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do you want to start volunteering?

People get a lot from volunteering, and they do it for various reasons:

to meet people, to develop new skills, to get involved in helping their community, as a way of helping them get paid employment, to try out something they may be considering as a career, for experience required as part of a training course, to take up a new interest, to share what they know with others, to obtain accredited training or certificates of achievement, because they like the challenge many volunteering opportunities can offer, or simply to occupy themselves positively.

We can refer you to volunteer in an organisation, based on what you want to do. Examples of the types of opportunities you could get involved in are:

Admin work – office, reception
Outdoors - working with animals, environment projects
Sports - coaching, running events
Arts - filming, theatres, dancing, music
Children and youth - mentoring, after school clubs
Caring or befriending

Get going - fill out the Volunteer Registration Form

now and e-mail it to:

Or contact 020 7241 4443 ext 32 to make an appointment at the Volunteer Centre. Our Location Map

Or e-mail us for further details:

What about welfare benefits?

If you are unemployed, you can volunteer without it affecting your benefits. The Employment Service now recognises that volunteering is an excellent route into paid employment, as it provides practical experience, recent references, the opportunity to learn new skills or keep existing knowledge up-to-date, the chance to make useful contacts and to obtain accredited training. NB: HVA will not pass on details of anyone registered with the centre to any external agency.