@LushLtd @truebritlondon and @RitualCosmetics supporting our “New Year, New You” Day. Of course it is always about trying to find more appropriate, affordable housing, support structures and advice and advocacy for the people on the streets and those insecurely housed. But, there is far more to our work than just a hot meal or a shower. […]
Wow! What a fabulous day we had on the last Ladies Day of the year. A day packed with entertainment and food, finishing with a special visit from Mrs Claus herself. Tracy and her team from BNYMellon were the volunteers of the week, we also invited Credit Suisse and Lloyds of London to come and […]
We have had one of the most productive Ladies Day ever with the help of Volunteers from Credit Suisse and our special friends at Benfleet. This special activity was organised to raise money for the Macmillan Charity. The staff and regular helpers produced homemade cakes to sell to our ladies and involved them in decorating cupcakes for […]
Welcome to Stewart, a salon owner in Essex, who has organised “Haircuts4 Homeless”. He encourages stylists to come together in order to visit various centres for people with no homes to make them feel good about themselves; to boost the confidence to be able to move forward. Stewart got in touch to ask if we […]
We are looking for two volunteer teams for the Bank Holiday Mondays in May. 2nd May and 30th May. Are you able help? It is a 5:45am start! More details can be found on our website A breakfast challenge needs to be a team of people of no less than 5 people and no more […]
A Happy Easter to all. A big thank-you has to go to Matt from Dentons who came along with his family to help serve our guests of Whitechapel Mission on a special Easter Day. Even though the clocks sprang forward one hour, so they lost an hours sleep; he, his wife Becca with teenagers Luke, […]
What a Breakfast Challenge we had today! – Team leader Mia, from @Clifford Chance was kept on her toes throughout the morning. The difference was in the volunteer numbers. We would normally ask for 8 people to volunteer to do the breakfast challenge; they arrive at 5:45am and see the whole shift through to the […]
A great Breakfast Challenge completed with @royalmail and @dentons thanks to our budding chefs!
Clothing prepared for tomorrows showers by @royalmail and @dentons
A fabulous productive day here at the Whitechapel Mission today. BNY Mellon volunteers did a sterling job, Rob and his team keeping up, serving breakfast on a very busy morning. Victoria states she will be dreaming about eggs tonight after she must have fried over 300 eggs. (She lost count after that). Tracy and her team came […]
Another fantastic group of volunteers , Zoe with family and friends. A huge thank you for giving up your Boxing day to help us make a difference. More at https://www.youtube.com/user/WhitechapelMission
Photos taken on 25th December 2014 with a fantastic group of volunteers in this morning attempting to make Christmas Day a little more special for those sleeping rough. Over 150 breakfasts served, but still time to chat and offer advise.
A slight mix up this morning and volunteers were not able to make for our 6am start or aid us serving the homeless. Luckily, the younger Miller family came to the rescue and jumped out of bed at 6am to come and join us. Had work, but day saved!! Luckily more people arrived as the […]
Photos taken on 23rd December 2014 with volunteers from Dentons and Vubiquity in the kitchens, preparing, cooking and serving Breakfast. A well as sorting a mountain of gifts, donated by Londoners and delivered by Uber.
We want volunteering at Whitechapel to be fun, rewarding and challenging. The skills, opinions and experiences of each volunteer are valued and we want them to be an integral part of the organization. Volunteers can come in small or large groups (and occasionally as an individual). Many work together in the city or in Canary […]
Dear Tony, Thanks so much for the fantastic opportunity you gave to my colleagues and I from RBS yesterday at the Mission for the “breakfast challenge”. We all throughly enjoyed our time with you and found the whole experience to be of huge benefit in every possible way. What you have done over so many […]
New group into today – Advantage Resources, great team with loads of enthusiasm. Thank you to a great team; glad to hear you enjoyed it and want to come back and do more. Its a very difficult time for people who have no home its hard to get them moving forward as all the winter night shelters have now […]
Was there any disruption caused by the tube strike? Not here at Whitechapel there wasn’t! Northern Trust battled any transport trauma’s and 7 hardy volunteers got here to serve and smile. Not that London Transport affect our customers, they are used to travelling by shank’s pony; their feet are a testament to that. Great admiration must go to […]
Wow! Fridays… It’s a full on day here. 6am to 11am as normal with Eversheds LLP volunteering in the kitchens. Brilliant job guys. Then straight into Ladies Day at 12 noon to hold an afternoon session of lunch, a meaningful activity with a clothing session at the end. Credit Suisse ladies were the helpers here. […]
Thursdays is always a productive day here at the Mission. It is the day Marina from Job Centre Plus visits. (sadly, she is very camera shy and doesn’t like any sort of publicity so there is no photo I’m afraid). Our guys can sometimes have a tough time sorting out their benefits, they do not cope […]