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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

It's OK to ask for a little help

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Help your neighbours in need

in partnership with For the Love of Scrubs

Looking for a face covering?

HelpMyStreet is supporting local volunteers who have been making face coverings for their communities. We’ve also partnered with the amazing For the Love of Scrubs! Find out how to sign up and how to request yours now.

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Is your street covered?

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.

“A valuable tool„

Using HelpMyStreet enables us to recruit volunteers and support older people in communities that are sometimes harder to reach. It’s a valuable tool in a rural county.

Nicki Lee, Senior Volunteer Coordinator at Age UK LSL

“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

“A fantastic experience„

Working with the team from Factor 50 on the HelpMyStreet initiative has been a fantastic experience. We have developed a wonderful partnership which has genuinely helped us to reach so many more older people and willing volunteers alike for our Vitals for Veterans project. They are so flexible and engaged with us that we are now also looking at other ways that we can work with them on different services and projects we have.

Michele Jolly, CEO at Age UK LSL

“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

“A caring bunch„

I am proud and pleased to help with the Covid-19 group in my village. There was an obvious need for our services and we came together as a community in a brilliant way. Lots of people volunteered to assist without hesitation which just shows what a caring bunch we are.

Pam from Ruddington provided 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

“A wonderful village„

Thank you from the bottom of my heart to you and the team for helping my parents through this difficult time. It's so appreciated. What you guys did and will continue to do was/is amazing. Ruddington is a wonderful village ❤

Leigh requested help for his parents in Ruddington

“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

“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

“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 great„

The process of requesting face coverings through HelpMyStreet couldn’t have been easier. I requested four face coverings for my children and mentioned the mixture of boys and girls. Within a week 4 really stylish face coverings had been posted to our home and the children were thrilled with the designs (Harry Potter etc). I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend HelpMyStreet or Collette who made the face coverings. Not only were the face coverings really great but it also feels reassuring that our donation will cover Collette’s cost but also go to charity.

Mark from Coventry asked for help

“Very rewarding„

I am enjoying being a volunteer for the Age UK Vitals for Veterans campaign. Helping those who have served their country is very rewarding and I am only too pleased to be able to help.

Steve in Spalding provided some help

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.

Find out more by checking out our FAQs

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We’re working with communities…

Thank you to all the community organisers and volunteers around the UK who are caring for people in their communities and enabling them to safely shelter at home. Our aim is to support them and enable everyone to receive help from a trusted local volunteer:

Safety - enabling every volunteer to be ID verified Privacy - protecting everyone’s data and only sharing it with the people who absolutely need it Coverage - supporting every street in the UK Neighbours Near and Far - enabling help for friends and family who live at the other end of the country Reducing administrative burden - taking care of processes and paperwork