Volunteer.

Fancy helping to shape and prepare Good Shepherd Studios? There’s a whole range of ways you can get involved. Some are are listed below and some are in the pipeline. Make sure you’ve registered your interest to find out more via our Mailing List and be first to know when new volunteering opportunities are added.

Sharing of future plans, past memories and smiles to be expected…

The Programme

We’ve recently developed a Programme to ensure that volunteers are supported in providing a “Helping Hand”. More information is being added to this section shortly but here’s an overview of the 4 Stage Programme in the meantime…

  • Contact us via hello@weflockcic.org.uk to register your interest. We will then confirm next steps i.e. how to enter into the Volunteer Agreement and get added to the “GSS: Helping Hands” WhatsApp Group

  • Join a training session to learn more about the volunteer roles in more detail

  • Keep an eye out for opportunities posted in the “GSS: Helping Hands” WhatsApp Group

  • Join other members of the Good Shepherd Studios community at onsite and offsite events

Recent Sessions

Volunteering Meetup | Sunday 26th January, 13.30-15.00

A chance to find out more about our spaces and volunteering opportunities within them.

FoodHub @ No.1 Church Lane | 24th December - 2nd January 2024 / 12:00-14:00

We are looking for volunteers to help with the FoodHub at No.1 Church Lane:

  • Shop workers - serve visitors FREE hot food, pantry items, hot drinks and snacks.

  • Drivers - to help to collect food from local businesses and support groups.

  • Donations - of the following items: fridges (X3), microwaves (X2), tinned food, toilet paper, tooth paste, tea, sugar, squash.

Please sign up here or email us on FoodHub@weflockcic.org.uk.

Past Sessions

People’s Pavilion: Installation Volunteers | Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th February 2024, 9:00-13:00 and 13:00-17:00

Neil from Beyond The Box and some of the original team behind the structure helped to re-assemble it.

People’s Pavilion: Garden Volunteers | Saturday 3rd February 2024, 10:30-13:30 and Sunday 4th February 2024, 9:30-13:30

Clearing and levelling of the ground ready for the installation.

Garden Volunteers | Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th January 2024, 9:30-13:30

Led by the lovely Tony of Our Pastures Community Garden, we will be clearing and levelling the ground ready of the installation.

FoodHub @ No.1 Church Lane | 25 December - 4 January 2024

Volunteers to help serve visitors FREE hot food, pantry items, hot drinks and snacks.

Tuesday 21 November 2023

Meet at Back To Ours at around 15:00 to offload some materials from a very special removal lorry.

‘Open Studios’ | Focus on Leytonstone (Part 2) | 26 March 2023

Following on from the Part 1 focus group and survey, a number of volunteers helped ‘Open Studios’ run smoothly

Focus on Leytonstone (Part 1) | January and February 2023

A focus group and survey for residents of Davies Lane and surrounding roads to share ideas and decide on which free event/activity they would like to be hosted for them at Good Shepherd Studios.

Painting Sessions | November and December 2022

Whether available for a couple of hours or a couple of days, help us give spaces a lick of paint. We have a number of projects to suit all levels.

  • 1.30pm: Saturday 26 November

  • Time TBC: Saturday 3 December

Gardening Drop Ins | November and December 2022

We work closely with the lovely people at Our Pastures (formerly known as Save Our Pastures) and they need some help with garden clearance and/or bulb planting. Everyone is welcome irrespective of experience:

  • 9.30-12pm: Sunday 27 November

  • 9.30-12pm: Saturday 3 December

Painting Sessions | October 2022

Whether available for a couple of hours or a couple of days, help us give spaces a lick of paint. We have a number of projects to suit all levels.

Gardening Drop Ins | October 2022

If you’re a relatively confident gardener you can book in a slot to get stuck into one of the many tasks in our garden and green spaces.

Clearout Session | Saturday 10 September 2022, 14.00-16.00

During the first of many volunteering opportunities at Good Shepherd Studios we saw green-fingered locals clear an impressive amount of overgrown plants making the site more accessible for the trades people to work their magic.