Title : Volunteer Online/Virtual PA Assistant

This is a Volunteer position.

This position is a Volunteer online/virtual role as PA to the founder of Fledgling Arts Collective Central - a large non-profit online arts for mental health community.

Your main duty will be posting up volunteer positions to recruitment websites that we are registered with. You will then forward applications to the Founder of Fledgling to reply to. Training will be given to demonstrate how to do this.

There will be occasions where you will contact organisations and individuals that we would like to become involved with.

About Fledgling Art Collective Central

We are non-profit-making-volunteer run Arts Collective providing a platform both online and offline for those who struggle with mental health, addiction,gender dysphoria,sexuality,feel like they don't quite 'fit',or feel estranged to this world ,We encourage you to express yourselves through art as catharsis.Combining Art & Catharsis , we believe in being CathARTic.We believe the arts are a great elixir.All those who empathise and feel akin with our beliefs are Welcome also.

What are they looking for?

You will also need to use your own initiative because any ideas you have to further the progress will be very welcome.

We look forward to receiving your application.

Designability Seeks a New Chair

An opportunity to lead the Board of Designability

The charity that enables disabled people to live with greater independence

Designability is a UK charity that enables disabled people to live with greater independence. Our team of designers and engineers create life-changing assistive products to help people who are facing challenges every day. We follow the principles of human-centered design which means that everything we develop is done in response to what people tell us they need. Our aim is for people to achieve greater independence and happiness in their lives – goals that benefit all of society.

We are looking to appoint a Chair that will lead the Board of Trustees and the CEO in setting and delivering Designability’s strategic objectives. The Chair will champion our vision mission and values, and with the support of the senior leadership team and other Trustees, will ensure the charity’s goals are met.

The Chair will need to have operated at a senior level ideally as an Executive, Non-Exec or Chair, with an empathy and understanding of the challenges faced by disabled people, ideally by having lived experience either personally, or as a family member or carer.  This is an unpaid voluntary role.

Responsibilities:

• To lead the Trustees of Designability and to ensure that the Board fulfils its governance responsibilities.
• To direct the work of the Board to ensure Designability achieves its aims and responds effectively to issues that arise.
• To ensure the Trustees deploy Designability’s resources to further the charity’s objectives whilst complying with the law and meeting commitments to funders.
• To ensure the three-year strategic plan is reviewed annually.
• To chair and facilitate the Board meetings of Designability.
• To set the agenda of Board meetings in conjunction with the CEO.
• To lead on the monitoring and implementation of decisions taken at Board meetings or to allocate this role.
• To carry out an annual appraisal of the work of the CEO.
• To sit on appointment and disciplinary panels as appropriate.
• To represent Designability at functions and meetings as appropriate.

In addition to the duties listed above, the new Chair should use any specific skills, knowledge or experience they have to help the Board of Trustees reach sound decisions.

Yes Futures is a multi-award winning charity, run by experienced, qualified teachers. Our vision is a future where all young people are confident, resilient and lead fulfilling lives.

Our Into the Wild weekend is a three-day residential trip for secondary school students taking part in our personal development programmes. Stepping outside of their comfort zone, students come together with other schools over the action-packed weekend, taking on practical outdoor challenges such as rock climbing and rafting! Both the programme and the residential weekend are designed to boost young people’s confidence, resilience, communication and self awareness skills, helping them to thrive in and out of the classroom.

This autumn, we are running our Into the Wild trip from Friday 8th - Sunday 10th October at PGL Liddington, near Swindon. We are looking for volunteers to support the students as assistant group leaders to ensure they get the most out of the weekend!

Roles and responsibilities include:

• Assisting staff and students to encourage the participation and engagement of the students throughout the weekend
• Ensuring the development of the students’ skills and talents by assisting with reflection sessions, feedback and reward systems
• Supporting young people with the activities, particularly those who need extra mentoring or guidance, with the supervision of trip leaders
• Organising and communicating with our students to ensure they are aware of timetables, agendas, bedroom arrangements and clothing requirements for activities
• Escalating any behavioural or pastoral issues to the trip leaders

Experience of working with young people is useful, but not essential – just bring your enthusiasm and willingness to get involved!

You will be supporting the students on their activity sessions (which are all led by trained PGL instructors). The trip is a chance to meet other like-minded volunteers, develop your skills and have a fun weekend away in the British countryside. You can even have a go on the activities yourself, if you wish (we love seeing our volunteers zip down the zipwire)!

Across the UK many of our feline friends are cared for by volunteer fosterers who provide a stable, safe and loving environment in their homes or in purpose built pens in their gardens. They provide vital hands on care and accommodation to stray, abandoned cats or cats whose owners could sadly no longer keep them, and are part of a dedicated team of volunteers committed to finding new homes for cats in need.

Most of our fosterers care for one or two cats at a time and enjoy providing lots of TLC to those cats which have been pre-loved or have had a difficult start in life. Some of our fosterers look after new mums and kittens and provide round the clock care to new-borns with tummies to fill and lots to learn. No matter what type of cats they have in care our fosterers provide the best start to the next stage of their lives.

As a volunteer cat fosterer, you can expect to be:-

• Meeting the needs of the cats and kittens in your care
• Maintaining minimum veterinary and cat care standards
• Cleaning and looking after the cats environment and equipment
• Feeding, grooming and administering medication (such as flea and worm treatments)
• Spending time enriching the cats experience in care including; play, exercise and stroking
• Introducing the cat to prospective adopters

At Cats Protection we help thousands of cats and kittens each year thanks to our dedicated volunteer groups. These groups of passionate individuals all help our feline friends in different ways. They take in stray and abandoned cats and ensure they receive the veterinary care and attention they deserve, help raise funds, promote neutering and help spread cat welfare messages. Our volunteer secretaries provide the support that helps our volunteer groups run smoothly. They make a real difference to the lives of our feline friends by helping maintain positive communications, supporting others, promoting the work of Cats Protection and signposting queries from members of the public.  

As a volunteer Branch Secretary, you can expect to be:-

• Taking and distributing meeting minutes
• Identifying and circulating information
• Supporting the volunteer group in planning activities
• Managing communication between volunteers and staff
• Signposting enquiries to relevant team members 

CoppaFeel!’s mission is to ensure that all breast cancers are diagnosed early and correctly. We know that finding breast cancer early gives the best possible chance of survival and we exist to eradicate the mis and late diagnoses of breast cancer and save lives.

The Board of Trustees plays a key role in the functioning and success of the charity.  As a CoppaFeel! Trustee you will be involved at a strategic level to ensure that the charity achieves the purpose for which it was set up and hold us accountable in delivering our strategic objectives and best meeting the needs of our beneficiaries. 

We are particularly encouraging applications from candidates who have experience in:

• Fundraising strategy, with a good understanding of income generation at Director level and can support CoppaFeel!’s fundraising strategy to facilitate sustainable growth

• A clinician who can demonstrate an interest or specialism in improving early detection of cancer for young people through their clinical work and can shape our services and messaging to ensure that all breast cancers diagnosed early and accurately

• A business leader with board level experience in entrepreneurial and business management, strategic leadership and growth management to support our ambitious organisation through a period of growth.

We also encourage you to apply if you have a passion for checking boobs, CoppaFeel! or creating behaviour change and empowering people to be proactive about their health.

Virtual gamers wanted!

Are you a gaming fanatic? Do you enjoy playing with others?

A number of people we support absolutely love gaming and technology and so we are looking for enthusiastic volunteers to be their gaming buddies! 

As a volunteer buddy, you would be matched up with a person we support to play different games with and talk all things tech!

Whether you have an Xbox, Playstation, Nintendo Switch or other exciting consoles to play a range of games on, we would love for you to get in touch. 

This is a virtual role, so your location can be flexible.

Activities will include:

• Getting to know the person you'll be supporting and the types of games they enjoy
• Showing the person we support how to play different games
• Playing games together online on a regular basis (eg once a week would be ideal)
• Chatting about programming/gaming/technology

We are looking for volunteers who are:

• A fan of console gaming
• Interested in all things to do with technology
• Friendly, patient and a good listener
• Comfortable chatting with people with learning disabilities and/or autism
• Reliable/dependable and willing to commit to volunteer regularly (eg once a week would be ideal)

A DBS check and two character references will be required for this role.

How Dimensions is managing Covid-19

We confirm we have complied with the government guidance on managing the risk of COVID-19. We would like to assure applicants and new starters that Dimensions is taking all possible steps to minimise risks to volunteers and colleagues during the coronavirus pandemic.

Want to apply for this role?

If you’d like to be a Dimensions volunteer, we’d love to hear from you! Simply click on Apply with Charity Jobs below.

Do you want to make a difference in your spare time?

Do you need some work experience to add to your CV?

Do you want to support the biggest charity in the UK that supports people in later life?

If you have answered yes to any of these questions, volunteering at Age UK could be just what you are after.

Age UK is the country's leading charity dedicated to helping everyone make the most of later life.

We provide services and support at a national and local level to inspire, enable and support older people through life’s challenges.

Our amazing volunteers help to keep our charity shops running like clockwork and are an essential part of everything that we do. Our charity shops raise vital funds that help support our wide range of services – services that are more in demand than ever before and as such we need your support more than ever before!

Whether you are looking to gain new skills and experiences, use those you already have, add experience to your CV or simply give your spare time to a worthy cause, then we have flexible options to suit you! Welcoming and serving our customers, keeping the shop tidy, sorting donations or helping with a wide range of other tasks.

Benefits of volunteering at Age UK:

-Gain customer service experience

-Gain experience dealing with and working with people of all ages & backgrounds

-Certificate of Achievement after 12 weeks of volunteering

-Knowledge of compliance training

-Reference provided (as and when required)

-Lunch & travel expenses available (subject to qualifying criteria)

-20% discount on donated items

The role is for as long as the volunteer wishes, it can be a couple of weeks, it can also be upto 12-weeks and longer, whatever they wish as it is their time they are generously giving up. the role will involve till work, pricing, steaming, merchandising shop windows, sorting of stock,

Without the passionate and committed teams of volunteers across Cats Protection we wouldn’t be able to help the thousands of cats and kittens each year that rely on us for help. Life in a rescue environment is never ideal for any cat compared to a loving home. Our Cat Adoption Team Leaders support cat homing and as part of this they may lead a team of volunteer home visitors who collectively play an important part in matching our feline friends with their new families. Our Cat Adoption Team Leaders support their team of volunteers in all aspects of their roles, making sure our volunteers are happy, confident and supported.

As a Cat Adoption Team Leader, you can expect to be:-

• Acting as the main point of contact within the branch for cat adoption enquiries via email / telephone and social media
• Supporting the adoption process through either homefinder questionnaires or a small team of home visitors
• Liaising closely with other branch volunteers to ensure information on cats being helped is correct and up to date
• Following up on any post-adoption queries
• Play an active part in the branch committee, being part of the branch team leading on cat adoption information and updates
• Collaborating with the Cat Welfare Team Leader to ensure the highest standards of cat care are applied in line with Cats Protection policy and procedures

Reporting to: Director of Programmes & Operations

Location: Antananarivo, Madagascar (remote until the borders open)

Contract type: Unaccompanied post; local salary for mid-career professional

Contract minimum duration: September 2021 – February 2022

Position Overview 

SEED Madagascar is a British Charity working in partnership with communities in the south east of Madagascar. We integrate high quality community health, sustainable livelihoods, education infrastructure and conservation programmes to support long term, sustainable change and add to International best practice through research and publication across all of our programmatic areas.  We are looking for an experienced SRHR Partnership and Grants Officer to work in the capital city building our network, seeking funding and supporting the implementation of our in-country SRHR work. 

Responsibilities:

Programme Development

1. Work with national and international staff to design SRHR projects that align with SEEDs SRHR programme, taking into account past learning, international best practice, contextual constraints, and government objectives
2. Lead on seeking funding to support ongoing SRHR work, leading on proposal development and in country donor relations
3. Oversee the development of project frameworks (e.g. LogFrames and Theory of Change) and proposals to ensure they are representative of need whilst being attractive to donors
4. Work alongside the Senior Programme Officer, Programmes and Funding Coordinator and SRHR Coordinator to develop and edit project documents, proposals, reports and evaluations, and ensure the high standard of all documents submitted to donors is met
5. Work with project staff and external partners to increase their skills and capacity, providing mentoring or training where appropriate

Supporting Programme Management

1. Work alongside the Project Coordinator and Senior Programme Officer to oversee effective systems for monitoring project progress against activity plans, working with project teams to ensure objectives are met and using learning from ongoing evaluation to inform the development of projects and the personal development of the team
2. Take an active role in project management meetings, leading discussions and standing in for the Head of Programmes where appropriate
3. Take an active part in international team meetings and the support of other members of the team
4. Provide timely updates to the Programmes and Funding Coordinator of project activities and communicate any changes in project activities to donors when necessary
5. Conduct field work and monitoring visits when appropriate and ensure observations inform ongoing project design
6. Use evidence-based advocacy from research and project findings in briefing papers for staff, local and regional stakeholders, and government departments to inform regional and national development strategy

Positioning, Communicating and Networking

1. Lead on identifying national partners, connecting and maintaining relationships and regular information flow
2. Producing high quality resources, detailing SEED’s work and disseminating these to organisations working both nationally and internationally
3. Representing SEED during external meetings, conferences and workshops where appropriate
4. Represent SEED in external meetings with other agencies, donors and partners on the ground in Madagascar and in the UK

Budget Management

1. Oversee the development of budgets including full cost allocation with consideration of the organisational strategy and priorities over the coming years
2. Support the monthly overview of financial reports, ensuring project spending is on track and identifying trends in expenditure, and management of exchange rate gains

General

1. Work flexibly, including changing work priorities at short notice and working unsociable hours when necessary to meet a short deadline, for example the submission of project funding documents within the timeframe set by donors

Required Skills & Experience

• Degree-level qualification or equivalent experience in SRHR in an international development context
• Sound knowledge of international development frameworks and contemporary global issues facing least developed countries and interest in SRHR
• Minimum of 2 years’ professional experience in a developing country
• Minimum of 2 years’ professional experience in line management and/or project management
• Familiarity with the use of project management tools including Logical Frameworks, Theory of Change models, Budgets Activity Plans and Monitoring & Evaluation frameworks
• Fluency in English and French (written and spoken) with excellent written communication skills, to the level of editing English documents for publication
• Excellent listening and verbal communication skills, and a flexible and patient attitude
• Excellent proposal and report writing and editing skills, with previous experience compiling project proposals and reports and the ability to tailor written information to various audiences
• Cross-cultural negotiation skills and a curiosity in effective work practices in a cross-cultural setting. Ability and desire to build capacity both within international and national teams
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills, with demonstrable ability in gathering and assimilating facts and data from various sources
• Experience of living and working in a developing country with the ability and desire to work with teams from different economic and cultural backgrounds and across multiple language barriers
• A sound understanding of the importance of MEL and of approaches used to measure outcomes and impact
• Candidates need to have their own non-tablet laptop

Do you want to make a difference in your spare time?

Do you need some work experience to add to your CV?

Do you want to support the biggest charity in the UK that supports people in later life?

If you have answered yes to any of these questions, volunteering at Age UK could be just what you are after.

Age UK is the country's leading charity dedicated to helping everyone make the most of later life.

We provide services and support at a national and local level to inspire, enable and support older people through life’s challenges.

Our amazing volunteers help to keep our charity shops running like clockwork and are an essential part of everything that we do. Our charity shops raise vital funds that help support our wide range of services – services that are more in demand than ever before and as such we need your support more than ever before!

Whether you are looking to gain new skills and experiences, use those you already have, add experience to your CV or simply give your spare time to a worthy cause, then we have flexible options to suit you! Welcoming and serving our customers, keeping the shop tidy, sorting donations or helping with a wide range of other tasks.

Benefits of volunteering at Age UK:

-Gain customer service experience

-Gain experience dealing with and working with people of all ages & backgrounds

-Certificate of Achievement after 12 weeks of volunteering

-Knowledge of compliance training

-Reference provided (as and when required)

-Lunch & travel expenses available (subject to qualifying criteria)

-20% discount on donated items

The role is for as long as the volunteer wishes, it can be a couple of weeks, it can also be upto 12-weeks and longer, whatever they wish as it is their time they are generously giving up. the role will involve till work, pricing, steaming, merchandising shop windows, sorting of stock,

Family Volunteer Mentors Needed

Are you a Mum, Dad or Grandparent living in Hertfordshire? You may have the skills we need. Your valuable parenting experience could support other parents who are struggling to cope. Your support can help them build positive and healthy futures for their children.

We are recruiting now for our next Preparation Course which will take place in September 2021.

- Make a difference to the lives of parents and children throughout Hertfordshire

- Help others whilst doing something for yourself

- High quality training

Home-Start's Preparation Course is a face to face, one day a week course that runs for 6-8 weeks. The free course will provide you with all the skills and information you need to support families.

Volunteer Mentors are needed in all areas of Hertfordshire.

Home-Start Herts - There for parents when they need us most

Do you want to make a difference in your spare time?

Do you need some work experience to add to your CV?

Do you want to support the biggest charity in the UK that supports people in later life?

If you have answered yes to any of these questions, volunteering at Age UK could be just what you are after.

Age UK is the country's leading charity dedicated to helping everyone make the most of later life.

We provide services and support at a national and local level to inspire, enable and support older people through life’s challenges.

Our amazing volunteers help to keep our charity shops running like clockwork and are an essential part of everything that we do. Our charity shops raise vital funds that help support our wide range of services – services that are more in demand than ever before and as such we need your support more than ever before!

Whether you are looking to gain new skills and experiences, use those you already have, add experience to your CV or simply give your spare time to a worthy cause, then we have flexible options to suit you! Welcoming and serving our customers, keeping the shop tidy, sorting donations or helping with a wide range of other tasks.

Benefits of volunteering at Age UK:

-Gain customer service experience

-Gain experience dealing with and working with people of all ages & backgrounds

-Certificate of Achievement after 12 weeks of volunteering

-Knowledge of compliance training

-Reference provided (as and when required)

-Lunch & travel expenses available (subject to qualifying criteria)

-20% discount on donated items

The role is for as long as the volunteer wishes, it can be a couple of weeks, it can also be upto 12-weeks and longer, whatever they wish as it is their time they are generously giving up. the role will involve till work, pricing, steaming, merchandising shop windows, sorting of stock,

As a charity, we are able to help thousands of cats each year thanks to the generous donations we receive from members of the public. Our fundraising team leaders have the exciting and varied role of inspiring our fundraising volunteers to plan and deliver local fundraising events, both online and face-to-face. Using their passion and imagination, they oversee a small team of fundraising volunteers who come together to raise the vital funds needed to cover costs such as veterinary bills and food. Our fundraising team leaders support their team of volunteers in all aspects of their roles, making sure our volunteers are happy, confident and supported.

As a Fundraising Team Leader, you can expect to be:-

• Supporting and encouraging a team of fundraising volunteers
• Planning fundraising events and activities with your team – both online and face-to-face events and activities
• Allocating tasks before and during fundraising events
• Keeping financial records from fundraising events
• Encouraging and promoting a professional image of Cats Protection and an awareness of its work
• Following policies and guidelines and ensuring licences and permits are obtained for events.