Volunteer with us
We value every one of our volunteers.
Volunteers are an integral part of the St Margaret’s House team. They help us engage and inspire both individuals and community groups, whilst gaining key skills and experience in a busy and multifaceted arts charity. Many of our volunteers have gone on to become paid members of staff at St Margaret’s House, or have been able to find work in other organisations after volunteering with us.
We also take work experience students from Tower Hamlets Secondary Schools through The Switch.
Take a look at our current volunteering opportunities below:
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Ayoka retail volunteer
Our charity shop, Ayoka, would not operate without the dedication and support of our volunteers. They’re the reason we’re able to open seven days a week and are a huge part of why our customers keep coming back again and again.
If you’d like apply or know more, enquire below.
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Repair Cafe volunteers
We work with venues across Tower Hamlets to provide a monthly touring repair cafe. We need volunteers who have skills for repairing items including clothes mending, broken household items, and IT / tech.
Help your local community, share your knowledge and learn new skills!
Next Repair Cafe: Saturday 25th January, 10am-1pm, St Margaret’s House
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Crafting is Connecting volunteer
Due to popular demand, we are launching a new peer-led crafting group in 2025, focusing on textile crafts including knitting and crochet.
We are looking for volunteers with good knitting and/or crochet skills who can help welcome new participants and are happy to support others in learning too. These are not formal classes, just a fun peer-led session and a wonderful opportunity to share your skills with others and work on your own projects.
If you would like to volunteer for this group, enquire below:
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Gardening Club volunteer
The garden at SMH has been redeveloped over the past two years: 2023 saw the installation of the RHS gold medal winning 'Talitha Arts Garden'; and in 2024 we completed landscaping work to make the garden step-free.
We hold monthly gardening meetups, the timings of which will change with the seasons but we will also welcome anyone popping by for a short period of time, even 5 mins of weeding makes a huge difference to the overall upkeep of the garden!
If you would like to get involved, please enquire below:
As a volunteer, you can expect …
To be part of a welcoming and experienced team who will support you to develop new skills, gain experience and find ways to connect with others.
To contribute meaningfully to the work that St Margaret’s House does to deliver affordable and sustainable creative health practices for all, and spaces to come together.
To be provided with all the relevant guidance and training required for you to carry out your role, with on-going support from your lead contact.
To feel welcomed by our entire team, and invited to contribute to SMH-wide development plans as and when appropriate.
Our team appreciate applications submitted to us, however due to the high volume of applications, we are not always able to respond to each individual applicant. If you are volunteering for an activity which is run sporadically, such as our Repair Cafe or Gardening Club, it may take a few weeks for a member of our team to get in touch with you.