Sunshine to Seniors
Join a team visiting a Jewish or non Jewish home to bring smiles to the residents. Sing, read, perform, clean out a garden, paint a wall or join in whatever needs doing.
A wide range of projects for different types of volunteers.
Seasonal Cheer
Bring and wrap new toys (recycled paper of course!) for giving to needy children as Holiday gifts. Then willing parents pack up cars and deliver the toys to Barnados’ distribution depots
Primary children under the age of 8 or cheder children.
Mitzvah Day Shopping
This project is all about asking shoppers to buy additional food, that Mitzvah Day volunteers go on to distribute to the hungry. A really hands on way to help get food right to where it’s needed.
Ideal for students or adults. Not particularly suitable for children
Collectathon
Collect and sort goods for charities and deliver to where they are needed. We are supporting three main causes this year:
- World Jewish Relief: Collecting new stationery and lego (London area only)
- VisionAid: Collecting good condition spectacles for VisionAid who send them on to people in developing countries who desperately need them.
- Homeless Shelters and Refugee Centres: Collecting cans and dried foods for your nearest homeless shelter or reguee centre.
AJEX Parade
The 75th Annual Remembrance Ceremony & Parade
This Mitzvah Day come and experience and support a thousand proud Jewish ex-Servicemen and Woman marching and remembering those who fought but did not return.
Parade and Ceremony 2pm - 2.45pm The Cenotaph, Whitehall, London
Environmental Initiatives
Approach a local community farm, nature reserve, cemetery, your council or a national park nearby and find out what projects need doing in a day.
Anyone who likes hands on work and to really help our environment
Soup Kitchen
Help out on a night shift at your local soup kitchen.
Perfect for students, young professionals and night owls!
Cemetery Clean-Up
Work with a local cemetery to clean and improve their space and facilities.
Perfect project for teens!
UJIA Israel Project
Run by Leket - Table to Table, gap year students from Youth Movements and other Brits who are currently in Israel will be joining in this fantastic gleaning project. Participants will gather food from fields for the hungry. Click here for full details on the Leket website.
Local Projects
Make your own project supporting a cause that matters to your community and supporting a charity you care about. There are thousands you can support. See our ideas page for some start points. New project ideas will be added regularly
Vegetable Patches
Dig a new vegetable patch with a view to growing food for the next year. Donate the food that you grow or donate your time to teach someone a little something about gardening.
Blue Peter - Operation Smile
Make hospital gowns out of old tshirts which then get sent to India for children who are having operations on cleft pallates. For full details please go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/bluepeter/getinvolved/appeal.shtml