The British Red Cross helps people in crisis, whoever and wherever they are. We are part of a global voluntary network, responding to conflicts, natural disasters and individual emergencies. We enable vulnerable people in the UK and abroad to prepare for and withstand emergencies in their own communities.

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Opportunities
Missing Maps Community Volunteer
Each year, disasters around the world kill nearly 100,000 and affect or displace 200 million people.
Shop volunteer - Hammersmith Shop
No two days in our shops are ever the same. From the exciting donations that come through our door, to the wonderful customers who shop with us.
Shop volunteer - Kensington & Chelsea Shop
No two days in our shops are ever the same. From the exciting donations that come through our door, to the wonderful customers who shop with us.
Shop volunteer - Wandsworth Shop
No two days in our shops are ever the same. From the exciting donations that come through our door, to the wonderful customers who shop with us.

See what other students say about this project

"...at the end of the day the more we give, the happier we feel."
Kleoniki Theodoridou is a Masters student studying Msc Risk and Disaster Science at the UCL Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction. She tells us about volunteering with the British Red Cross on the Missing Maps project, which helps those in disaster-prone areas and is relevant to her studies. 
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