Volunteer for us

St Luke’s Community Centre relies on volunteers to enable us to run the wide range of activities and services that we do. There are a range of volunteering opportunities available, from reception and administrative help, to catering support and facilities maintenance. By volunteering people are contributing to their community, meeting new people and gaining experience.

If you are interested in volunteering, improving your English language or developing skills for your CV, please click on the link below, complete the volunteer application form and return it to us.

Please note priority will be given to residents living in south Islington.

Volunteer Application Form (PDF)

Alternatively, if you are interested or want to learn more, call 020 7549 8181 or email [email protected].

Please be aware that you may be asked to undergo a disclosure check if your role comes into contact with children and vulnerable adults.

Please click on the link below to refer to the St. Luke’s Volunteer Policy.

St. Luke's Volunteer Policy (PDF)

Read about our volunteer Luisa

Luisa is one of our volunteers, giving up her time every Thursday to offer manicures for just £5 to over 55s members. Luisa kindly donates all this money to St Luke’s, which is vital to help fund future services and activities. The thought of sitting at home after retirement didn’t suit Luisa, and with extensive professional experience in manicuring, she wanted to do something she loved that benefited other people. She has now been coming to St Luke’s for approximately ten years, and loves the companionship. Over that time Luisa has raised thousands of pounds towards activities in the club room.

Sewing club at St Lukes

Luisa is an active member of St Luke’s, and is a regular at our art classes, sewing classes and lunch club. In her spare time she also sings in a local choir, so life is never quiet!

The work of our volunteers helps St Luke's Community Centre offer the range and variety of services and activities it does on a daily basis. If you would like to help out, why not fill in the form above or contact us?

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ClickSilver

Would you like some one-to-one mentoring on basic computing and using a smart phone? ClickSilver is for older people wanting to learn new skills.
Food Growers Group

Our weekly Food Growers Group meet every Thursday from 2 - 5 pm at the Edible Yard at the back of St Luke's Community Centre. People can drop in at whatever time suits them, and get involved in nurturing and developing the new Edible Yard.
Ready, Steady, Let's Cook!

Most Wednesdays, from 11 am - 1 pm, we run cookery classes in Central Street Cookery School for local adults in EC1 - Ready, Steady, Let's Cook!
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Volunteering

Volunteers are the lifeblood of St Luke's, enabling us to offer our wide range and frequency of services and activities. Volunteers for St Luke's take on lots of different tasks, including teaching kids sports they might not otherwise have access to, serving drinks at one of our many clubs and helping an older person learn how to use a computer or mobile. Be part of our team!

Room hire

Our modern Community Centre offers a range of flexible events spaces, perfect for meetings, conferences, parties or events for grown-ups and kids alike, from two to 160 people. We take pride in keeping the Centre well-decorated and clean. We're located just off Old Street, EC1, close to the City of London and three tube stations - Old Street, Barbican and Angel.
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Community Fridge now open

St Luke’s Community Fridge was opened in July 2017, a place where surplus food from local businesses gets distributed to people in the local community who need it.
About the centre

We own a large Community Centre on the edge of the City of London, a diverse area containing extremes of wealth and poverty. Our modern Community Centre provides a space for local people to gather and socialise, and for us and other organisations to deliver services and activities for the local community at little or no cost.
What we do and who we help

We own a large Community Centre on the edge of the City of London, a diverse area containing extremes of wealth and poverty. Our modern Community Centre provides a space for local people to gather and socialise, and for us and other organisations to deliver services and activities to the local community at low or no cost to them. We also work outside in the community supporting other groups and running community events.
New Trustees welcomed

Don Kehoe, Chair at St Luke’s Trust, has welcomed four new trustees to the Trustee Board serving St Luke’s Community Centre in Central Street, EC1.
Garden Room

With its own private entrance and exclusive use of a terrace garden, this spacious and flexible room offers the perfect setting for conferences, seminars, training events and parties. It is a blank canvas to create the right setting and configuration for your event, and benefits from neutral, stylish décor and lots of natural light.
Become a member

Are you over 55 and living in the EC1 area? You could become a member at St Luke's for just £5. Our Centre offers services and activities every day, including art, exercise and gardening groups and a daily lunch club. There's even a meal on Christmas Day! Our aim is to connect people to useful services, promote health and well-being and encourage people to learn new skills. Come along and find out more.
The Loft

The Loft occupies the whole third floor of the Community Centre, and has exclusive use of an entrance (ante) room, kitchen area and toilet, within this spacious and versatile area. It is bright and airy, and ideal for meetings, conferences, training, seminars or less formal events. Its exposed Victorian steel beams and skylight windows offer wonderful views over the roof tops of London.
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