Thank you for your interest in volunteering with the ClementJames Centre. Volunteers are an integral part of our charity and we really appreciate and rely on their contributions to our work with young people and adults.

Volunteering with our young people and adults provides an exciting opportunity to share your experiences, inspire our students or simply learn
together.

The following schemes all require support from volunteers, and your help could prove invaluable:

 

 

• Help Primary and secondary students with their homework at Academic Support
• Become a mentor for one of our students
• Mentor young people during a series of workshops at our Buddy Days
• Become a corporate mentor for a year 13 student
• Deliver a one-off career workshop
• Combine face-to-face meetings with e-mentoring on our Futures Fast Track scheme
• Provide a meaningful work experience placement
• Undertake a team-building challenge to benefit the charity
• Help with a spot of gardening
• Provide administrative support
• Sort goods and serve the local community in our Community Shop
• Gain experience for your own career development through our Internship programme
• Provide advice in a particular area of expertise
• Become a trustee

Academic Support

Volunteer Tutors are needed at our after-school Academic Support programme to help primary and secondary students with their homework. Sessions take place on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays between 3-6pm. Previous experience is not necessary, and training and induction will be provided.

If you would like to get involved as a Volunteer Academic Support Tutor, please email ed@clementjames.org

Undergraduate Mentoring

If you are currently studying at the University of London then another option is becoming a mentor for one of our students. This would involve being paired with a student, meeting them to help with homework and supporting them in their educational aspirations. There is a training programme for this commitment.

If you would like to get involved as a volunteer mentor, please email Hannah on hannahs@clementjames.org

Buddy Days

Buddy Days are a personalised introduction to university for Year 8 students who might not otherwise know about the options open to them. We currently work in partnership with Imperial, LSE, UCL, Queen Mary and the University of Arts London and seek students from these universities to mentor our young people during a series of workshops. Please email Hannah on hannahs@clementjames.org to find out more.

Corporate Mentoring

Our corporate mentoring scheme matches volunteer mentors with Year 13 students who are about to undertake the difficult transition from college to university. The young people who are selected for this scheme have no family history of higher education so the advice and encouragement of a mentor who has already been through this process is invaluable.
Please email Hannah on hannahs@clementjames.org to find out more.

Careers-in-FOCUS

This programme introduces young people to various different career options by inviting professionals to a centre to talk about their experiences and take part in a hands-on workshop with secondary students. This is a one-off commitment. Please email Hannah on hannahs@clementjames.org to find out more.

Futures Fast Track

Combining face-to-face meetings and e-mentoring, Futures Fast Track aims to help young people and adults develop a solid CV, gain interview experience, improve written and verbal skills and build confidence. Please email Hannah on hannahs@clementjames.org to find out more.

Work Experience

Meaningful work experience has the power to shape a young person’s aspirations and provide a valuable addition to an adult’s C.V. We are always keen to speak to partners who would like to host a highly motivated young person or adult with a specific interest in that area of work.

Please email Ed on ed@clementjames.org to find out more.

Team Building

Some of our corporate partners have undertaken one-off challenges which have helped to draw their staff together as a team at the same time as greatly benefiting our charity. Previous team-building experiences have included a superheroes fun run, a DIY day and leadership training. For more information, please email Howard on howard@clementjames.org

Garden

Volunteer gardeners are required for our award-winning community garden. If you have ‘green fingers’ or just fancy doing a spot of watering, then this wonderful community resource could be the place for you. Please email reception@clementjames.org to find out more.

Administrative Support

There are often opportunities to volunteer in our main office – answering the phones and preparing mailings etc. Training is provided. Please email reception@clementjames.org to find out more.

Community Shop

Our Community Shop provides good quality clothing, food and household goods at token prices to families in need in the local community. We are keen to find more people who would be willing to sort goods and serve in our shop. Please email reception@clementjames.org to find out more.

Internship Programme

We run a variety of successful internship programmes that are designed to give you a wide range of experience. Our interns are really important to the development of the charity.
All our current internships are unpaid, but reasonable travel expenses within London are reimbursed. You’ll receive a full induction and you’ll also gain opportunities to learn about how the charity sector operates, including in relation to fundraising, media and governance.

Our internships will provide valuable and varied experience for your CV, with opportunities to develop your own ideas and initiative and gain relevant skills for future career development. We also want to help you in your future career progression and we’ll give you support with future job applications, including training on CV writing and interview techniques. Where appropriate, we’ll support you in finding employment within our own organisation.

And you’ll have the satisfaction of knowing that you are making a strong impact on the development of an innovative charity, and a difference to people’s lives.

To apply for any of our internship schemes, you will be highly self-motivated, have excellent written and verbal communication skills, and will have passion and enthusiasm for the mission of our charity. All of our schemes require you to either hold a degree, or in some cases, to be an undergraduate in the process of completing one. Please check the job description (in our Work for us section) before applying to find out the requirements.

Advice from people with expertise

We are seeking volunteers to give advice in areas of particular expertise or to provide access to business networks? This might be one-off advice or for a set project within a timeline, or occasional advice when the need arises. We’re also often on the lookout for volunteers to provide one-off staff training workshops in an area of expertise.

Areas of expertise might include:

• Fundraising
• I.T.
• PR and Marketing
• Law
• Database management
• Strategy

Joining our Trustee Board

The Trustee Board meets six times a year with all members willing to be called on informally to offer help as needed. The Board of Trustees has to formally accept nominations.