Many students and staff at King's have told us that volunteering to support education and young people is important to them. We have varied roles, including a range of mentoring opportunities, for you to get involved to support this cause.
Help Primary School children with their homework with the Salusbury World Refugee Centre
Provide academic support and encouragement to children with their homework, working in small groups of 2 to 3 children per volunteer, aged from 6 to 11, from countries such as India, Romania, Syria, Afghanistan and Bulgaria with varying levels of English.
Become a STEM Ambassador with the London STEM Ambsasador Hub
STEM Ambassador volunteers in universities range from those studying app design to meteorology to healthcare. They come from a vast and diverse range of backgrounds, but all use STEM in their studies. By volunteering a little of your time each year to support school and non-school groups through a range of activities, including mentoring and careers talks, you could play an essential role in getting young people fired up about STEM subjects and careers.
Lead a reading session and help children to read with Coram Beanstalk
You’ll be able to directly help children in your local community, using your skills to give something back by sharing a love of reading with the younger generation
Inspire children and their families to take action on climate change with Climate Ed
A chance for you to inspire children and their families to take action on climate change by reducing their carbon footprints and leading a more climate-friendly lifestyle. All resources and training provided.
Use your British Sign Language (BSL) skills to interpret educational videos for Off the Curriculum
Off the Curriculum, an educational charity, are looking for British Sign Language (BSL) interpreters to interpret short educational videos in English into British Sign Language.
Mentoring
Mentoring is very popular among King's students as a way to volunteer and support others. There are lots of mentoring opportunities, to give your time weekly to support a young person. While they all support an individual's education and development, you may choose to pick between the options based on the age of the mentee you'd be supporting, the weekly time commitment, location , or because of the charity's mission. For example, some mentoring charities focus specifically on supporting young people who are migrants, who have disabilities or are from underrepresented groups. These are factors you could consider when choosing between mentoring opportunities.
- Tutor a secondary-school pupil with Tutor The Nation
- Become a Volunteer Learning Mentor with the Rathbone Society
- Become a Maths or English Tutor with Action Tutoring
- Tutor a disadvantaged young person online one hour weekly with The Access Project
- Provide one-to-one or small group literacy support to 9 to 13 year olds with Literacy Pirates
- Become a Learning Mentor to support disadvantaged young people aged 11-19 for one hour a week
- Make a difference to a child in London and become a mentor with The Kids Network
- Mentor young refugees and migrants with Salusbury World Refugee Centre
- Make a real difference to a young person with IntoUniversity
- Become a positive role model for a young person with ReachOut UK
Questions about volunteering? Contact the King's Volunteering team at volunteer@kcl.ac.uk to discuss your ideas and get advice.
Related Opportunities
LGBT+ pupils are twice as likely to get bullied. Volunteer in schools to share your story of growing up LGBT+ and the importance of allyship to change that. You’ll also have opportunities to meet new LGBT+ friends, write articles and develop skills!
We need KCL students with a passion for reading to join our volunteer team and support the number of families, over Zoom, who we have on our books waiting to be paired with a Reading Volunteer.
