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UP TO 10 PEOPLE

Meet your OnHand Group Volunteering Menu: A scroll-and-book line-up of team missions.

Bring your people together and deliver real impact.

1. Community Gardening

HELP LOCAL GREEN SPACES THRIVE

Maintain and improve beautiful community green spaces across London through planting, painting, weeding, and outdoor restoration projects. A relaxed, hands-on volunteering experience that’s perfect for teams looking to get outdoors and make a visible local impact.

SUPPORT NATURE IN THE HEART OF THE CITY

Spend the day helping maintain and improve vibrant city gardens that provide valuable green space for local communities and wildlife. Activities can include planting, tidying pathways, light maintenance and seasonal gardening tasks, creating a rewarding outdoor volunteering experience for teams of all sizes.

2. City Farm Support

GIVE BACK THROUGH CITY FARM SUPPORT

Volunteer at a community or therapeutic farm. Activities might include feeding and caring for animals, repairing fences, painting barns, or assisting with visitor-education programmes. OnHand will arrange logistics with partner farms.

SUPPORT COMMUNITY FARMS ACROSS LONDON

Help vibrant urban farms continue supporting local communities through practical outdoor volunteering. Teams may get involved with feeding animals, improving outdoor spaces, painting or seasonal maintenance projects while enjoying a fun and rewarding day outside the office.

3. Older adults

OLDER ADULT WELLBEING SESSION

Spend meaningful time supporting older adults through social and wellbeing-focused activities. Volunteers may help with conversation sessions, games, arts and crafts, gentle activities, tea and social time, or healthy living workshops designed to reduce loneliness and build community connection.

SUPPORT COMMUNITY FARMS ACROSS LONDON

Spend time supporting older adults through friendly social and wellbeing-focused activities designed to reduce loneliness and encourage community connection. Sessions may include conversation groups, arts and crafts, games, tea and social time, creating a relaxed and rewarding volunteering experience for teams.

4. Conservation

CANOE CLEAN-UP

Support London’s waterways through a unique, hands-on conservation experience on the river. Teams will take part in guided canoe-based cleanups, helping remove litter and protect local waterways while exploring the city from a different perspective

CREATE A CLEANER, GREENER CITY TOGETHER

Head out to a neighbourhood, park, or shoreline to pick up litter and recyclable waste. OnHand provides litter-pickers, gloves, and bags, and will work with you to map a safe, high-impact route.

5. Food Bank

HELP FIGHT FOOD INSECURITY

Help local food banks continue supporting people facing financial hardship through practical, hands-on volunteering activities. Teams may help sort donations, pack food parcels, organise supplies and support the day-to-day running of essential community services.

FOOD BANK SUPPORT & COMMUNICATION ACTION

Support local food banks through practical, hands-on volunteering activities that help families and individuals facing food insecurity. Teams may help sort donations, pack supplies, prepare and distribute food parcels, and support the day-to-day running of vital community services.

HELP LOCAL FOOD BANKS

FOOD BANK SUPPORT & COMMUNICATION ACTION

Teams will help support the smooth running of local food banks through a range of practical community-focused tasks. Activities may include checking and sorting donations, organising shelves and supplies, assembling food parcels and helping prepare essential items for distribution to people across London.

6. Conservation

YOUTH SUPPORT PROJECTS

Support young refugees and asylum seekers arriving in the UK through hands-on volunteering focused on care, dignity, and welcome. Teams may help prepare arrival packs, organise donated items, and create practical support kits for children and young people rebuilding their lives in a new country.

7. Homlessness

HOMELESS SUPPORT AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH

Support people experiencing homelessness through practical, hands-on volunteering activities focused on dignity, care, and connection. Teams may help prepare essential items, organise donations, support community outreach initiatives, or assist with services that provide food, clothing, and everyday support to vulnerable people across London.

8. Creativity and Wellbeing

CARDS FOR BRAVERY

WRITE LETTERS TO OLDER ADULTS

Bring the team together in-office to create positivity cards for unwell children (hospital or home). OnHand supplies all materials; once you confirm the date, they’ll ship everything to your office.

Bring the team together in-office to write uplifting letters to older adults in care homes or day centres. OnHand supplies all materials and arranges delivery to a local care home or day centre; once you confirm the date, they’ll ship everything to your office.

How it works

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Pick your causes

Browse the Group Mission Menu and pick out the activities you like the most.

Share your availability

Send us the dates that work for you (the more the better). We’ll confirm availability, secure a booking for you, and send over all the details you need.

Have fun & deliver great impact

We’ll handle the logistics: all you need to do is show up! Our team will organise the event, matching you with a charity partner that fits your choices.

Your fee covers all charity costs, materials, activity sourcing, a charitable donation, and the planning needed to deliver a safe, well-run experience.

Pro tip:

Planning more than one event? Mix and match multiple missions across the year to engage different interests and maximise impact.

We work on 12-month recurring terms, and all pricing is ex VAT.

  • Let us know your preferred date(s).

Ready to book?

  • Confirm how many people will be attending

  • Choose the activity you’d like from the Group Mission Menu

Send those details to hello@beonhand.co.uk, and and we’ll get cracking on arranging your perfect event!