Internship Programme 2026 Roles
Welcome to the Internship Programme Role Directory
Each year we proudly partner with a number internship roles with charity organisations across London and Essex. These roles focus on empowering young people to contribute to meaningful causes while building essential skills. From marketing, to fundraising, to community outreach, and administrative support, the roles span a diverse range of fields tailored to your interests and career goals.
Our interns receive a full salary that is part-funded by the Jack Petchey Foundation, and the programme includes a training bursary, personal development workshops and mentoring for each intern to help them develop their skills.
Below are this year’s internship roles, advertised in order of the closing date and each role includes specific deadlines. More roles will be advertised in due course.
The Wickers Charity
Job title: Youth Support Worker (Internship)
Summary: The Wickers Charity works to reduce knife and gang-related crime by providing safe spaces, information, opportunities, and mentors for young people. The Youth Support Worker (Internship) will support the planning and coordination of weekly and monthly activities across a range of venues and sites and help ensure young people in Hackney and surrounding boroughs to have a positive and consistent experience across services. You will be actively supported through structured supervision, training, and mentoring. The placement will help the intern build confidence, skills, and insight into service delivery, youth work, and community-based organisations.
Closing date: Monday 2nd February at 12pm (noon)
Newark Youth
Job title: Youth Worker (Internship)
Summary: We are seeking a motivated Youth Work Intern to join our team and support youth programmes in Tower Hamlets. You will work closely with youth workers and young people to design and deliver engaging activities. The role focuses on building confidence, resilience, teamwork, and leadership among young people. The role will help run youth clubs and support a range of positive, inclusive projects and is ideal for someone passionate about empowering youth and making a real difference. You’ll contribute to planning, delivery, and evaluation of Newark Youth services.
Closing date: Monday 2nd February, 5pm
The Outhouse
Job title: Youth Project Intern
Summary: As the Youth Project Intern, you will be responsible for welcoming young people into our youth buildings across North Essex, ensuring everything is running smoothly and supporting young people to engage with activities. You will be involved in delivery of our fortnightly youth groups, and our new 18 to 25 groups.
Closing date: Monday 2nd February
Tomorrow’s Warriors
Job title: Internship – Learning, Outreach & Engagement Coordinator
Summary: We are on the lookout for someone with a great work ethic, who is passionate about music education and shares our commitment to promoting diversity and inclusion.
This is a unique opportunity to join a dynamic team and play a pivotal role delivering our learning and development programme as a resident organisation at London’s Southbank Centre, working on school and community outreach programmes, and supporting young musicians aged 11-25 years old to achieve their creative potential.
Last year Tomorrow’s Warriors delivered more than 550+ workshops, facilitating over 5,000 learning opportunities for young people, and created 132 performance opportunities for our Emerging Artist Programme and Talent Development Showcases.
Closing date: Wednesday 4th February, 5pm
Crystal Palace Community Trust
Job title: Assistant Youth Worker Intern
Summary: Crystal Palace Community Trust is looking for a youth work intern to join our amazing team; a diverse, welcoming group of people who put young people at the heart of everything they do. This is a great opportunity for someone genuinely interested in a career working with young people who is enthusiastic, energetic and wants to make a difference. You will work in a range of settings – youth club, schools, holiday programmes, residentials, detached, outreach and social action projects. With an understanding of the issues that impact young people you will be working from their starting point, addressing their needs and supporting their personal and social development through a programme of informal education.
Closing date: Monday 9th February
Link: https://www.cpct.org.uk/get-involved/jack-petchey-internship-programme
Woodcraft Folk
Job title: Cudham Centre Intern
Summary: The Cudham Centre Intern will work alongside the Cudham Co-ordinator, supporting the development and delivery of outdoor activities, training and Woodcraft Folk group programme. The role also includes hands-on work maintaining and preparing the centre for guests.
Activities include:
- Facilitating and developing regular group programme activities, both at the centre and in the neighbouring community.
- Supporting outreach activities, i.e. Children and young people’s camps, Forest school, training, Group nights and Camps for All.
- Working with volunteers to maintain and prepare the centre for weekly guests.
- Supporting centre decarbonisation and greater understanding of climate resilient approaches to outdoor education.
Closing date: Monday 9th February 2026
Link: https://woodcraft.org.uk/vacancies/cudham-centre-internship/
SPID Theatre
Job title: Youth Outreach Intern
Summary: SPID Theatre is a youth charity specialising in art that advocates housing justice, challenging the stereotypes around social housing and celebrating their history. We make high quality community theatre, film and heritage projects that celebrate estate culture and give young people the skills and confidence to share their stories.
The Youth Outreach Intern will be part of a small, committed team, working with staff, young participants, parents and community partners. This internship is a chance to get real, hands-on experience in outreach and youth work, creative arts and digital communications. You’ll support outreach, youth engagement and promotion across SPID’s estate-based programmes, while building up skills that are valued in today’s job market – from facilitation and public speaking to project delivery and digital marketing.
Closing date: Monday 9th February, 5pm
Lewisham Youth Theatre
Job title: Programmes Assistant
Summary: The Programmes Assistant will support Lewisham Youth Theatre’s team in coordinating and delivering multi-pronged offer of outreach activities, introductory projects and drama-based performance activities.
The assistant will take on assigned roles across all steps of a participants’ journey, supporting young people with barriers to engagement to access LYT’s activities and experience personal and creative growth through projects. This will include; helping with recruitment, family communications, project planning, session delivery, and evaluation, as well as supporting with LYT’s wrap-around programmes of work experience and youth leadership.
Closing date: Friday 13th February, 5pm
Link: Current vacancies – Lewisham’s Flagship Youth-Led Creative Space