Each Christmas, Crisis mobilise a unique volunteering effort to provide warmth, companionship and vital services to people facing homelessness and housing insecurity. 

There are volunteer roles across London and other cities that you can get involved in during the City St George's Christmas closure. We've put together our guide of roles available in each city, and what skills and experiences you can bring to help make the Christmas period one of warmth and companionship for all.

London

Advice volunteers - providing basic signposting and triaging guests into support services

Driver volunteers - supporting the driving needs of the location, such as transporting guests and volunteers

Digital and IT volunteers - setting up hardware and networking, and supporting with troubleshooting

Guest welfare volunteers - for qualified mental health professionals, counsellors or psychotherapists to support the more vulnerable guests

Hotel assistant volunteers - suppporting guests staying in the hotels on arrival and during their stay

Mental health advice volunteers - for those registered with the HCPC, supporting staff and volunteers with your understanding of mental health

Nursing volunteers - for registered nurses and midwives to support those with a variety of nursing skills

Performer volunteers - bring festive joy through a fun and accessible performance of your choosing

Optical assistant volunteers - supporting the vision care of guests (must have some clinic experience)

Resources volunteers - ensure stock levels are maintained and stored safely

Set up and maintenance volunteers - setting up and shutting down the centres, and supporting with basic repairs

Wellbeing volunteers - deivering yoga, pilates or mediation activities to small groups

Other locations

We know lots of staff will have left London during the holiday closure, but luckily there are several Crisis at Christmas roles across the UK. These include:

Birmingham

Edinburgh

Merseyside

Newcastle

Oxford

South Wales

To view these roles, click here.

Using your staff volunteering leave

Although the vast majority of roles take place during the Christmas closure, if there happen to be shifts on Monday 23rd December you can use one of your annual Volunteer Leave days to take the day to volunteer. To find out more about using your staff volunteering leave, head to the StaffHub.