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Job Title: Independent Visitor Co-ordinator
Service: Manchester
Salary: £10,411 per annum (£24,293.53 FTE)
Location: Home based (with travel across the region)
Hours: 15 hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Job Introduction:
- Are you passionate about supporting and developing volunteers?
- Are you looking for an opportunity to help make positive differences to the lives of children and young people who are looked after or care leavers of the local authority?
- Do you want to work with a leading national independent children’s charity?
Then come join us here at Coram Voice. We have an exciting opportunity for you to become a co-ordinator of our independent visiting service in Manchester.
We are seeking candidates who are committed to our objectives for children and young people and equally committed to the organisation and the development of our services. We recognise we are a predominantly white workforce and are genuinely committed to encouraging candidates from diverse communities in order to improve the services to the children and young people we help
Our Work:
Coram Voice is a national independent children’s charity established in 1975 and has grown to become one of the leading organisations for children and young people in the UK.
Coram Voice is a leading children’s rights organisation. We champion the rights of children. We get young voices heard in decisions that matter to them and work to improve the lives of children in care, care leavers and others who depend upon the help of the state.
We provide:
- Advocacy services direct to children and young people in care, in need, in custody and to care leavers and children and young people with severe and complex mental health problems. Advocates around the country support children and young people to get their voice heard in decisions about their lives.This may be through the telephone helpline or through an advocate working directly with a child, for instance, to support them at a review meeting or to help them make a complaint about their care. Coram Voice provides visiting advocacy services to most of the secure units nationally, to Secure Training Centres, Juvenile Young Offender Institutions, psychiatric hospitals, residential special schools and children’s homes.
- Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA) to advocate for young people as qualifying patients under the Mental Health Act, in order to fully support them to get their views heard in matters relating to their mental health.
- Independent Visitor services offers a child or young person in care an adult volunteer who provides independent, one-to-one visiting, advice and befriending support. Our independent visitors can become the only long-term, consistent source of support throughout a young person's time in care.
- Independent services provide independent person services for complaints by children and for reviewing whether children should be locked up in secure units on welfare grounds.
- Policy and campaigning tocreate a better system for all children and young people looked after by the state, for their care to be more child-centred and to give young people a greater say in decisions about their lives.
- Participation services to ensure children and young people have a voice in the development and delivery of services and campaigns, and through the process, provide the opportunity to develop relevant skills which will be of benefit to them in their future lives.
- Training, development and information for young people, advocates and child care workers, offering courses in advocacy, children’s rights and child-centred practice across a range of areas including the National Advocacy Qualification.
About the Role:
You will co-ordinate and deliver a statutory independent visitor service to children and young people in care or care leavers of Manchester.
You will recruit, assess and train volunteers to become independent visitors, who are volunteer befrienders to children and young people looked after or care leavers. You will manage a cash flow to fund suitable activities for independent visitors to enjoy with the young person. You will manage data and reporting for this statutory service so that service leads and other stakeholders can understand the activity in the service.
We are a child led service, you will not act outside of the young person’s instructions (except in matters of child protection and safety.)You will build strong relationships with the child or young person, independent visitors and other significant adults, you will support Independent Visitors to develop long term, meaningful friendships with the young person.
You will work in partnership with other parts of the service, organisation and external agencies and professionals. This is to ensure there are pathways to attract and retain Independent Visitors in the area and sometimes out of area.
What You Will Receive:
We wish to reward and recognise the valuable contributions our staff make to the organisation and offer an attractive benefits package to do so. Coram Voice benefits package includes a competitive salary, a matched pension scheme up to 5% of salary, generous leave entitlements of up to 25 days’ annual leave plus an additional 3 days paid leave between Christmas and New Year. A supportive work environment fostering a good work/home life balance and a suite of family friendly policies, which promote employee wellbeing.
You will get a genuine opportunity to make a difference every day.
Recruitment Process:
Shortlisting will be undertaken by Emma Keen, Children’s Rights Manager and Sarah Gabriel, Children’s Rights Manager. Successful candidates will then be invited for interview. The interview process comprises of a written exercise and a panel interview. Successful candidates will have a further one to one interview in accordance within Warner recommendations. Internal candidates will need to notify HR of their interest in the post and they will provide further information on the internal application process.
Returning your application:
- We cannot accept general CVs. When completing your application form, you need to address each point of the person specification and demonstrate how you meet it.
- Applications must be fully completed.
- If you are a current Coram Voice employee you may submit a supporting statement only addressing the person specification requirements for the post.
Closing date: Wednesday 16 July 2025 at 23:59
Interview date: Thursday 24th July 2025
Coram is an equal opportunities employer and we believe a diverse workforce enables us to improve the services to the children and families we help. We are genuinely committed to encouraging candidates from all sections of the community we seek to support. This includes those from global majority ethnic backgrounds, those that identify as LGBQT+, those with disabilities, those with lived experience of care, those with neuro-diversity, and those from other groups who are underrepresented at Coram.
If applicants feel comfortable, we would encourage them to draw on lived experience as well as professional experience in their personal statement as part of their application.
We are committed to the safeguarding of children and where appropriate will require the successful applicant to undertake a check from the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Registered Charity No. 312278.
We are a leading children’s rights organisation. We champion the rights of children and get young voices heard in decisions that matter to them.
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Corporate Partnerships Officer
12 months fixed term appointment
Full time (34.5 hours)
London/Hybrid
£28,800 - £31,800 per annum
At Macmillan you'll find talented people working together to do whatever it takes to support people living with cancer. We're going all out to find even better ways to help even more people who need our support. Our values are at the heart of who we are and everything we do, inspiring our thinking and guiding our actions.
Our new organisational strategy sets out how we’ll fight even harder to make every pound raised count for even more. With your help, we’ll transform cancer care for good.
About the role
Do you have a passion for building long term relationships and working on award winning partnerships? Would you like to help manage partnerships that not only raise income but also make a significant impact on people living with cancer? If so, this could be the role for you.
The Corporate Partnerships team has an exciting opportunity for a Corporate Partnerships Officer to support with the delivery of a range of key corporate partnerships within the Partnership Management team and directly manage allocated smaller relationships and projects to drive income and maximise the value to Macmillan.
This is a rare opportunity to work with several recognised household brands and exciting campaigns such as Coffee Morning and Mighty Hikes. You’ll be immersed into the brands and partners we work with every day and receive training and guidance on Corporate Partnerships, where you will meet lots of great people, both internally and externally.
The Corporate Partnerships team generates over £15m+ per year and those vital funds from corporates help people living with cancer every day. By working with some of our biggest partners you will see the direct impact of our income, which goes to fund nurses, our support line, and bespoke projects in communities to support people living with cancer.
About you
We encourage candidates to apply who are looking for the opportunity to gain experience, new skills and to learn about partnership management in a sector-leading team.
- You have an ability to develop relationships with a number of stakeholders both internally and externally
- You will be inquisitive, ask crucial questions and be confident challenging partners
- You will be highly organised and can manage multiple projects and programmes of work simultaneously
- You’ll have persistence and perseverance with partners
- You will have strong written and verbal communication skills
- You will be IT literate and have a competent working knowledge of Microsoft Office
About our benefits
- 25 days holiday plus flexible bank holiday options, increasing by 1 day every year of service up to 30 days
- Pension matched up to 7.5%
- 120+ learning and development offers, with access to external professional qualifications
- Flexible working patterns, such as compressed hours, flexibility to work earlier or later around our core working hours of 10am-4pm
- Holiday buying and selling scheme, life insurance, free wills, retail discounts and much more
Recruitment Process
Application deadline: Monday 7 July 2025 at 23:59.
1st interviews will be held on 14/15/16 July 2025.
To ensure fairness and consistency to select the best candidate for this role, all our applications are anonymised up until an interview has been confirmed.
So that we can support you to be your best during the application or interview process, please contact Macmillan TA Team for advice and reasonable adjustments.
We welcome applications from everyone who meet the criteria and strongly encourage individuals to apply who have a disability, impairment or health condition or individuals who identify as Black, Asian or from another minority ethnic background, as these groups are currently under-represented at Macmillan. Our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy along with our internal employee representation body, ‘Our Voice’ and 8 Employee Network groups help us promote fairness and belonging, becoming an engaged and inclusive organisation for all our people.
At Macmillan you'll find talented people working together to do whatever it takes to support people living with cancer.



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Bamboo Fundraising Recruitment are partnered with Renaissance Foundation, a specialist youth charity supporting young carers and young people with life-limiting illnesses. They aim to inspire and empower these hard-to-reach groups, helping them overcome social, educational, and emotional challenges through our three-year programme focused on inspiration, creative learning, and vocational development.
Job Title: Head of Fundraising
Salary: Up to £50k per annum (depending on experience)
Location: London, Aldgate (3 days in the office)
Contract: Full-time (4 days considered), Permanent
The charity is based in London, with a small but dedicated team, currently supporting around 70 young people. They have ambitious growth plans to expand their reach and impact.
As the Head of Fundraising, you will be a key player in driving their strategy for income generation. You will be responsible for developing and implementing a bold and effective philanthropy programme, focusing on trusts, foundations, corporate partnerships, and major donors. Your work will be pivotal in securing the resources needed to expand our impact and help even more young people.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and implement a comprehensive fundraising strategy
- Manage relationships with major donors, securing five- and six-figure gifts
- Build and maintain partnerships with corporate sponsors and foundations
- Write compelling funding applications and reports
- Lead new fundraising initiatives and events
- Develop and nurture the fundraising team
- Attend key networking events and manage budgets in line with the charity’s strategy
We are looking for a dynamic individual with a proven track record in senior fundraising roles, particularly with trusts, foundations, major donors, or corporate partnerships. You will be a strategic thinker, capable of building meaningful relationships, and have a passion for helping young people facing significant challenges.
Essential Skills and Experience:
- Experience in a senior fundraising role
- Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage deadlines
- Excellent communication skills across various mediums
- Proven ability to develop high-value relationships with donors and partners
- Leadership qualities with a collaborative, team-oriented approach
How to apply:
If you think the above sounds like a good fit, please click apply with your CV and I will reach out to book in a call. Due to the urgency of the role, we will be reviewing on a rolling basis.
Position: People & Community Manager
Reports to: Executive Director
Collaborates with: Centre Operations Manager & Spiritual Programme Coordinator
Location: Jamyang Buddhist Centre, London, with the option for some remote working.
Preferred Start Date: Early September 2025
Salary: £28,000 - £32,000 (depending on experience)
Hours: 35 hours per week, with occasional evening and weekend work (TOIL provided).
Application Deadline: July 16
Purpose
As People & Community Manager you nurture Jamyang’s values-aligned culture and strengthens its sense of community, both internally and externally. This role bridges HR admin, onboarding, volunteer coordination, and community engagement - ensuring staff and community members alike feel welcome, heard, and supported. You also help embed our collective commitment to a liveable future - ensuring that care for the environment is reflected in how we work, communicate, and come together as a community.
Key Responsibilities
1. HR Administration & Onboarding
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Oversee day-to-day HR administration, liaising with Jamyang’s external HR consultancy for specialist support.
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Coordinate onboarding processes, ensuring a warm, inclusive welcome aligned with Jamyang’s values.
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Support managers with HR processes such as probation reviews and leave tracking.
2. Volunteer Programme Coordination
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Coordinate recruitment, onboarding, and ongoing support of volunteers, ensuring rewarding and meaningful experiences.
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Develop volunteer role descriptions, training resources, and appreciation initiatives.
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Liaise with the Centre Operations Manager and Education Department to align volunteer support with operational needs.
3. Community Engagement & Events
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Organise community consultations, listening circles, and social events to foster connection and belonging.
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Act as a point of contact for community members seeking engagement opportunities.
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Support communications that build a vibrant and inclusive Jamyang community.
4. Culture Stewardship & Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI)
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Develop and implement initiatives that embed Jamyang’s values—care, interconnectedness, warmheartedness—into daily work life.
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Champion EDI by:
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Supporting the implementation of Jamyang’s EDI strategy in collaboration with the Executive Director and the Education department.
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Organising awareness-raising activities such as training, book clubs, community discussions, and inclusive programming.
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Advising on inclusive language and practices in external communications (in collaboration with the Comms Manager).
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Monitor and report on EDI progress, sharing insights and recommended actions with the leadership team.
Is This You?
The successful candidate is a warm-hearted, values-driven communicator who thrives on building bridges between people and communities. They bring a thoughtful, grounded approach to fostering inclusion, supporting volunteers, and embedding EDI into all aspects of Jamyang’s culture.
What You’ll Bring to the Team
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3–5 years’ experience in HR administration, volunteer coordination, or community engagement, and are confident working with people across a wide range of backgrounds.
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Community Organiser: You have hands-on experience coordinating volunteers, running onboarding processes, and bringing people together through events or community consultations.
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Organised Operator: You’re comfortable juggling multiple priorities, with strong time management, planning skills, and a methodical approach to getting things done.
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Trust Builder: You foster connection through clear, compassionate communication and an openness that helps others feel seen and included.
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Tech-Savvy Organiser: You’re comfortable using tools like BreatheHR, Asana, Microsoft Office, and event platforms to keep things running smoothly.
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Inclusive Ethos: You understand EDI and safeguarding principles, and actively foster a safe, welcoming environment for all.
Compensation and Benefits
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£28,000–£32,000 per year, depending on experience
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35-hour workweek (below market average), supporting a healthy work-life balance
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33 days’ paid holiday (including bank holidays), above the UK statutory minimum
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Opportunities for professional development and training
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A warm, values-driven work environment at the heart of Jamyang Buddhist Centre
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Healthy, home-cooked vegan lunches provided on working days
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Free access to our full programme of teachings and events (unless otherwise indicated)
We warmly welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and lived experiences. We’re committed to building an inclusive team that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve.
Jamyang London Buddhist Centre is a peaceful charity offering Buddhist education, community and a sense of calm in the city.




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Are you our new Grants Manager?
- Are you committed to defending human rights and human dignity, and interested in issues affecting marginalised and excluded people?
- Are you passionate about social justice and believe in the agency of people to create change?
- Do you have a personal and/or professional connection to one or more of our priority areas, and experience or understanding of grant making?
- Are you emotionally intelligent and able to form and develop strong working relationships with a range of individuals and groups?
If so, then you might be the right person to join the AB Charitable Trust at this exciting time.
Our priorities and approach
- The human rights framework
- The criminal legal system
- Migrants, refugees and people seeking asylum
- Access to justice
The A B Charitable Trust exists to promote human dignity and defend the human rights of the most marginalised and excluded people. Our approach is founded on liberal principles of universalism and human rights. We believe in justice, not charity. For us, this means supporting work that promotes rights and does not diminish dignity. It also means supporting efforts to change the systems that shape the lives of marginalised and excluded people in pernicious ways. We have a particular interest in work that uses the law to address inequities and injustices.
Our journey
The Trust was founded 35 years ago to promote and defend human dignity. Since then, we have given over £47m to organisations, and this year we will spend some £10m. We have significantly increased our grantmaking over recent years and intend to continue on a trajectory of growth. This role will join us as we look to the longer term future and begin to develop a new strategy that will build on all that is being achieved through our current strategy, which ends in 2027.
We are excited by the future and are fortunate to have a modest but growing budget which is expected to reach £15m by 2027. But we are realistic about the challenges involved. The areas we work in are highly politicised and the need is ever increasing, which is why it is important that we attract candidates who are able to help us navigate these waters and who can contribute to maximising our impact at this critical moment.
About the role and you
The key purpose of this role is to:
- Effectively manage a portfolio or grants across all of our priority areas
- Work closely with the team, grant holders and Board members, developing strong and supportive working relationships
- Contribute to the development of our new strategy and be committed to our values and share our aspirations around best grantmaking practice
The new Grants Manager will need to be genuinely interested in grantmaking in our priority areas and will have the curiosity to learn and develop new areas of knowledge and expertise. You will need to be able to demonstrate a passion for the work of small, grassroots organisations, have emotional intelligence and strong communications skills, and also be genuinely excited about joining our team.
This could be the right opportunity for a range of potential candidates. We value the knowledge and expertise gained through lived experience of social injustice alongside sector experience. We’re not looking for a seasoned grant maker but you will need to bring commitment to our work and vision, demonstrate experience of seeking to bring about change on tough issues, and have experience of one or more of our priority areas.
If you would like to have an informal discussion about the role then please contact Allyson Davies, who is advising on this appointment.
We value, welcome and respect all the differences that make us who we are, including: age, cultural background, disability and mental health, ethnicity and race, sex, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, and social background.
A B Charitable Trust exists to promote human dignity and defend the human rights of the most marginalised and excluded people.
Battersea is embarking on a transformative journey with our Launchpad Programme – a major cross-organisational initiative to consolidate all customer and animal data into one integrated CRM system. As part of this ambitious project, we are creating new roles to support our teams as they contribute to programme activity.
Supporter-Led Fundraising has been identified as a major growth opportunity in our Income Generation strategy, and we have ambitious plans for it going forward. This contract role will independently manage the planning, development, and delivery of Battersea’s Supporter-Led Fundraising programme, as well as provide support to the wider Events and Supporter-Led Fundraising team on other projects.
We are seeking someone with experience in Supporter Led Fundraising programme development, who can hit the ground running to lead on the delivery of our ambitious plans.
What we can offer you:
In return for your commitment to our cause and to recognise the value of our employees, Battersea offers a range of benefits to support the wellbeing of our employees. These include:
- 28 days of annual leave (plus 8 days paid public holidays) per year
- Discounted gym memberships and cycle to work schemes
- Employee Assistance Programme and access to Wellbeing Resources
- Generous pension contributions - up to 10% employer contribution
- Free healthcare cash plan, where you can claim for a range of treatment including dental, optical, physiotherapy, chiropody and acupuncture every year
- Annual interest-free season ticket loans
We are also committed to providing learning and development to our employees. During your time with us, we provide support for your professional and career development, including access to digital and in-person training programmes, leadership and management training, mentoring and much more.
Our hybrid working model:
We operate a 50% onsite hybrid working model, with our office-based staff splitting their time between site based and home working. This enables our office-based staff to balance the benefits of home working with onsite collaboration and maintaining a connection to our cause.
Diversity and inclusion:
We are committed to providing a welcoming and inclusive experience for all staff, volunteers and trustees and those hoping to join us. We operate an anonymised shortlisting process and actively seek to ensure our process is fair and equitable for all.
We understand the value of diverse voices, perspectives, and experiences to help us deliver even more for our dogs and cats, and we welcome applicants from all sections of the community.
As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we will ask about any adjustments you may need at application and/or interview stage, and if you are offered a role with us, we’ll talk to you about any workplace adjustments you may need to help you perform at your best.
More about us:
At Battersea, we aim to never turn away a dog or cat in need of help. We give each one lots of love, expert care and get to know their characters and quirks so we can find them a new home that’s just right for them. Join us and help us be here for every dog and cat, wherever they are, for as long as they need us.
Closing date: 3rd July 2025
Interview date(s): W/c 14th July 2025 & 21st July 2025
All applications must be submitted before the closing date advertised. We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications is received.
Battersea is here for every dog and cat, and has been since 1860. We believe that every dog and cat deserves the best.





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Hours: 17.5 - 28 per week (happy to consider 2.5 days - 4 days) to be worked within the hours of 9am - 5pm, Monday to Friday. Some flexibility for homeworking, although an onsite presence is important for this role. Occasional weekend and evening working with notice for special events.
Salary: £35k - £40k depending on experience
Closing date: 29th June at midnight
Interviews: 4th July & week commencing 7th July
Please note we are also open to considering full time applicants for this role, so have another advert live, we will consider all candidates who apply to both adverts for this one position.
Are you looking for a role where you can make a difference every day?
The Grange Centre is seeking a strategic thinker with a passion for storytelling, income generation, and social impact to take the helm of our marketing and income generation efforts.
We’re seeking an ambitious self-starter who wants to be instrumental in taking The Grange Centre to its next level of growth and development. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a friendly, values-driven organisation that supports people with learning disabilities to lead independent and fulfilling lives.
Reporting directly to the CEO, you’ll develop and implement innovative strategies that raise awareness, drive engagement, and increase income across multiple streams.
You should have a strong knowledge of marketing and communications principles and practice, digital marketing, and social media, and be confident in engaging audiences using real-life stories to demonstrate impact and influence action. In addition, you will have a successful track record of fundraising and/or other forms of income generation in the charity sector, including management, with proven experience in meeting financial and non-financial targets.
You should be able to build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders, corporate, major donors and other individuals.
We are a friendly, open, respectful, caring, and enabling organisation. You’ll be part of a passionate team working to make a real difference in people’s lives. We offer a supportive environment, opportunities for professional development, and the chance to lead meaningful change.
What Colleagues Say:
Don’t just take our word for it, here’s a snippet of what our team had to say in our October 2024 staff survey:
99.1% of the team say they understand how the purpose and values of The Grange Centre relate to their job.
94.6% say that The Grange Centre provides them with the training they need.
We have an open, no blame culture as emphasised by 92% of the team saying that The Grange Centre provides an environment where they feel able to admit when they make a mistake.
92% feel they are a valued member of The Grange Centre team.
90.3% feel they can express their ideas and opinions.
94.7% find their colleagues to be helpful and supportive.
About The Grange Centre
The Grange Centre for People with Disabilities provides vital services supporting people with learning disabilities to lead independent and fulfilling lives. We are unique in Surrey as we offer accommodation, care support and a wide range of skills training and activities all on one beautiful 8 acre site in Bookham. Our services are most suited for people with mild to moderate disabilities.
We are a regulated care provider, a charity and a housing association and we provide three services - residential care for those with higher care needs, supported living for people working towards independence and skills and activities - a wide range of training, work experience and mini businesses.
Benefits: Annual leave 35 days, including bank holidays, rising to 37 days after 2 year’s service. Pro rated for part time workers. Annual salary review. Contributory pension scheme with 4% employer contribution. Extensive internal training programme. Staff discounts on delicious home cooked food and hot drinks at our Courtyard Café (open Mon – Fri). A focus on wellbeing, including a 24/7 confidential Employee Assistance Helpline and access to trained counsellors. Monetary staff referral scheme. Free onsite parking; 20 min walk to local train station; 5 mins from local bus stop (479). Beautiful countryside location. Chance to have your voice heard – regular Employee Forum and Annual Staff Survey. Supportive and knowledgeable team to learn from
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About Brake
Brake is the UK’s leading road safety charity, dedicated to supporting people affected by road crashes and advocating for safer streets. Since 1995, we have been helping victims and their families to navigate the devastating impact of road collisions through the National Road Victim Service—providing immediate, compassionate, and tailored support for those who have been bereaved or seriously injured. Our mission goes beyond recovery; we campaign tirelessly for legislative and societal changes to prevent future tragedies and make roads safer for everyone.
Join Us as a Caseworker – Thames Valley Region - To apply for this role, you MUST be a resident in the Thames Valley area.
This year, Brake celebrates 30 years of life-changing work, and we’re looking for a committed and compassionate Caseworker to help us continue making an impact. If you are based in the Thames Valley region and want to help people at their most vulnerable moments, this could be the role for you.
Every 20 minutes, someone is killed or seriously injured on UK roads. For families affected, the emotional and practical challenges are immense. As a Caseworker, you will provide direct, trauma-informed care to individuals and families suffering from the sudden bereavement or life-altering injury of a loved one. Working mostly remotely, with home visits to service users, you’ll offer vital emotional and practical support—including helping them access therapeutic resources, financial assistance, and guidance through the complexities of medical and legal processes.
This role is flexible, allowing you to structure your own working pattern within weekdays from 6 AM to 8 PM. While travel is required, you’ll have control over your diary. The work is challenging but immensely rewarding, requiring resilience, empathy, and a dedication to making a real difference in people’s lives.
Key Responsibilities
- Providing direct support to road victims and their families in the Thames Valley region, following Brake’s trauma-informed model of care.
- Managing a caseload of service users, ensuring their emotional, practical, and advocacy needs are met.
- Undertaking comprehensive needs assessments and creating individualised support plans
- Offering emotional and practical support—this can include helping families access therapeutic resources, financial aid, or even facilitating keepsakes to honour the memory of their loved ones
- Liaising with professionals, including police officers, Family Liaison Officers, mental health services, coroners, GPs, and other support organisations.
- Advocating for victims within medical, legal, and social services to ensure their voices are heard.
- Providing support through multiple channels, including in-person, remote calls, video chats, and messaging, depending on service user preferences.
- Completing safeguarding assessments and escalating concerns to the Designated Safeguarding Lead when needed.
- Maintaining accurate case records in compliance with data protection policies.
- Engaging in external clinical supervision to manage personal resilience and well-being.
- Participating in team meetings, training, and professional development to ensure the highest standard of service delivery.
What We Offer
- £26,000 per year (initial one-year contract, with funding in place and potential to extend).
- Flexible working hours—working pattern can be shaped around your needs.
- Mostly remote work, with travel to service users’ homes or safe meeting places (mileage expenses reimbursed).
- Death in service benefit, to the value of 2 x salary
- 36 days annual leave, including bank holidays and compulsory end of year shutdown
- Employee assistance program, including counselling, legal and financial advice.
- External trauma consultant support to aid in caseworker resilience.
- Structured induction, training, and ongoing development including in trauma-informed support and risk management.
Who We’re Looking For
Essential Requirements:
- A full, clean UK driving licence and access to your own vehicle.
- Resident in the Thames Valley area.
- Experience in frontline support services, preferably involving sudden bereavement or heightened vulnerabilities.
- Strong advocacy and research skills to liaise with multiple organisations on behalf of service users.
- Competency in I.T skills to work remotely.
Desirable Experience:
· Comprehensive understanding of the processes involved in the criminal justice system and coronial process
Personal Qualities:
- Self-motivated and resilient—able to navigate emotionally challenging situations.
- Empathetic and compassionate, with a commitment to helping others.
- Adaptable and creative, able to tailor support methods to individual needs.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, able to collaborate with professionals and service users alike.
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
Brake is passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that values diversity. We welcome your application whatever your background or situation. We particularly welcome applications from those who are part of the global majority, the LGBTQIA+ community or disabled. We are proud to be a disability confident employer. We don’t want you to ‘fit’ our culture, we want you to enrich it. So, if you have a passion for making a difference and share in our vision for a world where no one is killed on our roads, we would love to hear from you
We work to stop road deaths and injuries, support people affected by road crashes and campaign for safe and healthy mobility for all.


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Closing Date: 30 June 2025
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Save the Children UK has an exciting opportunity for a thoughtful, analytical and values-driven individual with strong experience in public policy and research to join us as our Policy and Research Manager (Regions), where you will work with local communities, metro mayors, policy partners, and Save the Children colleagues to develop evidence-based, inclusive policy solutions aimed at ending child poverty across England.
This is a new and exciting position that comes out of our ambitious strategy for England and Westminster.
About Us
Save the Children UK believes every child deserves a future. In the UK and around the world, we work every day to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. When crisis strikes, and children are most vulnerable, we are always among the first to respond and the last to leave. We ensure children's unique needs are met and their voices are heard. We deliver lasting results for millions of children, including those hardest to reach.
In the UK, our mission is focused on ending child poverty. We work alongside families, partners and communities to build long-term, place-based and national change, rooted in lived experience and driven by data and evidence.
About the role
As Policy and Research Manager (Regions), you will play a central role in developing policy and research that supports ambitious, place-based strategies to tackle child poverty in England. You'll work closely with colleagues in place-based partnerships as well as metro mayors, local partners and policy communities—to ensure our advocacy is grounded in lived experience, responsive to regional dynamics, and informed by strong evidence. You'll produce high-impact insights, briefings, and policy proposalsthat advance long-term, practical change particularly through levers at local and regional levels,
If you're passionate about social justice, policy change, and ensuring that every child has a fair start in life—we'd love to hear from you.
In this role, you will:
- Develop and maintain in-depth knowledge on the drivers of child poverty, with a focus on marginalised children and families and how poverty is experienced differently across England.
- Co-design and deliver regional policy and research proposals in partnership with children, young people, families, and place-based organisations.
- Provide timely political and policy analysis of metro mayors and regional powers to support regional influencing and advocacy strategies.
- Produce high-quality reports, briefings, and literature reviews for diverse audiences including policymakers, sector partners and civil society.
- Lead or contribute to innovative research projects (including primary research) that amplify voices from communities and support policy change.
- Build strong relationships within the national and regional policy community and play a key role in internal and external collaboration across teams and stakeholders.
About you
To be successful, it is important that you have:
- Proven experience in developing policy or research related to social justice, poverty or public services, ideally in a regional or local context.
- Strong research skills with experience designing and delivering evidence-based projects, and an ability to produce impactful written outputs for external use.
- A good understanding of the political and policy environment in England, including devolution and metro mayoral structures.
- A commitment to co-producing policy and research with people who have lived experience of poverty, with a strong understanding of inclusive practice.
- Excellent communication and relationship-building skills with the ability to engage external stakeholders and influence decision-makers.
- Commitment to Save the Children's vision, mission and values.
What we offer you:
Working for a charity provides one of the best benefits there is – a sense of purpose and reward for helping others. However, we understand the importance of giving back to our employees to ensure a happy and healthy working environment and work/life balance.
- We focus on flexibility, inclusion, collaboration, health and wellbeing both in and outside of work.
- We provide a wide range of benefits which will reward your hard work, motivate you, and inspire you to work to improve the lives of children every day.
Please note: To avoid disappointment, you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can manage application levels whilst maintaining a positive candidate experience. Unfortunately once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.
Ways of Working:
The majority of our roles can be performed remotely in the UK, but there are likely to be times when you will be required to come to your contracted office (up to 2-4 days per month or 6-8 days per quarter). This will be agreed with your Line Manager and team and is intended to be time spent on collaborating with colleagues and relationship building.
Please note: travel costs to your contracted office will be at your own expense.
Flexible Working - We are happy to discuss flexible working options at interview.
Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
Save the Children UK believes in a world that is fair, inclusive and equitable where all children have the opportunity to change their world. We apply this to our workforce and we are committed to developing and supporting a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organisation where all employees have a sense of belonging and feel that they can be "Free to Be Me". We are not looking for just one type of person - we want to recruit people who can add fresh perspectives, innovative ideas or challenge that disrupts the risk of group think.
We are especially interested in people whose childhood experiences - of life on a low income, of migration, of being in a racialised community, of the care system, of being LGBT+ or in an LGBT+ family or living with (or with someone with) a disability - help us to see things we might otherwise miss. Whatever your story is we want to hear it because we know that different voices, ideas, perspectives and knowledge, working together will enable us to better the lives of children around the world. This is the reason why we are all here.
Coeliac UK currently has an exciting opportunity for a Admin Support Officer, to join our team hybrid working, including on site at Coeliac UK Head Office, High Wycombe. This is a part-time, 12 month fixed term contract. In return, you will receive a competitive salary of £22,000–£25,000 pro rata.
Coeliac UK is the charity for people who need to live without gluten. For over 50 years we've been helping people with coeliac disease and other gluten-related conditions live happier, healthier lives. We campaign for better food access, fund medical research, and provide trusted support to our community.
The Admin Support Officer role:
Coeliac UK is seeking a proactive and organised Admin Support Officer to support the work of the International Society for the Study of Celiac Disease (ISSCD). In this varied role, you’ll coordinate meetings, manage communications, and assist with membership and research admin. Your work will help enable global collaboration in coeliac disease research and care. If you thrive on detail and enjoy supporting multiple stakeholders, we would like to hear from you.
Key responsibilities of the Admin Support Officer:
- Processing new ISSCD Membership applications and update the ISSCD membership database
- Preparing bulk mailings for the ISSCD members’ e-newsletter and other communications, working with the ISSCD’s support agency based in the Netherlands
- Monitoring the ISSCD generic email accounts and respond accordingly
- Arranging ISSCD meetings
- Assisting in the preparation of agendas and papers for ISSCD Board meetings
- Drafting minutes of ISSCD meetings
- Providing admin support to the Head of Funding and Engagement as required
- Providing admin support to the ISSCD committees as required
Knowledge, Skills, and Experience required for the Admin Support Officer:
We’re looking for a motivated and detail-focused administrator with excellent communication and organisation skills. The ideal candidate will have:
- Graduate or equivalent
- Educated to GCSE standard Grade C / 5 or above in Maths and English
- Confident speller with good command of the English language
- Positive and confident, people person
- Proactive and flexible approach
- Strong team player
- Unflappable, ‘can do’ attitude
- Good communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Excellent organisation skills
- Self-motivated and able to work without close supervision
Closing Date: 23rd June 2025.
If you would like to be considered as our Admin Support Officer, please apply now with your CV and cover letter. For your application to be considered, please combine your covering letter and CV into a single document for uploading purposes. We’d love to hear from you!
Are you passionate about making a difference in people’s lives? Do you thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment? Are you ready to take on a role that impacts your community? We are currently seeking an enthusiastic and dedicated Carers Independent Advocate to join our vibrant team in Gloucester!
As a Carers Independent Advocate, you will provide crucial support to vulnerable adults facing significant health and social care challenges. Your role involves delivering persuasive verbal and written representations on behalf of clients, collaborating with public and voluntary organisations, and taking directed actions to address client issues. This role demands flexibility, excellent communication, and the ability to handle sensitive information confidently.
Hours of Work: 1xPart-Time: 22.2 hours, working between 9am – 5pm Monday – Friday.
Location: Home based with travel around the Gloucester area.
(Applicants should live in the Gloucester area)
Salary: £14545.44 (Full-Time salary equivalent £24242.40 pro rata per annum)
Contract Type: Fixed Term
Carers Independent Advocate Requirements:
- Strong communication and time management skills to successfully work remotely.
- Excellent IT skills, including the use of Microsoft Outlook, Word, and Excel, and the ability to learn software packages such as client management databases.
- Attention to detail to ensure accurate recording of records and reporting to meet tight deadlines.
Desirable:
- Previous experience in advocacy, information and advice, or a similar role within health, social care, or the voluntary sector.
- Demonstrable experience working with vulnerable adults.
- Working knowledge of public and voluntary organisations.
Benefits:
- 25 days annual leave + Bank holiday (Rising to 30 days after 5 years’ service) with the option to buy or sell up to 5 days leave + your birthday off as an additional holiday day after 1 years’ service!
- Discretionary shutdown days at Christmas with up to 4 additional days leave.
- 1 Community Leave Day per annum.
- Cash Wellbeing Healthcare Plan which covers Optical/dental/alternative therapy and more!
- Auto enrolment Pension plan
- Death in service cover.
- Bike to work scheme.
Meet the Organisation: Who We Are and What We Do
At POhWER, we are committed to empowering individuals and enabling their voices to be heard. We provide advocacy and information services to support people in making effective decisions about their health and social care. Our team is dedicated to listening, exploring options, and taking action to meet our clients’ best interests.
We provide a full induction, training and equipment including a laptop and mobile phone. It is a contractual requirement that all advocates hold or are working towards an advocacy qualification. The most recognised qualification is the City and Guilds Level 4 Independent Advocacy Practice Qualification (IAP) for practising advocates, previously completed City and Guilds Level 3 National Advocacy Qualification (NAQ). If you do not already hold an NAQ certificate or diploma or IAP qualification or equivalent, the expectation will be that you will gain the City and Guilds IAP qualification following successful completion of probation and pre-enrolment process. POhWER will fully sponsor this and provide a reasonable amount of study time and in return expect advocates to manage their time and complete within 12 months of registration.
Think you are the perfect fit for this Carers Independent Advocate role? Don’t wait! Apply Now with your CV and Cover letter!
Closing Date: 9am, Monday 14th July 2025 (We reserve the right to close this vacancy early)
Interview Date: TBCAn Enhanced DBS check and National Offender Management Service vetting will be conducted for this position.
We’re proud to support our colleagues from the armed forces signing the Armed Forces Covenant in August 2024.
Successful applicants will need to obtain business insurance for their own vehicle.
POhWER is an equal opportunities employer, holder of the Investors in People Silver award, and a member of the MINDFUL EMPLOYER scheme. We are a level 2 Disability confidence scheme employer, and disabled applicants who meet all the essential criteria will be guaranteed an interview.
POhWER is committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion. We encourage applications from all backgrounds, cultures, and abilities, and particularly welcome candidates from groups currently underrepresented in our workforce. Our goal is to foster an inclusive environment where everyone feels valued and empowered to contribute. This includes, but is not limited to, people with disabilities, women, men, Black, Asian and other racially minoritised people, LGBTQ+ who are currently under-represented in our workforce.
To help embed inclusion for all, from day one, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee networks to support people from different backgrounds.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Join RUHX – Be part of something extra extraordinary.
At RUHX, we’re more than the Official NHS charity of the Royal United Hospitals Bath. We go further to give every patient the extra extraordinary care they deserve, while supporting our staff to do what they do best and furthering innovation within our hospitals. We’re out there in our community, collaborating with the people and organisations who drive real change. And we’re making sure that every penny we raise goes towards improving health, happiness and wellbeing for everyone in our community.
We’re now looking for a highly organised and motivated Community & Volunteer Officer to join our dedicated and fun team. This is your chance to be part of a charity that believes in being positively disruptive, creative and collaborative, all to make a transformative difference for our patients, staff and community.
We’re big enough to make an impact and small enough to care. This means that we believe in creating an inclusive, supportive, and nurturing environment for all our staff, as we know that a diverse, happy, and healthy team is vital to our success.
Main duties of the job
No two days in our team are the same. We split our time evenly between working flexibly at home and onsite in the office in Bath, as well as being out and about in our community. You will have a varied role which involves managing a wide range of duties and tasks including:
- Build relationships with local groups, companies, schools, and individuals to grow community fundraising income.
Develop and deliver inspiring opportunities for volunteers to support our work. - Provide day-to-day support and communication to our volunteers.
- Represent RUHX at community events, talks, and meetings.
- Help raise awareness of our charity across Bath and the surrounding areas.
We’re looking for a kind and compassionate person who is passionate about the NHS and making a difference to healthcare for our community. A great communicator and team player.
- Proactive, organised and creative in problem solving.
- A people person who thrives on building relationships and inspiring others.
- Experienced in volunteer coordination and/or community engagement.
- Passionate about health and wellbeing in our local community.
- Comfortable with regular evening/weekend work and travel in the region.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Educated to Degree Level or equivalent appropriate work experience
- Evidence of a qualification in Fundraising or Marketing
Desirable criteria
- Membership of Institute of Fundraising
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable experience of working in Volunteers & Community Fundraising including managing and delivering large projects and events from initiation to completion on own.
- Experience of carrying out risk assessments
- Experience in managing & working with individual volunteers and groups, securing their effort and commitment and maintaining a high level of customer care.
- Sound understanding of charity law, fundraising regulations and best practice relating to sponsorship, donated support, public collections, licensing etc
- Experience of working in a fundraising team and office environment and following procedures accurately without significant direction.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in the NHS
- Experience in developing and delivering marketing plans including charity media relations, social media and digital marketing.
- Experience of setting, managing and reporting on income and expenditure budgets.
- Knowledge & experience of Raisers Edge relationship management database.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to use own initiative and to escalate issues in a timely manner where unable to resolve an issue personally.
- Flexible team player with the ability to prioritise and organise a changing workload and work systematically towards deadlines. High attention to detail and an ability to see a task through to fruition with minimal supervision.
- Ability to use storytelling to communicate a compelling case for support in a way that is comprehensible to supporters and volunteers via a range of channels including public speaking, written communications, social media, telephone and face to face conversations.
- Ability and confidence to communicate effectively in sensitive situations, using patience and tact in relations with supporters, general public and press
- Ability to build credibility with senior volunteers, supporters and RUH staff through the use of effective interpersonal and influencing skills.
- Advanced Keyboard skills, including good Microsoft Word, and Excel.
- An understanding of the Data Protection Act, GDPR and Fundraising regulations and best practice.
- Ability to analysis problems and work around obstacles. Offering a range of appropriate solutions

The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We’re looking for a Finance and Operations star to support the team across finance administration, HR processes, compliance, and operational logistics. You’ll be a key part of the smooth running of the team that enables us to carry out our work making change with young people!
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Kickstart Your Career with a Developmental Role at Our Award-Winning Students’ Union.
Are you looking for a role where you can grow, learn, and make a real impact? This is a developmental opportunity, ideal for someone who’s ready to take the next step in their career and build experience in student support, higher education, or the charity sector.
Previous post-holders have typically spent 12 months in this role before progressing into more senior positions – either within the Students’ Union or the wider higher education sector. It’s a fantastic stepping stone if you're keen to develop your skills, gain valuable insight, and explore your future potential.
SU Central is the glue of our Students’ Union, supporting with hundreds of queries a month, providing key administrative work for our Advice service as well as other areas of the organisation, all whilst being a friendly face at our front desk. It is a fun and fast paced environment which would be great for a person who is energic, friendly and always wants to help staff and students. Imagine coming to work every day in a place where you get to have fun, make friends, change lives and push yourselfto build your skills and achieve.
We are looking for someone who is willing to work hard, bring their whole self to work and put the time in to learn and develop your skills for the benefit of yourself and others. To support your development, we also offer the chance to spend up to one day a month working with other departments, giving you insight into different parts of the organisation and broadening your experience.
Our Students’ Union is a charity that has won multiple national awards for, among other things, engaging thousands of people in community-building projects, having an extremely happy staff team and proving that you can create the best students’ union in the country against the odds.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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 us
Carers Scotland runs the Carer Positive initiative on behalf of the Scottish Government, which supports private, public and voluntary sector organisations in Scotland to create carer friendly workplaces. We currently have over 290 accredited organisations covering over 516,000 employees in Scotland. Our training and development work offers training in self-advocacy and carers rights to carers, as well as carer awareness training to organisations and groups across Scotland. Our campaign and policy work sees us engage with Scottish Government, Scottish Parliament, Local Authorities, NHS Boards and others to influence public policy and secure change to improve the lives of carers. We also offer a range of online support activity for carers providing information and support.
About the role
Carers Scotland is seeking a Business Support Administrator to assist our work in supporting unpaid carers in employment and employability, as well as provide some admin support to the Carers Scotland team. You should be passionate about supporting unpaid carers.
There will be some travel throughout Scotland and within the UK, involving occasional overnight stays and weekend work.
About you
A confident, self-starter you should have experience of working on programmes and projects, some desk-based research experience, as well the ability to work on your own initiative and be very well organised. A good team player is a must.
How to apply
At Carers UK we want our application process to be as accessible as possible. If you need any adjustments to apply please contact us to discuss.
The closing date for applications is 1pm, Friday 11 July.
Please send in your application as soon as possible. We look forward to receiving your application.
Carers UK anonymises all applications prior to shortlisting.
Carers UK reserves the right to appoint at any stage, should an outstanding candidate emerge.
Carers UK are actively interviewing for this role as we receive applications.
We may carry out online and social media checks before a formal offer is made.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.