Volunteer

Could you contribute your time, skills and talents to help homeless and vulnerable people to transform their lives? We have volunteers from a wide range of backgrounds and age groups, and they bring a huge wealth of experience to what we do.

Why volunteer?

People volunteer with us for many different reasons. Perhaps you have some free time and want to make a difference in your local community? Maybe you’re looking to gain new skills or build your CV? Or perhaps you feel passionately about homelessness and want to do something about it?

Our volunteering opportunities put you at the heart of our work. From one-to-one mentoring to talks, workshops and outdoor activities, volunteers make an invaluable contribution in a wide variety of roles. Many are former clients or people with relevant life experience who want to help others on their recovery journey.

Whatever your background or level of work experience, we can offer productive and rewarding roles that match your talents and interests.

We are currently revamping our volunteering programme and working on an exciting new range of activities that you can get involved with.

If you are interested in volunteering, please fill in this form to register your interest and we will get back to you when the new opportunities are available.

Volunteer With SHP

Interested in volunteering with us? Got specific skills you want to share with us? Fill in our expression of interest form Read more

Corporate volunteering opportunities

We offer corporate supporters the chance to motivate and engage their staff through rewarding volunteering opportunities at SHP. Read more

Volunteer vacancies

Could you volunteer your time, skills and talents to help homeless and vulnerable people to transform their lives? Read more

Become a peer mentor

Peer Mentors are volunteers with experience of substance use, mental ill health, complex needs and/or homelessness, who want to support others to make positive changes in their lives. Read more

Meet Deb

Volunteering at SHP has been an important part of Deb’s recovery. Read more

Meet Kate

Kate’s desire to do something positive for those around her led her to volunteer with SHP. Read more

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Our Mission

We are Single Homeless Project (SHP), a London-wide charity working to prevent homelessness and help vulnerable and socially excluded people to transform their lives.
Map of our services

Use our interactive map to see where we work on the ground
How we transform lives

Each day our work restores hope to homeless and vulnerable people with nowhere else to turn.
Volunteer vacancies

Could you volunteer your time, skills and talents to help homeless and vulnerable people to transform their lives?
Supported accommodation

Our hostels and supported housing are a lifeline for homeless people who are at a point in their lives where they would struggle to live independently.
Services by borough

Find out what services we provide in each London borough.
A homelessness crisis

Homelessness has no place in 21st century London – yet we are in the grip of a homeless crisis.
Our mission, vision & values

Our mission, vision and values inspire and challenge us as an organisation.
In from the cold: how to help rough sleepers this winter

With rough sleeping in London on the rise, it’s easy to feel helpless – but you can make a difference.
Our history

Single Homeless Project was founded by a group of homeless people in the mid-1970s. Today, 40 years on, we still try to look at the world through our clients’ eyes.