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YHA London St Paul's
Located right next to St Paul's Cathedral, this is a great place to center yourself in London and go out exploring. We offer flexibility in working to let you make the most of it, and you get the opportunity to experience this with other volunteers. If you want to have the freedom to go out and do your own exploring (with other volunteers as well), this is a great choice for you!
We treat volunteers fairly and with respect. We just want the same in return. The best scenario we always want to work towards, is getting a great experience for our volunteers and much needed help for ourselves. A key target we always work towards is getting return volunteers (we have been steadily getting more and more return volunteers, some of them on their 4th stay with us!), as this lets us know that they valued and enjoyed their experience.
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About the experience in: Greater London, United Kingdom
United States
The volunteer work was well-structured and organized. I always knew my schedule weeks in advance, which I really respected. Staying at the hostel was also a great experience. Volunteers had free breakfast, the location was extremely central, and the social atmosphere made it easy to meet people from around the world. It's also a very large hostel. The only downsides were that the Wi-Fi was very limited and unreliable, so many of us had to spend more on data. Additionally, a few reception staff, including the hostel manager, were not the kindest in their interactions with volunteers.
3 days ago
About the experience in: Greater London, United Kingdom
Italy
This was my first volunteer experience, it was really nice and I would like to repeat it in the future.
The hostel was well organized and the rooms were as described, so shared rooms were not large but always clean.
Working hours were always respected and the workload was not too heavy, it was perfectly in line with what the hostel gave you in return.
The hostel is in a great location, allowing you to visit the city more easily.
This experience also allowed me to practice and improve my English, which was my main goal.
In conclusion, it was a great experience that I highly recommend.
20 days ago
About the experience in: Greater London, United Kingdom
Chile
Fue una muy buena experiencia, conocí excelentes personas. El hostel en general está muy bien, es limpio, y el staff es muy amable.
El único punto a mejorar es el calor. Hubo unas semanas muy calurosas en London, y el hostel no tiene A/C, así que los turnos de trabajo, especialmente en cocina se hicieron realmente muy duros.
Es un hostel familiar, así que si buscas party quizas no es el indicado.
Fuera de eso la ubicación es inmejorable, y los turnos de trabajo te los informan apenas llegas, así que puedes organizar tus días con mucha anticipación.
about 1 month ago
St Paul's replied
Hi Andres, thank you for your feedback. We are glad that you had a positive experience, though we understand that the hot weather may be challenging without air conditioning. We also agree with your private feedback 100%.
Happy Travels!
Peny
About the experience in: Greater London, United Kingdom
Italy
Volunteering at the hostel was a good experience overall and I’d do it again.
The work was a bit demanding but manageable, and I met some great people.
The biggest downside was the heat — the building has no A/C and it gets extremely hot in summer.
Also, even when we finished tasks early, we had to stay until the end of the shift doing nothing, which felt a bit unfair.
Still, I’m grateful for the experience!
about 2 months ago
St Paul's replied
Hi Gonzalo, thank you for your feedback. We are glad that you had a positive experience, though we understand that the hot weather may be challenging without air conditioning. The volunteers are normally asked to stay behind and do additional tasks until their shift is finished. If you have been asked to stay behind, but not given any tasks to do, then this is something that we will have to discuss with our kitchen and housekeeping staff.
Happy travels!
Peny
About the experience in: Greater London, United Kingdom
Mexico
Por motivos personales tuve que irme muy pronto del lugar, pero fueron muy amables y Peny (la encargada de los voluntarios) es una gran persona, muy atenta y comprensiva.
about 2 months ago