Learning volunteer roles in wormley, hertfordshire
ABOUT US
Somebody goes missing in the UK every 90 seconds. Missing People exists to ease the heartache experienced by those missing someone, and to help people who are away from home find their way back to safety. Our vision is for every missing child, adult and family left behind to find help, hope and a safe way to reconnect. We are a non-judgemental, highly skilled team of staff and volunteers working for everyone who needs us. We provide free, confidential support, help and advice by phone, email, text and live chat.
In our 30th anniversary year, The Trustees and Executive launched a new 2023-2028 Strategy – From Crisis to Hope in consultation with people with lived experience and key stakeholders. The three key goals are:
- Going missing is understood as a crisis that can be a matter of life or death
- All missing people and their loved ones get the right help at the right time
- Fewer missing people come to harm.
THE IMPACT YOU WILL HAVE
Our Chair of Trustees is integral to the mission and purpose of the charity, holding the Board and Executive Team to account for delivering the mission and achieving our ambitious goals. The Board of Trustees is made up of an experienced team of individuals who bring breadth of background, a range of deep skill sets, lived experience of the issue of missing and demonstrable empathy and passion for the work of Missing People. The Chair of Trustees will be responsible for the effectiveness of the Board of Trustees, planning and guiding meetings to ensure broad dialogue, good decision-making and clear actions.
Our Chair will work closely with the CEO and the Board to develop the charity’s strategy and to oversee its implementation and progress against its business plan. As part of this the Chair will provide support and challenge to the CEO and their senior team.
As the Chair of Trustees at Missing People you will be driven by a powerful mission to be a lifeline when someone disappears. You will work closely alongside the Board, Executive team and Chief Executive in a collaborative way to lead the charity. The role provides a good opportunity to be involved in strategic planning in an organisation grounded in the issue of missing with a diverse group of committed and motivated Trustees.
Trustees meet quarterly at online and in-person meetings (usually in London). The Board has dedicated Committees for Finance, HR, Ethics, and Safeguarding, and Advisory Groups representing people with lived experience of the issue of going missing, policing, fundraising and policy. The Chair will attend and be a member of other committees or working groups and ensure that the governance arrangements are working in the most effective way for the charity.
ABOUT YOU
The new Chair of Trustees must be passionate about Missing People, its purpose and its values.
We are looking for a new Chair of Trustees who brings valuable experience, skills and expertise. This might relate to the issue of missing (including personal experience of going missing), senior financial experience, charity experience, policing, legal experience and safeguarding. We are keen to further broaden thinking and perspectives and welcome applications from all areas of the United Kingdom, from all communities, which is important as missing touches every community. We believe diversity is important, and we aim for our board to have a mix of people, talents and backgrounds..
You will need to be aged over 18 and have:
- A willingness to devote the necessary time and effort to your duties as the Chair of Trustees - approximately 2-3 days per month
- Leadership, strategic vision and creative thinking
- Ability to manage a trustee board and take decisions for the good of the charity
- Ability to chair board meetings effectively and manage diverse perspectives
- Strong communication, interpersonal and networking skills
- Independent judgment and be willing to speak your mind
- The ability to read, understand and question reports including financial plans and information
- The ability to follow the rules of governing documents and any professional advice
- The ability to work effectively as a member of a team and encourage team working
- A commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion policies and practices
WHAT YOU WILL RECEIVE IN RETURN FOR YOUR COMMITMENT
In return for your commitment you will use your skills and experience to benefit society and to provide better services for missing people and the families left behind. You will receive training in your role as Chair of Trustees and learn new skills and confidence in a range of governance areas.
This is a voluntary role. Please note that Trustee roles are not paid. Reasonable expenses are reimbursed.
FIND OUT MORE AND APPLY
If you want to be a lifeline when someone goes missing, click apply. You will find attached a detailed role description and person specification, a letter to applicants, an overview of committees and a summary of Missing People's Achievements 2024.
To apply, please ensure you include your CV and a brief covering letter explaining the skills and experience you would bring to this role.. We look forward to receiving your application.
Closing date: 23:59 on 6th June 2025
Interviews: Mid June 2025
Registered Charity
51 - 100
Missing People is the only UK charity dedicated to reconnecting missing people and their loved ones.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Using Anonymous Recruitment
This organisation is using Anonymous Recruitment to reduce bias in the first stages of the hiring process. Submit your application as normal and our system will anonymise it for you. Your personal information will be hidden until the recruiter contacts you.
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This is a volunteer role.
About White Ribbon Alliance UK
White Ribbon Alliance UK is an intersectional feminist charity working to end gender-based violence and advance gender equity in sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). We focus especially on marginalised and underrepresented communities.
We enable access to unbiased, evidence-based education, resources, and support for women, girls, and trans individuals. Our work influences healthcare professionals, hospital systems, policy makers, and the wider public to centre the human rights of women, girls, trans men, intersex, and non-binary people throughout the lifecycle of their sexual health needs.
We do this through research, community-led advocacy, training, and systems change. All of our programmes and campaigns are grounded in intersectional feminist values and led by lived experience.
About the Role
We’re launching a focused, short-term project to clear a critical backlog of internal admin and system updates—and we need a small team of skilled volunteers to make it happen.
This is a time-limited support project to help the charity reorganise, document, and streamline the core internal tools that underpin our delivery of training, advocacy, fundraising, and strategy. You’ll be working directly with the Movement Director to tackle key operational issues: outdated records, scattered files, undocumented workflows, and missing policy processes.
It’s not flashy work—but it’s mission critical. Completing this project will allow us to scale up our training programme, strengthen our policy influence, and stay accountable to funders, partners, and the people we serve.
We’re asking for a commitment of at least 4 hours per week for up to 3 months. After this project, volunteers will have the option to continue with us in new roles—whether in research, advocacy, creative campaigns, or ongoing admin support.
What You’ll Be Doing
This project is made up of clearly defined task areas. You’ll be assigned responsibilities based on your capacity and strengths.
Core Work Areas
Records & File Systems
- Audit and reorganise SharePoint folders
- Archive outdated documents
- Apply consistent naming and tagging conventions
Internal Policy and Process Coordination
- Create a policy and process update calendar
- Track policy owners and revision cycles
- Support publication of updated documents
Training Programme Process Documentation
- Document the enrolment, delivery, and follow-up processes for our training programme
- Centralise training tools, templates, and schedules
- Identify gaps or inefficiencies in how training is currently managed
Internal Volunteer & Admin Tracking
- Update internal volunteer lists (onboarding status, skills, roles)
- Maintain task logs and assignment sheets
- Format internal templates and reference materials
Survey & Data Cleanup
- Clean and cross-check training attendance records
- Format and summarise post-course feedback
- Organise survey responses into usable formats
Systems Improvement & Gap Analysis
- Spot inefficiencies or missing documentation
- Suggest and implement low-cost improvements
- Create checklists, flowcharts, or simple dashboards if relevant
What You’ll Get From It
- A meaningful role contributing directly to the strategic foundation of a national feminist charity
- The satisfaction of enabling frontline work that supports birth equity, accountability, and justice
- Flexible, remote working—you choose your hours and tasks
- A written reference or LinkedIn recommendation upon request and successful completion of the project
- Opportunities to continue contributing to our work after the project ends, including in research, training, policy, and advocacy
Skills and Qualifications (Required)
- Excellent English writing and communication skills
- Strong organisational and research abilities
- Interest in SRHR and intersectional feminism
- Experience with or willingness to learn Microsoft Office, SharePoint, Teams, Trello, and Canva
- Able to work independently and meet agreed deadlines
- Confident navigating and tidying digital files and folders
Diversity & Inclusion
We highly value diversity and strongly encourage applications from individuals in underrepresented communities, including but not limited to: Black, Asian, disabled, chronically ill, LGBTQ+, and retired individuals.
Residency and Legal Eligibility
Applicants inside the UK must already have the right to volunteer. We are unable to offer visa sponsorship. We especially encourage volunteers from Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, though all UK residents are welcome.
Applicants outside the UK may volunteer if laws in your country of residence permit you to undertake the tasks described here with an overseas charity.
Registered Charity
1 - 5
To transform sexual & reproductive healthcare by emphasising wellbeing & human rights, eradicating gender-based violence and promoting gender equity.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Actively Interviewing
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!
Gingerbread is the charity for single parents. We challenge discrimination, and campaign against the inequalities single parents face. We are seeking a Treasurer to join our Board. This is an exciting opportunity to join a passionate and inclusive organisation making a real difference to single-parent families across England and Wales.
What will you be doing?
Our Board combines their skills and experience to provide stewardship to Gingerbread and its staff.
The role of Treasurer is to enable the board to maintain an overview of Gingerbread’s affairs, ensure its financial viability and ensure that proper financial records and procedures are maintained.
Trustees generally meet for full Board meetings a minimum of five times a year. Each of these meetings is two hours long. Trustees would need to allow for preparation time ahead of these meetings. We estimate there would be 2 hours of work a month outside of Board meetings.
What are we looking for?
The Treasurer should have the following qualities:
· A commitment to Gingerbread’s work and mission
· Financial qualifications and experience
· Some experience of charity finance, fundraising and pension schemes
· The skills to analyse proposals and examine their financial consequences
· Being prepared to make unpopular recommendations to the board
· A willingness to be available to staff and trustees for advice and enquiries on an ad hoc basis
Gingerbread wishes to actively encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds, including underrepresented communities and single parents. Previous Trustee experience is not essential. Full training and induction will be provided.
What difference will you make?
There are over 2 million single parents in England and Wales. Although the majority of them are working, they’re twice as likely to live in poverty as couple parents. And too many single parents experience loneliness, worry and the impact of negative stereotypes in the media and wider society.
As Treasurer, you will join us in leading the fight to create a society where all single parents and their children can thrive.
As you’d expect, we’re a family-friendly charity. We offer a supportive team culture and good work-life balance, while delivering impressive results.
Before you apply
The TrusteeWorks Team at Reach Volunteering are supporting Gingerbread with their Trustee recruitment. Applications should be made via TrusteeWorks in the first instance.
To apply please send your CV/LinkedIn profile along with a supporting statement explaining why you are interested in the role, the skills and experience you will bring to the Board and what you would hope to get out of the role.
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Actively Interviewing
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!
We are seeking a Trustee with wide-ranging digital expertise and a career background to that enables them to bring expertise, vision and leadership in all matters digital to the Board. We see this as covering, in particular, CRM systems, social media, GDPR, digital advertising and marketing and AI.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone to champion digital, assess the opportunities and the risks that may arise and support Age UK Islington in keeping up with the rest of the charity sector.
The trustee will work with the Board of Trustees and management by maintaining an overview of the organisation’s digital systems and social media presence, ensuring effectiveness, advising and guiding on requirements and best practice and providing advice, assistance and information to the staff team and trustees.
Age UK Islington contracts IT support from two external providers – one for Microsoft Office 365 and the other for Microsoft Dynamics
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Thank you!
Using Anonymous Recruitment
This organisation is using Anonymous Recruitment to reduce bias in the first stages of the hiring process. Submit your application as normal and our system will anonymise it for you. Your personal information will be hidden until the recruiter contacts you.
Actively Interviewing
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 Ayrshire Recording Services
For over 40 years, Ayrshire Recording Services has been a lifeline for visually impaired people across Ayrshire. We're a passionate charity that transforms local newspapers into engaging audio recordings, delivered directly to our listeners' homes. It's beautifully simple but incredibly powerful - keeping people connected to their community and combatting loneliness. We believe everyone deserves to hear their community's story.
The Opportunity: Help Us Connect Communities Online!
Whether you're a social media-savvy student who lives on Instagram or a marketing professional looking to make a meaningful impact, we want to hear from you! We're looking for a volunteer Social Media Content Creator & Manager to help us expand our reach and connect with more people who need our vital service.
This flexible, remote role offers something for everyone:
For Students & Social Media Natives:
- Learn by doing: Build your portfolio with real-world social media experience that matters
- Flexible commitment: Work around your studies with manageable weekly time slots
- Creative freedom: Bring your fresh ideas and platform knowledge to help us reach new audiences
- Skill development: Gain professional social media experience you can't get in textbooks
- Great references: Perfect for your CV and future applications
- No pressure environment: We'll support you every step of the way!
For Marketing Professionals & Experienced Creators:
- Strategic impact: Help shape our entire digital presence and expansion strategy
- Showcase expertise: Apply your skills to meaningful storytelling that makes a real difference
- Leadership opportunities: Mentor other volunteers and guide our social media direction
- Analytics and optimisation: Use data to maximise our community impact
- Build your charity portfolio: Gain valuable nonprofit communications experience
What You'll Be Doing:
Your contributions will vary based on your experience and availability:
Core Activities (Everyone):
- Create engaging social media content across multiple platforms
- Manage our existing Facebook presence and help expand to Instagram, Twitter/X, TikTok, and others
- Schedule and post content consistently to build audience engagement
- Respond to comments, messages, and build genuine community connections
- Share volunteer stories, service impact, and behind-the-scenes content
- Help grow our follower base and reach more people who need our services
- Create content to attract new volunteers and showcase volunteering opportunities
- Develop posts highlighting our impact to attract potential sponsors and supporters
Advanced Opportunities (For Experienced Creators):
- Develop comprehensive social media strategies and content calendars
- Analyse performance metrics and optimise content for maximum reach
- Create platform-specific content strategies (Instagram stories, TikTok trends, LinkedIn posts)
- Lead targeted campaigns for volunteer recruitment and sponsor outreach
- Create compelling impact stories and case studies to attract potential sponsors
- Engage with local businesses, community groups, and potential funding partners
- Develop sponsor recognition content and partnership announcements
- Mentor newer volunteers and coordinate with our video content creator
- Advise on emerging platforms and social media best practices
We're Looking For:
Essential (Everyone Needs):
- Enthusiasm for social media and helping others
- Understanding of at least one social media platform well
- Ability to work independently and represent our charity authentically
- Genuine care for supporting isolated community members
- Basic writing skills and eye for engaging content
Professional Level (Bonus for Advanced Roles):
- Experience managing business or charity social media accounts
- Knowledge of social media analytics and growth strategies
- Understanding of accessibility best practices for social content
- Experience with content scheduling tools and social media management platforms
- Graphic design skills or familiarity with tools like Canva
- Experience with sponsor outreach, partnership development, or B2B engagement
- Understanding of volunteer recruitment best practices through social media
The Reality Check:
We're a small charity with huge hearts but zero budget for premium tools. You'll use free platforms and scheduling tools.. What we offer instead is complete creative freedom, trusted autonomy, flexible scheduling, and the chance to build something meaningful from the ground up.
Working Arrangements:
This role is completely remote and flexible. Whether you're fitting this around a full-time job, between classes, or during your free time, we'll make it work. You'll initially report to our volunteer coordinator but will quickly gain autonomy to represent us authentically across platforms.
Time commitment: From 3-5 hours per week (perfect for students) up to whatever you can offer (great for professionals wanting deeper involvement). We understand social media works best with consistent, smaller time blocks rather than long sessions.
Collaboration: Sometimes you'll coordinate closely with our video content creator to cross-promote content, other times you'll work independently based on the type of content and campaigns.
Ready to Make a Difference?
For Students/New to Social Media Management: Just email us with a few lines about why this interests you and which social media platforms you know well (personal use totally counts!).
For Marketing Professionals/Experienced Social Media Managers: Send us your CV or experience outline, a brief note about your interest in the role, and examples of social media accounts you've managed (portfolio links welcome but not essential).
Questions? Don't hesitate to reach out - we're friendly people who'd love to chat about what's involved and how we can make this work for you.
What Makes This Special:
Every post you create, every comment you respond to, every new follower you gain helps us reach more people who need our service, attract volunteers to join our mission, and connect with potential sponsors who want to support our work. Whether you're sharing smartphone photos or creating sophisticated outreach strategies, you're helping us grow our impact and support more visually impaired people in our community.
We're growing fast and may need multiple social media volunteers eventually - early volunteers will have the opportunity to shape how we expand and potentially coordinate with future team members.
Ayrshire Recording Services is an equal opportunities organisation and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified persons.
We're reviewing applications on a rolling basis - the sooner you apply, the sooner you can start making an impact
Registered Charity
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.