Volunteer

Current volunteering opportunities

After-School Club Volunteer

Mondays 3:45pm – 6:15pm

We’re seeking a volunteer to assist in mentoring children and young people attending our After-School Club project sessions. You’ll help to enhance their skills and wellbeing through fun and creative arts and crafts sessions.

Our volunteers encourage children and young people to ask questions and learn how to work as a team in a safe environment. You’ll be supporting them to build their confidence, and apply the skills they develop to their school experience and working life.

Duties also include providing refreshments to the children during the class, and supporting families with registration and feedback forms.

If you’re interested in this role, please see how to apply at the bottom of this page.

Community Warm Meals Volunteer

Fridays, 5pm – 7pm

Our warm meals are more than just food; they’re a chance for guests to connect, find community, and access support. As a Volunteer Project Worker, you’ll play a key role in creating a welcoming space, helping guests feel seen, respected and cared for. Your help means we can offer consistent, high-quality support to those who need it most.

You’ll be part of the Hot Meals Project team, supporting our Friday evening meal for local residents and families. You’ll help to welcome guests, set up and serve food, tidy up, and connect people to services and support. You’ll also work closely with our project officers and volunteers to ensure meals run smoothly in a warm, respectful, and inclusive environment.

This role supports local people to engage and feel part of the community. By volunteering with us, you’ll directly contribute to making Westminster a healthier, more connected, and more compassionate community.

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Community Pantry Home Shopper

At least one shift per week, 10:00 – 16:00 on Wednesdays and/or Fridays. We ask for at least 6 months commitment to this role.

You’ll be supporting the Community Pantry team by helping housebound people access affordable shopping at the Community Pantry. You will be going into people’s homes and talking to people about what shopping they would like from the community pantry and then helping to bring the shopping to their homes and putting the shopping away, following food hygiene standards.

This role is vital to provide housebound people with an opportunity to shop for affordable food and hygiene items, and access additional support with our holistic wrap-around service.

You’ll be supporting local families and households of people experiencing food insecurity and hygiene poverty, and helping to make a difference in the lives of local people every week.

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Pantry Logistics Volunteer

Tuesdays and/or Thursdays, 11:00am – 5:30pm
(Must be able to cover at least one shift a week)

This role is vital to get the Community Pantry ready to receive hundreds of households each week to a safe, welcoming environment. Here they can shop for affordable food and hygiene items, and access additional support with our holistic wrap-around service.

You’ll be supporting the Community Pantry team by sorting through the deliveries, and setting up the Community Pantry shop ready for the following day.

You’ll be supporting local families and households of people experiencing food insecurity and hygiene poverty, making a difference in the lives of hundreds of local people every week.

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Pantry Personal Shopper

Wednesdays and/or Fridays, 11am – 5:30pm
(Must be able to cover at least one shift a week)

You’ll be supporting the Community Pantry team by helping local residents and families to shop at our Community Pantry.

This role is vital to help the Community Pantry to receive hundreds of households each week to a safe, welcoming environment. Here they can shop for affordable food and hygiene items, and access additional support with our holistic wrap-around service.

You’ll be supporting local households of people experiencing food insecurity and hygiene poverty, making a difference in the lives of hundreds of local people every week.

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Community/Maternity Champions

At least 1 shift per week, at times that work for you and the project leads. We ask for at least 6 months commitment to this role.

The Community Champions programme brings people together to build strong communities and connect them to local services. We work with local health & wellbeing organisations such as NHS partnerships.

Promoting the health and wellbeing of local people is the heart of this project. We do this by hosting a range of community & maternity activities that support some of our communities’ most vulnerable residents.

Champions bring communities together and support the health and wellbeing of their families, friends, neighbours and the wider community. The Champions work in partnership with the NHS and other voluntary sector services to signpost residents to the support they need, and improve access to services.

Our Community Champions volunteer on Churchill Gardens and Tachbrook, Lillington and Longmore estates and the Denbigh Triangle, sharing important messages about health and local services. We aim to support residents in our communities by delivering activities that empower them to live healthier and happier lives.

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