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We're on the look out for a volunteer to join us in the volunteer role of Trustee and help us shape the future of Urban Youth!
If you're passionate about empowering young people in London and believe in the power of community, positive activities, and creating a brighter future for the next generation, then we'd love to hear from you!
Urban Youth is a brand-new youth work charity being set up to build a vibrant community for young people across London. Our mission is to provide engaging youth work activities, offer positive mentorship, and create safe spaces where young people can thrive, develop new skills, discover themselves and reach their full potential.
We are currently in the crucial setup phase and are looking for 1-5 dedicated and passionate Volunteer Trustees to join our Founder and our Treasurer help lay the foundations for Urban Youth. This is an exciting opportunity to be at the very start of something special, influencing our strategy, governance, and impact from day one.
What will you do as a Trustee?
As a Trustee, you'll play a vital role in the legal and strategic oversight of Urban Youth.
Your responsibilities will include:
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Establishing Urban Youth: Working closely with the Founder to define our charitable purposes, choose the most suitable legal structure (e.g., CIO), and draft our core governing documents.
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Charity Registration: Guiding Urban Youth through the application process to register with the Charity Commission, ensuring we meet all regulatory requirements.
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Strategic Direction: Contributing to the development of our long-term vision, values, and initial strategic plans to achieve our mission.
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Governance & Compliance: Ensuring Urban Youth operates legally, ethically, and in line with charity law and best practices.
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Financial Oversight: Providing financial oversight of Urban Youth, ensuring that all funds are spent on our mission, setting up robust financial controls and helping to secure initial funding for essential operations.
Who are we looking for?
We're seeking individuals who are not only passionate about youth work but also bring valuable skills and experience to our founding board.
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Committed: Dedicated to Urban Youth's mission and willing to commit time to regular meetings (initially more frequent during setup) and responsibilities.
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Independent Thinkers: Able to provide objective oversight, constructive challenge, and sound judgment.
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Collaborative: Enthusiastic about working as part of a small, founding team.
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Experienced: While we welcome diverse backgrounds, experience in any of the following areas would be particularly valuable but not essential:
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Charity Governance & Law
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Legal Expertise
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Strategic Planning
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Youth Work, Mental Health, Community Work or Education Sector
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Fundraising
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This is a voluntary, unremunerated role, but it offers an unparalleled opportunity to genuinely shape a new organisation and make a tangible difference in the lives of young Londoners.
Ready to help build something great?
If you're excited by the prospect of helping to establish Urban Youth and contributing your skills to a vital cause, we'd love to hear from you.
Let's build a brighter future for urban youth, together!
URBAN YOUTH
Building Futures | Forging Connections | Creating Memories
Non Charity Employer
6 - 10
Positive and engaging youth work activities and programmes that help young people discover themselves, build life skills and help shape their destiny.
Thank 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!
We're on the lookout for a dynamic volunteer to join us as our Youth Activity Coordinator and help bring exciting, impactful experiences to young people across London.
If you're passionate about designing engaging activities, thrive on seeing projects through from start to finish, and want to help us make a measurable difference in young lives, then we'd love to hear from you!
Urban Youth is a brand-new youth work charity being set up to build a vibrant community for young people across London. Our mission is to provide engaging youth work activities, offer positive mentorship, and create safe spaces where young people can thrive, develop new skills, discover themselves, and reach their full potential.
We're currently in a crucial setup phase, and we need your creativity and organisational skills to develop our initial programme of activities. We're looking for a dedicated Volunteer to take on the role of Youth Activity Coordinator to create, set up, and manage a range of one-off and short-term youth work activities (up to 12 weeks). This is a unique chance to be involved from the very beginning, ensuring each activity has a clear beginning, middle, and end, allowing us to track progress, evidence our impact, and avoid capacity or consistency issues during our vital startup phase.
What will you do?
In this pivotal role, you'll be instrumental in shaping the positive experiences young people will have with Urban Youth.
Your responsibilities will include:
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Activity Design: Developing engaging and impactful one-off or short-term youth work activities (e.g., workshops, skill-building sessions, community projects).
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Structure & Planning: Ensuring each activity has a clear start, middle, and end, with defined goals and outcomes.
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Logistics & Setup: Assisting with the practical setup and coordination of activities, including identifying resources and potential venues.
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Impact Measurement: Incorporating simple methods to track participant engagement, progress, and the overall impact of each activity.
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Resource Management: Helping to ensure activities are designed within our current capacity, preventing overcommitment in our startup phase.
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Documentation: Creating clear plans and outlines for each activity that can be easily replicated and assessed.
Who are we looking for?
We need someone who is not only passionate about empowering young people but also brings practical experience in programme development or activity coordination, coupled with strong organisational skills.
You should be:
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Youth-Focused: Genuinely enthusiastic about creating positive experiences for young people.
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Creative & Innovative: Able to generate fresh ideas for engaging youth activities.
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Organised & Detail-Oriented: Exceptional at planning, managing logistics, and ensuring projects are well-structured.
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Project Minded: Understands how to plan and execute projects with clear objectives and timelines.
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Proactive & Reliable: Someone who can take initiative, work independently, and ensure tasks are completed efficiently.
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Committed: Willing to dedicate a few hours a week (flexible, some tasks can be done remotely) to help us build Urban Youth from the ground up. Experience in youth work, education, or programme coordination is a bonus!
This is a voluntary, unremunerated role, but it offers invaluable experience in youth programme development, charity startup operations, and the immense satisfaction of directly enabling a new organisation to make a profound difference in countless young lives.
Ready to help us create memorable youth experiences?
If you're eager to lend your skills to Urban Youth during this exciting startup phase, we'd love to hear from you!
Let's work together to create a brighter future for urban youth!
URBAN YOUTH
Building Futures | Forging Connections | Creating Memories.
Non Charity Employer
6 - 10
Positive and engaging youth work activities and programmes that help young people discover themselves, build life skills and help shape their destiny.
Thank you!
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ThinkForward exists to support young people to create better and brighter futures. We want them to be able to identify, realise and shape their aspirations, and be ready to make a successful transition into work.
Young people experiencing barriers such as challenging relationships, living in low-income households, or growing up in areas with a lack of access to opportunities can be confronted with hurdles. Without the right support, these barriers can lead to a high risk of unemployment and long-term effects on career and life chances.
There are more than 900,000 16-24-year-olds in the UK who are not at school or college, or don’t have a job or training place. Our ambition is to prevent young people becoming one of these statistics. In 2025, we will be supporting more than 1,500 young people.
We are looking for new trustees with skills and experience to:
• help to grow our income and support our development team
• help us raise our profile by turning our strong evidence base into policy and campaigns.
You will help drive the progression of successful evidence-based organisation that makes a positive impact on the lives of young people and their communities. We are looking for those who value the potential of young people, are passionate about their growth and development and understand the challenges that some face. An interest in ThinkForward’s work and approach are essential as well as an ambitious outlook for our future.
You will be well respected, have active networks in philanthropy, fundraising and statutory development or in policy and campaigning which has generated systemic change. You will have a proven track record of working at a senior and strategic level and will understand the governance and risk management requirements of the role.
You will also be keen to act as a representative, spokesperson and cause leader creating and identifying donors and business opportunities for ThinkForward.
If this role sounds like a good fit for you, then read the job pack and specification attached to this listing for more details before applying via CharityJob with your CV and cover letter.
