AMURT’s strength is our people – why don’t you join our team of lovely volunteers?
What we offer
As a volunteer with AMURT, you will be looked after by our volunteer coordinator and we strive to give you opportunities to contribute meaningfully based on your skills and experience. We offer all of our volunteers:
- Training, on-site and through (optional) online certified courses: Food Hygiene – Level 2 and Safeguarding vulnerable adults.
- Volunteer expenses covered: travel to-from volunteering site
- 10% discount in our Food for All health food shop
- Volunteer socials – meet and have fun with other volunteers!
Contact us if you wish to know more about our volunteer placements. Or simply apply for one of the volunteering opportunities listed below.
Note: Young persons under the age of 16 may only volunteer if accompanied by a guardian (we love children and youth but unfortunately do not have capacity to be responsible for their safeguarding).
Volunteer as a group!
As well as individuals, we welcome corporate groups who wish to volunteer with us as a team building activity or simply a meaningful way to use your charity days.
CLICK for more information about group volunteering with AMURT UK.
Volunteering opportunities with AMURT in London
Signposting volunteer
Are you a chatty, approachable person interested in the lives and current challenges faced by your fellow Hackney residents? Can you give 2 hours/week to assist the most vulnerable in our city? We are looking for volunteers to join our signposting programme and provide information and guidance to our beneficiaries about available support with the cost-of-living crisis and other services and resources they may access around Hackney.
Every Thursday we meet between 45-70 people who collect our hot meals, many of whom are homeless or otherwise struggling in various ways. As their needs for support go well beyond the meals and social interaction we can provide, we are currently setting up a “signposting” programme to provide information about other places they can go for assistance and resources.
As a Signposting Volunteer you would work together with a small, dedicated team and help with some or all the following tasks:
- Help us set up the programme and develop our database of (partner) organisations we can signpost to;
- Be available to listen and speak to beneficiaries during our meal distribution in Holborn on Thursdays from 6:30pm-7:45pm;
- Provide them with targeted information about services and resources from our database;
- Document these conversations according to the relevant system and privacy measures to enable basic follow-up;
- Assist with updating our database of institutions/organisations providing relevant services;
- Attend regular supervisions with your fellow signposting volunteers to reflect on specific cases and issues; and
- Take note of feedback and make recommendations on how to improve the service.
Ideally, you are a student of or have an expressed interest in social work, and have:
- Good listening skills and healthy personal boundaries;
- Knowledge about social welfare institutions and/or homelessness services;
- Good ability to work as part of a team;
- Flexibility to the developing needs of the service; and/or
- The motivation to gain experience and help a small local charity expand our service for those most vulnerable.
This volunteer role will help AMURT extend more support to our beneficiaries in addition to our meal service. It will be challenging but also very rewarding to help people seek out the support they need. And, whether you are studying to become a social worker or just interested in the workings of social services and the voluntary sector, you will learn a lot!
To equip and support you in this work, you will be offered:
- Regular supervision to help you reflect and process
- Training in: Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults – Level 2 (online training w. certificate) & Information, Advice & Guidance (IAG) training
Time: We are looking for someone who is able to commit for at least 4 months as continuity and familiar faces will be important for maintaining trust with beneficiaries. Ideally every Thursday, but it is also fine if you can only join fortnightly.
12:00pm-2:00pm and/or 5:00pm-6:30pm
Location: Stoke Newington (Hackney) – 3a Cazenove Road, N16 6PA
Please click here and complete our online application form. Then there will be some documents for you to sign and you will be invited to attend a brief induction meeting/online call.
London Feeding Programme – food prep volunteer
Chop ‘n’ chat
You will be assisting in the kitchen with the preparation of hot vegan meals. Duties will include
chopping vegetables, cleaning pots, surfaces etc. – chatting and having a good time!
We are looking for volunteers who enjoy working in a team and have a ‘can do’ attitude. No previous volunteer experience is needed for this role, but experience of working in a kitchen would be beneficial.
Time: Every Thursday, AM prep 9:00 – 12:30 or PM prep 13:00 – 17:30
Location: Stoke Newington (London) – 3a Cazenove Road, N16 6PA
Please click here and complete our online application form. Then there will be some documents for you to sign and you will be invited to attend a brief induction meeting/online call.
London Feeding Programme – meal distribution volunteer
Do you have an hour or two to spare on a Thursday evening? Would you like to help those in need in London?
AMURT’s London Feeding Programme has been running since 2011; come rain or shine our fantastic volunteers have been set up outside Lincoln’s Inn Fields, serving food and other donations to our beneficiaries.
You will help set up our tables and serve our beneficiaries with boxed hot meals, fruit, bread, tea & coffee and other donated items. You will meet people with kindness and dignity, providing an essential opportunity for social interaction. And, finally, you will join the team in clearing up at the end and packing the equipment back into the van.
Time: Thursday evening from 6.30pm-7.45pm
Location: Lincoln’s Inn Fields (Holborn, London)
Please click here and complete our online application form. Then there will be some documents for you to sign and you will be invited to attend a brief induction meeting/online call.
Corporate Liaison & Fundraising volunteer
Do you like promoting and soliciting support for a good cause?
Do you have an interest in fundraising/sales and want to put your skills to use for a small charity with a big heart?
You will be our contact person for businesses and support our fundraising by soliciting monetary donations as well as in-kind donations of items that we need for our regular meal distributions to homeless, and other food-related programs in London. You will work alongside the Programme Manager and Volunteer Coordinator and be responsible for:
- Recruiting corporate sponsors/donors (e.g. local businesses, or large corporations with CSR departments), who may wish to donate to AMURT either monetarily and/or with goods useful to our programmes (e.g. food items, ingredients, food packaging items, PPE, kitchen equipment, other useful equipment etc.).
- Develop materials to present to them about their various options for supporting us: monetary donations, in-kind donations, regular or one-off donations, and corporate volunteering sessions.
- Coordinate with the AMURT Volunteer Coordinator regarding group volunteering sessions (for corporate team building, giving back to community etc.)
- Maintain relationships with corporate sponsors and retain their support through regular contact to:
- Show our appreciation for their support & update them about opportunities to support (e.g. in-kind, volunteering, special fundraising opportunities/events)
Ideally, the successful candidate will have the following experience and qualities:
- Experience or pronounced interest in sales and/or fundraising
- Enthusiastic about AMURT’s work and able to convey that to potential donors
- Good communication skills, written and orally
- Organised and good at tracking your work
- Being persistent and good at negotiating will be helpful
Time: We are looking for someone who is able to commit for at least 6 months. We imagine it would be 7-14 hours a week (starting with 7 and perhaps increasing). The role could be done mostly from home. However, it would be important for you to visit our programmes to get a feel for what we are doing.
Depending on the success of raising funds, we can consider eventually making this a paid position.
Location: At home & in our neighborhood around Stoke Newington (London) – 3a Cazenove Road, N16 6PA
Please click here and complete our online application form. Then there will be some documents for you to sign and you will be invited to attend a brief induction meeting/online call.
Energy Ball Production Volunteer for Vita Bites
The homeless and vulnerable families have been hit the hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic. Often unable to self-isolate and with limited to no access to a healthy diet, we are providing them with nutritious ‘energy balls’ that we call Vita Bites.
You will be assisting with the kitchen production of Vita Bites; a healthy snack, packed with nutritious ingredients. Duties will include making the mixture, packing and labeling.
We are looking for volunteers who enjoy working in a team and have a ‘can do’ attitude. No previous volunteer experience is needed for this role, but experience of working in a kitchen would be beneficial.
Time: weekdays 9:00 – 12:15 or 13:45 – 17:00 (scheduling depends on availability of supervisors and veolunteers)
Location: our kitchen in Stoke Newington (London) – 3 Cazenove Road, N16 6PA
Please click here and complete our online application form. Then there will be some documents for you to sign and you will be invited to attend a brief induction meeting/online call.
Social Researcher / Monitoring & Evaluation Volunteer
Are you a social researcher/student who would like to put your skills to use in a small charity and make a real difference? We are looking for an experienced researcher familiar with participatory evaluation and qualitative research methods who can help us demonstrate the impact and benefit of our services to the homeless and vulnerable communities in and around Hackney and Central London.
The successful candidate would work alongside a small, dedicated team and be responsible for:
- Assisting us in designing and planning a monitoring and evaluation strategy
- Implementing high quality data collection methods to measure the impact of the work we do, the difference we make to people’s lives and to identify other needs of our beneficiaries
- Analysing qualitative and quantitative research data, using appropriate analytical strategies and techniques
- Evaluating the service based on the data you have collected and analysed
- Make recommendations of how to improve the service
Ideally, the successful candidate will have the following experience:
- Social research experience including participatory research
- Experience in monitoring and evaluation work for charities
- Real motivation to help a small local charity demonstrate their impact and improve their services
This role will help AMURT understand the real difference its services make to people’s lives and identifying ways to make them even more effective. It will also help ensure that AMURT is able to procure more funding for the future.
Time: We are looking for someone who is able to commit to seeing this project through. We imagine it would be a few hours a week over some months.
Most of our service and distribution work where you would have contact with our beneficiaries and volunteers is on Thursdays each week so availability on a Thursday would be necessary.
Location: Stoke Newington and Holborn
Please click here and complete our online application form. Then there will be some documents for you to sign and you will be invited to attend a brief induction meeting/online call.
Social Media Volunteer – AMURT London
Are you Social Media savvy and would like to put your skills to use in a small charity and make a real difference? We are looking for someone to promote, develop and maintain our online presence to maximise our impact and to promote our work as widely as possible.
The successful candidate would work alongside a small, dedicated team and be responsible for:
- Helping to develop our social media strategy
- Develop and manage content for our social media for AMURT UK, mostly Instagram but potentially also Twitter, Pinterest, Facebook & YouTube
- Use social media to promote the activities and achievements of our various programmes
- Keeping our social media channels updated on a regular basis
- Encouraging others to comment and share our posts
- Ensure that communication reaches a wide range of local stakeholders and diverse audience
- Select relevant channels to reach our diverse audiences
- Track the effectiveness of our social media work
Ideally, the successful candidate will have the following experience:
- Experience of /interest in using Canva
- Able to communicate effectively, be articulate and keeping brand image to mind with messaging
- Ability to transform small snippets of information into interesting and engaging stories
- Organised and experience of working in a team
- Experience of Social Media strategy (nice to have)
This role will help AMURT UK to promote its work more effectively helping to build brand, supporters, boost donations, share success stories, recruit volunteers and demonstrate the difference our programmes make to people’s lives.
Time: We are looking for someone who is able to commit for at least 3-6 months. We imagine it would be 2-4 hours a week.
Location: The role could be done mostly from home however it would be important for you to visit our programmes (Stoke Newington and Holborn) to get a feel for what we are doing.
Please click here and complete our online application form. Then there will be some documents for you to sign and you will be invited to attend a brief induction meeting/online call.
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