Volunteering Directory

Come and join in the fun - and help with games and activities in August! We will be running a free three week summer programme of activities for low income families and children aged 5 – 12 years old, starting on the 6 August. We are looking for energetic and enthusiastic volunteers to engage and support children in the activities.

We are looking for friendly, pro-active and engaging volunteers to support our new creative programme for young people this summer. Make a difference to the often challenging lives of inner-city children and young people by providing opportunities for them to ‘make it’ happen this summer with workshops in cooking, branding, fashion, drama and music production. The programme runs Monday 23 July – Friday 16 August – 5-7pm weekday evenings All volunteers working with children and young people must provide 2 references, be wiling to complete a DBS check and safeguarding training.

We are looking for friendly, pro-active and engaging volunteers to support our annual summer camp. Make a difference to the often challenging lives of inner-city children and young people by providing opportunities to have fun, learn new skills and get active through sports and games.

The programme runs Monday 5 August – Friday 23 August – 9am – 3pm week days

National Park City Festival runs from 19-28 July and will mark London becoming a National Park City. The free festival will celebrate London’s green spaces, wildlife, green rooftops and waterways, and aims to help a wide range of Londoners discover new environmental, cultural, sporting and community activities.

As a National Park City Champion, you will be the enthusiastic, welcoming face of the festival who will help audiences find out what’s on, where, and to help make sure they have an incredible experience!

The Watercolour World is looking for volunteers with an interest in visual history and digital projects. TWW aims to visually recreate the world before photography by working with public and private collections to aggregate pre-1900 watercolours of record onto a single geographically-indexed website – www.watercolourworld.org We need volunteers to assist in the processing and collating of information from the collections, categorising, tagging and geolocating the images.

IntoUniversity is an education charity that supports young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to aspire and achieve. This summer we are looking for university students or recent graduates to volunteer on our Summer Mentoring Scheme and make a difference this summer.

Holiday Club Volunteers needed! We are recruiting volunteers for our holiday club for refugee and migrant children, aged 5 to 11. We are looking for volunteers who are responsible, energetic, imaginative, enthusiastic, creative and reliable - and get on well with children! This is an enormously enjoyable and rewarding opportunity. We organise popular and exciting activities and trips for refugee and migrant children who might not normally have these opportunities. We need YOUR time and energy to help us with the general running of the club and supervising the children.

Do you have a passion for history and a love of sharing stories with others’ Does the idea of bringing 500 years of history to life sound like your sort of pastime? In that case, come and explore a rare piece of Hackney heritage - join us and become one of Sutton House’s tour guide volunteers.

International Summer Camp Staff needed!

CISV is an international charity based in 70 countries worldwide. CISV educates and inspires action for a more just and peaceful world. CISV organises international peace education summer camps for youth.

This summer CISV London are hosting an international camp for 36 15 year olds from 9 countries. We are looking for motivated individuals to volunteer at our camp. This includes roles such as a camp set up, Kitchen Staff and camp set down. Accommodation and food are provided on site for all volunteers at no cost.

National Park City Festival runs from 19-28 July and will mark London becoming a National Park City. The free festival will celebrate London’s green spaces, wildlife, green rooftops and waterways, and aims to help a wide range of Londoners discover new environmental, cultural, sporting and community activities.

As a National Park City Maker, you will be the enthusiastic, welcoming face of the festival who will help audiences find out what’s on, where, and to help make sure they have an incredible experience!

Keep a note in your diary for our upcoming training opportunities for our weekend club, supporting children and young adults with learning disabilities and/or autism. You’ll be supporting them to take part in fun and challenging activities like sports & games, arts & crafts, drama and outings into London. Training starts on Sat 9th June.

We are looking for some new volunteers to join in our Employment & Life Skills Project (ELSP) and help adults with learning disabilities and/or autism to access further education, work experience and visits to mainstream community opportunities. ELSP takes place on a Monday and a Friday from 10am to 3pm, term-time.

Befriending Volunteers at Look Ahead will be passionate about helping others. Mainly the role is about befriending someone who may be lonely or vulnerable. A befriender will provide the customer with companionship and support, both practical and emotional.

Volunteer with a fun organisation which prides itself on compassion and empathy. There are no admin tasks involved, the environment is very ‘feel good’. This is the perfect way to take your mind off stressful exams, take a break from the library and be in the sun, giving disadvantaged children new memories which will last a lifetime. There is no time commitment involved - want to join as a one off and see how it goes’ No problem! Get in touch today!

The Manor Gardens Welfare Trust was founded in 1913. Our services are dedicated to promoting good mental health, physical health and wellbeing across Islington.

The Wellbeing Service @ Manor Gardens is currently looking to recruit new Mental Health Champion Volunteers.

Mental Health Champions are a community of individuals actively starting conversations around mental health.

This can be done through putting on events, attending meetings and starting conversations with their colleagues and friends to reduce the stigma around mental health.

Do you want to help your local community but have limited time? The Literacy Pirates need committed volunteers to help us engage with the local community to expand our volunteer base.

If you know of local religious centres or spaces that are used by lots of professionals and creatives, you may have the natural skills necessary to help us with outreach in letting the most amount of people know about our organisation.

The Silver Line Helpline for older people has a fundraising team that is currently in one of its busiest ever periods. We need additional help across a variety of administration functions to maximise our impact in 2019 and ensure we provide an excellent level of care to our supporters at all times. You will be a dynamic and enthusiastic volunteer, willing to complete a variety of tasks as requested.

The Kids Network is looking for committed, fun and passionate volunteers to make a difference to the children of London. Our structured mentoring programme supports 8-11 year olds, based in Camden, at weekends with their social and emotional development before they transition into secondary school.

As a mentor, you will hold weekly one on one sessions of 1-3 hours. You will be building confidence, supporting resilience and helping your matched child to manage feelings through a series of fun and positive experiences and activities.

We are looking for an enthusiastic team of volunteers to run a summer programme with young people! Working alongside the CARAS youth team, you will be helping us to deliver a youth planned summer trips programme. Summers can be very isolating for young people who are coming alone to this country. With summer programme, we are aiming to run daily programme for young people, helping them to engage with educational and practical activities. In addition to our regular programme, we are also running fun and youth-chosen trips in and around London.

Fulham Palace’s restoration project ‘Discovering the Bishop of London’s Palace at Fulham’ is due for completion in May 2019. Our museum is transforming and will comprise more exhibition spaces and visitor engagement activities across all of our accessible historic rooms. Come and join our brand new Front of House team!