Online manager volunteer roles in camden, west midlands
Do you want to make a difference and contribute to The Methodist Church?
Are you a keen and experienced individual who is interested in supporting the work we do to ensure that the Church is a safe place for all – children, young people, and adults?
About the role
The Methodist Church in Britain seeks to ensure that the Church is a safe place for all – children, young people, and adults. The Safeguarding Committee plays a critical role in ensuring good governance of safeguarding and provides scrutiny and oversight of safeguarding across the Church.
About You
We are looking for an experienced, committed person with deep expertise in safeguarding and the ability to support and challenge effectively, make good judgment and come to sound decisions.
We advise you to review the candidate pack, the role description and person specification ahead of completing and submitting your online expression of interest form. The candidate pack includes some useful information about our processes.
Please note that where appropriate, successful nominees will be asked to undertake further checks, including references and a DBS check.
If you have questions about the role or require reasonable adjustments to be made at any stage of the recruitment process, please contact HR - details available on our website.
We are aiming to have a breadth of experience and backgrounds among the members of the Connexional Council, and therefore we particularly welcome applications from minority ethnic members of the Church, women, those with disabilities, and those who are still developing their careers.
Indicative Recruitment Timetable:
Closing date: 26 June 2025
Interviews Date: 28 July 2025
Provisional appointment start date: 1 October 2025
This is a voluntary position which in non-remunerated, but expenses are paid.
The calling of the Methodist Church is to respond to the gospel of God's love in Christ and to live out its discipleship in worship and mission.

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Yamaya Afrique
Yamaya Afrique is an innovative and creative academy committed to promoting the African arts and culture as well as sustainable development and education
Empowering African Communities through Education and Creative Expression
Yamaya Afrique is dedicated to bridging the educational gap in English-speaking African countries by providing accessible, high-quality learning opportunities. Our creative writing courses not only foster literary talent but also promote the side hustle culture, empowering individuals in underserved communities to unlock their potential.
Tackling Key Challenges
We address pressing issues that hinder educational progress, including:
- Limited access to quality education*: We strive to make learning more inclusive and accessible.
- Inadequate educational resources and infrastructure: Our initiatives provide essential resources and support to under-resourced communities.
- Lack of digital literacy and skills*: We equip individuals with the skills needed to thrive in the digital age.
Amplifying Brand Visibility
In addition to our educational initiatives, we leverage our website's considerable traffic to market brands and increase their online presence. By partnering with us, brands can reach a targeted audience and contribute to the growth and development of African communities.
Solution: Empowering African Communities through Education and Creative Writing
Yamaya Afrique's solution involves:
- Creative Writing Courses: Developing and delivering high-quality, accessible creative writing courses that cater to the needs of underserved communities.
- Digital Literacy Programs: Providing digital literacy training to equip individuals with the skills needed to thrive in the digital age.
- Educational Resources: Offering essential educational resources, including online materials and support, to bridge the gap in access to quality education.
- Brand Partnerships: Collaborating with brands to promote their products or services through our website, while contributing to the growth and development of African communities.
Key Components
- Online Platform: Utilizing our website as a hub for educational resources, creative writing courses, and brand partnerships.
- Community Engagement: Fostering a sense of community among participants, promoting collaboration, and encouraging creative expression.
- Mentorship: Providing guidance and support to participants through experienced mentors and industry professionals.
- Impact Measurement: Tracking and evaluating the impact of our initiatives to ensure they are meeting their intended goals.
By implementing this solution, Yamaya Afrique aims to make a meaningful difference in the lives of individuals in English-speaking African countries, while also providing a platform for brands to reach a targeted audience. We are open to working with brands seeking to penetrate the African society and 10 percent of the funds generated from this goes into charity
Join the Yamaya Afrique Team: Empowering African Communities through Creativity and Education Are you passionate about creativity, writing, and marketing? Do you want to make a meaningful impact in African communities? We're looking for dedicated volunteers to join our team! As a volunteer with Yamaya Afrique, you'll have the opportunity to:
- Contribute to our creative writing courses and educational programs
- Help us develop and implement marketing strategies to reach a wider audience
- Support our mission to empower individuals in underserved communities
- Help us raise funds: Volunteer your skills to support our fundraising efforts and help us secure the resources we need to continue our work Whether you're a writer, marketer, event planner, or grant writer, we have a role for you! By volunteering with us, you'll not only be making a difference in the lives of others, but also gaining valuable experience and building your network. Join the movement: Be part of a community that's passionate about creativity, education, and empowerment. Let's work together to create positive change!
Digital Marketer
Volunteer Role Description (remote, unpaid)
Responsibilities:
- Develop and execute digital marketing campaigns across social media, email, and other online channels
- Create and schedule engaging content for our social media platforms
- Analyze and report on campaign performance, providing insights for future improvements
- Collaborate with our team to identify and prioritize marketing goals and objectives
- Stay up-to-date with the latest digital marketing trends and best practices -Must have a good writing skills
Weekly Time Commitment
2-3 hours per week
Duration of Volunteer Role (remote)
3-4 weeks
We connect professionals with impact startups matching their causes, skills & schedule.
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Receptionist/Administrator
Voluntary
Part-time (15 Hours a week days to include Monday, Wednesday and Friday)
Location: 50E Blaby Road, Wigston
Job description
The Helping Hands Community Trust provides a free independent, fully inclusive advice, care and support service to people whose lives are in crisis, are vulnerable and those disadvantaged by circumstance.
Reporting to the Advice Centre Manager, yours is a key role helping to ensure the smooth running and organisation of our services, providing the first point of contact with clients, stake holders, partners and funders who visit our South Wigston Advice Centre and Outreach Surgeries.
Our core services are delivered ‘face-to-face’, where first impressions are vitally important in helping people feel welcome and valued. An essential part of your work is exploring, understanding client needs in order to prioritise access to the most appropriate advisor.
You will be working with an enthusiastic team of paid and volunteer staff and your duties and responsibilities include:
· To greet clients and visitors with a positive, caring and helpful attitude.
· Provide a service that is based on sensitivity and respect in responding and determining the needs of clients.
· Help ensure workplace security by maintaining client /visitor logs.
· Ensuring impartiality and confidentiality is preserved.
· To liaise with outreach team members at our Oadby and Wigston surgeries and partner locations.
· To receive, forward and screen incoming telephone calls and enquiries and make call backs.
· To liaise with advice staff regarding support for and the referral of individual clients.
· The entering of client details onto our AdvicePRO data base.
· Maintaining our online diary, entering details of clients, appointments with advisors utilising Office365 Bookings software.
· Confirming with clients that they are attending appointments.
· Announcing the arrival of clients / visitors to their advisor / appropriate team member.
· To facilitate online video calls, appointments and conferencing.
· Assisting with a variety of administrative tasks including sorting and dispatching mail, copying of documents, maintaining the supply of advice and information leaflets.
· Maintain a diary of room bookings.
· Attend meetings.
· Undertake training that is appropriate to the role.
· Carry out admin and support duties when required
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Our network of committed local vegans across the country is growing! The Vegan Society organises various outreach activities to influence change in every level of society. There are a range of activities going on all the time, from general educational stalls at events to meeting with local policy influencers.
What does the Advocate role involve?
Being an Advocate for veganism with The Vegan Society will mean communicating with people in your local community. You'll share the benefits of a vegan lifestyle. You will form part of a local group, headed up by a local Organiser. The Organiser will feed back your collective efforts to staff. You will also be invited to our private Facebook group, for vegan socialising and ideas sharing.
You’ll stay in touch with the Organiser and bring your passion to tasks. Activities can range from staffing a stall to giving a talk at an employee event. It could also mean writing to a local newspaper or lobbying an MP.
Messaging can differ every month. Part of our mission statement is to ensure people can remain vegan, so you might focus on getting more vegan options available in local businesses. Or within our Live Vegan for Less campaign, you may share cheap vegan recipes to help people with the cost of living.
When acting as an Advocate, you will use The Vegan Society’s branding and messaging guidelines. Your local Organiser will guide you in doing this, as they hold physical resources and handbooks. You can report any issues and feedback you have to your Organiser. You can also contact staff if your Organiser isn't available or you have any problems.
What training and support is available?
You will be provided with a big welcome and full induction from your local Organiser. They will introduce you to the group and any actions that are ongoing. Any training and development will be provided via your Organiser, and you can also ask for specific training on any areas that you need some development in.
What skills would be useful in doing this role?
- The ability to stay motivated in order to achieve the best possible outcomes
- Good email etiquette, responding in a timely manner
- Committed to veganism and the mission of The Vegan Society
- Ability to stay calm if confronted with differing opinions or challenges
- A good communicator, with the ability to be persuasive
- Confident in communicating with people from a range of backgrounds
- Experience of campaigning
- Any experience in talking with members of the public through customer/public service would be helpful
- Awareness of current affairs, especially those that relate to veganism
- Regular availability and a willingness to stay committed to actions
- Good team player
How much time do I need to invest?
For Advocates, we ask for people to engage in a minimum of four to six actions per year. An example of an action could be writing to an MP or holding a stall. But the more you can do, the better! On occasion, there may also be online meetings to plan for actions or provide training.
Who can I contact to find out more?
Enquiries are welcome! Please contact Katy Malkin (Volunteering Coordinator).
How do I apply?
Interested? Simply fill in our Community Advocate application form. This should take a few minutes.
This role is advertised as part of TPP's Free Giving Back Services. This volunteer advertisement copy has been supplied to TPP and applicants apply direct to the organisation. Please contact the organisation directly if you have any questions about this volunteer role.
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Help us to grow brand-new online charity platform A Good Thing! Come on board to help us manage relationships with the businesses that have joined us: use your communications skills to drive more businesses to engage with the platform and to make donations of things they no longer need.
A Good Thing is a not-for-profit set up with one mission: to send less to landfill, and more to a good cause. We're rolling out fast across the UK, momentum is building, and we're growing a network of passionate local volunteer champions right across the country to drive our growth.
You’ll be using both your communications skills and your project management expertise to help us grow the number of businesses engaging with the platform and giving things away.
Come with us on our journey towards reducing waste and boosting wonderful local charities at the same time.
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We are seeking to appoint a treasurer (voluntary role) to sit on the board of trustees at Know Your Worth. Know Your Worth is a charity dedicated to helping teenage girls grow self-esteem. Trustees are at the heart of this mission. As a trustee, you help shape the future of our charity. You bring your experience, insight, and care to help guide our strategy, hold us accountable to our values, and ensure our resources are used wisely.
We are specifically looking for someone with:
- A passion for the cause of helping teenage girls to grow self-esteem
- Senior finance experience (10+ years).
- Previous treasurer experience on another board (ideally within the charity or non-profit sector).
- An ability to work as a team, courage to challenge constructively where appropriate, whilst being self-aware.
- An awareness of the legal duties, responsibilities and liabilities of trusteeship. Being available (within reason) to support the CEO with any financial queries or issues
We'd love to hear from you, if you'd like to find out more.
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Latin American House is a registered charity and community organisation dedicated to supporting Latin American communities in the UK. Our mission is to provide legal advice, education, cultural activities, and essential services that promote social inclusion and wellbeing. Latin American House was established in 1983. We are a registered charity (no. 1127253) and a company limited by guarantee (no. 6720498). On joining the Board, members become both Trustees and Directors of the organisation.
LAH is seeking a Finance Trustee to join our Board of Trustees. This individual will provide strategic oversight of the organisation’s financial management, ensuring strong governance and financial sustainability. The Finance Trustee will play a key role in supporting the Board and senior leadership team to maintain financial integrity and compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.
Latin American House is dedicated to fostering the integration, social inclusion, and well-being of Latin American and migrant communities in the UK

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Share Our Story: Become SUNSHINE's Communications & Social Media Lead!
Are you a digital storyteller with a passion for connecting people? Do you thrive on crafting compelling messages and building vibrant online communities? SUNSHINE is a brand new, 100% volunteer-run charity, starting our exciting journey and we're looking for an inspiring Communications & Social Media Lead to help us get off the ground and truly shine!
We believe in the power of connection – of bringing people together to spread joy, build community spirit, and transform lives. From fostering new friendships to enhancing well-being, our mission is to create a ripple effect of positivity, one meaningful connection at a time.
This is a unique opportunity to shape our voice and amplify our impact. As our volunteer, Communications & Social Media Lead, you'll be instrumental in telling SUNSHINE's story to the world. You'll take the lead in developing our communications strategy, managing our social media channels, crafting engaging content, and ensuring our message of joy and community reaches far and wide. Your creativity and expertise will be crucial in attracting volunteers, engaging our community, and inviting new participants to join our programmes and events.
Imagine the excitement of seeing our online community grow, the satisfaction of knowing your words are inspiring action, and the immense impact you'll have in bringing more SUNSHINE into people's lives. This isn't just volunteering; it's an invitation to be a brand ambassador, a community builder, and a vital force in making the world a little brighter, one compelling post at a time.
Ready to help us light up the world with your words? Join the SUNSHINE family today!
SUNSHINE is London based dedicated to bringing people together, fostering connections, enhancing wellbeing and transforming lives.

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Our Board comprises a Chair and up to thirteen other trustees and it works closely with the Chief Executive and staff members of Keep Wales Tidy.
In order to ensure effective corporate governance, our Board of Trustees meet at least four times a year.
The time commitment for trustees is approximately ten to twelve days per year, to attend Board meetings, staff away days and other committee meetings. These Board meetings currently take place online, however the other meetings may happen in locations across Wales.
Due to our charity regulations, this is an unpaid position, however reasonable travel expenses will be reimbursed.
Previous board experience is not necessary as a full induction and training will be provided. Among those we recruit this time we’d be particularly pleased to see some of you with experience in at least one of the areas below:
- Finance
- Natural Environment
- Corporate Fundraising
- Individual Giving
- Secondary education
- Cultural diversity
For more information on the role and details on how to apply, please follow the link below:
https://keepwalestidy.cymru/keep-wales-tidy-trustee/
The closing date for applications is 10th July.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Using Anonymous Recruitment
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Cats Protection is the UK’s leading feline welfare charity and our vision is a world where every cat is treated with kindness and an understanding of its needs. Cats are at the centre of everything we do and our objectives are: homing, neutering and educating people about cats and their care. We help thousands of cats across the UK each year thanks to our network of dedicated volunteers, staff and supporters.
A bit about this role
As a charity we are able to help thousands of cats each year thanks to the generous donations we receive from members of the public. Our fundraising events organisers have the exciting and varied role of helping plan and deliver local fundraising events to raise the vital funds needed to help our feline friends. Our fundraising events organisers use their passion for cats and people to plan cake sales, barn dances, quiz nights and everything in between.
What can you expect to be doing?
- Planning fundraising events and activities like cake sales, quiz nights and barn dances in Mid-Kent
- Providing the treasurer with information on funds raised from fundraising events
- Encouraging and promoting a professional image of Cats Protection
- Following policies and guidelines and ensuring licences and permits are obtained for events
A bit more information about this role and the team
- This is a flexible role. The amount of time you offer can work to your availability and convenience.
- There may be opportunities for your activities to be fully remote and/or admin based if you'd prefer.
- You will need your own transport if you wish to attend events, ideally a car or van since items, stock and equipment will usually be needed.
- We ask that you complete training to support you in your role. This can be completed online if you have access to the internet and the necessary device (computer/laptop/tablet etc). Support can be offered or paper versions of much of the training if needed.
What are the benefits to you and the cats?
You will develop new skills, expand your knowledge and make a significant contribution to improving the lives of cats and kittens by helping raise funds through events. You will also meet new people, make new friends and be part of a dedicated group of volunteers.
We’re looking for someone with
- Good organisational skills
- Strong interpersonal skills
- The ability to prioritise and delegate
- An appreciation of the importance of handling money and charity resources responsibly
- Knowledge of your local community
Time expectation
Our fundraising events organisers usually spend two to three hours per week in this role, which is flexible and can be shared by more than one volunteer.
Support, guidance and keeping you safe
At Cats Protection we believe our volunteers should be happy and confident in their roles. We provide support and guidance from our National Cat Centre and through our regional and local volunteer groups and teams. We offer engaging online and face-to-face training, expenses and have policies and processes to help volunteers get the most out of their time with us.
The wellbeing of our people is important and at Cats Protection we are committed to safeguarding children, adults at risk and all those that we come into contact with as part of our activities.
Making a better life for cats, because life is better with cats


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Lead the change. Use your strategic skills to empower communities in LeicesterShire.
Last year, we helped 31,000 people find a way forward, securing them £14 million in income. Citizens Advice LeicesterShire is a dynamic £1.7m charity with a clear purpose: sharing knowledge to transform lives.
We are now looking for strategic leaders to join our Board of Trustees and steer our future. This is a high-impact role, moving beyond traditional governance to shape our strategy and drive performance. We need your professional expertise to help us pioneer new solutions and ensure our sustainability.
Your experience in one of the following areas will be critical to our success:
- Financial planning, risk management, and data ethics (including AI).
- HR, people management, organisational design, and wellbeing strategies.
- Compelling storytelling, PR, strategic marketing, and professional networking.
- Business strategy, project management, and technology.
While professional experience is key, your personal commitment is what truly matters. We are looking for people who share our values – we care, we help, we excel, we challenge – and have a passion for social justice. We believe lived experience is as valuable as professional skill.
The return on your investment:
- Apply your leadership skills to a significant social challenge.
- Directly influence the strategy of a respected, high-impact local charity.
- Collaborate with a dedicated professional board and senior leadership team.
"Being a trustee for Citizens Advice allows me the opportunity to use my skills to the benefit of others.” - John Walters, Trustee
This is a flexible, voluntary role with bi-monthly evening board meetings. All expenses are reimbursed.
If you're ready to make a difference, visit our website to read the full information pack and apply.
For an informal, confidential discussion about the role, please contact our CEO, Vicky Gutteridge.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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We are seeking a Chair of Trustees to help steer Elayos as we grow and develop our work. Elayos exists to bring compassion, support and advocacy to vulnerable and isolated birthing people in Birmingham. As a charity, we come alongside, build relationships, listen and equip with the information needed to empower our clients to have a positive and informed pregnancy, birth and postnatal period.
Our staff and volunteers offer continuity of care as we assist with emotional, practical and physical needs. Where appropriate, we signpost and collaborate with other organisations to ensure that the greatest range of support is given.
As a charity we are particularly interested in increasing the diversity of our board. We are especially interested in hearing from individuals representative of the communities in which we work. This includes people from BAME, disability and LGBTQ+ communities.
In addition to increasing the diversity of our board Elayos aims to recruit board members who cover a wide range of skill sets. In particular those with a background in strategy, EDI, risk management and finance.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
InterVol is a student volunteering charity in the United Kingdom that connects students with volunteering opportunities locally and overseas. InterVol supports students to develop their skills with community projects in the UK and then use those skills to support the work of charitable partners overseas on health, education, refugee support, and conservation placements. Our project placements and volunteering opportunities are designed by our local partners and with the long-term needs of beneficiaries and communities in mind. InterVol supports a network of five student societies at English universities with around one hundred volunteers annually.
InterVol is looking for new trustees to join our board. Trustees are responsible for ensuring that InterVol follows our guiding principles and acts within the law. This includes the timely submissions to the Charity Commission, ensuring that volunteering is safe and appropriate, and developing and maintaining a long-term strategy for InterVol. InterVol is a small charity with no staff, so trustees also play an important role in maintaining institutional memory for student committees which change annually.
We are recruiting for general trustee roles and for a treasurer. For the treasurer role, we are looking for applicants with a specialism in financial management to oversee our bank account, monitor our online donation platform, make grants, donations and payments, and report on our finances annually to the Charity Commission. Trustees in non-finance roles will be allocated roles most relevant to their own experience e.g. specific university group support, specific placements, or thematic areas such as training or research.
As a trustee you are expected to take on roles including:
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Attend termly meetings (three annually, online) and annual meetings, where possible.
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Provide advice to the trustee board and our committees. This is either by email, or through the Trustees WhatsApp group.
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Work on specific projects with other trustees and advisors, e.g. managing interns, setting up new placement partnerships, and conducting/reviewing risk assessments.
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Identify potential partnerships in both the United Kingdom and overseas to forward the goals of the charity and strengthen our existing university projects.
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Attend training and network events to represent InterVol, make new connections and bring new ideas into the charity.
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Commit to 2-3 years of supporting the charity before handing over or renewing your term.
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Be based in the United Kingdom to allow travel to meetings.
Person Specification:
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Significant experience of volunteering in either the UK or overseas
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Passionate about ethical volunteering practises
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Strong teamwork and collaboration skills
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Flexible and able to provide support on an ad hoc basis
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Understanding of international development issues (desirable)
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Accounting and finance experience (treasurer role)
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Trustees required – Evolve Counselling CIO (1181861)
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Location: remote/Cambridgeshire area
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Voluntary role: reasonable expenses paid
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Time commitment: 0-5 hours per month (estimated), mostly outside office hours
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Term: negotiable, e.g. interim/three years/extendable by re-election
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Application closing date: 7 July 2025
The Role:
Dynamic Trustees needed, with charity and commercial skills, to support mental health CIO. With an ambitious development programme up and running, we need to expand our Trustee Board. This is an exciting opportunity to join us at a crucial time of growing demand for our services.
About Us:
Evolve Counselling is a long-established charitable social enterprise, providing low cost, affordable or funded mental health counselling to adults in mainly Cambridgeshire and surrounding counties. Our counselling community is made up of 50 – 60 qualified self-employed practitioners, working part-time. We deliver talking therapies to adults – online and in person. Our service delivers around 500 counselling sessions per month to a broad range of individuals, many of whom would not otherwise be able to access counselling support. Evolve also provides supervision, reflective practice, critical incident support, and mental health awareness and related training, to organisations and businesses large and small.
What We’re Looking For:
Our Trustee Board is currently drawn from the counselling and therapies community, plus commercial and other charity backgrounds. Now, with crucial development of the CIO ahead, we are looking for new members to expand the Board to its maximum ten places and to gain skills and insight from an equal, diverse and inclusive group that takes in business skills, knowledge of charities, and experience of not-for-profit finances to make growth plans a reality.
The Board will keep us on track with good governance through oversight of our work and will also help our keen new CEO to secure a sound financial base from which to grow our operations to meet the ever-increasing demand for our services.
We welcome applications from individuals with backgrounds in any of the following areas:
- Business strategy and planning
- Commerce/industry
- Governance
- Working within the charity/CIO sector
- Financial management
- Legal expertise
- Health and wellbeing services
- Mental health counselling
- Health service commissioning or delivery planning
- Advocacy or advice services
- Data protection/GDPR knowledge
- Adherence to the Nolan Principles of Public Life
Application process: Please email with your CV and letter of application, stating why you’d like to become a Trustee at Evolve Counselling and how your skills and experience align with our plans for growth.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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ShowerBox is a registered charity that has been providing free and secure showers as well as toiletries and supplies, warm drinks, snacks and haircuts to individuals facing homelessness since 2018. Our mission is to enhance our guests’ sense of physical well-being and dignity, help combat social isolation, and provide access to other essential resources such as health clinics and mobile libraries. By empowering individuals, we hope to help them make long term improvement in their lives.
Learning of individuals having passed away from preventable illnesses on the streets due to an inability to get clean and the social stigma associated with poor personal hygiene, Sarah Lamptey (our CEO) started offering weekly showers in St. Giles churchyard in Soho, London, from 2019. ShowerBox became a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) in 2021 and since then has been expanding nationally. Now, we operate in multiple sites – Central London, Birmingham, and Barking – either independently or in partnership. Central London remains our biggest site, followed by Birmingham and Barking, and we are in initial discussion with others. We receive our funds through philanthropy – currently supported by National Lottery Community Fund, Vitol Foundation, HS2, amongst others.
The Board of Trustees is the ultimate governance body for the organisation, serving as stewards of the organisation’s resources, and is ultimately responsible for ShowerBox’s strategy, operations, adherence to law and regulation and financial management. The Trustees serve on a voluntary basis, and meet four or five times a year (online or in person in London).
What are we looking for?
We are looking for a Chairperson to take ShowerBox forward into an important and influential role following and building on the success it has had since becoming a CIO and expanding into 3 locations.
The Chair leads the Board of Trustees and works closely with ShowerBox’s CEO to achieve its goals. The Chair is responsible for key areas, including:
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Providing effective strategic leadership and management to the Board of Trustees enabling them to fulfill their responsibilities for the overall governance and strategic direction of ShowerBox
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Providing support to the CEO and ensuring s/he is held to account for achieving agreed strategic objectives
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Ensuring the Board meets regularly to review activities, major risks and opportunities
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Ensuring Trustees fulfill their duties and responsibilities for effective governance of ShowerBox
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Ensuring the Board is regularly refreshed and incorporates the right balance of skill, knowledge and experience needed to govern and lead the charity effectively
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Conducts an annual appraisal and remuneration review of the CEO in consultation with other Trustees
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Acts as an ambassador for ShowerBox, representing it at external functions, meetings and events as appropriate and as spokesperson for the organisation when appropriate
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Ensuring financial stability and effective and efficient administration of ShowerBox
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Safeguard the good name and values of ShowerBox
Person Specification
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Interest in making a difference in the lives of people experiencing homelessness/housing insecurity
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Experience serving as a Trustee or Board member (in either for-profit or non-profit organisation). Previous experience as Chair of a voluntary organisation is an advantage.
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An understanding of legal duties, responsibilities, and liabilities of trusteeship, together with an understanding of the financial aspects of running a charity.
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An ability to work effectively as part of a team contributing an independent perspective.
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Strong leadership, people management skills and the ability to chair meetings effectively.
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Ability to devote time and effort to support a small and growing charity and fulfill the duties outlined above.
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Prepared to attend four board meetings per year (mostly online) plus one or two ad hoc committees and/or events in line with their expertise, specific interest, or as needed
Terms of Appointment
Chair of Trustees is appointed for a 2 year, renewable term. It is anticipated that the time commitment should be no more than 2 days a month but there could be occasions when extra time will be required (for instance, during planning of new projects or when dealing with unexpected situations). The role of Chair is unpaid.
Please send your CV and a short cover letter outlining why you are interested in working with ShowerBox. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.