REDI School of Digital Integration is a non-profit tech school offering free IT-courses on several levels to women with migrant and refugee backgrounds. Do you want to teach JavaScript, Data Analytics, UX or UI to women with refugee and immigrant backgrounds to support them in creating new opportunities for themselves in Denmark? Read more here: https://www.redi-school.org/volunteer-in-copenhagen

Family Groups – Røde Kors Hovedstaden
In Family Group families are introduced to other families and come together to enjoy a meal and do different activities for both young and old family members. As a volunteer you support the families by participating in the activities and contribute to make a cosy and nice atmosphere. It is important that you want to be a part of the activities (e.g. playing board games, do creative activities, dancing) and that you are favourably disposed to the activities and optimistic. Read more at: https://hovedstaden.drk.dk/red-cross-copenhagen/family-group/ 

Game’s Playmakers are young volunteers who are making a difference for children and young people in underserved neighbourhoods or in GAME’s indoor facilities. They do this by arranging weekly practices in street basketball, street football, street dance, and parkour for local children and youth. If you are interested, contact email hello@game.ngo. OBS: kun for personer, der har lyst til at stå for ugentlige aktiviteter i udsatte områder og påtage sig ansvar for planlægning af træning mv. Fast hver uge.

Café Mellemrummet is a volunteer driven non-profit café and bar which is part of the Danish NGO Mellemfolkeligt samvirke. As a volunteer you can stand behind the bar and serve coffee, beer and drinks for both local and international guests in a calm and cosy surrounding. You can also gain experience with planning events, working with sound at concerts, picking out products for the bar, painting and decorating the café or work with PR and communication. Read more here:  https://www.facebook.com/mellemrummet/. If you have any questions about volunteering or just want to join as a volunteer at CaféMellemrummet send an email to mellemrummethr@gmail.com

Café Sweet Surrender is a children friendly, non-profit café that wants to give all its visitors a break from the turmoil of everyday life by serving high-standard coffee and tea, affordable and proper meal and a warm smile. They are also a group of warm hearted volunteers from all parts of the world that work together to make the café the biggest hit possible. Because every profit made and all their tips are sent directly to a worthy cause. You can volunteer in the bar or in the kitchen. Read more at their website: https://sweetsurrender.dk/en/about-us/ or send an email to volunteer@sweetsurrender.dk to hear more about the volunteer opportunities.

Bicycle training, Red Cross Copenhagen
Red Cross Copenhagen branch offers bicycle training for adults with a non-Danish background. Here the participants learn to ride a bicycle in a safe and closed environment before they enter the traffic. As a volunteer, you will teach balance, maneuverability, traffic rules and basicmaintenance of the bike. You can ride a bicycle, you have an interest in communicating and have a good deal of patience. You do not need any specific professional background, but it is an advantage if you are pedagogically minded. Read more at: https://hovedstaden.drk.dk/red-cross-copenhagen/bicycle-training/

Studenter Settlementet’s boldklub (SSB) is looking for coaches/activity coordinators for enjoyable sports. Do you have approx.. 2 hours a week that you want to invest in sports-loving families who want to play sports together. Read more here: https://frivilligjob.dk/job/133113/ssb-is-looking-for-coaches-activity-coordinators-for-enjoyable-sports

SheZone is a social sports community that works to get more girls and women into a physically active association community. They are looking for a treasurer who was flair for structure and numbers. Read more here: https://frivilligjob.dk/job/121544/treasurer-to-shezone

Asylum United is an organization which consists of volunteers who train women from the asylum system in football. Contact e-mail asylumunited16@gmail.com 

Care Center for homeless discharged after hospitalization, Red Cross Copenhagen
The care center is a temporary residence for homeless adults who have been discharged after hospitalization. The center also accommodates homeless people who have been subjected to an accident or incurred a serious physical illness. As a volunteer, you help patients as they recover. The support is in the form of both care, conversation and treatment. As a volunteer at the care center, you have a desire to help people with different backgrounds. Your professional background is subordinate. Most importantly, you are tolerant and have a positive mindset.

Read more at: https://hovedstaden.drk.dk/red-cross-copenhagen/care-center-for-homeless-discharged-after-hospitalization/

DIGNITY (Danish Institute Against Torture) is an independent human rights and development organization. Their vision is a world free of torture and cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment. 141 countries practice torture and approx. 30 percent of the refugees wo arrive in Denmark have been subjected to torture. DIGNITY wants to draw the Danish population’s attention to this, and as a volunteer you help them do so through awareness raising events, activities and campaigns. Read more at their website: https://www.dignity.dk/en/support-our-work/volunteer/

Settlementet på Vesterbro is a socio-economic association which helps socially vulnerable people through different activities and initiatives. As a volunteer you can join their shops or one of their cafés. Read more at their website (in danish) https://settlementet.dk/. If that sounds interesting you can contact their volunteer coordinator Sasja on email sasja@settlementet.dk

Kirkens Korshær day shelter at Istedgade 100 is a resting spot for those in need. A kind of living room and home for homeless and others who would like some home comfort. Read more here: https://frivilligjob.dk/job/108757/day-shelter-istedgade-100-copenhagen

GRACE CPH is a place for homeless people in Copenhagen as a part of the social organization Blå Kors Danmark. In winter, emergency shelter is open evert night, for the people living on the street. For the rest of the year they serve free breakfast and lunch every day. The night shelter is still open during lockdown. Read more here: https://www.blaakors.dk/vores-arbejde/vaeresteder/grace-i-koebenhavn

Kaffe Karma is looking for volunteers who want to make a positive difference for the socially disadvantaged in Copenhagen. At Kaffe Karma they are volunteers, homeless and mentally vulnerable people who come together to serve a good cup of coffee from their special designed coffee bikes. They create a community that gets socially disadvantaged people into work. Read more here: https://kaffekarma.dk/ or in their add on volunteering.dk here: https://frivilligjob.dk/job/131679/make-a-difference-for-the-homeless-and-the-mentally-vulnerable-become-a-volunteer-in-kaffe

The Global Queer Volunteer Team

Works on initiatives to support Global LGBTIQ+ rights. They work on building three different types of initiatives: 1) Events during key dates in Copenhagen, for example Prides or activist weeks. They build events such as webinars, workshops, social times, protest groups, 2) Joint initiatives with LGBTIQ+ organisations in the Global South, such as joint events or collective campaigns, 3) Advocacy and research about global LGBTIQ+ rights. Read more here: http://lgbt.dk/frivillig-og-sociale-aktiviteter/ or send an e-mail to pmi@lgbt.dk if you have any questions. If you want to volunteer just send an email where you tell a bit about yourself and what motivates you to join the team.

Danish Refugee Council: https://drc.ngo/da/stot-nu/frivillig/bliv-frivillig/ . The sign up form is in Danish, but it is fine for them that you apply even though you don’t speak Danish. They have a lot of integration related volunteer jobs.

At Kompasset in Nordvest you can help homeless migrants. One of the main tasks is social and legal counselling, but you can also help out with practical work. Take a look here: https://kbh.kirkenskorshaer.dk/sted/kompasset-english/

Vores asylbørn (our asylum children) is an association that aims to ensure the well-being and development of asylum children in the short and long term while they are in Denmark. Their website is in Danish, but they are a team of very international volunteers and they also welcome English speaking volunteers. Read more at volunteering.dk: https://frivilligjob.dk/job/133104/do-you-want-to-help-ensure-asylum-children-in-denmark-better-well-being-and-a-fair-trial or at their website: https://www.voresasylboern.dk/

Trampolinhuset
In the Weekend Trampoline House, asylum seekers, rejected asylum seekers, and refugees with a residence permit can get counselling, develop capacities, find community, and bear testimony to the shadow sides of Danish refugee policy. The house is a gathering place for displaced people as well as Danish citizens and international residents, who think that the Danish asylum and refugee policy has become too tight, and who work for a more humane and inclusive refugee policy in Denmark together. People typically volunteer 1–2 times a week for a minimum six months. Unfortunately, we cannot help with your visa application process – you should already have a visa or residence permit when applying. Everyone is welcome to apply regardless of gender, sexual orientation, age, ethnicity, or religion. Read more at their website: https://www.trampolinehouse.dk/volunteer

The Forests of the World Denmark have many options for volunteering, e.g. events, campaign work, fundraising. You can read about the organization here: https://www.forestsoftheworld.org/programs/denmark, but to do volunteer work there, you can contact: rekrut@verdensskove.org

UngEnergi København is Sustainable Energy’s youth department. They are a network of young people who work to bring together a whole generation to stop climate change and work together for a sustainable world. Their mission is to encourage young people to live more sustainable in their daily life and influence their community positively as well. Read more at: Read more here: https://www.facebook.com/notes/2305057849764679/ if you want to volunteer just send an e-mail to ungenergi-KBH@ve.dk

GreenKayak is an environmental NGO that engages volunteers in the fight against environmental pollution while kayaking. They offer everyone to jump aboard a GreenKayak and paddle for free under two simple conditions: 1) spend your time on the water collecting waste, 2) share this experience on your social media using #GreenKayak. Read more here: https://www.greenkayak.org/about-us/

Omstilling NU is a network organization and platform for collaboration, knowledge sharing and project development, which aims to create a sustainable transformation of our society. They are involved in different projects that promote green mobility. They have a lot of volunteers both in the different projects and they have a board of volunteers. Their website is in Danish, but they also have English speaking volunteers in the organization. You can read more at their website (it is in Danish, but you will probably be able to translate to English in your browser settings): https://www.omstilling.nu/#omos

Foodsharing Copenhagen is one of Denmarks’ largest anti food waste organizations. They raise awareness of the food waste and distribute food that would otherwise be thrown away but is still perfectly good. They have plenty of tasks and positions that you can participate in: event manager, social media and marketing team member, special projects member and much more. Read more here: https://frivilligjob.dk/job/131665/operations-manager

Nordic Ocean Watch Denmark strives to strengthen the public focus on the extent of ocean pollution and its consequences. They want to be a part of a future where marine pollution is reduced through the actions of the individuals as well as volunteer initiatives. I don’t know what volunteer activities they have in Copenhagen, but you can read more at their website: https://www.nordicoceanwatch.dk/cleanups

Food distribution – Røde Kors Hovedstaden
In the distribution, you greet the participants with a smile, check them on the list and hand out a basket of goods. Before that, the goods must be sorted, divided evenly and packed in baskets. The café is a place for a cosy get-together. As a volunteer, you must be open to chatting with the participants, be there to listen and ensure a good atmosphere in the café.

As a driver, you help to pick up the goods that are in the Food Distribution. Read more at: https://hovedstaden.drk.dk/red-cross-copenhagen/food-distribution/

Wefood is a store under Folkekirkens Nødhjælp, which sells surplus goods and gives the profits to people in need. You can be either a volunteer driver or a volunteer in the shop. Read more on their website: https://www.noedhjaelp.dk/wefood/frivillig-i-wefood?sdid=10496

Charity Shops, Red Cross Copenhagen
Red Cross Copenhagen runs 16 shops with second hand clothing around the capital. One shop sells children’s clothing, other shops (Fremtiden and Frygtløs) specifically focus on selling youth clothing and young volunteers run the shops. At the Red Cross Megastores furniture and utility items are sold.You will have various tasks as a volunteer such as customer service, sorting clothes, ironing, window decoration or minor cleaning. You will receive thorough training and courses, and you will be invited to exciting events and have many committed colleagues.

Copenhagen Volunteers: Here you can sign up for volunteer tasks at different cultural events in Copenhagen. It is very flexible since you don’t commit yourself for a longer period of time but only submit to the events you are interested in: https://cphvolunteers.kk.dk/en/indhold/cph-volunteers-1

Sydhavnens Folkemøde (The People’s Meeting in Sydhavnen): A volunteer project which hopes to have more local influence on the development of Sydhavnen. They can always use volunteers in relation to making the event. E.g. practical tasks like hanging posters, building tents and scenes, cleaning after the event etc. Contact e-mail svfolkemode@gmail.com

BRUS is four different venues in Copenhagen that consist of: Basement (Vesterbro), Råhuset (Vesterbro), Stairway (Vanløse) and Underwerket (Valby). As a volunteer, you have the opportunity to get really close to the production and help create high-quality culture on a relevant stage. You have the opportunity to help in the bar, welcome guests, take pictures and many practical tasks. If you wanna hear more, please contact them via email: raahuset@kk.dk. All venues are linked in the same volunteer network.

At Huset-KBH they present an abundance of diverse events every year, and there are a lot of great ways you can contribute to their  welcoming volunteering team. Their team consists of more than 100 Danish and international volunteers. You can work on the following stages: Stardust, Musikcaféen, and STAGE. Your tasks will primarily revolve around maintaining the bar, facilitating events, helping the audience and much more. You will get an extensive look behind the scenes of Denmark’s oldest culture house. Additionally, volunteering means that you are not only doing something fun, but you are a part of the Huset family! Fill out the form at their website and they will invite you to a talk about the possibilities: https://www.huset-kbh.dk/volunteering/?lang=en

IFEL Specialsport is an NGO who helps people with special needs to become part of local associations in e.g. sports clubs etc. They are looking for volunteers to help with the training in different activities, but also to help with more administrative tasks, so maybe something with IT/communication or board work. There are many opportunities of volunteering in IFEL Specialsport. Contact the organization via email at hej@specialsport.dk. Then they will contact you and invite you to a talk about the different opportunities in IFEL Specialsport. Their website is in danish, but the communication language within the organization is in English and a lot of volunteers have other nationalities than danish. Find their website here: https://specialsport.dk/

Elderlearn is bridging the gap between elderly and integration. Elderlearn is matching elderly citizens with foreigners who want to learn danish. This helps to create well-being, joy and content for the elderly and improve the integration opportunities for the foreigner. Read more at their website: https://en.elderlearn.dk/