Find Volunteering Opportunities
If you want to volunteer to help Islington residents during the coronavirus crisis click here and search for the keyword COVID19
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Whatever your interests, there is a voluntary role out there for you!
Search online for volunteering roles Login or register
Other paths to volunteering:
- NHS volunteer responders
- British Red Cross: Community Reserve Volunteer
- St. John Ambulance
- Islington Mutual Aid Networks (find the mutual aid groups in your ward)
Staying safe whilst volunteering:
- Please check the updated (18th Feb 2021) guidance on How to help safely during the pandemic. from GOV.UK: Guidance on volunteering during the national lockdown in England
- Changes to the Government’s Community Testing Programme mean that those carrying out essential voluntary work can now access rapid response Covid-19 tests without having any symptoms of the virus. This rapid testing is helping local authorities to identify asymptomatic cases and support people to self-isolate. If you are a volunteer, you can find out how to access a test in Islington here.
- Please read the Public Health national guidance to help prevent further spread of the infection whilst volunteering.
- Please check you are following the most recent guidelines from the NHS when undertaking activities that might put you or others at risk.
- Staying safe when looking for others (NCVO)
- When to use a mask and how (WHO)
- Find more information from NCVO about volunteering under the “stay at home” rules.
Safeguarding:
- Where to report safeguarding concerns whilst volunteering (LBI).
- GOV.UK: Safeguarding and DBS Factsheet: FAQs. Advice for those organising a community volunteer group, and for individuals wanting to assist those in their local community.
- North Tyneside VODA: brief introduction to safeguarding video.
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We offer a wide range of volunteering roles including:
- befriending & mentoring
- administration & stewarding
- gardening
- catering
- retail
- caring for animals
Find volunteering opportunities
Search on-line for volunteering opportunities
Use our voluntary work search form to search for volunteering opportunities in Islington and further afield.
The voluntary work search is provided in conjunction with our friends at Simply Connect.
Other online resources to find volunteering roles
For people with specialist skills and three or more years’ experience you could consider registering with Reach.
ICAEWvolunteers.com has financial volunteer roles. They currently have over 2,000 volunteer users looking for opportunities and over 1,000 organisations posting their roles on the site.
Check out Sport Islington for full details of support for voluntary sport in the Borough.
Find volunteering opportunities by phone or email
Call us on 020 7832 5800 or send us an email
Find volunteering opportunities in person
Voluntary Action Islington’s Volunteer Centre team provide face to face advice as to the volunteering roles available and how to access them.
We can help people with barriers to volunteering find the right role for them and support them with the application and recruitment process.
We run drop-in sessions for people interested in volunteering. Our opening hours are 10am to 4pm, Tuesday and Thursday How to find us
***Drop-in sessions suspended until further notice***
Can’t wait to get started?
Simply fill in the online registration form or come to our drop-in sessions.
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