Volunteering at Crisis at Christmas 2025 is now closed, and applications for Crisis at Christmas 2026 will reopen in October. Find out more about our year-round opportunities.
Volunteering opportunities at CrisisAt Christmas, Crisis meets the needs of thousands of people experiencing homelessness. We offer warmth, companionship, and vital services during one of the toughest times of the year.
Over the festive period 2025-26 we helped over 6,000 people through Skylight centres across Britain and our day centres and hotels in London. For many people, our support does not end here. We work with people long after Christmas as they rebuild their lives. We’ll be here for as long as it takes for people to leave homelessness behind. For good.
Crisis at Christmas 2025-26 was made possible by our donors, partners, and an incredible team of over 3,200 volunteers. They delivered everything from health and wellbeing advice, to hairdressing, to conversation and a listening ear, to support finding a place to stay - when guests and members needed it the most. In these moments of support, in acts of care, in keys handed over, people can build their lives out of homelessness, one step at a time. One person at a time.
The connections you make at Christmas can be long-lasting. And the support you give people experiencing homelessness can be life-changing. Join our incredible volunteer community - and help us end homelessness.
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You could be the friendly face someone sees when they walk through our doors. Or maybe you'll deliver festive hampers, provide healthcare, or offer advice. Whatever your role, you'll make a huge difference.
Every Christmas we recruit thousands of volunteers to run our Christmas services across Great Britain to provide warmth, companionship and vital services to people facing homelessness at one of the toughest times of the year.
With your help, we can support people out of homelessness.
Our volunteers help end homelessness at Christmas by:
Find out more about ways to help people facing homelessness at Christmas.
Nathaniel has been volunteering at Crisis at Christmas day centres for three years as a general volunteer. He lives in London, has a job in consultancy and his passion is writing and performing poetry.
He is a poet and shares his art on social media under the name The Philosophers Poet.
At the day centres, he loves supporting with different activities and enjoys interacting with everyone. He likes being part of the volunteer community and working with people who come from all walks of life and share a similar outlook to him, that values empathy and inclusion. He credits Crisis volunteers as people who really care about volunteering and a lively bunch that support each other.
