Activities assistant volunteer

Pan London

St Mungo’s Tenancy Sustainment Team (TST) provides a floating support service across 16 London boroughs north of the River Thames, with an aim to support clients in maintaining their independent accommodation. This is an excellent opportunity for someone to lead on assisting to implement a season of client events and activities and promoting it within the service. We are fortunate enough to have been given a generous budget to spend in this area. Ideas so far are cookery classes, paid events and museums, countryside and seaside excursions, and other days out all to promote inclusivity and facilitate social bonding, learning and increasing self-esteem.

Administration volunteer (female applicants only)

Westminster

The Green Room is an emergency night shelter for female rough sleepers who have experienced, or are at risk of, Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG). We have 12 bed spaces which are allocated on a priority basis, and we accept referrals from any London borough.
As an admin volunteer, you will support the smooth running of the Green Room daytime service. Your role will include taking referral enquiries by phone and email, processing referrals, and also recording data on clients accessing the service to generate statistics and reports.

Administrator volunteer

Camden

Haverstock Hill is a 15 bed, 24 hour high support mental health accommodation in the heart of Belsize Park. You will assist in the running of the ground floor office. You will conduct clerical duties, including filing, answering phone calls, responding to emails and preparing documents. You will also book all visitors in and out of the project, and be efficient in maintaining and ordering office supplies.

Art group support volunteer

Camden

Gray’s Inn Road is part of the South Camden Mental Health Service. The hostel is primary for clients with mental health support needs, but many of the clients have complex needs as they also use substances and alcohol. We’re looking for a volunteer with a passion for art who is able to support a facilitator to run art groups with our residents. There will also be opportunities to attend trips and outings.

Compass centre service support volunteer

Bristol

The Compass Centre is a busy service in the Stokes Croft area of Bristol working with rough sleepers. This placement is an opportunity for anyone wishing to gain experience in a busy service environment. The main tasks will include:
• Welcoming visitors to the centre and supporting people to access the relevant workers and services within the building and the local community.
• Answering the phone; taking and passing on messages, dealing with queries from members of the public, external agencies and rough sleepers.

Complementary therapies volunteer

Islington

Barnsbury Road is a 21-bed high support complex needs hostel based in Islington. Our clients predominantly have a history of homelessness caused by or associated with their mental health needs. We’re looking for volunteers who are qualified in a complementary therapy (Shiatsu, Massage, Aromatherapy, Acupuncture or Reflexology). You will be working with clients yourself but will always have staff support.

Complementary therapies volunteer (female applicants only)

Westminster

The Green Room is an emergency night shelter for female rough sleepers who have experienced, or are at risk of, Violence Against Women and Girls. During the afternoons and evenings, guests arrive on the premises and take part in activities sessions, which are run jointly with the Westminster Women’s Project. We’re looking for a volunteer to share their skills in therapies such as head/neck massage, yoga, pilates, reiki, acupuncture, reflexology with our clients to help them feel good. Through therapies you will support and encourage clients to feel relaxed and more positive.

Cook and chat volunteer

Islington

Clients in our service frequently cook microwave meals and/or get takeaways. We want to give them the option of an affordable and healthy version of this. The role will involve running weekly cooking groups and imparting healthy living skills and knowledge.

Counselling and psychotherapy student/ honorary placement

Haringey

The Haringey Recovery Service works with individuals about to begin their recovery from Drug and Alcohol use. The counselling and psychotherapy team is one important component of the service. We’re looking for volunteer counsellors who are trainees undertaking a formal counselling training at accredited teaching institutions or fully qualified counsellors wishing to gain further clinical experience. Volunteer counsellors are required to undertake clinically supervised work with at least three clients during their placement.

Creative writing volunteer

Islington

Barnsbury Road is a 21-bed high support complex needs hostel based in Islington. Our clients predominantly have a history of homelessness caused by or associated with their mental health needs. We’re looking for a volunteer who would be happy to come and facilitate a creative writing group for our clients. You will be facilitating the group yourself but will always have staff support and co-facilitation.

Dean Crescent breakfast volunteer (female applicants only)

Bristol

Dean Crescent is a 21-bed high support hostel for women with complex needs. The project is staffed 24 hours a day and is a dynamic, busy and friendly service. As a breakfast volunteer you will be helping to prepare breakfast and encouraging the residents of the project to join in with preparing food, eating, clearing up and socialising.

Duty volunteer

Hackney

The Tenancy Sustainment Team (TST North) operates within a pan-London scheme called the Rough Sleepers Initiative. We work with 850+ former rough sleepers. This role will involve assisting our team on drop-in days. Duties will include welcoming clients and visitors to the service, answering the telephone and taking messages, assisting clients to make calls and complete forms, and general administrative tasks when required.

Employment team administrator assistant

Southwark

The Employment Team work with a wide range of providers and employers and sign post people to different opportunities including training, volunteering, work placements and jobs. We help hundreds of people every year to move into a wide variety of jobs. We’re looking for volunteers to support with:

– Meeting & greeting clients
– Email and telephone correspondence
– Filing, scanning and photocopying
– Offering other administration support when required by the team.

English language teaching volunteer

Hammersmith and Fulham

We are looking for volunteer tutors who can help our clients improve their English language and basic skills. Our clients are eager to learn and get on in life. A lack of English language, combined with a lack of cultural and societal networks mean that our clients experience barriers to integrating in the community, and to accessing formal and informal employment, education and social opportunities.

Event fundraising volunteer

Bristol

In this role, you will be responsible for holding a collection bucket to raise money for St Mungo’s and sharing information as and when required about the cause. You could be collecting donations at a supermarket, in a shopping mall or at an organised event and you could be handing out leaflets and information or face painting (a simple template design – unless you are creative!). You will need to be flexible and happy to stand or sit for a few hours at a time. The role is available in Bristol and Bath.

First response volunteer

Southwark

Get your first taste of outreach work in our First Response team. In this role, you will be working alongside another volunteer to support the Outreach team on an early morning or late evening shift, responding to alerts for rough sleepers. You will be helping us to identify people who are sleeping rough so that the Outreach team can help them find accommodation, get into drug, alcohol or health treatment, re-establish relationships with friends and family or return home. 

First response volunteer

Tower Hamlets

Get your first taste of outreach work in our First Response team. In this role, you will be working alongside another volunteer to support the Outreach team responding to alerts for rough sleepers. You will be helping us to identify people who are sleeping rough so that the Outreach team can help them find accommodation, get into drug, alcohol or health treatment, re-establish relationships with friends and family or return home.

Friday film club volunteer

Southwark

The Recovery College runs a wide variety of courses delivered in partnership with people who have lived experience of homelessness, mental health and using St Mungo’s services. This role involves:
• Working with Recovery College students to put together a film programme for the term.
• Organising each film day.
• Get snacks and drinks for the movie night and prepare.
• Facilitate a short introduction before each film is shown and a discussion after the screening.
• Work with Open Cinema to get somebody from the film industry to talk to students once per term.

Fun division event volunteer

Bath

This role is primarily to help with the organisation and facilitation of Fun Division, a monthly event based around fun activities and learning, with an aim to reduce social isolation and anxiety, creating a warm and inclusive community

Gardening volunteer

Hammersmith and Fulham

In this role, you will facilitate a 2 hour weekly gardening session for our residents. This will be a great opportunity to share your talent for, or interest in gardening with our clients, teaching them about growing plants, herbs, and vegetables. You will help them learn tasks to manage the garden on a weekly basis, and liaise with the staff around maintenance, ordering seeds, etc.

Gardening volunteer (Adamson Road)

Camden

Adamson Road is a 21 bed 24 hour high support mental health accommodation in the heart of Swiss Cottage. As the gardener you will be responsible for engaging clients to participate in the maintenance of our garden. Your work will not be limited to having clients participating, and so you may find you will be lone working.

Group support volunteer

Haringey

The Haringey Recovery Service works with individuals about to begin their recovery from Drug and Alcohol use. We’re looking for a volunteer to help support the Service User Involvement Team (SUIT) by attending their Wednesday team meetings and assist in facilitating a group.

Group support volunteer

Waltham Forest

The groups that are offered in our service are often someone’s first step towards thinking about their aspirations and independence. As a volunteer supporting clients to take part in groups, you will be doing something simple that makes a really big difference. The role will include developing and facilitating support groups.

Hair and nails volunteer

Camden

Birkenhead Street is a 31 bed hostel for both men and women. Our clients may be experiencing mental health problems, substance use and have physical health needs. We’re looking for volunteers to do hairdressing, nail design or manicures for our clients.

Hairdressing volunteer

Westminster

Harrow Road offers accommodation to 41 individuals in Westminster. Our aim is to provide residents 24/7 access to a recovery focused team to support individuals with experiences of homelessness. You will be providing haircuts or shaves for a maximum of 4 clients per session as part of Harrow road’s Self Care Sunday initiative. You will be giving clients’ advice on how to maintain their hair and hygiene as well as giving clients easy styling tips they can use in between visits.

Keeping in touch volunteer

Brent

The West London Rough Sleeping Prevention Service works across 7 London boroughs aiding people who are at risk of rough sleeping to remain in their current accommodation. We’re looking for volunteers to help with:
• Contacting clients who have been resettled in the private rented sector.
• Gathering information on resources in client’s local areas.
• Supporting Outreach workers by accompanying clients to viewings (following lone working training)
• Visiting clients in the community to aid with appointments surrounding tenancy sustainment.

Language support volunteer

Hammersmith and Fulham

The Horn of Africa Health and Wellbeing Project advises and supports individuals from refugee communities in West London. We’re looking for volunteers with good communication skills (verbal and written) in Amharic, Arabic, Tigre, Tigrinya, or Somali (as well as English). The role will involve:

• Translating service documentation and information, such as assessment questions, feedback forms, posters about services and other information for clients, into refugee community languages.
• Cross checking translated documents.
• Facilitating communication between caseworker and client, by telephone or in person.

Language support volunteer

Pan London

We are looking to recruit a bank of bilingual volunteers who can be available on a casual basis to provide translation assistance.

Literacy and numeracy volunteer

Kensington and Chelsea

As a Recovery College tutor you will be leading English and or Maths sessions and drop in activities in English or Maths studies. You will be guided by the values of the Recovery College and at its heart, encourage participation from all learners.

Literacy and numeracy volunteer tutor

Hammersmith and Fulham

As a recovery college tutor you will be leading English and/or Maths sessions and drop in activities in English or Maths studies. You will be guided by the values of the Recovery College and at its heart, encourage participation from all learners.

Literacy and numeracy volunteer tutor

Lambeth

The Recovery College runs a wide variety of courses delivered in partnership with people who have lived experience of homelessness, mental health and using St Mungo’s services. As a recovery college tutor you will be leading English and or Maths sessions and drop in activities in English or Maths studies.

Literacy and numeracy volunteer tutor

Southwark

The Recovery College runs a wide variety of courses delivered in partnership with people who have lived experience of homelessness, mental health and using St Mungo’s services. As a recovery college tutor you will be leading English and or Maths sessions and drop in activities in English or Maths studies.

Literacy and numeracy volunteer tutor

Hackney

The Recovery College runs a wide variety of courses delivered in partnership with people who have lived experience of homelessness, mental health and using St Mungo’s services. As a recovery college tutor you will be leading English and or Maths sessions and drop in activities in English or Maths studies.

Literacy and numeracy volunteer tutor

Ealing

The Recovery College runs a wide variety of courses delivered in partnership with people who have lived experience of homelessness, mental health and using St Mungo’s services. As a recovery college tutor you will be leading English and or Maths sessions and drop in activities in English or Maths studies.

Literacy and numeracy volunteer tutor

Westminster

The Recovery College runs a wide variety of courses delivered in partnership with people who have lived experience of homelessness, mental health and using St Mungo’s services. As a recovery college tutor you will be leading English and or Maths sessions and drop in activities in English or Maths studies.

Literacy and numeracy volunteer tutor

Camden

The Recovery College runs a wide variety of courses delivered in partnership with people who have lived experience of homelessness, mental health and using St Mungo’s services. As a recovery college tutor you will be leading English and or Maths sessions and drop in activities in English or Maths studies.

Music group volunteer

Islington

Barnsbury Road is a 21-bed high support complex needs hostel based in Islington. Our clients predominantly have a history of homelessness caused by or associated with their mental health needs. We’re looking for a volunteer who would be happy to come and facilitate a music group for our clients. You will be facilitating the group yourself but will always have staff support and co-facilitation.

Out and about programme volunteer

Hammersmith and Fulham

The new Out and About programme is delivered as a series of four practice-based and interactive modules. Each is combined with an external visit to a relevant community organisation or local event. The four modules are: Making Change Happen, My Life My Values, Money Matters, and Ways to Wellbeing. You will:

• Help to plan, prepare and deliver group-based workshops, making them both relevant and responsive to the needs of our clients.

• Develop a database of local contacts and resources relevant to at least one of the modules, helping to embed these resources and other opportunities in the Out and About training.

• Support course administration and development e.g. liaising with clients and staff, maintaining registers, completing evaluation and feedback forms.

Out and about programme volunteer

Kensington and Chelsea

The new Out and About programme is delivered as a series of four practice-based and interactive modules. Each is combined with an external visit to a relevant community organisation or local event. The four modules are: Making Change Happen, My Life My Values, Money Matters, and Ways to Wellbeing. You will:

• Help to plan, prepare and deliver group-based workshops, making them both relevant and responsive to the needs of our clients.
• Develop a database of local contacts and resources relevant to at least one of the modules, helping to embed these resources and other opportunities in the Out and About training.

Out and about programme volunteer

Southwark

The new Out and About programme is delivered as a series of four practice-based and interactive modules.  Each is combined with an external visit to a relevant community organisation or local event.  The four modules are: Making Change Happen, My Life My Values, Money Matters, and Ways to Wellbeing.  You will:

• Help to plan, prepare and deliver group-based workshops, making them both relevant and responsive to the needs of our clients.

• Develop a database of local contacts and resources relevant to at least one of the modules, helping to embed these resources and other opportunities in the Out and About training.

• Support course administration and development e.g. liaising with clients and staff, maintaining registers, completing evaluation and feedback forms.

Outreach admin volunteer

Bournemouth

Our Street Outreach services engage and assess people who are sleeping rough – helping them find accommodation, get into drug, alcohol or health treatment or return home to their city or country. In this role, you will be office based, providing admin support to the outreach team who are working with rough sleepers in Bournemouth and Poole. Duties will include general office admin and reception.

Outreach volunteer

Westminster

Our Street Outreach Services (SOS) provide a rapid response to engage and assess people who are sleeping rough in Westminster. As an outreach volunteer you will be assisting outreach workers to carry out shifts. Engaging with rough sleepers that have both been referred via StreetLink and those known to the team. The outreach worker will risk assess and assess clients when seen. The volunteer would work together with the outreach worker and divide tasks where appropriate.

Project support volunteer

Brent

Chichester Road is registered Care Home for male residents minimum age of 50 years mostly with alcohol related issues.
Activities offered to residents in care homes can make a big impact on their day. As a volunteer supporting residents to take part in activities, you will be doing something simple that makes a really big difference. You could;
• facilitate games of pool with the residents,
• organise board games
• organise bingo with the residents
• help residents put jigsaw puzzles together.

Reception volunteer

Haringey

The Haringey Recovery Service works with individuals about to begin their recovery from Drug and Alcohol use. As a receptionist you will play a pivotal part in ensuring an efficient and smooth reception service.

Recovery college sewing tutor

Bristol

The Recovery College runs a wide variety of courses delivered in partnership with people who have lived experience of homelessness, mental health and using St Mungo’s services. As a recovery college tutor you will be leading group facilitation in sewing. You will be guided by the values of the Recovery College and at its heart, encourage participation from all learners. We’re looking for volunteers with a knowledge of sewing and/or needle-craft, ideally including how to use a sewing machine.

Recovery college volunteer ambassador

Southwark

The role of the Recovery College volunteer ambassador is to ensure that we reach out to all of our clients across our London projects and to take an active role in client engagement and wellbeing.

Tasks will include:
-Contacting St Mungo’s hostels across London to schedule visits with staff and clients.
-Visiting projects and meeting staff and clients to promote the Recovery College activities; to attend residents’ meetings and other relevant meetings or events as appropriate.

Refugee casework and support volunteer

Hammersmith and Fulham

This role is based in the Horn of Africa Health and Wellbeing Project, which advises and supports individuals from refugee communities in West London. Your role will involve providing support to individuals from refugee communities and supporting and advocating for our clients.

SMART meeting group facilitator

Wandsworth

The Wandsworth Recovery and Outreach Team is part of the Wandsworth Community Drug and Alcohol Service (WCDAS) in a consortium with SLaM and Addaction. We work especially with people in recovery from addiction to substances. Often our clients have attended treatment services and are then referred to us for ETE support and holistic & therapeutic groups. We are looking for a volunteer to help facilitate our SMART recovery meetings on a rota basis. The meetings are for people in recovery to come and check in on how their week is going and to get support for any problems that have been arising from their peers and by using SMART tools.

Street and community outreach volunteer

Kensington and Chelsea

In this role, you will be helping us to identify people who are sleeping rough or using the streets to drink and beg so that we can help them find accommodation, get into drug, alcohol or health treatment, re-establish relationships with friends and family or return home.

Street and community outreach volunteer

Bournemouth

Our street outreach services engage and assess people who are sleeping rough – helping them find accommodation, get into drug, alcohol or health treatment or return home to their city or country. In this role, you may be helping us to identify people who are sleeping rough or using the streets to drink and beg so that we can help them find accommodation, get into drug, alcohol or health treatment, re-establish relationships with friends and family or return home. You will be working alongside Outreach workers, providing extra support to people sleeping rough in Bournemouth and Poole.

Tenancy engagement volunteer

Tower Hamlets

Real Lettings works with low income families who are nominated by local authorities to our properties often in a new area away from their support networks. We assist our tenants to address their employment, training and childcare needs with regular tenancy reviews so that they can successfully settle into their new area and plan to move into private rented sector accommodation.

Yoga volunteer

Lewisham

The Hither Green Site is part of the Lewisham Pathway. The service is commissioned to provide intensive support to people who have experienced/are experiencing a range of issues. These include: complex trauma, problematic alcohol use, problematic drug use, mental ill-health and physical ill-health. We’re looking for a volunteer to come and run yoga classes for our clients.

Yoga volunteer tutor

Southwark

The Recovery College runs a wide variety of courses delivered in partnership with people who have lived experience of homelessness, mental health and using St Mungo’s services. This role involves leading a yoga and relaxation session for Recovery College students. This includes setting up the room and tidying up afterwards. The yoga session will be tailored to meet the needs of the students who attend.