In the run up to the busy and often stressful festive period, the Volunteer Coordinators’ Forum took some time to discuss the importance of mental wellbeing for both volunteers and staff.

The Hong Kong Group Volunteering Project, run by Volunteer Centre Sutton from September to November 2024, has been a huge success with 112 participants registered.

Our annual gathering for young people aged 11-25 years old was a bustling spectacular. We were blown away to have over 400 registrations and over 220 people checked in on the day!

Our Health Navigator Volunteers joined colleagues from Volunteer Centre Sutton and NHS South West London to celebrate the achievements of the project to date, including providing over 2,500 free health and wellbeing checks since May 2023.

Our Benefits Form Filling Volunteers, trained by Citizens Advice Sutton, have supported over 250 residents and helped secure successful claims worth over £250,000 to date!

October marks another Sutton Soup, as Peter Struik had the limelight in July, we’ve asked Jeff Richards, another “serial volunteer” to share his story to help inspire others to try volunteering.

Our Health Navigators, including some of our youngest volunteers, 16-18 yr olds, were out in force to provide free health and wellness checks at this annual family fun day.

Professionals and young people meet to discuss challenges on safety and solutions.

Our specially trained volunteers are supporting patients at Faccini House Surgery to use the NHS App, to access vital health services.

Group members and befriending pairs enjoy a lovely afternoon at YourspaceSutton

Take our survey by Thursday 15th August and help the Young Commissioners learn more about what makes Sutton diverse, how we can help everyone feel better included and and how we can celebrate our diversity.

Over 70 people attended a community picnic at Hill House on Saturday 22nd June where we warmly welcomed families from the Ukraine, Hong Kong and Afghanistan communities in Sutton.

The Young Commissioners meeting every fortnight in term-time to help make a difference in Sutton. In their latest session, we arranged for local community artists, Team Imagineers, to do a short workshop so the young people could share some ideas for what to include in the new massive mural being made in Sutton.

Over 130 people came to our Volunteers' Week celebration, to thank volunteers and to learn more about our Impact and our new Vision "Building better lives through volunteering".

3rd-9th June is Volunteers' Week, and the 40th anniversary of it. The celebration starts today. It’s a chance to recognise, celebrate and thank the UK’s incredible volunteers for all they contribute to our local communities, the voluntary sector, and society as a whole. We wanted to shine a light on an extraordinary young volunteer in the borough: Dom.

Tackling the challenges faced by young people’s mental health.

A welcome-to-the UK course from Volunteer Centre Sutton helped Cynthia into volunteering as a Health Navigator.

In partnership with Sutton Council, Volunteer Centre Sutton is supporting an awareness campaign for Child Exploitation Awareness Week 18-22 March 2024.

We are delighted to announce that MAPS Mentoring is a recipient of the Mayor of London’s New Deal For Young People funding. This amazing opportunity, part of Propel, will provide MAPS Mentors for 200 vulnerable young people in Sutton.

Sam was isolated when he started at secondary school, making him highly susceptible to exploitation and grooming.

Three amazing volunteers from the Hong Kong Community in Sutton have kindly shared their stories in the run up to Lunar New Year celebrations this month.

Nine of our amazing Squad volunteers went to Sherwood Park School, to bring their library back to life

Alongside a MAPS Mentor, Sonny learnt to express himself, overcome his fears and and find more stability in life during a turbulent time.

In just over a week away, on 16th September, our wonderful swimmers are once again supporting us by doing the Serpentine Swim at the famous Hyde Park Serpentine lake.

Volunteer Centre Sutton's newest project: The Community Volunteer Squad is helping vulnerable residents across the borough.

Our annual event to celebrate the impact of Volunteer Centre Sutton and celebrate all that has been achieved over the past year took place on the afternoon of Thursday 6th July.

Over 150 members of the public came to meet 25+ local volunteering organisations at the Sutton Volunteer Showcase

Get Involved with The Big Help Out!

Our trip to London’s West End, thanks to Ian Williams, Hyde Housing Match My Project and the Rotary Club of Wallington.

Our Ukraine Coordinator, Nataliya Semchyshyn, tells us about how the Ukrainian Community in Sutton has celebrated Christmas this year.

White Ribbon Day was on 25th November this year and marked the beginning of 16 Days of Action against gender-based violence.

Our Community Space Co-ordinator Ben Thomas has been working closely with parks, cafes, libraries and other community settings across the whole of Sutton to install a series of litter picking stations at targeted locations.

Join our team of Warm Spaces Volunteers

Volunteer Centre Sutton is delighted to announce that the charity has achieved the London Youth UK Youth Bronze Quality Mark Award for 2022 to 2025.

The awards were live streamed on Wednesday 23 February across social media, hosted by comedian and actor Tim Vine.

Volunteer Centre Sutton and Sutton Council are joining forces for Sutton Spring Clean 2022 - a huge community effort to get the borough looking its best for summer

We are all so excited to launch our Christmas Appeal to give a gift to the vulnerable children and adults we support. Will you help us light up someone's Christmas?

Our Volunteering Delivery and Development Manager, Marta Rocco, shares her thoughts on the recent report "The Road Ahead" from the NCVO

Volunteers living in Sutton helped deliver more than 5000 food packages to Suttons' vulnerable and severely ill. Marta Rocco, Volunteer Centre Sutton's Volunteer Delivery and Development Manager, explains their role in coordinating volunteers to provide essential support to the shielded community

From managing 150 volunteers to managing 733 volunteers during Covid-19: #SmallCharityBigImpactDay 19th June 2020

We are fundraising to give young care leavers in Sutton a Christmas to remember

For the fourth year running, Volunteer Centre Sutton is delighted to support ShareTheMiracle, a community initiative collecting chocolate eggs to donate to those less fortunate at Easter.