The Upper Room
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Helping people move from crisis to stability and opportunity

The Upper Room is a Shepherd’s Bush charity supporting people experiencing homelessness, food poverty, social exclusion, and the effects of the criminal justice system. We provide hot meals, practical one-to-one support, and programmes that help people build confidence, independence, and stability.

Our impact 2025-26

Meals & Takeaways
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UR4MEALS VISITS
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DRIVING LICENCE PASSES
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VOLUNTEER HOURS GIVEN
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HELP HUB SUPPORT INTERVENTIONS
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What we do

We combine immediate practical support with longer-term opportunities, helping people move from crisis towards stability, confidence and independence.

UR4Meals

Hot meals, takeaways, essentials and frontline support for people facing homelessness, food poverty, housing instability and crisis.

Help Hub

One-to-one help with benefits, housing, immigration, digital access, forms, correspondence and signposting.

UR4Driving

Driving, employability and confidence-building support for prison leavers, people with convictions and young people at risk.

Support us

Your support helps provide meals, essentials, one-to-one practical help, driving lessons and trusted relationships for people facing crisis and exclusion.

Volunteer

Give your time through the meals service, corporate volunteering, specialist support or behind-the-scenes help.

Donate

Help fund meals, essentials, practical support and programmes that build confidence and independence.

Partner with us

Work with us as a funder, company, local organisation or referral partner.

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What on

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31 Jul 2026

Vision and Colour exhibition

Artists Micheal Haran and Paul Mulvey are back with a brand new exhibition: “Vision and Colour”. This follows the success of their March pop-up at Chiswick’s Barley Mow Centre, which raised £900 for The Upper Room. We couldn’t be more grateful for their continued generosity.

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31 Jul 2026

Quiz Night 2026

The annual Upper Room Quiz Night is one of the most anticipated events in our social calendar. Join us again at Latymer Upper School on Wednesday September 23rd for another highly entertaining evening.

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20 Jul 2026

Ashley’s marathon challenge

Ashley Robinson, the Project Manager for UR4Meals, spends a lot of his time in the gym or road-running, and he has set himself the challenge of completing his first marathon to help raise funds for the charity: the Thames Meander takes place on Sunday 9th August. Please help Ashley reach his target of £2000 by donating to his JustGiving page.

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16 Mar 2026

Fundraising art exhibition at the Barley Mow Centre

A one-night pop-up art exhibition featuring new work by painters Micheal Haran and Paul Mulvey took place at the Barley Mow Centre in Chiswick on Wednesday 25th March. ‘ART/WORKS’ supported both The Upper Room and The Peru Mission in Iquitos, which delivers community, education and welfare projects in one of the most deprived regions of the Peruvian Amazon.

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10 Feb 2026

An Evening With Sam Harrison

For our first ‘Evening With …’ event of the year, we’re delighted to bring you the legendary local restaurateur Sam Harrison, one of the best-known and most innovative restaurant owners in West London for over 20 years. Join us to hear Sam talking about his fascinating and often challenging career - and enjoy free snacks and prosecco supplied by his flagship restaurant, Sam's Riverside.

CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION
DONATION FORM

To make an online one-off donation to The Upper Room or to set up regular payments, please use the form below. Our online donations are processed by a secure system operated by the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF). You can also send your donation by post or bank transfer.

Note: The CAF form below is for personal donors only. If you would like to make a corporate donation, please use either the bank transfer or the post option. If you have any queries, please contact us.

To make a payment by BACS, please contact us in the first instance and we will send you the necessary details.

If you wish to pay by cheque, please send it to:

The Upper Room

St Saviour Wendell Park Church

Cobbold Road

London W12 9LN

VOLUNTEERING APPLICATION FORM

To apply as a volunteer at The Upper Room, please fill in this form and click Send Application. We will be in touch as soon as possible. If you have any questions, please contact us.

DBS
All successful applicants will be required to undergo a basic DBS. Please inform us whether you have any criminal convictions.Our policy states that possessing a criminal record does not disqualify your application.
VOLUNTEERING PREFERENCES
REFEREES
Please supply the names of two referees we can contact either by email or post. Ideally these should not be anyone related to you.
Referee 1
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MAILING LIST

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DATA PROTECTION

If there are no current vacancies, do you consent for us to retain this application form so we may contact you in the future?

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the current Data Protection Act regulate our use of your personal data. It is our responsibility to ensure that the personal data we process in relation to you is done so in accordance with the required principles. Any data held shall be processed fairly and lawfully and in accordance with the rights of data subjects. We will process data in line with our privacy notices in relation to Volunteers. You have several rights in relation to your data. We commit to ensuring that your rights are upheld in accordance with the law and have appropriate mechanisms for dealing with such. We may ask for your consent for processing certain types of personal data. In these circumstances, you will be fully informed as to the personal data we wish to process and the reason for the processing. You may choose to provide or withhold your consent. Once consent is provided, you are able to withdraw consent at any time.

Services at The Upper Room

Meals

We serve freshly cooked hot meals (dine-in or takeaway) from Monday to Friday between 4pm and 6pm. 

We also provide clothing, shoes and toiletries, subject to availability.

Caseworker advice

Citizens Advice
We have caseworkers from Citizens Advice here on Monday, from 12  to 3 pm, to help with a wide range of problems.

Glass Door
On Mondays and Thursdays we also have a caseworker from Glass Door here from 12 to 3 pm for help with housing.n and signposting. Slots are available both by appointment and on a first-come, first-served basis.

Friday Jobs Club

Guests are welcome to drop in on Friday mornings from 10am to 12 for help with signing up with online jobs sites,  job applications, CVs, etc. Financial and benefits advice is also available.

What's on at The Upper Room?

Scan the QR code or follow this link to see what’s on each day this week.

Donations

Financial donations

Please visit our Financial donations page, where you can choose how much, and how often, to give.

Clothing, food and other items

We urgently need numerous items to pass on to our guests. Please visit our Item donations page for our latest wishlist

The Upper Room is closed over the Christmas and New Year period. 

We will  re-open on Thursday January 2nd and we’ll be serving hot meals as usual from 4 to 6pm.