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.

Apply to be a school governor

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.

Be a friend of your local park

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.

Improve your housing and local 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.

Find out more about Volunteer Centre Greenwich

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.

Find local groups and organisations in the Greenwich Community Directory