Volunteering

[cspencer77]

Hi

I have quite alot of time on my hands at weekends and wanted to see if there were any volunteering/ charity/ local organisations that looked for people to help out in the SE22/ SE15 area?

Any pointers welcome.

Charlie

[mockney piers]

I did some work with these guys at Cooltan on sunday.

It is SE5 though.

I was contacted by a friend who wanted some camera time from me, and I met some lovely and interesting people and clearly it's a fantastic resource (referred out of the Maudsley) for people who have suffered mental health issues.

I'm sure they'd be delighted if you got involved.

[Coach Beth]

Try the Southwark Volunteer Centre - most charities in Southwark will register their needs for volunteers with the volunteer centre and they can do a search by postcode for you.

Here is the link to their site! http://www.volunteercentres.org.uk/

[????]

You could look after my kids so me and the missus can go on the sauce if you're feeling charitable

[BARA]

The Fair Trade Centre at Christ Church Barry Road is always looking for volunteers on a saturday morning between 10 - 1pm.

You are placed on a rota with an 'experienced' volunteer initially until you feel comfortable working in the centre.

Basic knowledge in handling money, you are shown how to use the till, some marking up of goods, doing sale and returns.

Contact any of the volunteers there during week 10 - 4pm, or on saturday 10 - 1 pm and they will give you Mary, the coordinator's telephone number. At least once a year all volunteers get together for a meal.

[Cassius]

Try this: "TimeBank UK is a national charity providing volunteers with information on voluntary work and volunteering projects in the UK."

If you google them there are contact details. They will take your location and interests into account when recommending anything to you.

[dc]

This came up before: Volunteering in ED

I stand by my suggestion of the Dulwich Helpline as a great organisation but as you can see there are lots of others.

[DeptfordDiva]

If you like cats The Celia Hammond Animal Trust always needs volunteers, especially at weekends.

[steveslack]

The Friends of Dulwich Picture Gallery are always looking for volunteers. There's information about current help needed on the Gallery website:

http://www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk/support_us/friends/working_with_the_friends.aspx

It's a worthwhile organisation and there's a real sense of community too.

[DiD]

Try the Coppleston centre. They have things like a drop in centre for refugees and other services for the local community, and I'm sure they take volunteers.

[Chantal]

The centre for wildlife gardening on Marsden Rd, east dulwich needs volunteers on Sundays. A range of gardening activities and help with dispalys and maintenance for those with less green finers. it is a community garden run by the London wildlife Trust. it is in my opinion one of the best things about East Dulwich, and there are many.. Centre is open 10-4 and there are often events on that need people to help out with.

If you are looking for more physical work, sydenham Hill woods has volunteer sundays every second week. The woods are amazing and the management is done almost solely by volunteers, a really fab example that community spirit DOES exist, even in SE London!

[ChavWivaLawDegree]

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> You could look after my kids so me and the missus

> can go on the sauce if you're feeling charitable

I was going to say you can come and clean my house if you like because I'm a slob - but quids cause does seem greater.

[Just_Moved_In]

The Simon Community (http://www.simoncommunity.org.uk/), helping out London's homeless people, are always looking for volunteers. They are based in Kentish Town, but are flexible enough to find something for you to do anywhere in London. Eg I volunteer for them in the Waterloo area every week. Contact them or PM me for more details if you'd like to know more.

[Vonnybazonga]

I am looking for some charity work that for my son. He is 9 years old. Any ideas?

[alji]

He could get involved with Save the Children's Den Day, coming up - see link:

http://denday.savethechildren.org.uk/

[Bluerevolution]

this is a good site https://do-it.org/

[LasChicas]

if you enjoy cooking/hosting a session join the foodcycle on Saturdays by peckham station. good luck

[natty01295]

Try (Trinity hospice), go on Google to search

[SearchDog]

Hi Charlie,

South East London Search and Rescue could keep you busy!! We search for missing vulnerable people. We train every other weekend in SE London. We are also training some search dogs locally and can always do with volunteers to hide for us.

Check out the website : www.selsar.org.uk

Or if your interested in helping train the local dogs please pm me!

Thanks!!

[Orley]

The East Dulwich Helpline are a fantastic organisation to volunteer for. They work with the elderly providing home support and befriending services as well as activities.