Social Transformation volunteering opportunities

Afghan Action

Location:
UK
Work type:
events support, office support, school projects
Volunteer age:
Adult
Work focus:
International Aid

We are a small social enterprise with a factory and training school in Kabul, Afghanistan, with 50 employees and 25 trainees - mainly young men and women aged between 14 and 20, including victims of landmines and other serious injuries..

Alpha for Forces

Location:
UK, Overseas
Work type:
events organising, events support, office support, practical service
Volunteer age:
Adult, Student
Work focus:
International Mission

Vision: The re-evangelisation of the Armed Forces and the transformation of this community.

Alpha for Prisons

Location:
UK, Overseas
Work type:
befriending, practical service
Volunteer age:
Adult, Student
Work focus:
Urban Mission

The Alpha course started in the prisons in the UK in 1995. It is now running in 74% of the prisons in the UK and in 77 countries around the world. Our prayer is that every inmate will have the opportunity to attend an Alpha course while in prison and each will come into a living relationship with Jesus.

Armonia

Location:
Overseas
Work type:
mission (long term), mission (short term)
Volunteer age:
Adult
Work focus:
International Aid

Armonía is a service based Mexican NGO working with some of the poorest urban and rural communities in Mexico. Founded on Christian principles our purpose is together to transform poverty into an abundant, complete and dignified life in the name of Christ.

CARE

Location:
UK
Work type:
campaigning, events support, internship, office support
Volunteer age:
Adult, Student
Work focus:
Human Rights

CARE provides resources and helps to bring Christian insight and experience to matters of public policy and practical caring initiatives. We aim to inspire people to make a Christian difference for the sake of the future.

Caring For Ex-Offenders (CFEO)

Location:
UK
Work type:
befriending, mentoring, office support
Volunteer age:
Adult
Work focus:
Urban Mission

CFEO has grown out of our Alpha for Prisons work, both in the UK and internationally. We aim to provide support to the many men and women who have come to faith, or renewed their commitment in prison and wish to start a new life on release with Christ at the centre.

Christian Aid

Location:
Overseas
Work type:
campaigning, events support, gap year
Volunteer age:
Adult, Student, Youth
Work focus:
International Aid

We are a charity, supported by 41 church denominations in the United Kingdom and Ireland, working to tackle the causes and alleviate the effects of poverty and injustice.

Christian Solidarity Worldwide

Location:
UK
Work type:
campaigning, events support, internship, office support, practical service
Volunteer age:
Adult, Student, Youth
Work focus:
Justice

Across the world, millions of Christians are persecuted for their faith at any given moment. Discrimination, torture, imprisonment, even death – this is the price they are forced to pay for following their faith.

CJ’s Mediaworkz

Location:
UK
Work type:
befriending, events organising, events support, mentoring, office support, school projects, youth work
Volunteer age:
Adult, Student
Work focus:
Urban Mission

At CJ's Mediaworkz we are committed to bringing about transformational change in the lives of disadvantaged inner-city youth. Today, they are more challenged about their values, identity and future than ever before. We are based in Hoxton (second highest crime rate in London), half a mile from the City of London.

Compassion

Location:
UK
Work type:
campaigning
Volunteer age:
Adult, Student, Youth
Work focus:
International Aid

Whilst you might not be able to change the world, you can change the world for one child. By sponsoring a child with Compassion, you will provide a child in desperate need with the skills and opportunities they need to break free from poverty and live life to the full.

Coptic Mission

Location:
Overseas
Work type:
mission (long term), mission (short term), youth work
Volunteer age:
Adult, Student
Work focus:

We are a Coptic (Egyptian) Orthodox Christian mission based in Africa. With several centres in Kenya, Nigeria, Zambia, Tanzania, and French-speaking Congo, there are plenty of opportunities to help out. We have internationally renowned medical centres with specialist HIV clinics serving the local communities.

Crosslight Debt Advice

Location:
UK
Work type:
debt advice
Volunteer age:
Adult
Work focus:
Justice

 

Crosslinks

Location:
UK, Overseas
Work type:
gap year, mission (long term), mission (short term), office support
Volunteer age:
Adult, Student, Youth
Work focus:
International Mission

‘God’s word to God’s World’

Crosslinks is an international mission agency with its roots in the Bible and its principle sphere of operations in the worldwide Anglican Communion. Our prime focus is making Christ known through the proclamation and teaching of God’s Word in the power of the Holy Spirit.

Door of Hope

Location:
UK, Overseas
Work type:
befriending, mentoring, practical service
Volunteer age:
Adult, Student
Work focus:

“It is so nice to know that someone cares, normally we just get abuse”  Door of Hope seeks to empower individuals involved in street sex work (prostitution).

Five Talents

Location:
UK, Overseas
Work type:
mission (short term), office support
Volunteer age:
Adult
Work focus:
Microfinance

Our mission is based on the parable of the talents (Matthew 25:14-30), and we work to fight poverty, create jobs, and transform lives, by empowering the poor in developing countries using innovative savings and credit programs, business training, and spiritual development.

Grandma's

Location:
UK
Work type:
befriending, office support
Volunteer age:
Adult, Student
Work focus:
Urban Mission

Grandma’s is a Christian charity which gives practical support to children & families affected by HIV. We work with over 200 families within Greater London area with around 60 families on the waiting list for a volunteer to be available to visit them.

Habitat for Humanity

Location:
UK, Overseas
Work type:
advocacy, events support, gap year, mission (long term), mission (short term), practical service, school projects, youth work
Volunteer age:
Adult, Student
Work focus:
International Aid

Habitat for Humanity is a Christian charity passionately dedicated to a vision of a world where everyone has a safe, decent, affordable place to live. We believe that poverty housing can be eliminated, one house at a time, with the help of people like you.

Happy Child

Location:
Overseas
Work type:
gap year, mission (long term), mission (short term), practical service, street evangelism, youth work
Volunteer age:
Adult, Student
Work focus:
International Mission

‘Together we can make a difference’

Two million children live on the streets of Brazil, because of social inequality. They live with drugs, violence, and early sexual experience, instead of studying, playing, and knowing Jesus Christ. Happy Child works to rescue children and young people with a street profile, providing a regenerative experience for them and promoting dignified reintegration into family life and society.

HOPEHIV

Location:
Work type:
office support, practical service
Volunteer age:
Adult, Student
Work focus:
International Aid

HOPEHIV was set up in response to the plight of children left behind by the AIDS pandemic in Africa. Ten years on, those cute kids are becoming young people with the potential to build a better future for their continent. Our vision is that this orphan generation will fulfill that potential and lead their families, communities and nations in solving the problems caused by HIV/AIDS and poverty.

HTB's Men's Minstry

Location:
Work type:
events organising, events support
Volunteer age:
Adult, Student
Work focus:

What is it? HTB's Men's ministry has two facets: The first is aimed at our own congregation (inreach). We currently hold 6 Men's breakfasts a year and the talks can be viewed on the HTB website. The second facet, which is currently being developed, concerns bringing men into the church (outreach).

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