Shine Night Walk London Volunteer (20-21 Sept 2025)
Cancer Research UK
As a Shine Night Walk volunteer you'll be helping Cancer Research UK. This fundraising walk starts at Battersea Park on Saturday 20 September 2025, follows all the great views that London has to offer, and finishes at Evolution Dome in Battersea Park on Sunday 21 September. There are a variety of one-off roles available along the course route; cheering, cycling, helping with pit stops, start and finish line support, driving and generalists. You must be available on Sat 20 or Sun 21 Sept 2025.
Cancer Research UK is the world's leading cancer charity dedicated to saving lives through research, influence and information. We support research into all aspects of cancer through the work of over 4,000 scientists, doctors and nurses. Shine Night Walk London starts at Battersea Park on Saturday 20th September 2025, follows all the great views that London has to offer, and finishes at Evolution Dome in Battersea Park on Sunday 21st September. Your location will depend on what role and shift you would like to do and you will receive location and timings information nearer the time. The walk passes through Tower Hamlets but the closest pit stop role is at St Paul's in the City of London. You can choose one of the following roles or, if you’re happy to help wherever you’re needed, you can opt to be a general volunteer and be assigned a role on the day. • Course Route Volunteer – You will be located at a strategic point along the course, ready to cheer and motivate the walkers as they make their way across the city. You will be supported by a Zone Manager and be paired up with another volunteer. You can also bring a friend to buddy up with! • Cycle Team Volunteer – Guide, support & motivate walkers by cycling parts of the route. • Pit Stop Volunteer – You could be placed at one of our pit-stops, helping to motivate the walkers & handing out refreshments. • Venue Volunteer – assisting in tasks at Start/Finish venues in Battersea, such as set-up and handing out medals and water. • Driver Volunteer - Our driver volunteers help us to look after Shine Night Walkers and fellow volunteers by driving our welfare and medical support vehicles, as well as operating our essential Bag Drop service to keep walkers’ valuables safe. • General Volunteer – Happy to help wherever is needed! We need course volunteers from Saturday evening all the way through til midday on Sunday so no matter what time you can give, you’ll make a real difference! Roles are available for anyone aged 13 and over. Volunteers aged 13-15 must have a guardian with them. Volunteers aged 16 and 17 will need written permission to volunteer from a guardian.
Events & Stewarding,Sport & Coaching
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No previous experience needed, just cheer participants on and help the team in anyway you can.
You will helping raise money for life saving research, get to know other volunteers and local communities and maybe develop new skills. A unique and rewarding Saturday night out exploring the iconic sights of London in a completely different light. Experience of supporting one of the UK’s leading charities for one of their biggest annual fundraisers.
This will depend on what role and shift you would like to do. However, this is a one-off volunteering role taking place on 20-21 September 2025, so you will need to be available on one of these dates.
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Various locations along the walk route throughout central London
Each role and shift will have a specific location and travel instructions.
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