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Volunteering Opportunities

Volunteering is a fantastic way to make a difference, meet new people and get involved in your local community. 

Not sure how to start volunteering? The LSE Volunteer Centre is here to inspire and empower you to volunteer for causes that you are passionate about!

To get started:  

The Volunteer Centre holds an annual Volunteering Fair in October, and also has a variety of events going on throughout the year that you can get involved in, designed to fit your schedule.  

Email them at volunteer@lse.ac.uk if you have any questions about getting involved in volunteering. 

The feed below is the most recently added volunteering opportunities from LSE Volunteer Centre. You can check out the whole range of volunteering opportunities by logging onto CareerHub and search “volunteering opportunities".  

  • Volunteer Massage Therapists and Reflexologists
    Employer: St Joseph’s Hospice
    Application closing date: 8 Oct 2025
    Location: Hackney Greater London United Kingdom
    St Joseph’s Hospice Hackney are recruiting skilled, dedicated enthusiastic complementary therapy practitioners to join the hospice team. We currently require massage therapists and reflexologists.
  • Pick & Pack (Baby Bank Volunteer)
    Employer: Little Village
    Application closing date: 8 Oct 2025
    Location: Wembley, London, London London United Kingdom
    Our Pick and Pack team are based in one of our lively baby banks. Together we sort, check, and prepare pre-loved items for children. Volunteers create high-quality bundles of toys, clothes, and equipment to gift to families.
  • London Nightline Helpline Volunteer
    Employer: London Nightline
    Application closing date: 9 Oct 2025
    Location: London Greater London United Kingdom
    Receive in-depth training on non-directive active listening skills, equipping you to anonymously answer phone calls and messages from students across London. Join a friendly team and support your peers' mental health.
  • Website re-development volunteer
    Employer: Community Action Ghana
    Application closing date: 10 Oct 2025
    Location: United Kingdom
    We need to revamp our website - we have new photographs to add from a professional photographer and need to update most pages, especially the project pages.
  • LSE Halls Fundraising Walk - Volunteer
    Employer: LSE - Residential Services Division - Residential Services
    Application closing date: 11 Oct 2025
    Location: London England United Kingdom
    LSE Halls of Residences are organising a walk open to all LSE students and staff to raise funds for Student Minds, the UK's leading student mental health charity. Join us on 11 October 2025 and be part of a fantastic initiative!
  • European Doctors Orchestra Concert bucket collection evening
    Employer: Teenage Cancer Trust
    Application closing date: 11 Oct 2025
    Location: London London, England United Kingdom
    Could you and help us raise vital funds to support our work? Be the face of Teenage Cancer Trust and collect donations from the attendees at the European Doctors Orchestra concert. You will bucket collect and collect contactless donations.
  • Government Performance Lab Research & Writing Fellow
    Employer: The Harvard Kennedy School Government Performance Lab
    Application closing date: 11 Oct 2025
    Location: United States of America
    The GPL seeks to hire fellows with a passion for improving government performance and solving social problems. Research & Writing fellows do so through the development of publications and other resources that elevate and spread insights from GPL project work to governments across the country.
  • Warehouse Assistant - Community Volunteer
    Employer: City Harvest London
    Application closing date: 11 Oct 2025
    Location: London London, England United Kingdom
    Our Warehouse Assistants are crucial to keeping the vans rolling and to making sure food is ready to go out to feed London. They are the packers, the stackers, the sorters, and the porters of our operation.
  • Community Singing Volunteer
    Employer: Coin Street Community Builders
    Application closing date: 11 Oct 2025
    Location: London Greater London United Kingdom
    We all know a good sing-a-long lifts the spirts and is great for our wellbeing. We are looking for volunteers for our community singing group to help ensure it is accessible and welcoming for all. Plus you get to join in with the singing as well!
  • Tutoring Volunteers
    Employer: Coin Street Community Builders
    Application closing date: 11 Oct 2025
    Location: Waterloo, London London, England United Kingdom
    Tutor, Inspire, Shape their futures!
    Choose us, volunteer with our youths!

 

We are committed to providing transformational opportunities beyond the classroom in line with LSE's Student Futures programme. This activity contributes to 'Engaging with Civic Issues'.

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