Want to Volunteer In Westminster?
How to volunteer
At the Volunteer Centre at One Westminster, we can help you take next step along your volunteering journey in the borough of Westminster. If you live, work or study in Westminster we can help you find your ideal volunteering role with Westminster Voluntary Organisations and Community Groups. This can include office/administration, charity shops, sports, IT, mentoring, befriending, gardening, libraries, hospitals, helping at major events in Westminster and much more!
If you need support relating to any aspect of volunteering, please email us and we will then contact you detailing how we can help.
If you would like to search for volunteering opportunities with Westminster Volunteer Involving Organisations on the Westminster Connects Volunteering platform - please sign up here.
Introduction To Volunteering Course
Our first One Westminster Introduction to volunteering workshop in 2026 will take place on:
Thursday 26 February 2026
Time: 10.30am – 12.30pm
Venue: One Westminster offices, Stowe Centre, 258 Harrow Road, W2 5ES (nearest station is Royal Oak - Hammersmith Line, buses 18 and 36 stop nearby)
This short workshop will cover the benefits of volunteering, volunteer opportunities available with Westminster Volunteering involving organisations and support to help you find your ideal volunteering role. Refreshments provided.
Anyone that would like one to one support on the same day – you are welcome to attend the volunteer drop in directly after the workshop.
To register, please email: [email protected]
DROP-IN FOR 1-2-1 SUPPORT WITH FINDING A VOLUNTEER ROLE
We are pleased to confirm that our fortnightly volunteer drop-in session at One Westminster have resumed on Thursday between 1pm to 3pm - same time, every fortnight - at The Stowe Centre, 258 Harrow Road, Paddington, London W2 5ES.
Just a 3 minutes walk from Royal Oak tube station.
Nearest bus line 18 & 36.
There's no need to make an appointment - simply turn up at the office for one-to-one support to help you find your ideal volunteering role with Westminster voluntary organisations and community groups.
Going forward, here are the upcoming drop-in session dates for the first half of 2026:
15th & 29th January
12th & 26th February
12th & 26th March
9th & 23rd April
7th & 21st May
4th & 18th June
We look forward to seeing you.
Successes in 2024
- Dealt with more than 1,200 enquiries about volunteering in Westminster by phone and email and in person.
- More than 160 people attended the fortnightly Volunteer Drop-In held in at our offices, where we provided one to one support to help people find ideal volunteering role in Westminster.
- More than 100 outreach sessions were held throughout the borough to promote volunteering. This included providing one to one support to people who live, work or study in the borough and number of presentations and events.
- More than 130 volunteers helped out at eight One Westminster gardening days, which included rose pruning, leaf clearance and working in only nature reserve in a Westminster Park.