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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…
Park Kitchen Production and Community Engagement Volunteer
Park Kitchen
Park Kitchen is a community research and documentary film project which is running once a month throughout 2026! Each…
Park Kitchen General Volunteer
Park Kitchen
Park Kitchen is a community research and documentary film project which is running once a month throughout 2026! Each…
Park Kitchen Sound Recording Assistant
Park Kitchen
Park Kitchen is a community research and documentary film project which is running once a month throughout 2026! Each…
Volunteer Children's Mentor: Learn new skills & change a Little Londoner's life!
The Kids Network
Gain new skills, training and valuable experiences while supporting a child in your community!At The Kids Network, we…
ECYPS Practitioner/Youth Worker
ECYPS (Children and Young Persons' Services)
Are you great at sports?  Maybe you want to be an artist?  An actor?  Or a music teacher?  If you have a…
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…
Adult Activities Volunteer
Centre 404
Centre 404 is a local community charity in North London that offers friendly, reliable and person-centred support to people…
Friday Night Social Support Volunteer
Centre 404
We're a proud north London charity supporting people with learning disabilities.  We've been running for over 70 years…
Garden Support Volunteer
Centre 404
To help support our adult garden volunteers who have mild to moderate learning disabilities with various gardening tasks. No…
Telephone Befriender
We Are Listening
We Are Listening is looking for compassionate and dedicated volunteers to help us combat social isolation. Can you…
Photographer / Videographer
WIILMA
About the RolePhotograph community events, workshops and portraits for exhibition, promotion, and archival use. (You must…
Telephone Befriending Volunteer
Age UK Westminster
If you have access to a telephone, enjoy talking and would like to build friendships with older people, then our Telephone…
Befriending Volunteer
Age UK Westminster
As a Befriending Volunteer, you will provide companionship to a lonely older person in Westminster.
Volunteer Befriender
Holborn Community Association
As a Befriender, you could make a huge difference to the life of a lonely older person if you have just an hour or so to…
Male Volunteer Mentors for Young Men
Unfold - Empowerment through Mentoring
Male Mentors for Young Men provide practical, social and professional support to young men aged 10-25, in Westminster,…
Nail Technician Volunteer (Kensington and Chelsea)
Hestia
Are you a qualified nail technician and looking for a way to give back to the community? People in our services would…
Ethnic Minority Role Model and Mentor
Action for Race Equality - Routes2Success
Routes2Success is a role model and mentoring programme aimed at supporting young people aged 10-24 from ethnic minority…
Parent Befriender
Family Friends
Parent Befrienders provide support to parents who are often facing multiple hardships. Our volunteers befriend a parent, to…
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…