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

Emergency Food Voucher Programme Volunteer

Location: London

Time commitment

  • Mondays 10.00am - 3.00pm

Closing date: Friday 17 January 2025

Gardener

Location: Lambeth, London

Time commitment

  • Weekdays only between 9am-5pm
  • We’re looking for someone to help out once/twice per week between the above mentioned hours (according to your availability) and weather conditions permitting

Closing date: Friday 17 January 2025

Volunteer JET Coach (Jobs, Education, Training)

Location: Bradford

Time commitment

  • Flexible to meet the needs of young people, availability for one day per week minimum

Closing date: Friday 31 January 2025

Food Donation Courier

Location: Hammersmith & Fulham

Time commitment:

  • 1-2 hours, once per week, afternoon only

Closing date: ongoing recruitment

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