Volunteering organisations

Zero Food Waste is a student-led project at UCL that aims to tackle food waste on campus. We redistribute food from where it is in excess to where it is in need: from UCL cafés to homeless shelters and a surplus food bank.

Action Medical Research is the leading UK-wide charity dedicated to funding vital research to help sick children . As a charity we find and fund cutting-edge research across the UK most likely to deliver real benefit to children.

Action Tutoring is a national education charity that supports disadvantaged young people to achieve a meaningful level of academic attainment. This enables them to go on to progress in education, employment or training.

The Afghanistan and Central Asian Association (ACAA) works with Afghans and Central Asians living away from their homeland, providing them with the support, skills and knowledge to live and prosper in the UK.

ACS is a non-profit organisation. Our organisation provides inclusive services to local adults, children and families living on low incomes, supporting young people from disadvantaged backgrounds' to achieve and develop new skills in the community.

Age UK Islington is a charity which uses innovative techniques to provide support to Islington residents over the age of 16, enabling them to use self-help approaches to manage their own health and wellbeing.

Age UK Kensington & Chelsea is a local charity working with and for older people. We aim to promote independence and well-being in later life, encouraging self-help and peer support.

Age UK Westminster exists to promote the well-being of older people in the City of Westminster and help make life a fulfilling and enjoyable experience within our local community.

The Anna Fiorentini Theatre & Film School, which is a not for profit organisation, opened in 2001 as a Prince's Trust Business. Since then it has won multiple Business of London Awards and has a growing reputation within the performing arts industry.

ASPIERATIONS has been specifically created to help high-performing talented individuals with autism to achieve fulfilling, rewarding and appropriate working lives.

Benjamin Franklin House is a dynamic museum and educational facility located at 36 Craven Street, just off Trafalgar Square. The House is the only remaining residence of this American founding father and distinguished scientist.

Come and join the Bloomsbury Festival team as a volunteer and be part of a global festival here on your doorstep. Bloomsbury Festival is a festival of arts, culture, science, literature and fun that explodes onto the streets of Bloomsbury over 10 days in October.

Bookmark Reading Charity has a very simple vision: we want every child to read. Currently, more than 1 in 4 children leave primary school unable to read well.

The company works across the borders between cultures and art forms, and between nations and peoples.

We’re Breast Cancer Now, the charity that’s steered by world-class research and powered by life-changing care. We’re here for anyone affected by breast cancer, the whole way through, providing support for today and hope for the future.

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.

Brook is the UK's leading provider of sexual health services and advice for young people under 25. We are the only charity working across the UK and Channel Islands that specialises in working with young people to promote their sexual health in the wider context of health and wellbeing.

We believe that every young person has the right to access the career opportunities and networks in life that will enable them to succeed.

C4WS Homeless Project, established in 2005 exists to support those without a home to rebuild their lives. We now consist of 12 churches offering shelter for 5 months of the year and also offer welfare support.

We are a 1.2 acre community garden near Kings Cross.

Our aim is to offer disadvantaged community groups an experience of a canal trip on a traditional narrowboat. We run and maintain 'Tarporley' - a historic Northwich narrowboat, converted to carry 12 passengers.

We work with and support private renters in Camden to organise and campaign for better protection, rights and services. To achieve these aims we work closely with other local, regional and national groups/organisations, and we also run and manage the Renters' Rights London (RRL) project.

The Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) is an award-winning charity dedicated to preventing male suicide, the single biggest killer of men under the age of 45 in the UK.

CARAS is a community outreach charity based in Tooting. We support people of refugee and asylum-seeking background who live in South-West London.

Caris Families believes no child should have their life chances threatened by family homelessness. We are a frontline charity that puts back opportunities for children living in homeless families' hostels to play, learn, socialise and have enriching experiences of the wider world.

The Carnaval del Pueblo Association is run by a dedicated and passionate team of volunteers, and exists to help create an understanding and increase public awareness of the vibrant cultural Heritage of 19 Latin American countries.

Castlehaven Community Association provides activities, classes and facilities to different age ranges. It aims to inspire and empower people of all ages, cultures and abilities to strive both mentally and physically to achieve their full potential.

Centre 404 is a local community charity in North London that offers friendly, reliable and person-centred support to people with learning disabilities, autism and their families.

Children of the Mekong works with local communities to improve access and quality of education in Southeast Asia.

Our organisation is set up to support locally run overseas organisations that help children. We currently support local children's organisations in Argentina, China, Ghana, Romania and South Africa - and need your help from here in London to support what we do.

When a child or young person is diagnosed with cancer, their whole world (and their family’s) can feel like it’s falling apart.

CoachBright works with disadvantaged secondary school pupils to help them challenge for top universities. We match pupils with a university student who provides subject specific coaching across a 10 week programme, improving their grades, confidence and work ethic.

The Coin Street Community Programmes Team deliver a range of programmes to local people through promoting health and wellbeing, creativity and self expression, employment and enterprise and skills and learning for life.

At Community Southwark we support charities, community groups and individuals through capacity building, volunteering and social action. We empower local people and voluntary organisations with the tools they need, to work together in creating a borough that works for everyone.

The Cystic Fibrosis Trust is the charity uniting people to stop cystic fibrosis (CF). We fund vital research, improve care, speak out and race towards effective treatments for all. Cystic Fibrosis Trust is here to make sure everyone with cystic fibrosis can live without limits.

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Every 20 minutes someone in the UK is diagnosed with a blood cancer such as leukaemia, lymphoma and myeloma. For many of those affected, a blood stem cell donation from a matching donor represents their best, and sometimes only, chance of beating this devastating disease.

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ECHO (Evelina Children's Heart Organisation) supports children and young people with heart conditions and their families, who've been treated by Evelina London Children's Hospital Networks.

At Engineers Without Borders, we aim to inspire young students to love science. Going to classes and working at education fairs, we run fun activities to give a more practical and hands on approach to the science that are taught to students in the classroom.

English Heritage champions our historic places and advises the Government and others to help today's generation get the best out of our heritage and ensure that it is protected for future generations.

Family Friends is a charity that supports families and young people living in Central West London through volunteer befriending services. 

At FoodCycle, our vision is to make food poverty, loneliness and food waste a thing of the past for every community.

Free to Be Kids runs crucial respite breaks for inner-city London's most disadvantaged children. Our breaks offer the opportunity for children to have fun, try new things, build their confidence and feel brave.

Since 1966 Fulham Good Neighbours has supported older and disabled people in their homes and gardens, community and at our community centre, and now online.

In 2019 we received The Queen's Award for Voluntary Service.

Our projects aim to:

Since 704 Fulham Palace has been the historic house and garden of the Bishop of London.

What is Girlguiding? Girlguiding is the largest organisation for girls and young women in the UK, with around 600,000 members.

In association with the Volunteering Service, the CAJ Grassroots Human Rights Project focuses on educating young people in local secondary schools about human rights and legal issues. Our aim is to raise awareness about human rights and push students to critically consider relevant issues.

Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity raises money to enable the hospital to provide world class care and to pioneer new treatments and cures for childhood illnesses.

Green Schools Project helps schools to support young people to lead environmental projects such as energy saving and encouraging walking to school, helping to inspire their school and community to go green.