Volunteering opportunities
Find out how you can support and volunteer in roles that can help make a difference across Westminster.
Westminster Connects’ volunteering service helps to connect individuals and organisations that want to help with those who need support. Below you will find a list of volunteering opportunities currently looking for support.
Introduction to Westminster Connects session
We are inviting Westminster Connects volunteers to attend a Volunteer Introduction Session at City Hall. These sessions will provide volunteers with information about our Westminster Connects volunteering service, guidelines, expectations and a chance to meet other Westminster Connects volunteers
Westminster Adult Education Service classes for Westminster Connects Volunteers
Join WAES Community Learning for transformative workshops focusing on communication and diversity skills, applicable across volunteering, professional, and personal realms. Enjoy complimentary tea and coffee, and receive a certificate upon completion.
Volunteers needed for Pride in London 2024!
Pride in London's On-the-Day Parade Stewards, General Stewards, and Fundraisers to support its Pride in London parade and celebration on Saturday 29 June 2024. You’ll be rigged out with your own branded Pride in London T-shirt and wristband for the day ahead, and lunch is on us too. We will also provide you with training ahead of the parade and equip you with everything you need to know about volunteering with us.
Westminster Connects Gardening
We've been running a gardening service to help support elderly/vulnerable residents in Westminster that need help with their garden upkeep. As a volunteer you can support with basic gardening tasks i.e. weeding, clearing and tidying up, pruning, replanting and watering. If you are new to gardening, you can be paired up with a more experienced volunteer.
Help spruce up St John's Wood!
Join One Westminster for our first gardening day of 2024 to help make improvements in St John’s Wood Church Ground Gardens. This will include carrying out work in the only local nature reserve in Westminster. You will be helping your local community - sandwich lunch provided and travel expenses refunded.
New Opportunity with Westminster Connects! Compassionate Companions
Westminster City Council are looking for volunteers to support adult residents in their home. This rewarding opportunity provides a chance for volunteers to make a real difference within their community by supporting residents to integrate into society and combat loneliness. There will also be training opportunities alongside this role.
Hurdles2Hoops has multiple volunteering opportunities in a variety of professions!
Hurdles2Hoops C.I.C is a non-profit organisation which provides a safe and supportive environment in order to tackle social exclusion and help alleviate mental health. They offer a healthy escapism to those who are asylum seekers or refugees in the UK through free sports and activity-based sessions, in order to promote health and good physical and mental well-being.
They have volunteer positions open for:
- Social media and marketing volunteer to help with managing and creating content for social media platforms.
- Business administration volunteer to assist in the management and administration of the org.
- Assistant youth worker to assist with in delivering basketball sessions.
Admin Support Volunteer Roles at Carers Network!
Carers Network are looking for an enthusiastic volunteer to support our work. We employ three teams of Caseworkers across the London boroughs of Hammersmith and Fulham, Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea.
The role will involve providing carers assessments, either face to face or over the phone, to determine the person's emotional and physical health based on current circumstances and agreed long term outcomes.
Become a Paddington Development Trust Maternity Champion!
Paddington Development Trust is a charity committed to empowering and supporting residents within our community. The Maternity Champions program is one of our key services.
They are seeking individuals passionate about making a positive impact to join our team of Maternity Champions. Volunteers will gain accredited NCT training on Birth & Beyond and Breastfeeding Support.
Volunteer as a peer mentor with Single Homeless Project
Single Homeless Project is a London-wide charity whose vision is of a society where everyone has a place to call home and the chance to live a fulfilling life.
They are looking for Peer Mentors to use their lived experience of homelessness, substance use recovery, mental health problems or the criminal justice system to inspire, motivate, and support others to make positive changes in their lives.
Become a member of the Science and Research Advisory group for Diabetes UK!
Diabetes UK provides information, support, research and campaigning for people with diabetes and their families.
They are currently recruiting volunteers with diabetes to join our Science and Research Advisory Group. This group oversees our research strategy and supports us to make sure our research is guided by people who have lived experience of diabetes.
Volunteer as a Mentor with The Kids Network!
The Kids Network supports children in Westminster at a crucial time in their lives, in the lead up to and often during the transition from primary into secondary school. We do this by providing them with a volunteer mentor, a local hero from their London community.
We are currently recruiting volunteers aged 18+ in Westminster to mentor children aged 8-11. Volunteer today to connect with your community, there’s a child waiting to be inspired by you!
The Passage is seeking Marshall Volunteers for Walk to End Homelessness!
The Passage is a charity that provides housing and support for people who are rough sleeping or at risk of homelessness in London. It offers services such as clothing, food, accommodation and housing support.
On Sunday 12th May, The Passage will be having our first ever Walk to End Homelessness in Battersea Park. We are looking for volunteers to help marshal the three routes around the park, all of which are wheelchair and pushchair accessible, from 10am until 4pm.
Host a Refugee, supported by Refugees at Home
Refugees at Home connects people with a spare room to refugees and asylum seekers in need of somewhere to stay. We don’t think people who come to the UK for sanctuary should end up on the streets. Our vision is for every refugee and every person seeking asylum to have a safe place to stay.
We are recruiting volunteer hosts who are willing to offer a temporary home and a helping hand. Our role is to assess each guest and host, match according to preferences, advise on hosting arrangements and preparations, and provide ongoing support to hosts throughout the placement.
Live music Steward Volunteer
Grand Junction at St Mary Magdalene’s is a new venue for community, arts and culture based at St Mary Magdalene Church, run by Paddington Development Trust. Our mission is to create, foster and present an eclectic, collaborative programme of music, arts and performance for young people, families, and adults in our three amazing spaces.
We’re looking for enthusiastic and friendly volunteer stewards to help us prepare our venue for a season of live events, offer our visitors a warm welcome, and provide information and assistance to ensure that our events run smoothly and are enjoyed by all.
Join our volunteer team in Marylebone at Doorstep Library!
Are you passionate about supporting families to instil a love for reading and books? We are looking for Reading Volunteers to bring the joy of reading to children’s homes.
In-Deep has two volunteering opportunities!
It's a grassroots charity that works with isolated older people and children and young people with SEND. We have been running for 23 years and run a range of activities and services including free music therapy, trips for families, holiday workshops, sing and sign sessions, parent and child relaxation.
The two available positions are:
- Drama sessions - We will be doing games, vocal warm ups, storytelling and working towards a play once a year.
- Music therapy sessions - Volunteers help set up, clean instruments, take part in the sessions and interact with the children and clear up.
Volunteer shoppers needed to help vulnerable residents
Westminster Connects has been running a shopping service since January 2021 to help support vulnerable and elderly Westminster residents who cannot do their own shopping.
We will aim to match you with a vulnerable resident in your neighbourhood (or further if you are willing to travel). We are especially looking for more volunteers that live in or are willing to travel to St John's Wood (NW8), Pimlico (SW1) and near the Oxford Street area (W1).
Westminster Connects Walking Companions
Westminster Connects is keen to help residents get back to doing the things they love. Our Walking Companionship service aims to help residents that were isolated during the Covid-19 lock down restrictions or due to other personal issues.
As a volunteer you will be matched with a resident in your neighbourhood to take them outside for a walk once or twice a week, depending on your availability. We are especially looking for more volunteers that live in or are willing to travel to Marylebone/Lisson Grove (NW8), Pimlico (SW1V) and the Oxford Street Area (W1).
Open Age has Multiple Volunteering Opportunities available!
The charity Open Age www.openage.org.uk provides a weekly programme of low-cost, fun-filled courses, activities and events to enable older Londoners to meet up, make new friends and enjoy happier, healthier and more fulfilling lives.
The opportunities available are for:
- Men’s Space - Volunteers would assist in a range of activities and events that can range from yoga and IT courses to discussion groups and cultural visits enabling older men to make new friends and learn new skills in a friendly community space.
- Receptionist - Volunteers build the personal relationships that make our visitors feel comfortable and relaxed while we inform them of the activities we offer and help book them onto those that suit them best.
- Be Active - Volunteers work one-to-one for up to nine weekly sessions with people 60+ who have been prescribed physiotherapy exercises and physical activity goals.
Workshop Facilitators needed for Children's Climate Action Project
Climate Ed is an educational charity which teaches children about climate change. We operate across London and have worked with many schools delivering assemblies and workshops about all aspects of climate change. We currently focus our work on primary schools by sending trained volunteers in to give workshops about climate science and carbon literacy.
As a volunteer you will go to a primary school in London to deliver a workshop programme about climate change/carbon footprints and inspire the children to start taking action on climate change.
Volunteer cooks/help needed for Amberley Estate Lunch Club (W9)
The lunch club takes place once per week on a Wednesday from 11.00 to 3.00pm (including shopping, cooking and clearing up time) and is attended by around 30 residents from the estate and surrounding area.
We are looking for volunteers to assist with the food shopping, the preparation of the lunch and the associated clearing up afterwards. The attendees do make a contribution towards the meals, so there are funds available to do the shopping etc.
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Published: 18 August 2023
Last updated: 24 April 2024