Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Libraries and Archives Volunteer with Us
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
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Want to boost your CV and make a local impact? Join Kensington and Chelsea Libraries and Archives to support events, build digital and customer-service skills, lead creative workshops or help preserve archives—flexible roles that let you share ideas, gain experience and connect with your community.
Kensington and Chelsea Libraries and Archives offer a flexible volunteering opportunity for people who want to support their local library service. Volunteers can help with routine tasks or specific projects, and there is scope to contribute ideas, share skills, or even lead creative workshops and community activities.
Roles mentioned include helping with library events, digital support, customer service, maintaining library spaces, and archive-related work. Volunteers may assist with homework clubs, reading groups, IT drop-ins, job search and CV help, shelving, creating book displays, and helping people use library services and self-service machines.
There are also opportunities to support events and outreach activities, including work with children, adults, and people learning English. The volunteering is open to all communities. The library service says there is no upper age limit, with general volunteering available from age 16, while some younger volunteers may be able to take part through school placements, Duke of Edinburgh’s Award volunteering, or the Summer Reading Challenge.
Interested applicants are asked to complete an expression of interest form and contact the team through their local library or by email.
- Minimum age for general volunteering is 16.
- There is no upper age limit.
- Younger people aged 14+ may be offered work experience placements when sponsored through a school or educational establishment.
- You can volunteer in libraries as part of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award scheme.
- For the Summer Reading Challenge, volunteers from age 13 onwards are welcomed.
- During the UK summer months, volunteers aged 14-25 are especially welcome to help with the Summer Reading Challenge.
Unpaid volunteering opportunity.
Free to take part.
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