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Helping local people look after each other

HelpMyStreet connects neighbours in need with people who can help - safely and securely.

Shopping for essentials
Cooking a hot meal
Home-sewn face coverings
Help with home-schooling
A friendly chat

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Help your neighbours in need

Is help available in your area?

From Cardiff to Cambridge, Dover to Dundee, HelpMyStreet gets help to people in need.

How can we help?

We’ve got shoppers, sewers and hot meal makers; walkers, talkers and homework helpers. All ready and waiting to help you!

Join our volunteers

Help people stay safe - on your street and across your community. Just let us know when, where and how you can help.

“I couldn't do without it„

I have been coming twenty years now and couldn't do without it. The food is very good, the people are very nice and the staff are wonderful and do things to entertain us.

Annie

“An absolute pleasure„

I've been volunteering since April, doing shopping and prescription collections. It's been an absolute pleasure supporting our community and receiving the phone calls from the staff every week - it's just wonderful. Thank you very much and keep up the good work.

Natalie, volunteer

“Lovely chat„

I volunteered to help out with the Age UK Vitals for Veterans campaign. Delivering the wellbeing package was very easy, I collected it from my local Age UK branch and was told where to drop it off. I had a lovely chat with the recipient of the parcel, an RAF veteran who was out tending to his garden when I arrived. I'm looking forward to the next delivery!

Sean in Boston provided some help

“Making sure people feel safe and well„

A retired nurse, Chris is eagerly awaiting her vaccinator status to come through and until then is volunteering in the centre’s Observation Area, making sure people feel safe and well immediately after their jab.

NHS Lincolnshire Clinical Commissioning Group

“Huge thank-you„

All of the staff here at the Nottinghamshire YMCA would like to say a huge thank you for the homemade face coverings provided by volunteers from HelpMyStreet. They're well-made and all different which makes them much more interesting than normal disposable masks! We're a charity and requested 100 face coverings as a donation to help our staff and residents stay safe during this pandemic.

Gillian from Nottingham asked for help

When my volunteer visits, it gives me a reason to get out of bed and sit up, I enjoy our chats.

Mrs F, a user of our befriending service

“Can't recommend it enough„

HelpMyStreet has allowed us to keep what was great about our COVID-19 response, but set ourselves up to keep this going even when things hopefully get back to being a bit more normal. We can’t recommend it highly enough.

Dave is a Community Organiser in Tankersley

“Delighted„

I am delighted with my face coverings, they are perfect and they fit both my husband and I perfectly. Thank you so much to the lovely person who made them. They've washed well too.

Sue from Llandudno asked for help

“Much needed social interaction„

I have been volunteering for Age UK as a befriender since January this year. Befriending for me gives me a break from the computer, and some much needed social interaction in the week, as well as the feeling like I am doing something worthwhile for someone else at the same time. No matter what age you are, I feel if you sit around the house with no one to talk to for days on end, it is very easy to suddenly feel isolated and dispirited. I feel I benefit from the social side of volunteering, just as much as Yvonne does.

Robyn

“A privilege„

It has been a privilege to join HelpMyStreet and to deliver the wellbeing packages for Age UK. To be able to give something back to others who have given to us in the past is most rewarding.

Sharon in Stamford provided some help

“Really keen to get involved„

When I heard that Ruddington was in need of volunteers to assist with the Covid response I was really keen to get involved. I have children at both local schools and it was great to be able to deliver schoolwork out to their classmates who were stuck at home. Although they knew what it meant when they saw me walking towards the door, most of the kids were excited to be getting a delivery from school and to see what fresh challenges had been set by their teachers.

Harvey from Ruddington provided help

“Many thanks„

Many thanks Torpedos for your support, especially Sarah whose smile and cheery greeting was so welcome at my lowest ebb.

Margaret, local resident

Getting started is easy

How to volunteer with HelpMyStreet

Help as much or as little as you like with our easy to use platform. We show you where help is needed near you so you can help in a way that’s right for you.

Register with us

Verify your ID

Verifying your ID is quick and easy and lets us know you’re a real person! All you need is valid photo ID and a mobile device.

Find and accept requests for help

Browse open requests in your profile and accept the ones you can help with.

Help those in need

Get in touch and let them know when you’ll be there to help!

Come back for more!

Don’t forget to keep checking back for new requests near you!

Find out more by checking out our FAQs

How to request help

We protect your privacy by only sharing your details with the people who need them, when they need them.

Tell us what you need

Request help using the orange button below - you can request help for yourself, or for someone else like a loved one at the other end of the country.

Wait for a volunteer to get in touch

As soon as a volunteer accepts your request we’ll let you know!

Receive the help you need

Volunteers offer their time and skills for free, but if your volunteer incurs any costs you need to pay back (like the cost of your groceries for example) they’ll let you know how you can pay them back.