Age Exchange
Blackheath
Volunteer
Volunteer in the café, library or book sale.
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28 local charities · 15 with volunteering roles
Volunteering
Lend a hand locally
Local charities that welcome volunteers. Roles and times are set by each charity, so follow the link to see what they need now.
Boutique by Shelter (Blackheath)
Blackheath
Volunteer at the boutique
Sort stock, steam clothes, serve customers and create displays; register interest through Shelter.
Cancer Research UK
Blackheath
Volunteer at the Blackheath shop
Volunteer opportunities are available at the Cancer Research UK Blackheath shop. Interested people can visit the volunteering page and complete an online application, or call the shop and ask for the Shop Manager.
Community Hospice Shop (Greenwich High Road)
Greenwich
Volunteer with the hospice
Volunteer in a shop or elsewhere across the hospice, for a few hours a year or every week.
Community Hospice Shop (Trafalgar Road)
Greenwich
Volunteer with the hospice
Volunteer in a shop or elsewhere across the hospice, for a few hours a year or every week.
DEBRA Charity Shop Greenwich
Greenwich
Volunteer in the shop
Flexible volunteering roles in DEBRA's local shops, whatever time you can give.
Emergency Exit Arts
Greenwich
Volunteer with EEA
Help with day-to-day operations and large outdoor productions.
GCDA (Greenwich Co-operative Development Agency)
Greenwich
Volunteer with GCDA
Volunteer across GCDA's community hubs, gardens, cafés and events.
Greenwich & Bexley Community Hospice
Greenwich
Volunteer
Join more than 350 volunteers across the hospice and its shops.
Greenwich Foodbank
Greenwich
Volunteer
A few hours of your time can make a real difference to local people in crisis.
Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park
Greenwich Peninsula
Volunteer conservation workdays
Weekly Wednesday workdays, 10am to 3pm, helping the wardens care for marsh, meadow, lakes, ponds, shingle beach and woodland. Just turn up; first-timers fill in a TCV welfare form.
Oxfam Bookshop Greenwich
Greenwich
Volunteer in the shop
Oxfam retail volunteers make a real impact every shift. Find a role that suits you.
Oxfam Shop Blackheath
Blackheath
Volunteer in the shop
Oxfam retail volunteers make a real impact every shift. Find a role that suits you.
South East London Mind (Greenwich)
Greenwich
Volunteer
Volunteering opportunities with South East London Mind.
The Space
Greenwich
Volunteering and Tech Academy
Volunteer front of house or learn the technical side of theatre through the Tech Academy.
Charity & community events
Come along and support
Fundraisers, fairs and community events coming up, with charity events first.
Community
Woolwich Works Games Night
Wed 4 Nov 18:30 Woolwich Works
Free
Markets
Blackheath Christmas Fair
Sun 15 Nov TBC Blackheath Halls
£3 entry; under-16s free. Proceeds support Age Exchange.
Wellness
Feel Good Friday: Yoga in the Painted Hall
Fri 27 Nov 08:00 Painted Hall, Old Royal Naval College
£18.50 to £20
Seasonal
Blackheath Lights Up for Christmas
Sat 5 Dec 16:30 Blackheath Village
Free
Markets
Charlton House Christmas Fair
Sat 5 Dec TBD Charlton House
Free
Arts & Culture
Swaying in the Wind – Frédérick Yvan Manuel Gay: A Contemporary French Fan Maker
Wed 4 Nov 11:00 The Fan Museum
Adults £5, Children £3, Concessions £3. Free entry for under 7s and disabled visitors.
Nightlife
Pub Quiz Night at The British Oak
Wed 4 Nov 20:00 The British Oak
Arts & Culture
Echoes From The Great War
Fri 6 Nov 00:00 Shrewsbury House
£8
Festivals
Diwali at the National Maritime Museum
Sat 7 Nov 10:30 National Maritime Museum
Free
Our charity partners
The local charities doing the work
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Arts & Culture · Museum & Heritage
Age Exchange
A Blackheath-founded arts and reminiscence charity whose village hub has a not-for-profit café, a volunteer-run community library, a monthly book sale and rooms to hire.
Blackheath
Shopping
Boutique by Shelter (Blackheath)
Shelter's boutique charity shop on Tranquil Vale, designed by Wayne Hemingway, selling designer, high street and vintage finds to fund Shelter's fight against homelessness and bad housing.
Blackheath
Shopping
Cancer Research UK
Cancer Research UK's charity shop in Blackheath Village, selling pre-loved clothing, accessories, homeware and books to fund life-saving cancer research. Donations and volunteers welcome.
Blackheath
Shopping
Community Hospice Shop (Greenwich High Road)
Greenwich & Bexley Community Hospice's charity shop on Greenwich High Road, known for high-end ladies' clothing and designer labels, plus menswear, accessories and homeware.
Greenwich
Shopping
Community Hospice Shop (Trafalgar Road)
A two-floor Community Hospice charity shop in a former bank on Trafalgar Road, East Greenwich, with books, homewares and an upstairs bargain clothing section from £1.
Greenwich
Shopping
DEBRA Charity Shop Greenwich
DEBRA UK's Greenwich charity shop on Woolwich Road, selling pre-loved fashion, books, homeware, electrical items and furniture to help people living with EB.
Greenwich
Arts & Culture · Creative Organisation
Emergency Exit Arts
A pioneering outdoor arts charity at Rothbury Hall in Greenwich since the 1980s, making giant puppets, processions, fire and light shows and community art, with studio space to hire.
Greenwich
Arts & Culture · Gallery & Visual Arts
Firepit Art Gallery and Studios CIC
A free, not-for-profit gallery, working artist studios, bar, coffee shop, gift shop and book shop on Greenwich Peninsula, with a packed programme of exhibitions, workshops and music nights.
Greenwich
Services · Professional & Business
GCDA (Greenwich Co-operative Development Agency)
A Greenwich co-operative and social business, founded in 1982, running free cookery clubs, community gardening, adult learning, business start-up support and affordable community hubs across the borough.
Greenwich
Health & Wellbeing · Healthcare & Clinics
Greenwich & Bexley Community Hospice
A local charity hospice on Bostall Hill giving free specialist end-of-life care and support at home and at the hospice to people across Greenwich and Bexley since 1994.
Greenwich
Services · Professional & Business
Greenwich Foodbank
Independent charity and part of the Trussell network, providing emergency food and support to local people in crisis across the Royal Borough of Greenwich.
Greenwich
Outdoors · Parks & Gardens
Greenwich Peninsula Ecology Park
A four-acre freshwater wetland nature reserve on the Thames Path, run by The Conservation Volunteers, with lakes, marshland, a wildflower meadow, bird hides and free entry.
Greenwich Peninsula
Arts & Culture · Theatre & Performance
Greenwich Theatre
An Off-West End theatre and charity on Crooms Hill since 1969, known for new work, theatre for young audiences and its award-winning pantomime, with a 400-seat auditorium and studio.
Greenwich
Arts & Culture · Creative Organisation
Lewisham Arthouse
An artist-led co-operative in the Grade II listed Old Deptford Library on Lewisham Way, with 40 affordable studios, the Project Space gallery, classes, a darkroom and a pottery kiln.
Greenwich
Venues · Market & Community
Mycenae House
A historic community centre in its own gardens in Westcombe Park, run by the Vanbrugh Community Association charity, with a café bar, 16 rooms for hire and around 125 activities a week.
Blackheath
Shopping
Oxfam Bookshop Greenwich
Oxfam's second-hand bookshop on College Approach in Greenwich town centre, with fiction, specialist subjects, classics and collectable books, plus vinyl, CDs and DVDs.
Greenwich
Shopping
Oxfam Shop Blackheath
Oxfam's charity shop on Tranquil Vale in Blackheath Village, selling donated clothes and accessories, books, music and homewares, plus Fairtrade food and greetings cards.
Blackheath
Arts & Culture · Museum & Heritage
Painted Hall
Sir James Thornhill’s Baroque masterpiece at the Old Royal Naval College: more than 3,700 square metres of painted walls and ceilings, with daily talks and tours included in the ticket.
Greenwich
Arts & Culture · Gallery & Visual Arts
QUEERCIRCLE
An LGBTQIA+ arts and social action charity in the Design District, Greenwich Peninsula, with a gallery, project space and a free drop-in Queer Community Library.
Greenwich Peninsula
Arts & Culture · Museum & Heritage
Queen's House
Inigo Jones’s white Palladian villa in Greenwich, now a free art gallery with royal portraits, seascapes, the Armada Portrait of Elizabeth I and the famous Tulip Stairs.
Greenwich
Arts & Culture · Museum & Heritage
Royal Greenwich Heritage Trust at Charlton House
The heritage charity that cares for the Royal Borough's historic collections and runs Charlton House & Gardens, a Jacobean manor with free gardens, tours, events and a tea room.
Charlton
Health & Wellbeing · Mental Health & Therapy
South East London Mind (Greenwich)
The local mental health charity's Greenwich base at The Forum @ Greenwich, offering free counselling, peer support, workshops and wellbeing groups for borough residents.
Greenwich
Arts & Culture · Museum & Heritage
St Alfege Church
Greenwich's Anglican parish church, designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor and built 1712–14, with daily worship, a strong choral tradition and free lunchtime recitals.
Greenwich
Arts & Culture · Creative Organisation
The Conservatoire
A music and art school for all ages on Lee Road, Blackheath, run as a charity since 1896, with over 800 classes a week, one-to-one lessons, holiday courses and ABRSM exams.
Blackheath
Health & Wellbeing · Gym & Fitness
The Greenwich Centre
A modern leisure centre and library in Lambarde Square, run by the charitable social enterprise Better (GLL): a large gym, 25-metre and teaching pools, studios, classes, swimming lessons and a community library.
Greenwich
Venues · Performance Venue
The Space
A friendly performing arts and community centre in a converted 19th-century church on the Isle of Dogs, with over 200 shows a year, the Space Bar, workshops and venue hire.
Greenwich
Arts & Culture · Music & Dance
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance
The UK's first conservatoire for music and dance, formed in 2005, with its music faculty at the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich and dance at the Laban Building in Deptford.
Greenwich
Accommodation · Hostel
YHA London Thameside
A purpose-built YHA hostel by the Thames in Rotherhithe, with en-suite rooms, a café bar, self-catering kitchen and 24-hour reception, run by the youth hostels charity YHA.
Greenwich
Community Spotlight
Stories from local charities
Charities
Community Spotlight: DEBRA Charity Shop Greenwich
DEBRA's Greenwich shop sells pre-loved fashion, books, homeware and furniture, supporting people living with the rare skin condition EB.
Greenwich
Charities
Community Spotlight: Boutique by Shelter, Blackheath
Designer, high-street and vintage finds on Tranquil Vale, with every sale helping Shelter support people facing homelessness and bad housing.
Blackheath
Charities
Community Spotlight: Cancer Research UK, Blackheath
The Cancer Research UK shop in Blackheath Village sells pre-loved clothes, books and homeware, run by a shop manager and local volunteers.
Blackheath
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