Do you want to make a difference in your community, meet new people, and learn new skills?

Come and meet over 30 Community groups in Southwark looking for volunteers like you to join their teams!

Mercato Metropolitano and Community Southwark have partnered to bring you Southwark Volunteering Fair on 1st March. More than 30 local organisations will be welcoming you between 12 and 3 pm at Mercato Metropolitano Elephant & Castle to share about their live volunteering opportunities in several fields, including:

Finance
Administration
Leadership roles
Children and young people
Elderly people.

Organisations attending the fair include:

Msaada- SLaM
Restorative Justice for All (RJ4All)
Carers UK
Elevated Minds CIC
The Purple Ladies
Camberwell Arts
Bankside Open Spaces Trust
Southwark Irish Pensioners Project
Family Volunteering Club
The Breastfeeding Network
XLP
Rotherhithe Community Kitchen
Livesey Exchange by Pempeople
ATD FOURTH WORLD
Latin Age Uk
Spring Community Hub
Flam- Lumières de London Bridge
Excel Beyond Barriers CIC
Age UK Lewisham and Southwark
Janus
Elmington Community Gardens
SE5 Forum for Camberwell
Healthwatch
BLACK WOMEN IN LAW FINANCE TECHNOLOGY AND ALLIES
Southwark Pensioners Cente
Elevated Minds CIC
Southwark Scouts
SoundsandSpace
Team Up
Citizens Advice Southwark
Camberwell After School Project
Borough Food Cooperative
St John Ambulance
The Neurodiversity Family hub
Blackfriars Settlement
Home-Start Southwark
Community TechAid
Parent Skills2Go CIC

Whatever your background and availability may be, you’ll be sure to find the right match.

Not sure where to begin? Our volunteering team will be there to offer free advice.

Contact volunteering@communitysouthwark.org or call 020 3848 6540 for more information

How to find the volunteering fair

The event will take place at Mercato Metropolitano Elephant and Castle, the community market located in Elephant & Castle.

Tube stations: nearest to Southwark (7 min walk), Lambeth North (14 min walk), Borough (14 min walk).

Bus travel: nearest to Elephant & Castle / Newington Causeway (G, F), 2 min walk, Elephant & Castle / London Road (E, D, C),5 min walk

View Mercato Metropolitano Elephant and Castle on a map

Accessibility and facilities

Mercato Metropolitano is fully wheelchair accessible with ramp access and is pet-friendly. The venue is both indoor and outdoor, with gender-neutral toilets. There are several food shacks and bars, meaning alcohol may be consumed within the event premises. Supervised children are welcome too. Please contact us with any specific questions about accessibility.

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