Start contributing. Start learning. Start to prove.
AI-powered volunteer outstaffing that matches immigrants with community tasks, builds verified contribution records for the UK's new Earned Settlement model, teaches practical AI skills — and creates a direct pipeline to paid employment.
The problem
The UK's Earned Settlement model (November 2025) proposes that community volunteering can reduce the settlement period by 3–5 years. But there is no framework for what counts, no way to find tasks, and no way to verify contributions. Over 300 charities have warned it is unworkable.
The Government aims to upskill 10 million workers by 2030 to capture £400bn from AI. Yet immigrants — in roles most exposed to automation (care, hospitality, cleaning, logistics) — are excluded from training due to language, status, and access barriers.
How it works
Join via Telegram bot or startnewlife.uk. Select languages, location, interests. 2 minutes.
AI matches you to available tasks based on location, language, skills, and availability.
Translate a leaflet, help at a food bank, teach digital skills. 1 hour to 1 day.
Submit a photo + 2 sentences via Telegram. Partner confirms with one tap. AI generates the log.
Every task added to your Digital Contribution Record. Exportable as PDF for immigration applications.
The tasks
Every task includes a 5-minute AI Skills Micro-lesson — practical instruction on using an AI tool relevant to the task.
Translate GP leaflets, school newsletters, housing notices into community languages.
AI-assisted translation tools
Help elderly residents set up email, teach online banking, assist charities with social media.
Digital literacy teaching
Enter survey data, organise contact lists, transcribe meeting notes using AI tools.
Spreadsheets + AI validation
Assist at food banks, community gardens, libraries, and local events.
UK workplace norms
Take photos, write blog posts, create posters using AI design tools for charities.
AI design + content creation
Every task starts with a 5-minute lesson on the AI tool you'll use — delivered in your language via Telegram.
Practical AI skills
The model
Existing platforms ask immigrants to browse and apply independently. We operate like a staffing agency — organisations tell us what they need, we deploy the right person.
Traditional volunteer platforms
Organisations post opportunities. Individuals browse, apply, manage their own onboarding. Requires English fluency, system knowledge, and confidence. Fails immigrants.
Start to Prove
Organisation says: "We need someone to translate our leaflet into Russian." We deploy the right person — vetted, briefed, DBS-checked. One point of contact. AI handles everything else.
The pipeline
One continuous relationship from arrival to settlement. The same person, already vetted and trained, moves seamlessly through each stage.
Stage 1 · Arrive
No right to work yet. Volunteer outstaffing via Mendee CIC. Build Contribution Record. Learn AI skills. Get DBS-checked. Improve English.
Stage 2 · Transition
Right to work granted. Paid placements in hospitality via rbt.london. Same person, already vetted and trained. No recruitment from scratch.
Stage 3 · Settle
Employment provides NI contributions. Continued volunteering provides community contribution. Both count toward Earned Settlement.
Year 1 targets
100
participants registered
500
tasks completed
2,000
verified contribution hours
15
partner organisations
Implementation
Telegram bot MVP. 5 pilot partner organisations. 20 task templates.
20 participants from existing community. Iterate. Build AI micro-lesson library.
10+ partners. Web interface on startnewlife.uk. First Contribution Records generated.
80+ participants. Ukrainian and Uzbek languages. Council partnerships.
100 participants. 500 tasks. 2,000 hours. Impact evaluation. Year 2 applications.
Get involved
Looking for: grantmakers (£10K seed budget), local authorities, food banks, GP surgeries, community centres, libraries, small charities, and schools in Tower Hamlets, Newham, and Hackney willing to pilot the outstaffing model.