Activities Support Volunteer Roles in Birmingham, West Midlands
Across the UK, our 270 local groups play a vital part in supporting people affected by MS. They provide sense of belonging, unity and friendship. And they deliver services and support for their local MS community.
We are looking to recruit an Activities Volunteer for the Coventry and District Group. As our local group Activities Volunteer you’ll help us to set up activities in the area. Whether you’re serving refreshments, talking to people, registering attendees or collecting payments, you’ll be making sure everyone feel welcome.
In this role you’ll be able to develop your organisation, communication and team working skills. Most importantly you’ll be supporting your local group to run activities that bring friendship and fun to your local MS Community.
About you
You’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 able to apply disability, equality and inclusion practices and understand and apply our risk management system. Ideally you’ll understand the local area and organisations that provide local services.
You will be reliable and easy to contact and you need to live in or near the area the group to carry out this role.
Time Commitment
We estimate this role will need up to two hours a week. Our roles are flexible and aim to fit around you. Time commitments for this role may vary depending on your activities. This is an ongoing role.
Apply
1. Read through the role description carefully
2. Please apply online
The MS Society is committed to promoting diversity. We can only offer roles to over 18s.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Bath Welcomes Refugees (BWR) is seeking a Volunteer who will sit on the Management Committee and be the overall Coordinator of the social events we run and social activity opportunities we are offered.
Who we are:
BWR harnesses the goodwill of the community in welcoming and supporting refugees and asylum seekers to thrive in their new community. BWR is a small inclusive charity. Volunteer-led and non-partisan, we help refugee families out of desperate circumstances and into a promising future. Our volunteers provide hands-on support with English-language teaching, resettlement support, helping with our creche and at social events. We also have volunteers who help with employability, DIY, gardening, fundraising and more.
Expectations for this volunteer role include:
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Coordinate one of the regular monthly social groups we run.
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Maintain an overview of the other social groups and support volunteers running these.
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Respond to occasional ad-hoc offers and opportunities regarding social, sporting and leisure activities (e.g. from theatres, universities, football clubs), coordinating activities as appropriate and depending on priority and capacity within BWR.
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Liaison with other organisations and facilities, to support both specific BWR activities and to further social integration of our clients in community activities.
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Maintain recording systems regarding social activities.
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Be a member of the BWR Management Committee.
Your skills and experience:
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Understanding of refugee issues
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Sensitivity to other cultures
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Experience of coordinating team work and working within a team
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First aid training desirable
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Car driver/owner desirable
Time commitment:.
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Attending monthly BWR Management Committee meetings (evenings, approx 2 hours)
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Coordinating and attending monthly social group (approx 5 hours, including coordinating volunteers, setting up and clearing away)
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Wider Management Committee and BWR issues, mostly via email (variable)
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Responding to ad-hoc offers (variable)
Benefits:
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Induction Training Day and further training opportunities (e.g. first aid)
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Volunteer social events - summer picnic, volunteer walk
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BWR Newsletter
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Support in your role
Our mission is to facilitate the settlement and the path to independence of those who come to us seeking refuge.
Across the UK, our 270 local groups play a vital part in supporting people affected by MS. They provide sense of belonging, unity and friendship. And they deliver services and support for their local MS community.
We are looking to recruit an Activities Organiser for the Coventry and District Group. As our local group Activities Organiser you’ll play a crucial role in developing and planning activities and events with your local group. You’ll be responsible for creating and coordinating an annual calendar of events and making sure they’re run safely and effectively to make the most impact. You’ll take a lead role at events on the day and inspire your fellow volunteers to get involved.
In this role you’ll be able to develop your organisation, communication, administration and negotiation skills.
Time commitment
We estimate this role will need around 2 hours a week. Our roles are flexible and aim to fit around you. Time commitments for this role may vary depending on your activities. This is an ongoing role.
This is a great opportunity to gain experience within a large charity and 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 you
You’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 confident using Microsoft Office, the internet and email. You’ll be able to apply disability, equality and inclusion practices and understand and apply our risk management system. Ideally you’ll understand the local area and organisations that provide local services.
You will be reliable and easy to contact and you need to live in or near the local area the group to carry out this role.
Apply
1. Read through the role description carefully
2.Please apply online
The MS Society is committed to promoting diversity. We can only offer roles to over 18s.
About Sense Touchbase Pears
Sense TouchBase Pears is a welcoming, accessible environment where everyone can feel connected, included and part of the community. We combine health and social care services with arts, sports and wellbeing activities. And support disabled people to access employment, education, volunteering, and training opportunities.
As an activity volunteer, you will be helping to set up, supervise and interact in some fun activities at the centre from ‘Messy Play’ and ‘Stay and Play’ to craft sessions and supporting with events. This exciting and fast-paced role is a rewarding way to give back to your local community, by helping us to provide affordable and inclusive activities in the area. Please note that at this time we are looking for volunteers aged 18+ due to the busy nature of the role.
Key Duties
As an activity volunteer, you will be an ambassador for TouchBase Pears, and for Sense, as well as being a vital part of the Facilities Team. You will help provide a warm welcome to everyone who comes into the building and help us with our fun and engaging activities.
- Supporting the TouchBase Pears team, working work together to deliver an outstanding experience for every person’s visit.
- Setting up and clearing away activities, including ‘messy play’ and ‘stay and play’
- Supporting with the supervision of activities
- Encouraging participation by interacting with the public
- Helping keep our visitors safe when taking part in the activities
- Adhering to our Health & Safety procedures
- You will be always supported on site during volunteering and a facilities coordinator will be available if you need any support or have any questions. For the weekly role which will be for our Stay and Play, you will eventually be leading the activity without supervision within the room, but a facilities coordinator will always be on site if you need them.
A standard / enhanced Disclosure & Barring check will be required for this volunteer role, which we will support you with.
Skills & Qualities
Will the role suit me? Yes, if you are:
- Enthusiastic about Sense and passionate about the work we do
- A cheerful and positive attitude
- Flexible and willing to get involved with a wide variety of tasks
- Reliable & trustworthy
- Able to work well as part of a team.
- Good with people and enjoy interacting with the public.
- Able to communicate well with a wide range of people with different skills, abilities, and backgrounds.
- Are interested in developing your skills to to best support people who are deafblind, have sensory impairments or complex needs effectively. This could include people who use TouchBase Pears regularly, visitors or co-volunteers.
- Excellent customer service skills.
- Respectful of others and their diversity.
- Interested in supporting your local community.
What Sense offers
- A full induction with ongoing support and guidance from the Sense TouchBase Pears Team.
- The ’feel-good’ factor – knowing that you are making a difference to supporting your local community.
- We’ll provide you with training on Hearing Impairment Awareness and Visual Impairment Awareness training. We also have additional optional training to further develop your skills relating to supporting people with disabilities.
- An opportunity to develop new skills and experiences along with adding to your career and/or personal development.
- The chance to meet new people from a wide range of backgrounds and join a passionate team passionate about making a difference in the lives of the people we support.
Our values
Everything we do is underpinned by five core values. These values shape the way we work as we pursue our vision of a world where no one, no matter how complex their disabilities, is isolated, left out, or unable to fulfil their potential.
- We include
- We collaborate
- We find a way
- We challenge
- We celebrate
Are you a dedicated professional with a passion for community advocacy and urban planning? Planning Aid for London is seeking dynamic individuals to join us as a Lead Volunteer Caseworkers. This role is a great opportunity for experienced planners, architects or urban designer to help communities to shape the future of London's neighbourhoods and contribute to positive community development.
What We're Looking For:
We are seeking experienced and motivated individuals with a background in:
- Urban planning
- Development management
- Planning enforcement
- Planning applications (understanding the terminology, responding to planning applications)
- Navigating planning committee meetings
If you have proven leadership skills, excellent communication skills and a commitment to empowering communities, we want to hear from you!
Diversity Statement
Planning Aid for London main aim is to help support greater diversity and inclusion for residents as part of the planning system. We work to empower people to have real influence over decisions about their environment and communities and welcome opportunities from anyone who would like to help us to achieve that.
Planning Aid for London is aware that discrimination based on sex, race, ability, sexuality, class, gender, religion, age, maternity, parenthood or other characteristics can be consciously or subconsciously replicated in its undertakings and will eliminate any form of discrimination in its activities. To achieve this Planning Aid for London regularly reviews and monitors their work and practises.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About Sense Touchbase Pears
Sense TouchBase Pears is a welcoming, accessible environment where everyone can feel connected, included and part of the community. We combine health and social care services with arts, sports and wellbeing activities. And support disabled people to access employment, education, volunteering, and training opportunities.
As an activity volunteer, you will be helping to set up, supervise and interact in some fun activities at the centre from ‘Messy Play’ and ‘Stay and Play’ to craft sessions and supporting with events. This exciting and fast-paced role is a rewarding way to give back to your local community, by helping us to provide affordable and inclusive activities in the area. Please note that at this time we are looking for volunteers aged 18+ due to the busy nature of the role.
This role is based around providing services to members of the local community and you will not necessarily be working with people with additional needs/disabilities.
Key Duties
As an activity volunteer, you will be an ambassador for TouchBase Pears, and for Sense, as well as being a vital part of the Facilities Team. You will help provide a warm welcome to everyone who comes into the building and help us with our fun and engaging activities.
- Supporting the TouchBase Pears team, working work together to deliver an outstanding experience for every person’s visit.
- Setting up and clearing away activities, including ‘messy play’ and ‘stay and play’
- Supporting with the supervision of activities
- Encouraging participation by interacting with the public
- Helping keep our visitors safe when taking part in the activities
- Adhering to our Health & Safety procedures
- You will be always supported on site during volunteering and a facilities coordinator will be available if you need any support or have any questions. For the weekly role which will be for our Stay and Play, you will eventually be leading the activity without supervision within the room, but a facilities coordinator will always be on site if you need them.
A standard / enhanced Disclosure & Barring check will be required for this volunteer role, which we will support you with.
Skills & Qualities
Will the role suit me? Yes, if you are:
- Enthusiastic about Sense and passionate about the work we do
- A cheerful and positive attitude
- Flexible and willing to get involved with a wide variety of tasks
- Reliable & trustworthy
- Able to work well as part of a team.
- Good with people and enjoy interacting with the public.
- Able to communicate well with a wide range of people with different skills, abilities, and backgrounds.
- Are interested in developing your skills to to best support people who are deafblind, have sensory impairments or complex needs effectively. This could include people who use TouchBase Pears regularly, visitors or co-volunteers.
- Excellent customer service skills.
- Respectful of others and their diversity.
- Interested in supporting your local community.
What Sense offers
- A full induction with ongoing support and guidance from the Sense TouchBase Pears Team.
- The ’feel-good’ factor – knowing that you are making a difference to supporting your local community.
- We’ll provide you with training on Hearing Impairment Awareness and Visual Impairment Awareness training. We also have additional optional training to further develop your skills relating to supporting people with disabilities.
- An opportunity to develop new skills and experiences along with adding to your career and/or personal development.
- The chance to meet new people from a wide range of backgrounds and join a passionate team passionate about making a difference in the lives of the people we support.
Our values
Everything we do is underpinned by five core values. These values shape the way we work as we pursue our vision of a world where no one, no matter how complex their disabilities, is isolated, left out, or unable to fulfil their potential.
- We include
- We collaborate
- We find a way
- We challenge
- We celebrate
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Purpose of the role?
People with a learning disability or additional needs are often isolated and excluded from mainstream leisure and social activities. We believe that EVERYONE has the right to have fun and feel safe.
Our adult citizens want to enjoy social & leisure activities with their friends, and by giving just a little time each month, you can help them do that.
What would I be doing?
You will help us to support a small group of people to enjoy a variety of activities including:
· Going to a local café or browsing the shops
· Going to the pub, restaurant, or cinema
· Activities such ten-pin bowling, visiting a park or attending a local event.
This is a nice, light touch way to make a difference, have fun and gain valuable experience. Expenses are reimbursed.
What do I need?
To be a volunteer you need to be
· Friendly
· Calm and patient
· A good listener
· Accepting of people who may be different to you
· Happy to chat
· Willing to learn and act within guidelines set out by Midland Mencap
· An enhanced DBS check and references will be required
. No experience of support work is needed.
When and where do you need me?
· Once or twice a month in the Coventry area
· Days and times to be arranged with the group (may include evenings and weekends)
What’s in it for me?
As one of our valued volunteers, Midland Mencap will offer you:
• The opportunity to make a difference to the lives of people with learning disabilities
and their family carers
• Any training and development that is needed
• The chance to develop your skills and gain experience
• The opportunity to meet new people and be part of a diverse team
• Support within your role
• Agreed out-of-pocket expenses
• Lots of appreciation for your amazing contribution
• Positive wellbeing from doing something great
• Improve career opportunities by adding your volunteer role to a CV
To campaign for and deliver accessible and inclusive community health and wellbeing support services for individuals, families, and carers.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Seable Holidays organise holidays for blind and partially sighted people. Blind and partially sighted people are widely underrepresented and under serviced. They are often isolated and without the confidence to make new friends, try new activities or get out of their comfort zone. There are over 1 million visually impaired people in the UK only and there is a lack of a proper tailored offer in the holiday sector. Seable Holidays offer holidays that stimulate independency, self-esteem and reduce isolation for blind and partially sighted people. We are the only tour operator to offer "chaperone assistance" - a local professional friend that ensures the holiday is safe and enjoyable.
They have a range of tailored and group holidays to suit the needs of all visually impaired people. The tailored offers are for people less confident and requiring 1:1 assistance, couples wanting a romantic break or families in need of assistance to have a well deserved relaxing holiday. Their group holidays are for people that need to make new friends and want to socialise. All the activities are tailored and tested for and by visually impaired people, from skiing holidays to tasting sessions and sporting holidays
They involve visually impaired people in every step of the way, their office staff is visually impaired as well as 25% of the board of directors. Their social impact report from people that have travelled with us in 2023 have shown the following results: 100% increased their confidence, 45% Have reduced isolation and made new friends, 25% have started a new hobby (from an activity tried on a holiday), 5% have looked for a job.
Responsibilities
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They are looking for VOLUNTEER SEO Support
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Support their mission by creating and implementing a SEO strategy and help them get higher on Google.
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Volunteer 0-1 hours per week remotely for 3-5 months
Across the UK, our 270 local groups play a vital part in supporting people affected by MS. They provide sense of belonging, unity and friendship. And they deliver services and support for their local MS community.
We are looking to recruit a Support Volunteer for the Coventry Group. As our local group Support Volunteer you’ll help people affected by MS find information about local and national services. That could be helping someone access local information about the care or benefits they need or giving them a hand with a grant application. See a video about one of our Support Volunteers here.
In this role you’ll be able to develop your listening and communication skills, as well as your knowledge of local services. Most importantly you’ll help people affected by MS to access the help they need.
Time commitment
We estimate this role will need around 2 hours a week. Our roles are flexible and aim to fit around you. Time commitments for this role may vary depending on your activities. This is an ongoing role.
This is a great opportunity to gain experience within a large charity and 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 you
You’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 confident using Microsoft Office, the internet and email. You’ll be able to apply disability, equality and inclusion practices and understand and apply our risk management system. Ideally you’ll understand the local area and organisations that provide local services.
You will be reliable and easy to contact and you need to live in or near the local area the group to carry out this role.
Apply
1. Read through the role description carefully
2. Please apply online
The MS Society is committed to promoting diversity. We can only offer roles to over 18s.
Role Description
As a Fundraising Volunteer, you will play a vital part, in organising and assisting with our fundraising activities. All the proceeds from these activities go directly towards helping care for the pets of those experiencing homelessness. StreetVet are looking for a volunteer Fundraising Assistant to work with the Head of Fundraising to help with varied fundraising/administrative activities.
You will help support StreetVet’s patients and their owners by strengthening StreetVet’s fundraising capability.
What can you expect to be doing?
The volunteer Fundraising Assistant will work with the Head of Fundraising to deliver on the fundraising strategy and plan for StreetVet. There will also be a close working relationship with the marketing team to deliver fundraising events, campaigns and social media posts.
The main responsibilities for this role:
The Fundraising Assistant will work with the Head of Fundraising to provide support to the department on a wide range of tasks including but not limited to:
• Administration and support - provide support to the department on a range of administrative tasks including fundraising enquires (postal, email, online)
• Work with the Head of Fundraising to ensure donations are processed correctly and supporters are thanked
• Ensure the CRM/database is kept accurate and up-to-date/help with reporting as required
• Support the Head of Fundraising with Trusts & Grants to search for/record grant applications and finance information
• Support Head of Fundraising to explore new opportunities and help organise specific fundraising events as required
• Work with local fundraising volunteers, arranging work for them and supporting them as needed
• Support campaigning work, e.g. data selections for internal and external campaigns, pulling together content as directed for social media/specific campaigns, etc.
• Ensure tasks are correctly prioritised and deadlines are met
What we are looking for in a Fundraising Volunteer
• Someone who is flexible and can offer an ongoing commitment
• Data savvy – high level data management and numeracy skills
• Good attention to detail and high levels of accuracy
• Excellent knowledge/skills with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and Outlook)
• Excellent organisation and interpersonal skills
• Positive, proactive approach with lots of enthusiasm to help us raise much needed funds
• Friendly and approachable to work alongside other volunteers, staff, and members of the public, ensuring excellent customer service at all times
• Ability to work on own initiative
• Ensure best practice/compliance in fundraising activities, in line with our code of conduct and the Fundraising Regulator
• Commitment to the vision, mission and values of StreetVet
What we can offer you as a Fundraising Volunteer
• You will be making a massive difference to StreetVet patients and their owners.
• Join a community which will enable you to meet new people and make new contacts.
• Enhance your CV by adding your volunteering experience and newly acquired skills.
Desirable
• Some understanding of charity fundraising landscape
Time Commitment
StreetVet employs a Head of Fundraising, but as the charity stands this role strengthens the Charity’s efficiency and strengthens their ability to create lasting impact on the communities we support. We’d love you to be able to give us 2-4 hours a week. More hours may be required at certain times, such as around events, but there will always be flexibility.
StreetVet is a national charity, committed to providing free vet care to the pets of people experiencing homelessness & to keep pets & owners together
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Join our amazing volunteer team to raise awareness of sight loss and RNIB services at local events. You’ll be making a real difference to people living with sight loss by helping to create a world without barriers. This face to face opportunity will see you providing information about RNIB services and activities to help people with sight loss live the lives they want, enabling them to hear about the support that is available, and how they can help others.
What you’ll be doing
• Creating a welcoming and interesting display stand.
• Speaking directly to people affected by sight loss.
• Being a friendly face of RNIB locally - engaging with a diverse range of people.
• Providing information and demonstrations of basic independent living aids for the general public and professionals.
What you’ll gain from the role:
• An opportunity to give something back.
• A chance to build a strong community.
• A sense of achievement through the difference you make.
• A chance to be part of a team of like-minded people
• An opportunity to develop and explore different roles with RNIB, including our internal job vacancies.
In return for donating your time we will provide:
• A supportive route to building your confidence in meeting members of the public and serving customers.
• A rewarding experience.
• A great Induction and training.
• A supportive manager.
• Regular updates and catchups.
• Expenses.
• An opportunity to connect with other volunteers.
In applying for / signing up for this role you agree to be contacted when we are seeking volunteers to help with an event in relation to this role description. We will contact you via a communication method for which you have given consent.
Fundraising Volunteer - Events
We're looking for friendly and enthusiastic people to support us at fundraising events throughout the UK.
Blesma, The Limbless Veterans is the national charity and membership association for limbless serving and ex-service men and women and their dependants.
We help all wounded servicemen and women who have lost limbs, the use of limbs or eyes, to rebuild their lives by providing rehabilitation activities and welfare support.
We are looking for Volunteers to help the Fundraising Team at in person fundraising and awareness raising events throughout the UK. We’re a small and friendly team, operating at a regional and national level. We organise Blesma events and collections, attend third party events and support fundraisers doing their own events.
By volunteering with us, you will have the opportunity to gain first-hand experience of volunteering for a charity and will contribute to our work supporting injured veterans and their families.
Location: Multiple, throughout UK
We look forward to hearing from you.
Thank you for your interest in Blesma, The Limbless Veterans
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Join our amazing volunteer team to make a real difference to people living with sight loss. You’ll be supporting people to come together in a group setting, to benefit from each other’s company, knowledge and encouragement, leading to reduced isolation, stronger networks of support, and new friendships. You can support with either local and regional telephone groups or face-to-face groups.
What you’ll be doing:
• Meeting and greeting group members on arrival or joining virtually.
• Creating a warm and welcoming environment.
• Supporting group conversations.
• Assisting with group activities (if appropriate).
What you’ll gain from the role:
• An opportunity to give something back.
• A chance to build a strong community.
• A sense of achievement through the difference you make.
• A chance to be part of a team of like-minded people
• An opportunity to develop and explore different roles with RNIB, including our internal job vacancies.
In return for donating your time we will provide:
• A rewarding experience.
• A great Induction and training.
• A supportive manager.
• Regular updates and catchups.
• Expenses.
• An opportunity to connect with other volunteers.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
About the role
After several years of relying on the efforts from our Co-Founders, Trustees and temporary volunteers we are looking to take the next step in our growth journey through the placement of our first longer-term volunteer.
This role will be designed to oversee all marketing and social media activities of the organization, and to provide leadership to a small group of wonderful and talented student volunteers from London based Universities as they complete tactical projects for ParaPride as part of their studies. This will also include supporting Daniele, our Co-Founder and Community Engagement Director, with planning and reporting of their activities to the university.
The leadership you will provide will initially be indirect, with Daniele being ultimately responsible for the students activities, so we expect this to be a wonderful opportunity for a seasoned marketing or social media professional who would like the opportunity to gain team leadership experience.
Duties
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Advise on how to best grow overall awareness and success of the ParaPride brand.
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Oversee the continuous development of our content creation schedule and distribution of engaging, thought provoking and educational content for our media channels, notably LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
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Provide support and guidance to a small team of student volunteers to develop social media and marketing content that supports the mission, vision and values of ParaPride - directly participating in the creation of content at your discretion.
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Ad-hoc creation and distribution of promotional assets for ParaPride events.
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Identify and establish potential additional media channels where it is sustainable to do so with the resources available.
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Maintain the organisations Brand assets and monitor and advise of their use and ensure consistency with our established tone of voice in written content.
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Build partnerships with social media brand ambassadors/influencers to support content creation and brand awareness.
We will also welcome any additional suggestions for how you might wish to apply your skills to support ParaPride in its mission.
The impact you will have
We hope for this role to continue to develop the way that we present ourselves as inclusivity and empowerment champions to the communities we support, our partners and the general public. With your help we will be able to continue to drive awareness and engagement to our activities to make them more impactful than ever before.
About you
Ideally we are looking for someone with 3+ years experience in marketing and/or social media. However, we encourage marketing graduates who can demonstrate strong alignment with our mission, vision and values.
We strongly welcome candidates that have lived experiences of being disabled and/or LGBTQ+, although this not an explicit requirement
Bonus
If you have strong graphic design skills it would be a big plus.
Level of commitment
We are a growing charity and while it is our goal to provide financial compensation for this role in the future, we are unable to initially. In full transparency, this is only an indication of our ambition and will be dependent on a lot of factors linked to appropriate funding. Please do not apply at this time if this is a primary motivator for you, we hope to have more suitable roles for you in time to come.
We are dedicated to be fully respectful of your time, but expect a minimum contribution of 4 hours per month on average (varying according to demand), remote, completely flexible and at time convenient to you. As this is a supervisory role, which we hope to bring continuity to our ways of working, we would like to work with you with an intended 2+ years term (situationally dependent).
Accessibility statement
At ParaPride, we are committed to ensuring that all of our engagements are as accessible and as inclusive as possible. These include applying for and interviewing for roles. Whilst we understand that we can never be fully accessible as everybody's needs are different, we strive to be proactive with thinking about accessibility requirements.
When applying for a role at ParaPride, if you would like to get in touch to talk about any access requirements, please contact us using the details below and we will arrange a date and time to have a conversation with you.
We offer several diverse ways of applying for a role. These include:
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Sending an email
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Recording an audio or video
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Having a face-to-face conversation (on a digital platform)
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Using Anonymous Recruitment
This organisation is using Anonymous Recruitment to reduce bias in the first stages of the hiring process. Our system keeps your personal information hidden until the recruiter contacts you.
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We are looking for authentic and inspiring individuals to join our Lived Experience Advisory Group. There is a crucial need for insights and perspectives from people with lived experience of borderline personality disorder, and the Lived Experience Advisory Group exists to ensure those voices are heard.
There is nobody better placed to identify what does or doesn't work, and to be part of the solution, than people with lived experience.
The Role
Lived Experience Advisors will be part of a team who work on a range of projects including:
- conducting interviews, surveys or focus groups
- writing and reviewing articles,blog posts and media posts
- contribute to project planning and service user engagement activities
- supporting service users who wish to share their lived experiences
- supporting and reviewing research into BPD
- auditing organisations
- reviewing organisations policies, procedures and marketing materials
- campaigning and activism
Person Specification
- lived experience of BPD, this may be:
- someone diagnosed with BPD
- living with symptoms of BPD but undiagnosed
- a carer/loved one of someone with BPD
- a mental health/social care professional with experience of working with people with BPD
- Access to a computer with reliable internet
- Computer literate to a good level (email, Teams, Office, etc)
- Able to be flexible and adaptable to project needs
- A 'can do' attitude!
- A committment to our mission and values
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.