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St Mungo's
Our mission is to house, support and care for vulnerable people in London who either have been, or at risk of sleeping rough and homelessness. Our aim is to make sure that homeless and vulnerable people can look forward with optimism and can contribute to the quality of life.
Description

In this role, you will be supporting us with all or some of the following tasks: 

• Supporting clients to learn at their own pace and take pride in their achievements. 

• Planning the gardening sessions to meet the needs of the participants and take a creative approach to how these are facilitated. 

• Facilitating regular gardening sessions for our clients. 

• Teaching clients how to grow plants/herbs/vegetables. 

• Empowering clients to care for their garden. 

• Liaising with the staff around maintenance, ordering seeds etc. 

• Maintaining the garden to keep the space tidy and accessible to residents (e.g. weeding, lawn mowing, weeding, trimming, pruning, and clearing up leaves) 

• Operating tools including lawnmower and hedge trimmers.

Duties

In this role, you will be supporting us with all or some of the following tasks: 

• Supporting clients to learn at their own pace and take pride in their achievements. 

• Planning the gardening sessions to meet the needs of the participants and take a creative approach to how these are facilitated. 

• Facilitating regular gardening sessions for our clients. 

• Teaching clients how to grow plants/herbs/vegetables. 

• Empowering clients to care for their garden. 

• Liaising with the staff around maintenance, ordering seeds etc. 

• Maintaining the garden to keep the space tidy and accessible to residents (e.g. weeding, lawn mowing, weeding, trimming, pruning, and clearing up leaves) 

• Operating tools including lawnmower and hedge trimmers.

Who will the volunteers be working with?
Staff.
Fellow volunteers.
Clients.
Training
All induction training provided.
We have a dedicated team to support you in your volunteer journey with us. You can find out more about
what you'll gain from being a St. Mungo’s volunteer on our volunteering webpages .
We are also committed to progression at all levels and we support and develop our volunteers to ensure
that they are best placed to make progress in their careers.

Time commitment

Hounslow-Monday-Friday, 2pm-4:30pm, one day per week
Westminster- Monday-Friday, between 9am-5pm, 2-4 hours per week
Hammersmith and Fulham- Tuesday, Thursday or Fridays, between 9am-5pm, 3 hours per week.
Application deadline

This organisation is one of our community partner organisations.

Like all volunteer recruiters we work with, they have signed up to our service standards, agreeing to abide by our policy on partnership working to keep you safe and supported whilst you volunteer.

You’ll never be out of pocket for volunteering through us – with in-London travel expenses to and from your volunteering guaranteed.

In addition, the team here at Students’ Union UCL Volunteering Service is here to support you throughout your volunteering journey – you can get in touch with us at any time.