Volunteering Directory

CARIS Camden Families is a small charity that supports homeless families living in hostels in the Borough of Camden in central London. We offer a range of play and learning opportunities to children resident in Camden hostels, to try and mitigate some of the disadvantage that comes with living in overcrowded, under-resourced and insecure accommodation.

Do you like the idea of spending time with and supporting older people?

Age UK Camden provides services and support to older people in Camden borough.

Dementia Wellbeing Assistants engage with people in their homes and in the community providing invaluable practical and emotional support, that helps keep them engaged with the community and their interests.

This role will suit someone who has 1-2 hours a week (excluding travel) during the day, and can commit for up to 12 months.

What would I be doing?

This role is really varied and flexible around your diary. In can include:

* Being part of cheering squads for our amazing runners and cyclists at events

* Helping at organised community events like Pride marches and our Carol Services

* Organising events in your community like bucket collections, bake sales or concerts

Who would this role suit?

What you’d be doing

* Supporting our Major Gifts Team with administrative duties, including keeping our database up to date and writing content for letters/promotional materials and our website

* Helping at organised VIP events like our Carol Service and Fundraising Dinner, as well as our Corporate Volunteering Days

Qualities/Experience/Skills needed

* Previous fundraising experience isn’t essential

* Confident communicator, both verbally and written, with an eye for detail

SANE is a leading UK mental health charity working to improve quality of life for anyone affected by mental illness.

Our vision: a time when no one has to face the distress or isolation that results from coping with mental illness alone. We believe everyone should have someone to turn to and the right to live a full life - not just survive.

Our volunteer roles offer support, information and guidance to people affected by mental illness:

Training Link needs enthusiastic volunteers to be literacy tutors once a week for about an hour for at least 3 months. Our project helps learners develop their reading, writing, spelling and grammar. Volunteer tutors meet their learner weekly: time and venue to be agreed (not in someone’s home).

We pay reasonable travel expenses and provide materials. Support for volunteers: review meetings and guidance on teaching materials.

No previous mentoring or tutoring experience necessary, just be patient, supportive and positive.

We are looking for a flexible and enthusiastic UCL student who is confident in working in a multicultural and multilingual environment. An individual with good time management and organisational skills and ability to work effectively as a member of a team and with a diverse population of service users and staff.

As a Volunteer Director Assistant you will work closely with IRMO?s staff and volunteers to provide administrative support and help the Latin American community.

We are looking for UCL volunteers to support staff and volunteers activities. As a Volunteer Learning Party Facilitator you will deliver creative activities that support children’s development and foster learning through art and play. You will be working with Latin American children (mainly Spanish-speakers) aged 5-12 years old, who have recently migrated to the UK and are not yet in school or have only just started.

We are looking for motivated and caring UCL students with an interest in supporting children from the Latin American community.

As an ESOL teacher you will be responsible for planning and delivering creative and interactive ESOL classes for up to 10 children aged 13-20 years old. Most of the young people that attend our ESOL classes are Spanish/ Portuguese speakers who have recently arrived in the UK from Spain or Latin America and as a result, do yet have a place in school or work employment and have little to no English language skills.

We are looking for motivated and caring UCL students with an interest in supporting children from the Latin American community.

As a Volunteer ESOL teacher you will run one of our weekly ESOL classes for Spanish/Portuguese speaking children who have recently migrated to the UK. The post-holder will be responsible for planning and delivering creative and interactive ESOL classes for up to 10 children aged 5-12 years old.

We are looking for a motivated and caring UCL student with an interest in supporting children from the Latin American community.

You will provide language support and identify gaps in a child’s learning and equipping them with the tools and language skills to be able to complete their homework as independently.

We are looking for motivated and caring UCL students with an interest in supporting individuals. This position would be ideal for someone that is studying or is a recent graduate looking to get experience in the charity sector and/or in the field of mentoring, coaching or life skills.

Could you inspire young people to learn through nature?

Our Wild Schools project enables children to explore the curriculum in the beautiful outdoor setting of West Ham Park which maximises their learning experience.

Our volunteers guide and support groups of children with learning activities.

Sessions take place all-year’round during term-time on weekdays and last approximately 3 hours.

Do you enjoy working with community groups and children?

Our Wild East project connects people all ages with the hidden nature and history of two well-loved green spaces in East London.

Volunteers engage with families and community groups in a variety of outdoor activities; they will use their creativity to find new ways to engage with the public and will support individual and small groups in discovering wildlife, habitats and the history of these two remarkable places.

One Housing provides high quality homes and care. A key area of our work is supporting people who are homeless, living on temporary accommodation or at the risk of becoming homeless. We believe in a holis-tic approach to homelessness that helps people get back on their feet again by developing their aspira-tions, confidence and employment skills. Our flag-ship service for homeless people is Arlington in Camden.

As well as providing 138 accommodations, the ground and lower floor also house a "social economy hub" which is home to :

Interested in supporting people in mental distress and helping them to improve their fitness and wellbeing? Looking for a career in mental health? If you are open minded and have a keen interest in mental health and sport, this role is for you.

Looking for experience in a retail environment?

Our busy and successful shop on Camden Road sells entirely donated goods whose profits provide important income for Mind in Camden. It is not part of a national chain and all the income goes to Mind in Camden.

We are looking for a Senior Volunteer to help run the shop and to take responsibility when the manager is absent.

Interested in supporting people in mental distress’ Looking for a career in mental health? If you are open minded and have a keen interest in mental health and wellbeing, this role is for you.

Looking for experience in a retail environment?

Our busy and successful shop on Camden Road sells entirely donated goods whose profits provide important income for Mind in Camden. It is not part of a national chain and all the income goes to Mind in Camden.

If you have a great combination of interpersonal and organisational skills, we need you to be part of our Friday morning team!

Do you want to have fun and get active?

KEEN London needs volunteer one-to-one coaches to support children with disabilities (our athletes) at free sports and games sessions in North, South and East London.

Volunteers are required to support our athletes in accessing all of the fun and games at sessions, providing motivation and giving lots of praise and encouragement.

You do not need any specialist skills or experience, but will need lots of enthusiasm and energy, as well as good communication and team-working abilities.

We are currently recruiting for volunteers to help at Open House this year, on 16 & 17 September 2017.

Open House is London’s largest festival of architecture and design where over 800 buildings across London open their doors to the public for free. 6,000 people volunteer every year over the weekend event. 97% of our volunteers would recommend the experience to a friend.

Become a Caseworker Volunteer for the Royal British Legion

Would you like to help veterans and their families access the support they need?

Are you a good listener and happy to visit our clients, old and young, in their homes?

If the answer to both these questions is ?yes?, you might like to consider volunteering as a Caseworker for the Royal British Legion.

Pancreatic Cancer Action is a national charity who aims to improve the survival of men and women diagnosed with pancreatic cancer patients by raising awareness of symptoms and risk factors, funding research into early diagnosis, campaigning for more funding and providing patients with information and support.

As part of our awareness drive we are looking for volunteers who can help us raise funds as well as disseminate vital information about the disease.