Community Post Type: Volunteering

To go into a primary school every week and hear a group of children read on a one to one basis. We do not ask for any particular qualifications, but Schoolreaders need to enjoy spending time with children, have a good grasp of written and spoken English and be able to commit to attend school weekly during term time for a minimum of 1 year.

Schoolreaders is a free service for primary schools and all our volunteers give their time freely. We regret we cannot reimburse expenses so try to match volunteers with schools as local as possible. Each potential volunteer completes an application form online or by post and agrees to the Schoolreaders code of conduct. The partner school who the volunteer is paired with completes an enhanced DBS check at the school’s expense.

The school provide guidance and training specific to their school and your activities. Each school uses our volunteers differently, so some volunteers see the same few children each week, while others get to spend time with every member of the class over a term.

To apply, see here

You would be supporting the Comics Youth staff to lead Saturday workshops with our young people. This would look like helping to plan activities, supporting the young people in the space, reflecting on the sessions with staff and suggesting ways we can keep things fun!

– DBS checks will be reimbursed by us.
– Your travel to sessions will be reimbursed.
– You get up to £5 for lunch per volunteering day.
– Training provided.

Must be able to travel to Make, 2 Cleveland Street, Hamilton Square, Birkenhead, CH41 6ND.

Interested? Email us before the 4th January to bag a place.

Are you friendly, confident, a good listener and interested in supporting people’s mental health?

We are looking for Volunteer Meeting Facilitators to join our Wednesday morning (11am – 12.30pm) peer support group in Knowsley, based at the Old School House in Huyton, Liverpool.

PeerTalk is a mental health charity providing support groups for adults experiencing anxiety, depression and related distress. As a Meeting Facilitator, you will be responsible for providing a safe, respectful and non-judgemental space for any attendees to share their distress at. Full training is provided.

This opportunity is open to anyone over 18.

You can find out more about the role, and apply by clicking here

This role presents a wonderful opportunity to get out and about in your community, liaising with local businesses and organisations to find and arrange suitable reading venues for your group.

Generally, our preferred venues are libraries or similar settings, but they are always locations where at least one other person is in the building to ensure the safety and integrity of the reading sessions. Similarly, the venues must provide an element of confidentiality, so that Readers aren’t intimidated by having to return to classroom-like settings.

You will be organised, proactive and enthusiastic and enjoy spreading the word about your local group to a wide range of people and organisations.

To apply, visit here

Our tea party hosts are a vital part of the Re-engage team.

Tea parties provide a lifeline of friendship for our older people, and the regular, warm, friendly chats and companionship provide a vital link with the outside world from which they have become isolated. Re-engage needs enthusiastic volunteers to work as tea party hosts.

This is a flexible, voluntary role that can easily be fitted in around your own lifestyle and availability. As a volunteer host you will run a local Re-engage tea party one to two times a year.

To apply, visit here

Found on high streets up and down the country, our shops are great places to learn new skills and share existing ones. Join our enthusiastic teams and try your hand at all number of tasks. From serving customers on the shop floor, to learning about all the amazing things we get donated, there is truly something for everyone.

Diversity is something we celebrate. We want you to be able to bring your authentic self to the Red Cross and feel that you belong. We want to create an inclusive environment, and promote and spread the power of kindness. As part of creating an inclusive space we have an expenses policy that prioritises volunteers not being out of pocket for expenses linked to your role.

If up front costs are difficult, you can speak to your volunteering manager about this to find alternatives. We welcome refugees, asylum seekers and others currently in the UK to volunteer with us. We want volunteering to be accessible to everyone. **Health and Safety Statement** We take an individual approach to ensuring your safety. We may ask you to complete a simple risk assessment.

We will also have a conversation with you to discuss any adjustments you may need. As we take great care to ensure that all our volunteers are safe and supported, there may be some locations where we won’t be able to host 15-17 year olds. Please get in touch so that we can help you find a suitable volunteering opportunity. If you have any questions before applying, please contact us at volunteerrecruitment@redcross.org.uk

To apply, visit here

Found on high streets up and down the country, our shops are great places to learn new skills and share existing ones.

Join our enthusiastic teams and try your hand at all number of tasks. From serving customers on the shop floor, to learning about all the amazing things we get donated, there is truly something for everyone. Diversity is something we celebrate. We want you to be able to bring your authentic self to the Red Cross and feel that you belong. We want to create an inclusive environment, and promote and spread the power of kindness.

As part of creating an inclusive space we have an expenses policy that prioritises volunteers not being out of pocket for expenses linked to your role. If up front costs are difficult, you can speak to your volunteering manager about this to find alternatives. We welcome refugees, asylum seekers and others currently in the UK to volunteer with us. We want volunteering to be accessible to everyone. **Health and Safety Statement** We take an individual approach to ensuring your safety. We may ask you to complete a simple risk assessment.

We will also have a conversation with you to discuss any adjustments you may need. As we take great care to ensure that all our volunteers are safe and supported, there may be some locations where we won’t be able to host 15-17 year olds.

Please get in touch so that we can help you find a suitable volunteering opportunity. If you have any questions before applying, please contact us at volunteerrecruitment@redcross.org.uk

To apply, see here

Spreading the word is key to your local community understanding what your Read Easy group does and how people can get the reading support they need or volunteer to help.

You will be creative, determined and passionate about communications, and bringing people together. You’ll be confident using local media, social media, and distributing leaflets, posters and other resources provided by Read Easy UK to help get the message out there into your community about the life-changing journey of learning to read.

Once the local community and media hear about the thousands of adults who can’t read in the area, it will be your responsibility to make sure that your local Read Easy group is able to capitalise on this attention!

To apply, see here

Are you a wildlife-loving content creator, skilled in graphic design, illustration, animation and/or video editing? Could you bring creative flair to help Tigers4Ever give wild tigers wild futures?

What we need

We are looking for a wildlife-loving content creator, skilled in one or more of the areas of graphic design, illustration, animation and video editing to bring creative flair to raising the profile of Tigers4Ever, our work, and why and how we strive to give wild tigers wild futures.

You’ll be passionate about creating a sustainable future for wild tigers, with a true love of nature and enthusiasm for conservation.

Who we’re looking for

We are looking for someone with creativity and imagination to create our digital materials for a range of campaigns and to turbo-charge our visibility across digital platforms.

The skills we need include:

• Competence in professional packages such as Adobe Creative packages including Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro and InDesign
• Excellent digital design and motion graphic skills
• Compelling digital infographic and design skills
• Working knowledge of Canva and template creation

What you’ll be doing

You’ll use your creative skills to produce digital content for a range of campaigns and profile-raising activities. You’ll be involved in defining campaign content and creative hooks, working with our marcomms trustees. You’ll also help us to become more consistent visually, strengthening our brand curation and governance. This will involve:

• Producing assets for various social media platforms to support four key fundraising campaigns annually and various, pre-defined awareness days throughout the year.
• growing a content flow pipeline to enable regular posting of fresh images and graphics to our channels; this is likely to include creation of a photo library and various templates in Canva
• Bringing life to presentations and other materials for use in CSR and grant applications
• Production of infographics for LinkedIn, as well as web banners and social media headers

What difference will you make?

Your work will directly impact on the future of wild tigers and their habitats in India – helping to grow our reach and raise our profile, and so contributing to a rise in donations to fund anti-poaching patrols, new waterholes and community education.

To apply, see here

Action Tutoring unlocks the potential of children and young people who are facing disadvantage. We are tackling the attainment gap head-on by forging partnerships with schools nationwide. Our trained volunteer tutors are empowered to enable pupils to make meaningful academic progress, opening doors to future opportunities.

The opportunity

Education in this country isn’t fair. If you are from a poorer socio-economic background, you are less likely to achieve academically than your peers.

As an English or maths tutor, you will choose one of our partner schools and work with 1-3 pupils for an hour a week, across the course 10-20 weeks. Sessions are either delivered on the school premises or online, at the same time each week. You can choose to support children preparing for their SATs (ages 9-11) or GCSEs (ages 14-16). We provide all of our tutors with training, workbooks to use in sessions, a DBS check and travel expenses up to £5 per session.

Face-to-face opportunities are available in Birmingham, Bristol, Liverpool, Southport, Wirral, Newcastle, Nottingham, Sheffield, London and Sussex. Links to our school locations can be found here at the bottom.

You can tutor online from anywhere in England, Scotland and Wales. Please note we cannot currently accept tutors who live outside the UK or are under the age of 18. Learn more about our virtual programmes here – https://actiontutoring.org.uk/reacharea/virtual-programmes/

Volunteering for just one hour per week is a rewarding way to make a difference to the lives of disadvantaged young people. You will be directly supporting them to build their confidence and help ensure they leave school with the grades needed to build a bright future, all while developing your own experience!

Apply today by clicking here