Current volunteering opportunities

Join our many volunteers at Centrepoint who help strengthen all parts of the organisation.

Volunteering opportunities at Centrepoint range from 1:1 support for young people to organisational support. 

Every volunteer role has a significant impact on our vision of ending youth homelessness.

Current opportunities

Learner Coach (GCSE English)

Location: London - Hammersmith and Fulham

Time commitment:

  • Minimum once per week
  • Monday afternoons/evening, Tuesday morning, Wednesday afternoons/evening, Thursday morning
  • 2-3 hours minimum per week

Closing date: Wednesday 20 December 2023

Learner Coach (A-level maths)

Location: London - Hammersmith and Fulham

Time commitment: 

  • Minimum once per week
  • Monday afternoons/evening, Tuesday morning, Wednesday afternoons/evening, Thursday morning
  • 2-3 hours minimum per week

Closing date: Wednesday 20 December 2023

Food Donation Courier

Location: London - Barnet

Time commitment:

  • 1-2 hours, once per week, afternoon or evening

Closing date: Sunday 31 December 2023

Emergency Food Voucher Programme Volunteer

Location: London - Whitechapel

Time commitment: 

  • Initial time commitment Monday – Friday (2 hours per day with morning and afternoon slots)*
  • The shifts are scheduled to ensure that we meet requests and that young people aren’t left waiting for a voucher. However, this role can be done by one or more volunteers. Therefore you are encouraged to apply even if you can’t commit to every weekday.

*We expect demand to increase, and as such the time commitment will be reviewed in three months

Closing date: Sunday 31 December 2023

Helpline (Manchester)

Location: Manchester

Time commitment

  • 4hrs per week (9am-1pm) or (1pm-5pm)
  • Shifts will take place in the Manchester Office

Closing date: Sunday 14 January 2024

Speculative applications

Occasionally, we do accept speculative applications depending on your skills and interest. Please fill in our application form and select "Other" in the "What role are you applying for?" field. Then give us some more information about your skills and experience and we'll get back to you if we have a suitable role.

Things to consider when applying

We ask you for a minimum of six months commitment. This is so that we can ensure consistency with young people which helps to establish supportive and trusting relationships – something we believe is essential to our work at Centrepoint.

Our application process

  1. Apply to be a volunteer
  2. Attend interview or selection evening
  3. DBS clearance and reference checks
  4. Training 1: About Centrepoint and the issue of youth homelessness
  5. Training 2: Skills for volunteering with young people at Centrepoint
  6. Second interview
  7. Induction with supervisor

Contact us

If you have any questions please contact our Volunteering team by emailing volunteer@centrepoint.org