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Ready to work? Find opportunities near you, now.

ReadyHands has urgent shifts, quick assignments, temporary jobs, part-time work and full-time work — and you can post work here too.

Urgent work near you

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  • Needed now

    Waiting staff needed for evening service

    Today at 2:48pm

    Camden, North London

    £15 per hour, per person

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  • Within one hour

    Help moving furniture from a first-floor flat

    Today at 3:21pm

    Salford, Greater Manchester

    £60 total — £30 per person

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  • Needed today

    Room cleaner for a daytime shift

    Today at 4:30pm

    Edinburgh city centre

    £13.50 per hour

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A café manager arranging cover for a shift on their phone

Popular kinds of work

A few examples of what people ask for near you.

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Who uses ReadyHands

  • A café manager arranging cover for a shift on their phone
  • A person at home asking for help with a household job
  • A worker reading a nearby paid work opportunity on their phone
  • A tradesperson accepting an urgent service request beside their van

How it works

  1. Step 1

    Post the work you need doing

  2. Step 2

    Available people nearby are told about it

  3. Step 3

    Interested people apply straight away

  4. Step 4

    You choose the person you prefer

  5. Step 5

    The work is completed safely through ReadyHands

Clear payment and protection

On ReadyHands the work, payment, agreement and completion record stay connected from beginning to end.

  • Payment confirmed

  • Clear Work Agreement

  • Recorded completion

  • Fair payment release