SumOfUs – COVID-19 Support Network
SumOfUs has built a centralised global response system where individuals can log and respond to COVID-19-related asks and offers. There are a wide range of asks, including those that are virtual and can be done from home. Offers of help can also be posted and can be virtual.
https://aid.sumofus.org/en

Communities Together
Communities Together has set up a platform to help all UK communities respond to COVID-19. There are a wide range of asks, including those that are virtual and can be done from home.
https://together.madeopen.co.uk/

Southwark Council
Southwark Council is committed to helping those in need during this time. They have created and will continue to update a page with details of how you can help, including volunteering opportunities that are virtual and can be done at home. The page also includes links to external sites where other volunteering requests can be found.
https://www.southwark.gov.uk/health-and-wellbeing/public-health/for-the-public/coronavirus/volunteering-and-other-ways-to-help/covid-19-what-can-you-do-to-help

Community Southwark
Community Southwark coordinates the voluntary and community sector in Southwark. During the pandemic, charities are under more pressure than ever. Community Southwark is working with organisations to gather all of the volunteering opportunities that they have available and are continuing to update their site as they receive more information. There are a wide range of different roles on their site including those that are virtual and can be done from home.
http://communitysouthwark.org/get-involved/covid-19-supporting-vcs-local-communities/covid-19-volunteering-vacancies

Lambeth Council
Lambeth has a strong community spirit and a large voluntary and community sector. Lambeth Council have published and continue to update a page with details of how you can help within the borough, including volunteering opportunities that are virtual and can be done from home.
https://www.lambeth.gov.uk/coronavirus-covid-19/how-you-can-help

Westminster City Council – Westminster Connects
Westminster City Council has set up Westminster Connects to connect volunteers with those who need help during the coronavirus outbreak. Anyone who would like to help can sign up as a volunteer and specify their availability, skills and how they would like to help.
https://www.westminster.gov.uk/coronavirus-how-you-can-help

Volunteer Cornwall
Volunteer Cornwall is coordinating volunteers and requests for help in the Cornwall region, where King’s Service Centre is based. There are a range of volunteering roles that can be done virtually and at home. Two examples include becoming a ‘Telephone Befriender’ or a ‘Wellbeing Mentor’. 
https://www.volunteercornwall.org.uk/covid-volunteer/view/form

Age UK
Age UK run a telephone befriending service for people aged 60 or over. Not having someone to talk to regularly can be lonely, particularly if you're used to sharing your home and time with others. A friendly, 30-minute chat on the phone every week can make all the difference.
https://www.ageuk.org.uk/services/befriending-services/sign-up-for-telephone-befriending/

Friendship Calls with Age UK Lambeth
Age UK Lambeth want to reduce isolation and loneliness of older housebound people and those who are self-isolating during the Covid-19 pandemic.Given the huge demand, Age UK Lambeth also serve older and vulnerable people. Vulnerable is defined very widely and not only includes those that have been told to self-isolate but anyone with a health condition, disability or are a carer. Friendship calls are made by volunteers to phone the person (beneficiary) to check- in and chat on a regularly weekly basis. Calls are around half an hour a week and can truly make a difference in people's lives. If you want to find out more and get involved, please email: volunteer@ageuklambeth.org

Octavia Foundation
The Octavia Foundation has moved its befriending service to telephone befriending. Telephone befriending involves calling an older, isolated person once or twice weekly for up to an hour - supporting them to feel more connected and less lonely without ever leaving your home. All processes are now being completed remotely, including training via video call (1 hour).
https://www.octaviafoundation.org.uk/volunteer/apply_now

Virtual Doctors
Virtual Doctors are a UK-based charity with a Zambian operation. They use a Smartphone App to connect isolated health centres in rural Zambia with volunteer doctors, based predominantly in the UK, who offer advice to diagnose conditions, treat patients and prescribe medicine.

Virtual Doctors are always keen to invite new volunteer GPs and hospital-based specialists to join the team, especially if you have experience of working in Sub-Saharan Africa or similar low-resource settings. Volunteers must have active GMC or HCPZ registration and ideally CCT.
https://www.virtualdoctors.org/become-a-volunteer-doctor

The Traveller Movement
The Traveller Movement are looking for online tutors for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children. Volunteers must be DBS checked.
https://twitter.com/GypsyTravellerM/status/1263496959177953281

Mayor of London – Coronavirus Volunteering
The Mayor of London’s team have put together a list of volunteering opportunities, listed by borough. Contact details for local volunteer centres who are coordinating activity at a borough level are also provided.
https://www.london.gov.uk/what-we-do/volunteering/coronavirus-volunteering-opportunities

St. Mungo’s
For nearly 50 years, St Mungo’s has been at the forefront of efforts to tackle homelessness. Each night 17 outreach teams go out to help people sleeping rough to move away from the streets, and they provide a bed and support to over 2,850 people. St. Mungo’s works to prevent homelessness and support people at every step of their recovery from homelessness.
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the vulnerable people that St. Mungo’s works with are facing more uncertainty than ever. They are in need of volunteers to help with campaigning and to support their outreach teams.
https://www.mungos.org/homelessness/how-to-help-during-coronavirus/

Theatre Skill Share
Theatre SkillShare 2020 is coordinating offers of creativity, mentorship and other areas of support during this unusual time for the theatre industry. If you would like to offer up your skills fill in the form linked below or see if you can respond to any existing requests.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf8ilFPuQoJ-B-wHUZ9nFfgU_DKHswcEVnzFS9w7pC7JVxFMA/viewform

Compassion London
Are a group of professional chefs, foodies and volunteers who have come together at wembley stadium to cook and deliver delicious, nutritious meals for those who need them the most.
https://www.compassionlondon.org/

Lambeth Council
Lambeth has a strong community spirit and a large voluntary and community sector. Lambeth Council have published and continue to update a page with details of how you can help within the borough.
https://www.lambeth.gov.uk/coronavirus-covid-19/how-you-can-help

Southwark Council
Southwark Council is committed to helping those in need during this time. They have created and will continue to update a page with details of how you can help across the borough. The page also includes links to external sites where other volunteering requests can be found.
https://www.southwark.gov.uk/health-and-wellbeing/public-health/for-the-public/coronavirus/volunteering-and-other-ways-to-help/covid-19-what-can-you-do-to-help

Community Southwark
Community Southwark coordinates the voluntary and community sector in Southwark. During the pandemic, charities are under more pressure than ever. Community Southwark is working with organisations to gather all of the volunteering opportunities that they have available and are continuing to update their site as they receive more information. There are a wide range of different roles on their site including food delivery roles, health-related roles and administrative roles.
http://communitysouthwark.org/get-involved/covid-19-supporting-vcs-local-communities/covid-19-volunteering-vacancies

Nunhead Knocks
Nunhead Knocks is a community-based, all-volunteer organisation that works within the Nunhead, Peckham and Queens Road areas of London, connecting people in need of assistance due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Individuals can volunteer to dog-walk, prepare meals, offer their mental health or IT skills, collect and deliver food, medicine, prescriptions and/or baby supplies.
https://www.nunheadknocks.com/volunteer

Time and Talents
Time & Talents is a charity in Southwark that brings people together for mutual support, fun and friendship. In response to the pandemic they have created a telephone befriending service and are organising food deliveries for vulnerable. Fill out the application form to volunteer.
http://www.timeandtalents.org.uk/volunteering-application-form

Pembroke House
Pembroke House is a centre for social action and residential community in Walworth, South London. They have created a site that lists volunteering opportunities and ways to help the community in response to COVID-19.
https://www.walworthse17.info/

Westminster City Council – Westminster Connects
Westminster City Council has set up Westminster Connects to connect volunteers with those who need help during the coronavirus outbreak. Anyone who would like to help can sign up as a volunteer and specify their availability, skills and how they would like to help.
https://www.westminster.gov.uk/coronavirus-how-you-can-help

North Paddington Food Bank
North Paddington Food Bank (NPFB) is located in North Westminster and serves wards in the area including Harrow Road, Queen’s Park, Westbourne, Church Street, Little Venice, Maida Vale, Bayswater and Lancaster Gate Wards. NPFB is reliant upon volunteers and has an increased need for volunteers due to the high demand for home deliveries during this time. Individuals can sign up for a variety of different volunteering roles such as sorting and packaging food, as well food delivery by car or bike using the Google spreadsheet on their site.
https://www.npfoodbank.org.uk/

Cornwall is home to King’s Service Centre, an innovative and forward thinking technology team that supports the services of King’s College London.

Our Service Centre brings modern high skilled IT career opportunities to Cornwall, building success through the ongoing recruitment of local talent, as well as investing in the training and development of staff and creating graduate and apprenticeship opportunities.

Volunteer Cornwall
Volunteer Cornwall is coordinating volunteers and requests for help in the Cornwall region. There are a range of volunteering roles that are aimed at helping those who are elderly and/or vulnerable.
https://www.volunteercornwall.org.uk/covid-volunteer/view/form

FareShare
FareShare relies on volunteers and needs many more people to help in the warehouses, vans and offices to create food orders and deliver them to charity and community partners.

FareShare’s network of 17 partner organisations cover all four nations of the UK and provide just under 1 million meals a week to 11,000 frontline charities and community groups – all supporting vulnerable people, including those experiencing homelessness, mental health, domestic violence, loneliness and families using breakfast, after school and holiday clubs to make ends meet and allow children to learn without hunger.
https://fareshare.org.uk/volunteer/

COVID-19 Mutual Aid UK
COVID-19 Mutual Aid UK is a group of volunteers supporting local community groups organising mutual aid throughout the COVID-19 outbreak in the UK. Their focus is on providing resources to, and connecting people in their nearest local groups with willing volunteers and those in need. Use their site to find your ‘local group’ and volunteer to help.
https://covidmutualaid.org/

Age UK
Age UK is the country’s largest charity dedicated to helping everyone make the most of later life. The charity provides companionship, advice and support for older people who need it most. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, they are asking for more individuals to participate in ‘neighbourly volunteering’ to help support older people who are staying at home. Through neighbourly volunteering, you can offer your services to the elderly population in your area. Examples of services that you could offer include picking up groceries, taking a pet for a walk or picking up a prescription.
https://www.ageuk.org.uk/get-involved/volunteer/neighbourly-volunteering/

SumOfUs – COVID-19 Support Network
SumOfUs has built a centralised global response system where individuals can log and respond to COVID-19 related asks and offers. There are a wide range of asks. You can also choose to post an offer of help if you don’t find a request that you can respond to.
https://aid.sumofus.org/en

Communities Together
Communities Together has set up a platform to help all UK communities respond to COVID-19. There are a wide range of asks across the UK that you can respond to as a volunteer.
https://together.madeopen.co.uk/

The Fore
The Fore is a seed funder for the non-profit sector that catalyses fresh solutions to pressing social issues including knife crime, childhood obesity, social isolation, food poverty and homelessness. They have created a RAFT Directory for Skilled Volunteer Requests that connects charities and social enterprises with skilled professionals keen to help with challenges thrown up by the COVID-19 crisis. Using the directory on their site, you can find a volunteering position that suits your given skill set.
https://www.thefore.org/raft-directory-support-requests/

Time to Spare – Furlough Go
Time to Spare allows local charities, CICs and local government to coordinate their use of volunteers. They set up Furlough Go to enable charities and community groups to connect with and involve skilled and experienced furloughed staff as volunteers during this time. If you have been furloughed or would like to volunteer, sign up on their site.
https://help.timetospare.com/furlough-swap

Reach Volunteering
Reach Volunteering is the leading skills-based volunteering charity in the UK. They are the single biggest source of trustees for the voluntary sector in the UK. Connecting people, skills and good causes is their mission and passion. They help charities and other non-profits find the skills they need to thrive. Through their site you can see what COVID-19 related volunteer opportunities there are and sign up.
https://reachvolunteering.org.uk/opportunities-solr?search_api_views_fulltext=covid

Do It
Do It is an online platform which lists volunteering opportunities such as food sorting, prescription pick up, telephone befriending, tech support plus more.
https://doit.life/ours

National Blood Service
The National Blood Service is still open and requires donations. Travelling to donate blood is considered essential travel because it helps meet the medical needs of vulnerable people. Check the latest updates for more information.
https://www.blood.co.uk/

Trussell Trust UK
Trussell Trust UK is a national charity which aims to end hunger and poverty in the UK. Over 90% of the food distributed by food banks in the Trussell Trust network is donated by the public which is why food donations are absolutely vital to enable the Trust to give everyone referred to them a balanced and nutritious three-day supply of food. You can donate food at supermarkets across the UK.
https://www.trusselltrust.org/get-involved/ways-to-give/donate-food/

Central Southwark Community Foodbank
Central Southwark Community Foodbank tackles food insecurity in central Southwark. Donations can be dropped off Monday – Friday, 10.00 – 14.00 at St Giles Parish Hall, 161 Benhill Road, SE5 7LL. The Foodbank is part of the wider Central Southwark Community Hub which also runs a now virtual holiday club.
https://www.cschub.co.uk/

Hubbub
As part of their 'Community Calling' campaign, Hubbub are asking for donations of old phones to gift to others to help the community feel connected. More information is available in the link below:
https://www.hubbub.org.uk/communitycalling

Citizens UK - Digital Divide: Bridging education inequalities in Lambeth
Lambeth Citizens are asking for donations of personal second-hand devices (laptops/tablets) to support children without access to devices or wifi. This will enable children to continue to learn. Find out more information below:
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/lambeth-citizens

Mayor of London – Coronavirus Volunteering
The Mayor of London’s team have collated and published information about available support for civil society organisations.
https://www.london.gov.uk/what-we-do/volunteering/coronavirus-covid-19-civil-society-support

NCVO
NCVO champion the voluntary sector by connecting, representing and supporting voluntary organisations. They work to help voluntary organisations and volunteers make the biggest difference they can. NCVO have published guidance and resources to support charities, voluntary organisations and volunteers during the pandemic and have removed the paywall for their resources. HR consultancy Croner, an NCVO Trusted Supplier and specialists in HR and employment law, are offering unlimited access to their HR and Employment Law helpline to all voluntary sector organisations, free of charge.
https://www.ncvo.org.uk/practical-support/information/coronavirus

Lambeth Council
Lambeth Council has approved a major economic package to support workers and businesses affected by the pandemic. The package includes rent relief, grants to businesses, business rates relief, freezing commercial waste charges, emergency support scheme, creating a Business Task Force and lobbying government.
https://love.lambeth.gov.uk/lambeth-council-boosts-support-for-the-boroughs-businesses-and-workers

We Are Waterloo
We Are Waterloo is a Business Improvement District (BID) focused on creating a safer and more pleasant trading environment for businesses in Waterloo.The BID has released guidance for businesses and employees including Government guidance, Lambeth Council’s guidance and insurance advice.
https://wearewaterloo.co.uk/news/coronavirus-guidance-businesses-and-employees/

Southwark Council Community Relief Fund
Local funders have joined forces to launch a £445,000 relief fund to help Southwark charities, community organisations and social enterprises deal with the impact of the pandemic. The fund will be managed by United St Saviour’s Charity and all applications will go through the London Community Response portal.
https://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/

Team London Bridge
Team London Bridge is a Business Improvement District (BID) with the vision to make London Bridge one of the most responsible, culturally innovative, environmentally astute commercial districts in the world.The BID has provided Business Guidance including topics such as safety and security, food and drink, arts and culture and health.
https://www.teamlondonbridge.co.uk/info-advice-covid

Westminster City Council
Westminster City Council has set up Westminster Connects to connect volunteers with those who need help during the coronavirus outbreak. Anyone who would like to help can sign up as a volunteer on the Westminster Connects webpage. You can specify your availability, skills and how you would like to help.
https://www.westminster.gov.uk/

One Westminster
One Westminster is the Council for Voluntary Service for the City of Westminster. Their website lists the latest information to help individuals and families stay safe and also ways to support organisations.
https://www.onewestminster.org.uk/coronavirus-covid-19-updates-and-advice

Young Westminster Foundation
The Young Westminster Foundation is a cross-sector partnership that creates a community of member and partner organisations. Together they shape opportunities and create the best services for children and young people in Westminster.They are supporting their network as best they can but if you are concerned about your service users at risk or the functioning of your organisation, or if you are able to offer support please call them on 07426217044.
http://www.ywfoundation.com/members-coronavirus-resources/

The Fore
The Fore coordinates a network of individuals who are interested in providing pro bono support to small charities and social enterprises, as well as becoming trustees. Opportunities are circulated to members weekly. In the past network members have helped with business planning, financial modelling, marketing, legal advice and more. Fill in the survey to see if The Fore can help your organisation.
https://www.tfaforms.com/4814404

Reach Volunteering
Reach Volunteering is the leading skills-based volunteering charity in the UK. They are the single biggest source of trustees for the voluntary sector in the UK. Connecting people, skills and good causes is their mission and passion. They help charities and other non-profits find the skills they need to thrive. In response to the pandemic Reach has created a platform for charities to post remote volunteering opportunities. People can volunteer from home and could have a big impact.
https://reachvolunteering.org.uk/guide/volunteers-help-charities-during-coronavirus-covid-19-outbreak

Civil Society
Civil Society is a news outlet which has listed available funding to charities during the pandemic. The webpage includes a list of new funds available and a list of organisations providing advice to charities.
https://www.civilsociety.co.uk/voices/what-funding-is-available-to-charities-during-covid-19-pandemic.html

Charity Bank
Charity Bank is an ethical bank that supports charities with loans and shows how to invest ethically.Charity Bank have listed emergency funds available for charities and social enterprises experiencing financial difficulties.
https://charitybank.org/news/covid-19-emergency-funding-for-charities-and-social-sector-organisations

Grants Online
Grants Online lists community foundations and other organisations that have launched funding programmes to assist local organisations in responding to the challenges of the pandemic. The list will continue to be updated.
https://www.grantsonline.org.uk/coronavirus.html

The Community PR initiative
A group of volunteer PR practitioners have launched an initiative to provide free communications support to charities and public sector organisations that are struggling against the background of coronavirus lockdown and staff on furlough.
https://fundraising.co.uk/2020/04/14/free-communications-support-offered-to-charities-and-public-sector/

Catalyst
Catalyst is a charitable initiative to increase the resilience and responsiveness of UK civil society, through digital, design and data. It’s an alliance of civil society organisations, funders, and digital agencies. During the pandemic Catalyst have been helping charities to use digital technology to keep serving their beneficiaries in a time of crisis. They are providing direct support, creating tools and resources, and offering practical advice.
https://www.thecatalyst.org.uk/support

Superhighways
Superhighways offers advice, training and IT support to help small charities and community organisations across London be more effective, raise their profile and demonstrate their impact using digital technology.In response to COVID-19, they are working hard to offer remote working webinars and support resources to help everyone stay at home safely while still carrying out the vital work of their small charity or community group.
https://superhighways.org.uk/

Social Enterprise UK
King’s is a member of Social Enterprise UK (SEUK), the national membership body for social enterprises and their supporters. SEUK have a dedicated webpage for the latest support and resources available for social enterprises during the pandemic, which includes webinars and information about legal support.
https://www.socialenterprise.org.uk/coronavirus-information/

London Plus
London Plus will be updating their website with resources and guides, for civil society organisations in London during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak including tips about working from home to guidance on governance.
https://londonplus.org/guides/covid-19-resources-for-londons-charity-sector

Blume
Blume are offering 1,000 hours of free support to help charities deal with the consequences of Covid-19. Experienced charity accountants, HR professionals, fundraisers, copywriters, and office administrators are all on hand to support you with pressing tasks.uides, for civil society organisations in London during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. From tips about working from home to guidance on governance.
https://blume.life/pages/freesupport