Missing People Website

Volunteer

As a volunteer at Missing People, you could...

• help us keep our services open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
  
• keep our office running smoothly
• help update the most detailed missing people database in the UK
  
• help reunite a family
  
• help find a place of safety for a young runaway
  

Why volunteer with Missing People?

Volunteering with us can be a truly rewarding experience and volunteers provide an invaluable service to those who contact us in need of support. Volunteers can also gain a perspective into different situations, enabling personal insight and growth.

Volunteers at Missing People get the chance to meet and socialise with fellow volunteers at the charity and can add their experience to their CV, or possibly even gain skills to enable a career change. Our ongoing training and talks on various topics provides further interest for volunteers.

Current volunteer opportunities

All volunteer opportunities are based in south west London  

Message Home and Runaway Helpline Volunteer – “We accept applications on an ongoing basis, but application deadline for next training course: 3 January 2009.”

Please click here for our current volunteer opportunities

Work experience

If you are interested in work experience placements at Missing People, please click here for our current volunteer work experience opportunities.

Overseas applications

We appreciate your interest in volunteering for the charity, but unfortunately we do not have any volunteer opportunities other than those based in the United Kingdom.

Equal opportunities

Missing People provides equal opportunities and fair treatment for all people applying to be volunteers. The charity's established policy is to ensure that no unlawful discrimination occurs, either directly or indirectly, against any person on the grounds of colour, sex, marital status, race, sexuality, religion, nationality or ethnic or national origin.

• All volunteers are required to complete a Criminal Records Bureau Disclosure Application Form before they start volunteering for the charity. This is undertaken by Missing People with your consent.
• Volunteers out-of-pocket travel expenses (up to £5 a day) can be reimbursed.
• We have a strong commitment to providing a high level of support and training for our volunteers, and supervisions are given on a regular basis.

The next step

If you are interested in one of our volunteer opportunities, please download and print the Volunteer Application Form, complete, and return to us by post. Missing People has an ongoing selection process that may include a telephone interview, attending a selection day and an interview. We also have a probation period for all volunteers.

Before volunteering on any of our services, you will need to complete our extensive training programme. Once accepted on a training course, it is vital that you attend every session.

Further information

If you require any further information on volunteering, please email volunteer@missingpeople.org.uk or call 020 8392 4550.