Prison Advice And Care Trust (pact) run Visitors' Centres and Visits Hall Play & Refreshment services in prisons across London and nationally, using committed and dedicated volunteers alongside permanent staff members.  This Meetup group is to help the large joint team of staff and volunteers based at HMP Pentonville and Holloway stay up to date with the full, ongoing programme of Induction and Training on offer.  Team Meetings, group supervisions and Social Events will also be listed, as well a …

Haringey Connect encourages residents to help one another in the borough of Haringey in North London. People can come to meetings to help each other out or help one another independently. People can spend time helping each other out with their wellbeing, welfare as well as with social, community and technology help.   Haringey Connect is an alliance between three local organisations, Timebank Haringey, Neighbourhoods Connect and Haringey Community Circles.   Haringey Council’s Neighbourhoods …

Our world is such a fantastically diverse place. This group is for all of those who want to travel and explore, whether alone, with your best friend, your significant other, or a whole group of adventurers. To those who believe that 'When in Rome....' is the perfect attitude to visit every place, who leave their inhibitions at home, and agree that life is too short to do the same thing twice, you have come to the right place. So if you want to try everything at least once, want to visit every …

The Youth Humanitarian Aid Academy (YHAA) is an initiative from Care Highway International a non-profit Humanitarian Aid Organisation. We need to raise funds to set up and run an innovative social inclusion and transformational change scheme (YHAA Project) for youths at risk of social exclusion here in the UK. And to support our humanitarian aid work in East Africa. You are welcome to join this group if you would like to find out more about our project and can inject some know-how and energy to …

Green Drinks Richmond upon Thames is a social event open to all eco conscious people living, working or volunteering locally. We started this local meet-up four years ago as a social networking opportunity for people involved in local environmental groups, people interested in what's going on and people who are interested in volunteering. However, the Drinks have grown into much more than that with many new friendships formed. Come along, enjoy yourself in a relaxed atmosphere with like minded p …

Lend-A-Hand's mission is to make a difference in the lives of the poor through self help. By partnering with grassroots non-profit organizations, community groups, and local governments, we create better access to education, vocational training, career development, employment and entrepreneurial opportunities. Our goal is to help the poor realize their full potential to meet their aspirations for a better life.

A meetup group for Mardi members and supporters in London. Mardi is a new international organisation for university students and alumni to work together to make the world a better place. Please see http://mardinet.org for details.

Let's create a group of individuals passionate about development work in Africa. This is for individuals - not charities or NGOs per se - just people who have, are or would like to work to help the development of Africa. C4A is a networking organization designed to connect individuals who have an interest in Africa with individuals who have the resources to translate that interest into positive action.

The purpose of this group is two fold: Making new friends helping others. It's a simple concept I know but I think it will work. Join me at planned events or send me ideas and we can create bespoke events for your favourite charities! First event is a musical fundraiser for the Pancreatic Cancer Action Charity at Bridewell Theatre on 26/05 - I love you, You're Perfect, Now change!

London Hikers is ran exclusively by volunteers for volunteers. The group Organisers wish to share their passion for the outdoors by organising activities from hiking to mountaineering, horse riding, biking, paddling, etc. The group also fosters nature conservation and training courses around the outdoors disciplines.

Are you starting up or working in a business, or looking to equip yourself with career or life skills? Do you often hear about books that could really help and which you really want to read but lack the time? Then welcome. Please do come along and get involved!   The Problem: Too many books to read, too little time! Which are great and which are grotty?   The Solution: Monthly meet-ups 5 volunteers read and review 1 book each between meet-ups Each volunteer then presents a 5 minute …

  This Meetup introduces a brilliant program for which we are seeking native english speakers to volunteer for an expenses paid, 6-day cultural exchange program in Spain with Spanish professionals. The program brings together 18 Spaniards and 20 English speakers and is about immersing the Spaniards in the English language through one to one sessions, group activities, excursions, and walks in the countryside.  4-star hotel accommodation, full board/drinks and internal transfers are provided ov …

Do you want to practice your coding skills while helping the next generation of hackers flourish? Then come hang out with us. It doesn't matter what you program in, or if you've ever taught before. Everyone is welcome. Every fortnight in a Shoreditch studio we work through coding challenges with young people from local secondary colleges. Check out the photos from some of our recent sessions. Remember how terrible computer classes were when you were a kid? They're still like that. There are brig …

Epsom Rotaract ( http://www.epsomrotaract.org.uk) is an opportunity to be part of a fun, dynamic and unique international organisation for people aged 18–30, offering a wide range of activities that will enable members to try something new while having a great time and making new friends. Epsom Rotaract offers a wide choice of social activities, actively supports its local community, raises money for charity and gives members the opportunity to develop personal skills and gain new life experienc …

iBelieve is about providing a platform for christians to get together for social activities while engaging in building a caring community by involvement in local outreach activities, partnering and mentoring. We hope to do so in a fun, unstructured way. We believe that we can make a difference to our world by not just being sympathetic and empathetic but going a step further and actually getting involved in the lives of others who are either less fortunate than ourselves.  Some need to be fed, s …

Anyone interest in taking part in (free & paid) photography training in London is welcome to join our group This is a group to promote digital photography workshops and walks run by Embrace Social Enterprises Ltd in London. All profits of our workshops go towards developing and running Embrace Cooperation Ltd charitable projects.     Learn digital photography and help charitable projects at the same time in South London. Learn digital photography from our experienced and friendly expert tu …