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    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…
    Home Support Volunteer
    Noah's Ark Children's Hospice
    Living with a child’s diagnosis can place considerable strain on the whole family and in recognition of this, the Home…
    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…
    Check in and chat volunteer
    FoodCycle
    You'll be playing a vital part in connecting with our guests who may be feeling lonely, ensuring they still feel connected.…
    Social Buddy Volunteer
    Share Community
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    Befriending Volunteer
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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…
    Reviewer (brief scoping reviews, various topics)
    Fulham Good Neighbours
    We are seeking an enthusiastic, self-motivated, and independent MRes or PhD student with literature review skills to carry…
    Befriending
    Age UK Kensington & Chelsea
    Volunteer befrienders offer social contact to older people in the community . People living alone can become very isolated…
    Shopping Trip Volunteer
    Age UK Kensington & Chelsea
    The aim of the Escorted Shopping Trips is to assist older people who are unable to use public transport due to frailty or…
    Guiding and Greeting Volunteers
    Friends of Moorfields
    We would like to recruit volunteers who could help us support patients of the Moorfields Eye Hospital at attending their…
    Befriending Volunteer
    Age UK Westminster
    As a Befriending Volunteer, you will provide companionship to a lonely older person in Westminster.