Court Volunteer Volunteer Roles in Liverpool

The Coroners' Courts Support Service (CCSS) is a registered Charity whose trained volunteers give emotional and practical support to bereaved families and other witnesses attending an inquest.

We need volunteers to provide emotional support and practical help to bereaved families, witnesses and others attending Inquests at Coroners' Court. Our volunteers at court also provide help and assistance to the Coroners' Officers, as and when required.

We are looking for reliable, supportive people with excellent communication skills. A mature and calm attitude is needed in order to be able to talk to people during a sometimes bewildering and emotional experience. Volunteers must be willing to undergo a period of observations and shadowing, as well as attend a 3 day training course. A minimum commitment of one day (9:00am - 5:00pm) per fortnight is asked for. Training and mentoring is provided and travel expenses to the court are reimbursed.

New volunteers should possess good communication and listening skills and the ability to empathise with people they support.

We are devoted to reducing Gender Based Violence in South Africa and contributing to building safe and healthy communities that respect our women and children. We address the challenge of low conviction rates for perpetrators of Gender Based Violence as well as the accessibility of emergency services in a crisis situation.

In order to increase conviction rates for Gender Based Violence, we collect, organise and present admissible evidence to the appropriate legal authorities. Kwanele’s solution is an easy-to-use data free mobile app that gives women a way to get help fast, and guides them through the process of laying a charge and getting a conviction. The features included in the Kwanele App will be: panic button, location services for emergencies, video and audio stream of incident (which will be safely uploaded without the chance of tampering) to be available for use as evidence in a court trial, a friend notification during crisis, live chat with trained staff, step by step guidance through the judicial system, and a network of support services.

FINANCE

• We are looking for someone experienced in finance management to help put systems in place as we grow.

• Volunteer 8 hours per month remotely

We are devoted to reducing Gender Based Violence in South Africa and contributing to building safe and healthy communities that respect our women and children. We address the challenge of low conviction rates for perpetrators of Gender Based Violence as well as the accessibility of emergency services in a crisis situation.

In order to increase conviction rates for Gender Based Violence, we collect, organise and present admissible evidence to the appropriate legal authorities. Kwanele’s solution is an easy-to-use data free mobile app that gives women a way to get help fast, and guides them through the process of laying a charge and getting a conviction. The features included in the Kwanele App will be: panic button, location services for emergencies, video and audio stream of incident (which will be safely uploaded without the chance of tampering) to be available for use as evidence in a court trial, a friend notification during crisis, live chat with trained staff, step by step guidance through the judicial system, and a network of support services.

ANIMATION

• Help by creating a 30 / 40-second video on how to use Zuzi, the chatbot that guides survivors of gender-based violence through the justice system, explaining AI and digital rights.

• Volunteer 8-16 hours remotely in total

This is an exciting ans interesting volunteer role. You will receive excellent training and you will have the chance to be mentored in police custody before you go it alone.

There are 7 custody suites Margate, Folkestone, Canterbury, Medway, Tonbridge, North Kent (Gravesend) and Maidstone. You can choose which custody suite you want to support, however in an emergency you can always of course say no, you are a volunteer.

You will be supporting young peeople and older vulnerable people while they are in police custody, it is always interesting, sometimes it is sometimes sad, but as a volunteer you will always bring some light and support into, what can be, a very dark time for the detainee.

If this appeals to you, we look forward to hearing from you.

We are looking for trained or experienced Mckenzie friends to offer some scottish family law legal advice on our groups. We have a few volunteers already but they dont know scottish law.

We are looking for someone training / trained / or have experience in family courts for Scotland

Welcome from the Chair of Trustees at Farms for City Children

Are you looking for a role in which you can make a real difference? Do you care about connecting young people to the natural world, to food, and to farming? Due to the retirement of long-standing Trustees, we are looking to recruit up to four new trustees with diverse experience to bring a fresh perspective and skill set to our Board of Trustees. We particularly welcome applications from individuals with first-hand or indirect experience in charity law & governance, fundraising and/or event management, marketing, and farming. We are also keen to bring to our Board an educational expert with a focus on outdoor education, who can help shape our offering with the requirements of the UK’s national curriculum.  Equally, we would love to hear from any interested candidate who has the time, energy, and enthusiasm to commit to our extremely worthwhile cause, whatever their expertise.

Each of our three heritage farms is run and managed by a fantastic team of farm-based staff, executive team, and volunteers, committed to creating a week of “muck and magic” for every person that visits: children, young people, teachers, and group leaders alike. Working alongside our dedicated partner farmers, these amazing teams make the charity what it is today - an inspiring charity whose vision is of a world where all young people benefit from being connected to food, farming, and the natural world – where access to the countryside is accepted as a right, and not a privilege. You can find out more about us by visiting our website.

You would be joining a Board that is passionate about moving the charity forward into its next 50-years of operation, delivering an immersive, life-changing, educational experience to our beneficiaries.  Your expertise will help drive forward our new strategic business plan, developed in partnership with our staff, trustees, beneficiaries, and external stakeholders, that will determine the direction of the charity for the coming years. It is a stimulating, challenging, and rewarding environment for dedicated trustees and a great time to join our charity to support us on this journey.

The Board meets a minimum of four times per year.  Three of the meetings are held on-site at one of the charity’s three farms’ premises: Nethercott in Iddesleigh, mid-Devon; Wick Court in Gloucestershire; and St David’s in Pembrokeshire, Wales. There may well be other meetings, either held on-line or in person, depending on specific needs. In addition to Board meetings, we encourage Trustees to participate in fundraising and social events throughout the calendar year.

As part of our strategic aims, Farms for City Children is committed to promoting equality, diversity, and inclusion, and supports and encourages under-represented and under-served groups. We welcome applications from anyone regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, heritage, gender, sexuality, religion, socio-economic background, or any other difference.

Farms for City Children is, and must be, unconditionally committed to safeguarding best practice and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Consequently, successful candidates will be subject to a Social Media check and a DBS check at the appropriate level in line with our commitment to Safer Recruitment.

Whether you are experienced or taking your first step as a Trustee, we would love to hear from you.  You will have the opportunity to use your skills, passion, and commitment to help shape the future of our charity.

This is a voluntary role with all reasonable expenses reimbursed.

Rachel Goult, Chair of Trustees

About Farms for City Children

Farms for City Children transforms the lives of children and young people through an immersive, residential farm experience.

Farms for City Children is a vibrant charity that delivers learning and well-being impact to children and young people from cities and disadvantaged communities through the experience of working together on our farms in the heart of the British countryside. Since our foundation in 1976, we have welcomed children, typically school groups between the ages of 8 and 11 years old, to spend a week on one of our three heritage working farms located in Pembrokeshire, Devon, and Gloucestershire. In the last five decades we have welcomed over 100,000 children and our current commitment to working with young people up to the age of 18 has seen us support 3,288 children and 620 adult beneficiaries in 2022/23 alone. Our commitment to reaching the most vulnerable and disadvantaged young people means that almost half of all visits to the farms came from children living in the top 20% most deprived communities in England and Wales.

In the wake of the Covid-19 Pandemic, the work of Farms for City Children has assumed a new significance. So many children and young people, especially those in urban areas, suffered badly during lockdowns, facing sustained periods of social isolation, with over-reliance on screens and digital relationships causing an increase in mental health and anxiety issues. The sanctuary of farm life, and the therapeutic value of the natural environment and of work with animals, is well documented. Farms for City Children has responded by opening our farms for more weeks in the year and extending the age group of its beneficiaries to 18. Partnerships have been made with new beneficiary groups, including the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme, and with community groups catering for older children and young people. The charity is now acting as an essential antidote to the negative effects of the Pandemic on children and young people. The charity subsidises up to 60% of the costs of the residential to ensure that schools and groups where the need is greatest are able to be included and access our offer.

Visiting children and young people are immersed in the natural world of food, farming, and countryside life, experiencing the benefits of collaboration, enjoying plenty of physical activity, good food, and fresh air, and discovering the magical rural environment that is full of new words, sounds, and experiences to inspire their creativity. All our beneficiaries participate in the seasonal tasks of the day: sowing, growing, and harvesting in our kitchen gardens; caring for livestock and looking after the land; and cooking up a home-grown feast in the farmhouse kitchen. They are never patronised by being given ‘pretend’ tasks: working alongside our staff and partner farmers, they perform the essential tasks that farming entails.  They gain valuable life-changing skills that foster children’s independence and help them to grow in confidence. They learn teamwork, resilience, , and awareness that there is life beyond mobile phones and social media, and teachers highlight sustained changes to behaviour  on the return to the classroom. Furthermore, they learn where food comes from, having experienced for themselves the field > farm > fork  journey – hopefully, a pointer towards healthier eating, a breaking down of barriers between the urban and farming populations, and perhaps even an inspiration for some of the children to consider careers in agriculture themselves in the future.

Do you have senior Individual Giving Fundraising or Marketing experience? This is an exciting opportunity for a person with senior experience and skills who would like to work within a human rights organisation which is ambitious, supportive and open to new ideas to grow our individual giving donor base.

If you would like to help Prisoners of Conscience to grow our individual giving donor base, we would love to hear from you. Please go to our website to see the enormous difference and impact which you could make with us.   

Prisoners of Conscience provides financial and practical assistance to keep human rights defenders and their voices alive. But after 60 years, we have not grown our income to a size which matches the global need for support for human rights defenders. We have to increase our individual giving donor base and your skills might be just what we are looking for. 

You are welcome to contact us  for a conversation in the first instance.   

ABOUT US

Love Well Initiative is a start-up charity aiming to provide resources and signpost already available resources to foreigners on spouse, partner, and civil partner visas of someone who is British or has Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) experiencing any form of domestic abuse. Resources range from housing/refuge, psychological services, legal services, and directory of other domestic violence support organisations.

We are currently recruiting for Board Members that have leadership and related experience in the above areas looking to grow the Love Well Initiative. Our aim is to expand our online resources and build a regional network that covers all of the UK.

RESPONSIBILITIES

- The secretary is the board’s main point of contact for the board members and the board, along with the chairperson.

- Organise committee meetings in line with legal and other regulatory requirements along with being in accordance with the governing document.

- Working with the chairperson to set the agenda for meetings.

- Notifying the board details of upcoming meetings to all board members.

- Preparing necessary paperwork for the meeting, including minutes and reports of the previous meeting.

- Taking minutes during meetings and distributing them to board members.

- Reporting to the board any organisational inconsistencies.

- Organising trustee induction and ongoing training.

- Being an initial point of contact for stakeholders and interested parties.

- General administrative support to the Board Chairperson as and when the need arises.

QUALIFICATIONS

- Must be in a related field and have 2 years leadership or NED experience.

- Bachelor’s degree in Business or related field.

- Proficient in English written and verbal.

- Excellent communication and organisational skills.

- Must have experience in administration or secretarial work.

- Strong track record of governance and risk management through career.

- 60+ WPM typing

DESIRABLE

- Previous Charity accounting experience.

- Experience or knowledge in the domestic abuse sector.

Africa Health Organisation (AHO) and its Subsidiaries
Africa Health Organisation (AHO) is looking for trustees and Board of Directors for its board and for its subsidiaries. AHO subsidiaries are independent and operate an independent Board of Trustees/Directors separate from AHO. Trustees of a Company Limited by Guarantee are called Directors for the purpose of Company Law. We are looking for the following trustees:

Africa Health Organisation (AHO) - 4 Trustees/Board of Directors

Subsidiaries
(1) Africa AIDS Foundation - 3 Trustees/Board of Directors
(2) Africa Age Foundation - 3 Trustees/Board of Directors
(3) Africa Animal Health Alliance - 3 Trustees/Board of Directors
(4) Africa Climate Change Alliance - 3 Trustees/Board of Directors
(5) Africa Community Development Alliance - 3 Trustees/Board of Directors
(6) Africa Conciliation and Mediation Service - 3 Trustees/Board of Directors
(7) Africa Credit Union (ACU) - 5 Board of Directors (for profit)
(8) Africa Dental Association - 3 Trustees/Board of Director
(9) Africa Diabetes Association - 3 Trustees/Board of Directors
(10) Africa Ealy Years Development - 3 Trustees/Board of Directors
(11) Africa Environment Conservation Alliance - 3 Trustees/Board of Directors
(12) Africa Family Planning Alliance - 3 Trustees/Board of Directors
(13) Africa Food Development Programme - 3 Trustees/Board of Directors
(14) Africa Foundation for Education - 3 Trustees/Board of Directors
(15) Africa Genomics - 5 Board of Directors (for profit)
(16) Africa Heritage Fund - 3 Trustees/Board of Directors
(17) Africa Initiative for Sustainable Development - 3 Trustees/Board of Directors)
(18) Africa Mental Health - 3 Trustees/Board of Directors
(19) African Mothers Alliance Initiative - 3 Trustees/Board of Directors
(20) Africa Nursing and Care Agency - 5 Board of Directors (for profit)
(21) Africa Pharmaceutical - 5 Board of Directors (for profit)
(22) Africa Prostate Cancer Association - 3 Trustees/Board of Directors
(23) Africa Recycling Development Alliance - 5 Board of Directors (for profit)
(24) Africa Refugee Council - 3 Trustees/Board of Directors
(25) Africa Rural Development Alliance - 3 Trustees/Board of Directors
(26) Africa TB Organisation Programme - 3 Trustees/Board of Directors
(27) African Children's Development - 3 Trustees/Board of Directors
(28) African Women's Association - 3 Trustees/Board of Directors
(29) African Council of Families - 3 Trustees/Board of Directors
(30) African Youth Association - 3 Trustees/Board of Directors

We encourage people from White, Asian and Minority Ethnic (WAME) to apply as they are under-represented on our Board of Directors. By White we mean European descent, Asians such as Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, Japanese, Indonesian, Thai, Cambodian, Bangladeshi, Philipinos, Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan, etc. Minority Ethnic we mean Latinos, Arabs, Eastern Europeans, Mediteraneans, etc.

The role of a Trustee
Trustees work as part of a Board of Trustees/Directors in order to: inform the organisation’s strategic direction; scrutinise the financial management of the organisation; and ensure the sound governance of the organisation. Trustees are not responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operation of the organisation. However, they are responsible for scrutinising the operational decisions taken by the Chief Executive Officer, to ensure that the organisation operates effectively and in line with its objectives and values.

Hours, location and benefits
Meetings
- Trustees are required to attend quarterly Board meetings in person or video conference like zoom.
- All Trustees are required to participate in at least one Sub-Group. These meetings are held once every quarter.
- Trustees are required to attend the Annual General Meeting.
- Preparatory work is required in advance of and sometimes following each meeting.

Additional responsibilities
- Trustees may be required or encouraged to contribute to AHO-related activity outside meetings, e.g. to participate in staff interview panels, to participate in specific project-focused tasks, to contribute to decision-making that requires the involvement of the Trustees.
- Trustees are strongly encouraged to occasionally visit the projects.
- Trustees are strongly encouraged to attend the annual Staff Away-day and the Board’s annual strategic planning day.

Benefits
Trustees are volunteers who give their time, skills and expertise for no financial gain. Reasonable expenses will be reimbursed in line with the organisation’s Volunteer Policy.

Person specification
It is essential that a diverse skills set is represented amongst the Board of Trustees/Directors. It is expected that the Trustees work as a team, such that they can draw on different skills depending on the task in hand. We encourage you to highlight your particular strengths, so that we can compare these to the skills already represented on the Board.

Beyond these specific skills, there are some more general criteria that are either essential or desirable for Trustees of AHO.

Essential criteria
- A commitment to the values and objectives of Africa Health Organisation (AHO).
- We are encouraging students to apply so that they can gain experience in governance.

- We encourage people from White, Asian and Minority Ethnic (WAME) to apply as they are under-represented on our Board of Directors. By White we mean European descent, Asians such as Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, Japanese, Indonesian, Thai, Cambodian, Bangladeshi, Philipinos, Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan, etc. Minority Ethnic we mean Latinos, Arabs, Eastern Europeans, Mediteraneans, etc.
- Directors of a profit making subsidiary must have appropriate qualifications and experience.
- An ability to work effectively as a member of a team
- An ability to communicate effectively
- An ability to make sound, independent judgements
- An ability to think creatively
- An understanding and acceptance of the legal duties, responsibilities and liabilities of trusteeship

Desirable criteria
- Knowledge and understanding of health issues affecting people in Africa and its effects on the people.

Additional requirement
Please note, some Trustees (working with children and vulnerable adults) are required to have a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and hold an up to date certificate. The DBS check will be arranged by AHO.

Clinks’ board has recently seen one Trustee come to the end of their trusteeship and another join Clinks’ Leadership Team. Clinks is therefore seeking two committed people to join its Board of Trustees. There are two Trustee positions available, one to start in April 2024 sitting on our Finance and Human Resources committee, and another to start following our AGM in November 2024.

We especially encourage applications from groups of people that are under-represented on trustee boards, including: 

• Those with lived experience of prison or people who hold a criminal record. 

• First-time trustees including young people. 

• Racially minoritised people. 

To ensure we have a range of experiences, perspectives, and skills within our board, we are particularly interested in hearing from people with experience in infrastructure support, probation, policy, representation of service delivery organisations working in the criminal justice system, business acumen, charity finance management or public sector exposure, especially with a criminal justice focus.

Other desirable skills are: 

• Influence 

• Networker 

• Communication skills 

• Good practice knowledge 

• Business development 

• Income generation knowledge 

We will provide induction and training and are happy to speak to applicants informally before commencing the application process. 

With a passion for social change and an inability to tolerate injustice, our trustees believe in the valuable role that voluntary organisations play in helping people get the help they need to turn their lives around.  

Critically, Clinks trustees work with our Chair and the Leadership Team to ensure that we adhere to all the necessary governance and legal liabilities, and to support the charity to achieve the highest level of support to those who work at the frontline of the criminal justice system. 

Trustee 1 (Finance & Human Resources) appointment: April 2024. 

Trustee 2 appointment: AGM 2024, likely to be held in November.  

Clinks’ chair has completed two terms and will be stepping down at our AGM November 2024. We want to introduce our new chair in April 2024 to allow for good transition time, therefore between April - Nov you will be sat on our board as a trustee. This time will allow for an effective handover between you and our current chair before they step down. You will be coming on board as we implement our new strategy so you can have your say in this crucial development period.

We are looking for a chair who can lead that team well and work with the leadership team to steward a vibrant and vital voluntary sector.  Our new chair will need to be committed to voluntary action and believes in the potential and right of everyone to effective support to enable change. The Chair is pivotal to creating the conditions for overall board and individual director effectiveness, both inside and outside the boardroom.

You will need to have knowledge of the criminal justice system in England and Wales and the role of the voluntary sector within it, alongside knowledge of the UK voluntary sector and charity governance. A willingness to devote the necessary time and effort to the position, and be committed to the organisation, its values, and to anti-racism. Is essential as well as strategic vision, good judgement, leadership, and communication skills, to be able to govern our board of trustees to the highest standard.

We welcome applications from across society and we aim to have a diverse board representative of the communities impacted by criminal justice and the challenges they face. Clinks is committed to recognised as an anti-racist organisation and upholds the right of people with criminal convictions to take on paid and unpaid roles across society. If you are applying but might require a waiver due to criminal convictions, then we would be happy to speak to you about that process and how we might help. 

Onboarded as a trustee from April 2024 for efficient handover from current chair. Take on role of Chair of the Board from November AGM 2024.