor innovative individual volunteer initiatives with a societal impact.

4. Volunteers Category

Volunteers Category

General Volunteering Branch: 

Honors individual volunteers who have contributed to various general initiatives.

Specialized Volunteering Branch (Skilled / Professional): 

Highlights the efforts of specialists who have professionally offered their expertise and skills to serve the community.


Honoring corporate personalities and entities that have made outstanding, long-standing contributions to the service of volunteer work, whether directly or indirectly. Submissions can be made through two branches:

  • Individuals Branch
  • Entities Branch

The Category aims to appreciate all sectors that have activated the volunteering system within their institutions, and contributed to supporting volunteers and expanding volunteer opportunities, through professional management and sustainable partnerships that impacted the community and raised national volunteering indicators.

To honor innovative individual volunteer initiatives with a societal impact.

General Volunteering Branch: 

Honors individual volunteers who have contributed to various general initiatives.

Specialized Volunteering Branch (Skilled / Professional): 

Highlights the efforts of specialists who have professionally offered their expertise and skills to serve the community.