Work Placements

Volunteering or doing a job placement usually means you are not paid a salary or wage, but
The key benefits include:

- Gaining valuable work experience
- Facilitating a sideways career move
- It enhances your education and training
- You can use the skills you acquired on your training course
- It helps you gain confidence
- It will definitely help you get a PAID job.


Volunteer Organisations

Here are a list of useful organisations that can arrange voluntary work.

- Hackney Voluntary Action www.hackneyvoluntaryaction.org
- Tower Hamlets www.vcth.org.uk
- Newham www.vncnewham.co.uk
- Islington www.volunteer.org.uk
- Southwark www.volunteercentres.org.uk
- do-it.org.uk

Register with the volunteering centre in the borough in which you live.