Shower Refurbishment
Men’s showers are available Monday to Friday from 7:30am until 9:30am, with an opportunity to choose replacement clothing after taking a shower. We always ensure a sufficient amount of clothing …
26th December – Boxing Day
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
Christmas Day 2014
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 …
December 24th – Christmas Eve
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 …
23rd December 2014
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 …
Volunteer with The Whitechapel Mission
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 …
Breakfast Challenge
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 …
The homelessness crisis in England: a perfect storm
Last year, 112,070 people declared themselves homeless in England – a 26% increase in four years. At the same time, the number of people sleeping rough in London grew by …
Black clouds, busy times
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 …
Poignant stories
At some point when walking through the streets in London, you will no doubt be accosted by someone asking for a “bit of change please”. It is a personal choice …
Whitechapel Lads
First published at Spitalfields Life by the gentle author Seen for the first time in over a century, these are a series of portraits taken around 1900 at the …
What Tube Strike?
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 …
At the Whitechapel Mission
by the gentle author At dawn on Easter Tuesday, while most of the world was still sleeping, Contributing Photographer Colin O’Brien & I paid a visit to the Whitechapel Mission …
It’s that Friday Feeling
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 …
Productive Thursdays
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 …
Why volunteer at Whitechapel Mission?
I’m not a morning person, I’ve never lived in East London and I’m not big fan of fry-ups. So why do I get up before the crack of dawn to …
National Treasures
Every cloud and silver linings spring to mind. I know this to be a true statement after today. Todays cloud – Unfortunately today’s volunteers were unable to make it. Our silver …
Easter Opening Hours
The Whitechapel Mission will be open over the Easter weekend at our normal hours, with our normal services. We have already seen volunteer groups from Hextable and Petts Wood, with groups …
Stalwart Stewards
Bank holidays and weekends are when most of us get to spent time with our friends and family. Free time for the most of us; so when we get regular groups …