Benefits of volunteering
Becoming a volunteer can be extremely rewarding and has many benefits.
It can help you:
- gain work experience and learn new skills
- make new friends
- help others in your community
- improve your health, wellbeing and confidence
- find out about your local area and help improve it
There are different ways to find a volunteering role that suits you.
Volunteer with us
Become a school governor
School governors are volunteers who work with one of our schools to help improve standards.
Improve your local park
Friends of Parks groups work with us to create better open spaces. Each group helps care for a specific park or green space that we own or manage.
Help improve your housing estate and community
If you're a council tenant or leaseholder, there's various ways to get involved in shaping your housing estate and community.
Volunteer Centre Greenwich
Volunteer Centre Greenwich can help you find a volunteer role in the local community. They also support local organisations to find and train volunteers.
Contact individual organisations
Most charities and community organisations need volunteers. If you know where you'd like to volunteer, contact them direct to ask what's available.