Community Post Type: Volunteering

Do you have communications & marketing skills? Could you inspire engagement, financial giving & committment to a great charity supporting children? If so, then we would love you to join our team at the Barnstondale Centre.

What will you be doing?

We are looking for an engaging and creative individual who has skills and experience of communicating on various media platforms. The role will work directly with the charity’s Fundraising and Communications Manager, Siobhan, to help us shout loud and proud about what our organisation does and promote fundraising events we are planning on delivering!

We are specifically looking for support wth the following:

• Campaigning
• Social media marketing
• Data analytics
• Market research

What are we looking for?

We are looking for a volunteer who has a passion and desire to help us deliver the life changing experiences we do to the thousands of children and young adults who visit our centre.

Skills and/or Experience:

• Self-motivated and able to work using own initiative, as well as part of a team.
• Experience with marketing, sales, or advertising.
• Hands-on experience developing online campaigns and promotions for events and causes.
• A Digital Marketing and Data Analytics degree or certification is desirable, but not essential.

What difference will you make?

Barnstondale is a safe, supportive and stimulating environment for youngsters from all walks of life, including those with a range of disabilities. Over a third of our visitors are from disadvantaged backgrounds and have limited opportunities to experience what we offer. We are proud to be able to support these children financially through our bursary scheme too. We are passionate about transforming the lives of young people, inspiring them to grow in mind, body and spirit.

Since the formation of the charity we have supported, on average, over 6000 young people per year. Barnstondale is for many, their first time experiencing the outdoors and their only holiday or respite of the year.

You would play an integral role in supporting our charity to engage with our community, develop engaging and exciting content, finding new customers and alerting people to the great work we do at Barnstondale Centre to support children from disadvantaged and disabled backgrounds.

This is a role that offers you real scope, challenge and reward and the chance to contribute and enhance an organisation supporting vulnerable and underprivileged children, and their families.

To apply, see here

At the Children’s Air Ambulance, we run a special fundraising club for Children and young people called #thecrew Do you want a flexible volunteering role? Then this could be just for you!

Blade is our mascot and was designed by one of our #TheCrew members. Blade’s diary is filling up fast so we are now looking for a number of volunteers who would be able to wear the costume at events when promoting the Children’s Air Ambulance across the country!

You don’t need any previous experience but just to be enthusiastic and enjoy attending events. The costume is quite heavy so you would need to be reasonably strong and able to stand for a length of time. The costume will fit up to an adult size 14/16. When attending events, you would never be alone, we would ensure you are accompanied by other staff or volunteers, and you would have regular breaks from the costume.

To apply, see here

Can you help us pull together an incredible social impact report to showcase the amazing works we have completed this year? As a company we’re experiencing huge growth and huge demand for services and we need your help to continue!

What will you be doing?

We are looking for someone to work with us remotely, from home to help us to showcase the incredible work we have completed this year!

The social impact report is our chance to highlight all we have achieved this year, the families we have supported and the incredible impact we have had.

We need someone to create a social impact report and help us to identify the gaps in data we currently have to enable us to better collect impactful data going forward.

You will be working directly with the directors of Beautiful New Beginnings to pull together the necessary data and present it in a meaningful, impactful, visual way using infographics as well as creating a more formal report for the business too.

We love utilising the expertise of others within our business and we recognise that you will have more skills than us in this area! We are open to ideas and suggestions about how this social impact report may look and feel. We are open to working with creative thinkers, and love working with those who can work independently with high levels of communication throughout. We are a really flexible team always ready to listen to new ideas and open to new ways of thinking too if it benefits the business!

What are we looking for?

We think it would be beneficial to have a

Knowledge and experience of social impact reporting, of data collection and analysis, and if you had a knowledge on social return of investment that would be incredible!

We love working with passionate, creative, enthusiastic people who are able to communicate well and want to make a real difference in the community. You should be able to work independently, manage your own workload and timeframes well and be able to use excel to filter data.

What difference will you make?

Your input will help us shape how we present ourselves to our families and beneficiaries, our stakeholders and funders and the Local Authority. The report will enable us to leverage the funding we have received this year, and achieve future funding and commissioned work based on the data showcased. Through this, we will be able to reach more families, deliver more sessions in the community and provide more fully funded counselling for parents and children.

Your help and expertise will help us to identify the gaps in the data we may have and support us in moving forward with a more robust way of collecting that data to ensure we are able to fully showcase the support we have for communities and the reach our business has across the city region.

To apply, see here

We’re the MS Society – a community of people living with MS, scientists, campaigners, listeners, organisers, ambassadors and fundraisers. Our volunteers are a key part of achieving our goals and their support is vital. Join us.

About this opportunity

We are looking to recruit a Finance Volunteer for our West Lancashire Group. As a Finance Volunteer, you would be joining a coordinating team of volunteers to plan and deliver services and activities to support people locally.

You will maintain and approve income and expenditure records and explain financial information clearly to other group members. You would ensure our financial requirements and policies are followed, and that money is spent in a cost effective manner.

This is a great opportunity to gain experience with a large charity, develop your existing skills and learn new ones. We need you to get involved and help make positive changes to the lives of people affected by MS.

About youYou’ll have an interest in the MS Society and the work that we do, as well as the enthusiasm to represent both us and our values locally. You will understand the needs of people affected by MS in your area and be sympathetic to the needs and motivations of volunteers. You’ll be comfortable with figures, preferably with an accounting or business background.

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The MS Society is committed to promoting diversity. We can only offer roles to over 18s.

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The VS6 Partnership are pleased to announce the launch of the Liverpool City Region Volunteering Hub website, the central place for all volunteering needs across the city region.

The hub revolutionises volunteering by supporting the co-ordination and management of volunteering across all six Liverpool City Region (LCR) boroughs into one platform providing wider promotion of opportunities and a shared database of registered volunteers looking to give their time to our LCR communities.

Organisations can register on the hub’s website to promote their volunteering opportunities for free and access a pool of volunteers across LCR. All opportunities are listed on the hub website, and due to the interoperability of the hub with volunteer centres across LCR boroughs, opportunities will also be promoted at a local level. The hub also supports the management of volunteers including accepting volunteers, logging volunteer hours, GDPR compliance and producing data reports on volunteering activities.

The hub was developed in partnership with TeamKinetic, who designed the bespoke management software, and is funded by Mayor Steve Rotheram and the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, to build upon the legacy of generosity and volunteering from the pandemic.

Originally, the idea of the hub was developed following TeamKinetic’s work with Halton & St Helens VCA in developing a digital volunteer management platform which was enhanced during the pandemic in response to the rising demand for both volunteers needed and residents wanting to get involved in volunteering. Following the success of this platform and further funding from the Combined Authority, each borough in the city region now has their own digital volunteer platform run by their local CVS, which now all feed into our newly launched Liverpool City Region Volunteering Hub.

To access the Liverpool City Region Volunteering Hub to register your organisations’ opportunities or to sign up to get involved in volunteering, please click here.

Additionally, if you are an organisation wanting to promote your volunteering opportunities and want to know more, Volunteer Centre Sefton are hosting some training on how to use the TeamKinetic system throughout February and March:

Tuesday 13 February 2024 from 10 AM 12 PM on Zoom

Thursday 7 March 2024 from 1 – 3 PM on Zoom.

 

We are looking for someone to create anti-violence educational resources, courses, and content for e-learning as part of a team who are passionate about early intervention education for all ages.

What will you be doing?

We are looking for someone to create anti-violence educational resources, courses, and content for e-learning as part of a team who are passionate about early intervention education for all ages.

• Volunteer will work closely with the Director to create bespoke resources.
• Opportunities to work with a brand-new company.
• Resources come in all formats – single page briefs, videos, PowerPoints, e-lessons, guides, and information booklets.
• Flexibility to development new content.

The topics will be as follows:

• Anti Social Behaviour
• Bullying and Cyberbullying
• Child Abuse and Exploitation
• Domestic Abuse
• Gang Culture
• Knife Crime

What are we looking for?

• Volunteers should have experience writing concisely and for audiences with limited knowledge of the subject areas and within a varied age range.
• Ideally a background in education relating to teaching or development.
• Experience teaching or tutoring would be greatly appreciated.

To apply, see here

Description: To transport victims of Modern Slavery & Human Trafficking to a place of safety. You may be the first person to show care and empathy to the victim on their journey to recovery.

Location: Journeys can be anywhere in England & Wales and will be split with other volunteers if over a certain distance or time period.

Accountable to: National Transport Coordinator

Background: The Salvation Army has delivered the UK Government’s contract to provide support for victims of Modern Slavery & Human Trafficking since 2011. As part of the contract, The Salvation Army are required to provide a safe, effective & demand led Transport Service.

To apply and for more details, see here

Are looking for a flexible volunteering role, are you able to commit to volunteering for at least 10 hours per year, do you want to meet new people and make a difference?

We are expanding rapidly, and we need your help to raise awareness and increase income for The Air Ambulance Service and the Children’s Air Ambulance by supporting our large events and events local to you while representing the Charity. As an event support volunteer some of the things you would be involved in are: Setting up and clearing down the event Welcoming and talking to members of the public Assisting with the smooth running of our events Cheering on our supporters Helping with promotion of events Our events vary massively from local fetes and quiz nights to marathons and outdoor cinemas.

Hopefully there will be something to interest everyone! We will communicate all planned events to you regularly so that you can plan ahead and let us know which events you are able to support. This role is very flexible, you can sign up to support our events on an ad hoc basis when it is most convenient for you. As the charity will invest time in processing your application and providing you with training to carry out your role, we ask that you commit to a minimum of two events per year.

To apply, see here

Our van driver’s assistants are essential to ensuring that all the amazing donations we receive end up in our shops, so they can be sold to help raise vital funds. These funds are then used to make a real difference to disadvantaged children, young people and their families across the UK.

You will need to be comfortable lifting and shifting large amounts of furniture and stock between our shops and the area van. You will need to be an excellent timekeeper, and able to keep the van driver entertained whilst you are stuck in the inevitable traffic.

It would be great if you could volunteer one shift a week (or even more if you want) but we’re always happy to be flexible to work around your availability.

To apply, see here

Could you be the friendly face of your local British Heart Foundation shop? With support around you and full training provided, you will be processing sales through the till as a cashier, talking to customers and thanking every donor – helping us continue to fund life saving research.

This is a customer focussed role where you will meet and interact with a wide range of people.

Typical tasks include:

· Engaging with customers and serving them in a helpful and friendly way

· Answering questions from customer, donors and supporters

· Communicating with fellow volunteers about what has sold and needs re-stocking

· Honing your retail and cashier skills behind the till and taking payments

· Helping with administration and reception duties around the till area

· Promoting Gift Aid and sales campaigns

To apply, see here