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Travel Hands TravelHands: Help London be more accessible for all. A service pairing VIP and a Londoner to travel together in the city.

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This Volunteers' Week, we're celebrating the stories, experiences, and moments that inspire people to make London mor...
05/06/2026

This Volunteers' Week, we're celebrating the stories, experiences, and moments that inspire people to make London more accessible.

This week, our community is putting that into action.
At the Great Exhibition Road Festival, Travel Hands Guides will be supporting VIPs as they explore one of London's most exciting festivals together.

Later this month, employees from JPMorgan Chase will join us for a Corporate Volunteering Experience, guiding VIPs and experiencing the city through a different perspective.
From festival adventures to corporate partnerships, the idea is the same:

The best way to experience London is to share it.
That's why we say yes.
:round_pushpin: Great Exhibition Road Festival — 6 June
:date: JPMorgan Chase Corporate Volunteering Experience — 24 June

Interested in joining a future event or bringing your team on a journey? Send us a DM.

Know someone who loves exploring London, meeting new people, and making a real difference?

Tag them below, share this post, or send them a DM. We'd love to welcome more Guides to the Travel Hands community.
Together, we can help more VIPs experience the city with confidence.



(Accessibility, Inclusion, London, Sight Loss, Community, Corporate Volunteering, Social Impact, Travel Hands, VIPs, London Events.)

We all know someone who would love this.The friend who's always exploring a new corner of London.The colleague who never...
04/06/2026

We all know someone who would love this.

The friend who's always exploring a new corner of London.
The colleague who never says no to a lunchtime walk.

The person who's looking for a meaningful way to spend a spare 45 minutes.

Tag them below.
At Travel Hands, our community grows through people sharing their experiences and encouraging others to get involved.

Sure, our marketing team loves running shiny digital campaigns, but let’s be honest: we get our absolute favorite, most legendary volunteers because awesome people happen to tell other awesome people. Consider yourself our ultimate growth hack.

Every Guide started with someone discovering an opportunity to make a difference. Every share helps us reach someone we couldn't reach alone.

As part of our campaign this Volunteers' Week, we're celebrating the moments that inspire people to take that first step.

So help us pass the inspiration forward.
Tag someone who should know about Travel Hands.

Congratulations to our Guide of the Month, Conal!London hit a blistering 33 degrees that day. The kind of oppressive hea...
04/06/2026

Congratulations to our Guide of the Month, Conal!

London hit a blistering 33 degrees that day. The kind of oppressive heat wave where plans melt, people stay indoors, and the Tube feels completely impossible.

But vital hospital appointments don’t wait for the weather.

Our Guide of the Month, Conal, met Moh at Old Street Station to head over to Moorfields Eye Hospital. But what truly defined that afternoon wasn’t the heavy heat, it was the incredible conversation along the way.

As they walked, Moh shared a completely hidden layer of London: the smart audio cues, the accessibility apps, and the textured paving most sighted pedestrians walk right over without a second thought.

Conal didn't just walk with someone that day; he gained a front-row masterclass in experiencing his city differently. That curiosity and connection is exactly .

What's your story? Drop it in the comments, or tag a friend who needs to start writing their own.

(Shoutout to Gabrielle, Eve, Joanna, Olivia, Josie, and Akim for making journeys happen across London this month, too!)

Every 6 minutes in the UK, someone is told they're losing their sight.Think about what that actually means. For many peo...
02/06/2026

Every 6 minutes in the UK, someone is told they're losing their sight.

Think about what that actually means. For many people, a simple, everyday journey, a trip to a hospital, meeting a friend at a café, or visiting a corner of London they love, suddenly becomes a source of anxiety, endless planning, or something they quietly stop doing altogether.

You have the power to change that.

Because Travel Hands is completely ad-hoc and flexible, you can accept a journey whenever you're already out and about. No rigid shifts. Just real human connection on your own terms.

Be the reason someone keeps exploring this city.

Sign up at travelhands.co.uk, or share this post right now with someone who might say yes.

Volunteers' Week starts today, and we have a confession.We want to kill the word "volunteering."You're not a staff resou...
01/06/2026

Volunteers' Week starts today, and we have a confession.
We want to kill the word "volunteering."
You're not a staff resource. You're not a rigid slot in a corporate calendar. You're a Travel Hands Hero, an urban explorer who knows that the best way to experience London is to share it.

Traditional volunteering feels like a sterile transaction. A Travel Hands journey is alive. It’s an ad-hoc, flexible lifestyle experience where you break your daily routine, discover hidden pockets of London, and see the city through a completely fresh perspective.

This week, we're launching . We are asking our community of Heroes to do three quick things this week:

1️⃣ Forward our latest Lifestyle Log newsletter to someone who loves the city.
2️⃣ Tell one person about Travel Hands today (at the watercooler, over coffee, or at home).
3️⃣ Follow us and drop your favorite London hidden gem in the comments below. 👇
We have completed 1,500+ journeys. But with 43,000 visually impaired people in London, the work is far from done. London is better when everyone gets to experience it. Let's grow this community together.

“Every time we underestimate a disabled person, we reveal more about our limitations than theirs.”Disability is often se...
30/05/2026

“Every time we underestimate a disabled person, we reveal more about our limitations than theirs.”

Disability is often seen through the lens of what someone cannot do.

But people are more than assumptions.
More than labels.
More than the expectations placed on them.

The moment we decide what someone is capable of based on a disability, we stop seeing the person and start seeing our own bias.

Talent, ambition, intelligence, humour, leadership, kindness, resilience, none of these are determined by whether someone has a disability.

The question is not what disabled people can do.

The question is why society still underestimates them.

If this resonates with you, save it. Share it.

London is having a moment. A very warm, very sunny, slightly unhinged moment.Protect your eyes. Wear sunglasses with UV ...
27/05/2026

London is having a moment. A very warm, very sunny, slightly unhinged moment.
Protect your eyes. Wear sunglasses with UV protection. Stay hydrated. Apply sunscreen around the eye area. Wear a hat that means business.

And if the heat, the crowds and the general chaos of a London summer make navigating the city feel overwhelming, Travel Hands Guides know every shaded route, every quiet exit, every shortcut through.

We're here through all seasons. Even the ones that surprise us.



How are you surviving the London heat? Drop your survival strategy below — we need tips.

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