Volunteer Opportunities

'The London Irish Centre promotes both Irish culture and care, helping the vulnerable in the local community that relies on them now more than ever.' Dermot O’Leary (Patron). Click

here to find about more about volunteer opportunities.

Irish in Britain established the annual Volunteer Awards in 2018 to recognise outstanding volunteers within our member organisations throughout the Irish community in Britain.

We want to showcase the phenomenal work that volunteers do in our community and honour both groups and individuals for their extraordinary contribution. Click here for further information.

 You can help to improve the special care SIPP delivers to the most vulnerable people in the Irish community of south London by volunteering your time and/or expertise in many different ways.

They need volunteers to befriend our pensioners living at home who have become isolated due to reduced mobility, health issues and lack of family support.  

SIPP's Helping Hands Scheme offers many opportunities for volunteers to make a difference - from visiting people at home, taking them out to meet a friend, or maybe to go shopping; a friendly phone call every week can really brighten someone's day especially if they haven't spoken to another person for several days. Just a 10 minute catch up phone call can have an enormous impact on someone's life.

They are always looking for people to help out with general administration, particularly around the editing and distribution of our newsletters and advertising leaflets.

And fundraising is an ever present need.

You can volunteer to help out in the day service, helping with refreshments, maybe sharing your expertise with a mobile phone or ipad or sharing your interests and skills with others e.g. knitting or flower arranging. It is very rewarding and a great way of meeting people. We always need extra hands to help out at our tea dances and to help organising day trips and outings to places of interest and at the various social and cultural events throughout the year.

Click here for further rinformstion. .

Irish Community Services rely on volunteers to provide the services they deliver to over 1600 people.

​They are always keen to recruit and develop new volunteers. You could choose to volunteer for any one of their projects or services with a regular commitment, or for a specific ‘one off’ piece of work.  They will provide the training and support. 

​Current Roles Include:

Telephone Befriending

Sitting-in Scheme

Walking Group Leader

Lunch Club Volunteer
Tea and Cake Volunteer

Click here for further information about volunteer opportunities.

Get stuck in and volunteer some time to help with a specific fundraiser or a series of events across the year.

HOW? 

Help organise an event

You can look to get involved with the fundraising committee or simply volunteer on the night for a one-off event. 
 

Corporate volunteering

Maybe your company / employer allows you to spend a couple of days each year under its CSR programme to volunteer at a local charity? ICAP would love you to choose to spend your corporate volunteering days with us. 
 

Share your skills

Do you have certain skills, knowledge and experience which could benefit icap? It could be that you are an IT whizz, graphics design guru or marketing expert. It might be that you are not sure what you can offer but reaching out and having a chat could help to figure that out.

Click here for further information.

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www.irish-london.com has been set up to support the Irish community in London. Please get in touch if you require volunteer support for your charity or not-for-profit organisation and we will be delighted to help you with a listing here on the website. Click here for further information.