If you are interested in applying to any of our voluntary roles, please fill in the following application form.
Volunteering can help you feel happier and healthier, improve your skills, or help you get a job.
Past Shoreditch Trust volunteers have used their experience to help manage mental health problems, increase confidence, learn new skills and share their passions.
Some have found jobs as support workers, administrators or have joined our staff team. Some volunteers have joined training courses to become health workers or found a new direction in life.
Anyone aged 18 or over can apply to volunteer. You will need to complete the registration form (we can help with this if reading and writing are difficult).
You will also need to undergo a criminal records screening (sometimes called a DBS or CRB check) but you can often still volunteer if you have been in prison or have a criminal record.
Commitment: 1 day a week for 4 weeks (or equivalent)
Location: Office based, N1 5QJ
We are seeking a detail-oriented Project Administration Volunteer to support our charity's various initiatives. In this role, you’ll assist with essential administrative tasks in our core operations team or within a project. From organizing project documents to helping with data entry, your work will directly support our mission to make a meaningful difference in the community. Please outline the skills you could bring to this role in your application.
Commitment: 1 morning a week (Wednesdays)
Location: Waterhouse, N1 5QJ
To support the coming together of pregnant women, mums and babies at a coffee morning. Ensuring a welcome and an enjoyable stay at the coffee morning. We welcome volunteers with a positive, lively, creative and caring attitude who have an interest in helping support women and families.
Commitment: 1 day a week (Wednesdays)
Location: Waterhouse, N1 5QJ
We welcome volunteers with a positive, lively, creative and caring attitude who have an interest in bringing together and supporting others, especially around the theme of (preparing and) sharing food. Under our Community Table programme we offer the following volunteering opportunities. Volunteers are welcome to apply for either or both of these.
Commitment: at least 1 day a week (various groups)
Location: Waterhouse, N1 5QJ and Shoreditch Town Hall,
Make a difference in the lives of stroke survivors and gain valuable experience in the process. We run a range of different groups and volunteers can be allocated to one or more groups according to their area of interest, eg. high care groups, self-help group, group for younger stroke survivors (18-65yo), Talk Stroke group for people with communication difficulties, stroke forum, and more.
Commitment: 1 morning a week (Tuesdays)
Location: St Peters Church, De Beauvoir, N1 4DA
Make a difference in the lives of local people and gain valuable skills and experience in the process. Under our Advice programme we offer the following volunteering opportunity. During and after our Bump Buddies group (for local mothers) slots to meet with staff and trained volunteers to receive support around advice, from financial/ income maximisation to practical resources. The volunteer will support clients with paperwork and research around this.
We welcome companies who would like to give their time and skills to help people in Hackney. This might be:
Please get in touch at info@shoreditchtrust.org.uk for company volunteering opportunities.
