Everyone employed by King’s can choose to spend up to three days (21 hours) per year doing voluntary work for another organisation or volunteering scheme, regardless of the role they have at King’s. This time is pro-rated if you work at King’s part-time.
This service time is part of King’s commitment to support and enable colleagues to undertake community activity beyond the university. As outlined in King’s Strategic Vision 2029, the university has a vision to make the world a better place, putting the needs of others first, beyond what is expected or contracted. Read more about the King’s Service Strategy, one of the five strategic priorities in Vision 2029.
Please log your Service Time via Teamseer (use the drop down under 'Miscellaneous' to select 'Service Time'), and this will help us to measure the use of Service Time and the total time that King's staff are giving to our communities. It's really important that staff log their Service Time so that the University can build a picture of how widely used the initiative is.
How will you use your Service Time?
From being a trustee for a local charity to mentoring a young person through weekly sessions, use your Service Time to share your skills, insights and knowledge with causes that are important to you. You could spend Monday afternoons gardening at a local community garden or doing odd jobs for older people, or you could use your 3 days to plan and deliver an event for a local charity.
Explore opportunities at King’s Volunteering to connect, discover and make a difference.
If you have any questions about Service Time or volunteering in general, you can contact the King’s Volunteering team at volunteer@kcl.ac.uk.
Visit the intranet to find out more about Service Time at King’s (internal link)
Questions about volunteering? Schedule a one-one with Abi Micallef, Volunteering Partnerships Manager, to discuss your ideas and get advice.
Related Opportunities
The role of a reading helper places you in the heart of primary school life. You’ll be leading reading sessions that bring a positive reading experience to children outside of the classroom. Children will benefit from someone giving them 1:1 support.
We run a monthly three course meal for isolated older people with live entertainment. Volunteers are vital to the dinner as with out them it would not go ahead. They provide a variety of roles.
In - Deep run music therapy sessions for children and young adults with send aged 3 - 25 with qualified music therapists and in age appropriate groups. Volunteers help support the children as well the running of the sessions.
