Volunteering Directory

Free IEMA-Approved environmental auditor training

UCL Sustainability are recruiting students to audit Green Impact: UCL’s environmental accreditation programme that allows departments to improve their environmental impact.

Environmental auditing is an essential way to work out UCL’s sustainability performance. It’s a vital first step in making buildings, operations and behaviours more sustainable.

On June 29-30, history will be made as two regular season MLB games will be hosted in Europe for the very first time.

We are looking for over 1,000 volunteers to support this incredible event. Across the weekend, you will provide an exceptional customer service to the thousands of spectators coming to enjoy a unique American Baseball experience.

The Ragged School Museum puts on free, educational art and craft activities that service local and wider London families. These include painting, designing and general art exploration related to an historical topic. We require casual volunteers to assist with the running of these fun and creative educational activities.

We need you to inspire young minds!

The Little Manor Play Project is our core out-of-school programme, where children attending our breakfast, after school and holiday sessions participate in a wide range of fun and stimulating activities. These activities provide opportunities for social, physical & creative development and improve well-being.

Volunteers are required to support and inspire the children to make the most of the activities.

This year, we are recruiting candidates to work in the Production, Programming and Communications teams at Serious. Candidates will have the opportunity to work closely with the Serious teams to support delivery of the EFG London Jazz Festival 2019, taking on specific projects and pieces of work. This is an invaluable opportunity to gain hands-on experience of live music production, working with a vibrant and dynamic Festival team and alongside leading industry experts.

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.

Medical Aid Films is a small, but fast-growing, NGO that uses film and innovative media to transform the health and wellbeing of women and children around the world.

The Kids Network are a local organisation working in Camden to help support children aged 8-11 through one-to-one mentoring. At a crucial age in a child’s development, mentors help with their social and emotional development during the transitional period between primary and secondary school. Mentors help build confidence, resilience and curiosity for ambitious futures through a series of fun and positive activities and experiences. Weekly, mentors get the chance to see London through a child’s eyes!

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.

We would love a community researcher is to talk to local community members that live around Euston to gather feedback on the High Speed Two (HS2) disruption that has resulted in significant increase in crime and anti-social behaviour (ABS). Through the help of community researchers, we hope to understand their concerns and issue that maybe preventing community from contacting the police and reporting such crimes. We are looking for students who are willing to use their language skills to be able to transcribing for us and support the project with the evaluation process.

Are you a good listener? Would you like to help people and develop new skills by volunteering in your community?

The Motor Neurone Disease Association is looking for volunteers to take part in a new project in London - Carers’ Champions.

As a Champion you would

• Explain to carers and former carers of people with motor neurone disease (MND) how the Association can support them.

• Find out about other local help available and share this information.

• Help carers and former carers connect with each other.

Repowering create resilient, empowered communities across London with greater control and ownership of their energy generation and usage.

We need help to keep our organisation functioning day-to-day, so we can continue growing community energy in London. You’ll learn how organisations function – a great grounding for an MBA or creating your own start-up. You’ll juggle a wide range of tasks across teams and projects giving you great exposure to an emerging sector.

Repowering create resilient, empowered communities across London with greater control and ownership of their energy generation and usage.

We need specialist help to update and refresh our corporate communications (portfolio, case studies, website, social media) – increasing our reach, strengthening our story, and helping scale our impact.

Hackney Playbus are looking for outreach/chaperones volunteers to help reach the most disadvantaged family giving them access to free play services for their children aged 5 and under and an opportunity to build their confidence and create a network of support.

You will be working in pairs, going out into communities and letting residents know about the Hackney Playbus, where it is available, and encouraging them to use the free service!

You will be helping to provide one to one play opportunities to under 5’s and personalised support to parents and carers.

You will be creating opportunities for:

- children from disadvantaged backgrounds to have access to toys and play they may not otherwise have.

- connect parents and carers and encourage them to make friends and create support networks they may not otherwise have

- build parents and carers confidence and signpost them to services suitable for them

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.

We are looking for enthusiastic volunteers for the Fundraising and Partnerships Manager role. The role will support to develop partnerships and fundraising activities, leading and managing some projects and helping to raise vital funds to support our ‘Build a School and Women Economic Empowerment Projects’ in Africa

We are looking for an enthusiastic volunteer for Media and Fundraising Manager role to assist our fundraising team and working closely with executive team to manage our media fundraising campaigns to raise vital funds to support our ‘build a school and women economic empowerment projects’ in Africa

We are looking for enthusiastic volunteers for Fundraising Manager roles to assist with fundraising and working closely with executive team to raise vital funds to support our ‘Build a School and Women Economic Empowerment Projects’ in Africa

This is a great opportunity for someone looking to gain invaluable hands-on experience whilst contributing to life changing projects helping children to access education and empower women and youth with capital to start small businesses to generate income and break poverty cycle