Welcome to the Volunteer Portal

This portal aims to give you everything you need to know if you are, or are thinking of becoming, an active volunteer. If you can't find what you need please let us know emailing the Member Groups Team.

Get Involved: PICTFOR Events

BCS are members of PICTFOR - The Parliamentary Internet, Communications and Technology Forum is the largest and most active All-Party Parliamentary Group.

As an official All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) it operates in the Houses of Parliament and brings together Parliamentarians from all parties and both Houses with key players in the internet, communications and technology sectors to engage with the most pressing issues of today and tomorrow.

An Ethical Minefield: A Parliamentary Roundtable on Policing and AI

Theo Knott, Policy Programmes Manager at BCS, outlines how AI is being used in UK policing and a recent roundtable event in Parliament discussing the issue.

Get Involved: Membership Assessors

Membership Assessors are critical to the success of BCS awarding professional registration and admitting individuals to the highest grade of membership.

The roles make use of your skills, experience and knowledge and support the next generation of IT professionals.

All BCS Assessors are Chartered members or Fellows of BCS.

More infromation on the role and how to apply:
https://www.bcs.org/category/10639

Member Consultation - Have your say

Guidance for Boards & Committees

BCS Governance documents are available via MyBCS (BCS Members only)

Guidelines for Boards and Committees

Member Group Data Policy

Background

GDPR, Regulation (EU) 2016/679, imposes significant sanctions on organisations who breach data protection law.

Volunteers are extremely important to the functioning of BCS and this policy reduces the amount of risk that our volunteers take on during the day-to-day running of their groups.