Social Action

Regular Volunteering Opportunities

Do you want to make a difference and give your time to a worthy cause? Would you like to do this with a group of people, and feel like you are part of a community? The JCC is committed to finding ongoing volunteering opportunities, all of which complement our programme and the values of the organisation.

What can you do?

The Royal Free Hospital
The Royal Free Hospital is part of The Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust. It has nearly 5000 members of staff and 900 beds. The hospital relies heavily on volunteers in order for it to function. As our local hospital, the JCC has already worked with the Royal Free on Mitzvah Day. If you have anything from two hours to 20 hours a week they would be happy to hear from you.

St Mary Magdalene’s Refugee Centre
St Mary Magdalene’s Refugee Centre, based in Holloway, offers support and English classes to The Safe Space. It also gives out food packages and clothes. The Centre operates from Monday to Friday, and the JCC is now working with them to help support food and clothes collections. They need volunteers to help teach English, assist in computer training and sort through clothes. You don’t need to be an expert in teaching to get involved!

Mentoring and befriending
The JCC has recently launched a mentoring and befriending scheme. If you have five hours to spare every month and would be willing to spend time with a Darfuri refugee or asylum seeker, we would love to hear from you. You don’t need any in-depth knowledge of asylum law or legal issues; we will provide you with the information you need and in return you can offer a friendly ear and the occasional dinner invitation.

Darfur activism
Are you passionate about ending the genocide in Darfur? Would you like to be trained up to educate people in the Jewish community about Darfur? The JCC is offering activists the chance to receive high-quality training so that they can become ambassadors for the campaign. Let us know you’re interested and we’ll make sure you have the information that you need to spread the word.

New North London Synagogue drop-in for destitute asylum seekers
Are you available the first Sunday of every month for a few hours? In partnership with JCORE, the JCC is giving you the opportunity to support the New North London Synagogue Drop-in for destitute asylum seekers – a monthly drop-in that provides support for some of the most vulnerable people living in the UK today. There are several ways that you can get involved: volunteer to help in the centre during the drop-in; provide medical or legal assistance; or drop-in good-quality children’s clothes and toiletries on the day.

The drop-in is expensive to run: every asylum seeker that attends has money topped up on their oyster card, and receives food parcels and Tesco vouchers. Anyone with any fundraising ideas – small or large – should get in touch and we will link you up with other fundraisers.

For more information call the JCC Office on 020 7431 9866 or email hannah@jcclondon.org.uk