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Big Buddy
Family Friends
Our Big Buddies are inspirational role models who provide support to young people aged 10-18 for a few hours weekly or…
Philosophy Volunteer - Online
Age UK Kensington & Chelsea
Age UK Kensington and Chelsea actively combats loneliness by connecting isolated people within their community and…
Italian Teacher Volunteer
Age UK Kensington & Chelsea
Our Activities & Events programme is an innovative programme which seeks to bring together communities to engender a…
African Drumming Group Volunteer (Kensington & Chelsea)
Hestia
Arican Drumming creates a sense of community and connection and is known to bring people together. Drumming also offers a…
Befriender Volunteers Floating Support (Kensington & Chelsea)
Hestia
Join our team of befrienders! You will support us to reach some of the most isolated adults in your community to reduce…
Yucan Thrive/Yucan Shine
Yucan
Yucan Thrive: Yucan Thrive is an 8-week program to support the well-being of young carers from schools across East…
Maternity Mate
Sister Circle
Maternity Mates service recognises and supports the rights of all women to have a positive experience throughout pregnancy…
Befriender for People with Learning Disabilities
L'Arche London
Accompany our members with learning disabilities to church in SE27 and SE21. This is a wonderful, low-key opportunity to…
Walking volunteer with people with learning disabilities
L'Arche London
Accompany our members on walks around our local area (West Norwood and Tulse Hill) and befriend people who see the world…
Gardening volunteer
L'Arche London
Help maintain our community gardens and kitchen garden in West Norwood and West Dulwich. We are looking for gardeners…
Crafts and gardening workshop volunteer
L'Arche London
Join our craft and garden workshops as a volunteer and support our members with learning disabilities in making, growing,…
Drama group volunteer
L'Arche London
Our drama group puts on regular plays in theatres across London. The most recent performance was 'Aladdin and the Magical…
Youth Club Volunteer
Dost Centre for Young Refugees and Migrants
To provide support / assistance in the day to day operation of Dost Youth Programme.   To undertake face to face…
Volunteer English Tutor
Conversation Over Borders
We are looking for volunteer tutors to work one-to-one with refugees and asylum seekers online delivering our English…
Befriender for Young Asylum Seekers
HIAS+JCORE
HIAS+JCORE is welcoming new volunteer befrienders for our JUMP project, which pairs unaccompanied young asylum seekers and…
Cooking or Hosting Volunteers
FoodCycle
Get involved with FoodCycle and become a cooking or hosting volunteer at your local FoodCycle meal today! With 16 projects…
Positive Ageing Befriender
Blackfriars Settlement
We're looking for volunteer befrienders to join our Positive Ageing programme. With an ageing population, more and more…
Mentor a young refugee or asylum seeker
Hope for the Young
Established in March 2016, the Mentoring Programme trains volunteer mentors to provide weekly one-to-one support and advice…
Cooking mentor (for people in poverty)
Bags of Taste
Bags of Taste supports vulnerable people in food poverty to improve their diets.  We do this by running mentor-…
Refugee Response Programme - Mentoring for Mums Welcome
Unfold - Empowerment through Mentoring
Mentoring for Mums WelcomeFor over 30 years, Unfold (previously Westminster Befriend a Family) has been providing support…
Social Buddy Volunteer
Share Community
About Share
Befriending Volunteer
Share Community
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Spectrum RUMS
Spectrum RUMS
Spectrum supports children with disabilities by partnering them up with two medical students who spend a couple of hours…
Volunteer Befriender
Octavia
Octavia works with people affected by unemployment, ill health, social isolation or low income to connect them with…