From the editor
About this paper
A free sheet of volunteering notices from London homelessness charities. Set by one person, printed on nothing, carrying no advertising.
Most volunteering directories list organisations. You cannot volunteer for an organisation — you volunteer for a post, on a particular morning, in a particular building, having satisfied whatever the charity asks first. So this paper lists posts, and prints the four things that actually decide whether you can take one: when it runs, how long they want you for, where it is, and what they will ask of you.
Every word comes from the charity's own page. Where a page is silent, this paper says so rather than guessing — and most are silent on whether a check is needed, which is why so many notices carry the line about asking first.
What this paper does not do
- Applications
- None taken here. Every notice links to the charity.
- Vetting
- None. Printing a notice is not a recommendation.
- Accounts
- None. No cookies, no address collected, nothing to log in to.
- Scope
- London only.
We do not print everything. Reach Volunteering carries skills-based posts nationally, and Homeless Link gathers posts from across the sector.
Corrections If you work at a charity printed here and something is wrong — or you would rather not appear at all — write to tek@8houses.co.uk and it will be corrected or removed. There is nothing to argue about.