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Our Youth and Play Workers will play a pivotal role in the Children, Young People and Families team, working as a core team of practitioners to ensure the smooth running of our programmes and services. In this role you will be part of a small and dynamic team which delivers a wide range of programmes and activities, both from Tulse Hill Adventure Playground and within local schools. The work of the Children, Young People and Families team is diverse and varied. Our current services include open access adventure play and youth activities at our Adventure Playground, school holiday programmes with off-site trips and activities, coaching in local schools, a Young Leaders programme offering paid work experience to young people, and working together with our youth partnerships Building Young Brixton and Lambeth Peer Action Collective.

We are experiencing an exciting time of development for the team and are currently looking to recruit four Youth and Play Workers. To support our range of children and young people, our team will be made up of specialist Youth Workers and Play Workers bringing in relevant skills and experience. Whilst you will work across all of our Children, Young People and Families services you will have a specific focus:

As a Youth Worker you will:
• Focus on supporting our secondary age cohort
• Plan and run appropriate activities
• Provide structured interventions to support vulnerable young people
• Work with referral partners to provide additional support and activities

As a Play Worker you will:
• Focus on our primary age cohort
• Use your knowledge of Playwork Principles to plan and run engaging activities
• Foster relationships with families and local primary schools

Both roles will include an element of mentoring, relevant training will be provided to give you the necessary skills to deliver this.

Please specify in your supporting statement which specialism you would like to be considered for and outline your experience in this area.

To be successful in this role, you will act as a trusted practitioner in all our service delivery, advocating for children’s right to play throughout our programmes. You will work as part of the team on the delivery and planning of all sessions, ensuring that the children’s and young people’s ideas are central to the construction of a varied and engaging play environment. You will understand the wide-ranging challenges facing young people and will be flexible in adjusting your practice to meet these needs.

Employee Benefits
• 35 days annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays and 3 Christmas days) rising by 1 day each year after 2 years’ service (capped at an additional 8 days)
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave after 2 years’ service
• Save money off a new bike with the Cycle to Work scheme
• Up to 7% contribution to the staff pension scheme
• 24/7 Employee Support Line
• Clear pay structure with yearly increments (based on performance)
• Annual Staff away day
• Premium eye-care vouchers through Specsavers and season ticket loans

About Us
Allergy UK is the leading national charity dedicated to supporting the millions of people in the UK who live with allergic conditions. We work tirelessly to raise awareness, provide expert advice, and advocate for improved healthcare and rights for those affected by allergies.

The Role
We are looking for a dynamic and driven Fundraising Manager to play a crucial role in managing our amazing corporate partnerships, acquiring new business and the effective stewardship of our supporters. In this role, you will deliver on the £384k corporate partnership target.

Why Join Us? At Allergy UK, you’ll be part of a supportive and passionate team working to improve lives. We offer a collaborative environment where your ideas and expertise will shape the future of allergy awareness and advocacy in the UK. This is your chance to use your skills to create lasting change!

Homeless Recovery Worker  

East Hampshire (Petersfield and Bordon) 

£24,250 to £25,527 

Permanent - 30 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 09:00 to 15:00 

Are you looking for a challenging and rewarding role where you are able to empower people every day to develop their skills and move towards independence? Do you enjoy working in an environment where every day is different to the next?  Then this could be the role for you.

The Homeless Recovery Worker will lead on the case management of clients and be part of a team that provides accommodation based and community support services to clients to keep them safe and help them achieve their goals. The role will provide people with homes and specialist support, so they feel more valued and secure, and ready to take the next steps. 

Main Responsibilities: 

• To assess the needs of each client, helping to develop their individual support plan to achieve their goals 

• To produce and regularly review comprehensive client-based risk assessments and manage a caseload of clients on a one-to-one basis  

• To support clients to gain and/or maintain accommodation including supporting clients to pay rent and service charges and to achieve outcomes defined by the service specification 

• Engage with local authorities, health providers and other agencies, creating and maintaining constructive working relationships to maximise the opportunities available to clients 

• Lead on client activities to help them gain practical life skills and encourage their engagement with the running of the service 

• Carry out drop-in sessions at designated locations and encourage and signpost clients to the local community and to resources relevant to their aspirations including education, training, employment activity or volunteering 

• Support clients in trauma informed and psychologically informed ways 

• Adhere to safeguarding responsibilities, following our safeguarding policy and procedure

• Help maintain health and safety, ensuring clients, visitors and buildings are safe in accordance with Health and Safety regulations, policy and procedures 

• Work confidently and efficiently when lone working 

• Maintain accurate records on our client management system and ensure these are stored in line with GDPR 

• Represent the organisation in a professional manner 

Role Requirements 

• This role will require an Enhanced with Barred List(s) disclosure and barring service check is a requirement for this role. This would be completed on appointment of the role. 

• This role will require a full drivers’ licence and access to a vehicle 

• This role will require you to work flexibly across several sites 

• This role will require you to work with clients on a one-to-one basis 

• This role will require you to lone work 

Essential Criteria 

• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written 

• Clear verbal and written English 

• Good keyboard skills for data inputting 

• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Outlook, Excel and Word 

• Confident and assertive manner 

• Ability to self-motivate as you will work on your own 

• Effective team working 

• Ability to respond calmly to crisis 

• Deal promptly with and effectively react to challenging situations 

• Have an interest and genuine concern for homelessness and related issues 

• A full driving licence and use of a car for work purposes 

We reserve the right to close our adverts early if a successful candidate is found, so please submit your application as soon as possible. 

Job Coach
Salary: £15 p/h
Place of work: Various London locations
Reports to: Project Lead – Employment Development & Access Support
Contract period: Various hours as needed – zero hours contract

The Organisation

Action on Disability (AoD), founded in 1979, is one of London’s leading Disabled People’s Organisations. As we believe in the Social Model of Disability, our values and principles embrace inclusive and accessible ways of working both internally and in all our activities, seek the participation and contribution of our members, and encourage and respect diversity.

The organisation is a medium sized charity with a Board of Trustees, 24 staff and a strong ad hoc staff and volunteer base including many with direct experience of disability – all of whom are passionate about removing the barriers that disabled people face.

AoD provides five key services. These are: Youth, Employment, Welfare Benefits, Independent Living and Direct Payments.

AoD’s Employment Service

The Action on Disability Employment Service is setting the agenda for disability employment across London with great results. We have carved out a role, and reputation, for setting up and delivering supported internships for people with learning disabilities. We provide management, job coaching and employer engagement for over 50 young people with learning disabilities each year across our 6 internship sites.

We are looking to recruit a number of job coaches to support interns and graduates of these programs in their jobs.

Background

Action on Disability is the supported employment service partner on a number of supported internships for young people with learning disabilities around West and South London. They are looking to recruit a number of job coaches to support interns and graduates of these programs in their jobs.

The Post

The purpose of the job is to provide coaching, support and guidance to young people with learning disabilities (17+) within their workplaces. You will support interns/graduates to become independent in their roles and provide the necessary coaching, training and encouragement to enable them to succeed. You will work closely with the employer to ensure they are supported and can confidently manage and train their intern/employee once your support has been withdrawn.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• To carry out a detailed job analysis of potential jobs / work placements
• To carry out detailed job matching of service users and jobs
• To comprehensively learn jobs across different sectors – not restricted to but potentially including – Catering, Customer Service, Administration, IT and Retail
• To implement training/coaching plans which will enable the candidates to fulfil their roles to employer standards
• To conduct regular reviews to ensure candidates are progressing within their roles and to identify and meet new support needs
• To build up natural support within employers and taper off one 1:1 job coaching over time
• To negotiate and implement disability-related reasonable adjustments on an individual basis
• To identify client’s skills, strengths, interests and aspirations to inform an ongoing vocational profile
• To liaise with managers to discuss progress and respond to issues

Organisational responsibilities

• To work in accordance with Action on Disability’s Aims, Objectives and Values
• To comply with all organisational and departmental policies and procedures, and in particular to ensure safe, fair and responsible working practices through the implementation of AoD’s Health & Safety, Equal Opportunities, Safeguarding and Confidentiality policies
• To promote the work of AoD and promote and implement the social model of disability
• To keep accurate records and provide monitoring statistics and evaluation information as required for internal and external purposes
• To participate in and actively contribute to individual supervision, training, team and organisational meetings
• To work flexibly, being prepared to perform other duties commensurate with the role, which may include new areas of operation following consultation
• Any other task appropriate to the role.

Person Specification

Essential

• High expectations for the employment potential of young people with learning disabilities
• Experience of training, education or employment support delivery for marginalised groups
• Significant and demonstrable experience of supporting people facing complex barriers to achieve their goals
• An understanding of the needs of employers and the benefits to business of having a diverse workforce
• An understanding of the Social Model of Disability and its practical application
• Ability and willingness to learn and carry out all tasks within a variety of jobs, in order to be able to coach the client
• Demonstrable experience of success in building strong and positive relationships and rapport with a wide variety of people and organisations
• Demonstrable problem-solving skills and experience
• Excellent negotiation skills
• Demonstrable ability to communicate with a wide range of people
• Good organisational skills and ability to keep accurate records and case notes
• Good IT skills, including Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, Powerpoint and the internet and a good level of computer literacy.
• Being willing and able to travel easily within the boroughs of London relevant to the role
• To be available for work during some unsocial hours according to the demands of the work

Desirable

• Qualification in Advice and Guidance/Supported Employment/Youth Work or Training
• An understanding of the factors to be considered in supporting people with learning disabilities into employment
• Experience of working with disabled young people

Finally, Action on Disability positively welcomes applications from disabled people. Please identify any specific requirements you may have, or wish to bring, to ensure full access at your interview if you are shortlisted.

Deadline: Ongoing. We recruit for this role on a rolling basis with regular interview days

Interested?

If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website where you can complete your application for this position.

Action on Disability prides itself on being an accessible and equal opportunity employer.

No agencies please.

As a Bid Writing professional, you will be responsible for raising significant funds (Corporate, Community, Trusts & Foundations), secure new business partnerships to achieve sustainable, long-term funding, contract-winning and other income generation for Young Barnet Foundation.

Develop and manage Marketing and Communications strategy

Responsible for supporting YBF members through training, funding opportunities and grant applications and sharing knowledge and experience with over 200 members.

Role: Direct Marketing Manager (Acquisition)

Closing date:                     23/05/2025

Interview date:     TBC

Hybrid working (8 office days per month)

Our offer to you

We pride ourselves in being a great place to work, providing a supportive culture with opportunities to grow and develop your career, achieve a healthy work life balance and to be recognised for the great work you do. You will receive:

• Competitive salary and pension scheme
• 33 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays) - increasing to 38 days over 5 years
• Hybrid, Flexible working
• Cycle to work scheme Electric Vehicle Scheme
• Health and Wellbeing portal – access to financial, health and wellbeing support and an Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounts – you will have access to Blue Light and NHS Discounts as well as discounts on mobile phones, gym membership, cinema tickets, restaurants, holidays and shopping

About Us

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a team of over 1,400 employees and over 31,000 volunteers, united by our goal of saving lives through essential first aid services, training and campaigning.  As a charity with rich heritage and a long history of serving humanity, we are proud of our past and excited about creating a healthier, safer, more resilient future. 

St John Ambulance works at the heart of communities, supporting and enabling them to access and receive physical and mental health first aid. We do this through developing and providing effective community response and outreach services (e.g. Ambulance response & Nighttime Economy) and using our longstanding expertise to empower people with vital clinical skills and the confidence to use them (e.g. our Volunteers and Community Advocates, NHS Cadets and Young Responders programmes). There is also a buoyant social enterprise network which delivers first aid training and supplies medical consumables to businesses and consumers.

Job Summary

Taking a leading role as part of the Individual Giving management team, you play an important part in helping to achieve a step change in the growth of the net voluntary income of St John. The role will work closely across Individual Giving and the wider Fundraising Directorate to develop an evolving supporter acquisition strategy that will aim to recruit new supporters with a focus on digital. The role needs to focus on managing the implementation of the strategy including using insight and data to develop, implement, manage, monitor and evaluate campaigns across a range of channels, with a cutting edge and contemporary approach whilst staying current with the continuously changing legislation and support climate. Responsibilities include working with agencies and suppliers to project manage the full cycle of direct marketing campaigns.

About You

• Significant experience in a third sector direct marketing role
• Track record in managing effective digital campaigns on a national or regional basis
• Experience of using fundraising databases e.g. Raiser’s Edge, Microsoft Dynamics or similar
• Extensive experience of using a variety of fundraising channels including digital, email social media, direct mail, telemarketing and SMS
• Experience of leading a revenue generating team, including generation of six figure acquisition income 

About the Role

• Oversee the supporter acquisition programme, taking responsibility for outstanding donor recruitment with the highest standard of quality and compliance and ensuring a diverse programme mix; ensuring they are in market on time, on budget and on brand.
• Develop an annual plan of acquisition activity; monitoring and analysing all campaign results, with ongoing test and learn mechanisms in place to drive continuous improvement and making recommendations for future activity to effectively maximise income and ROI
• Working collaboratively with key fundraising and data teams; lead the development and continuous improvement of new supporter product development
• Strong agency relationship management across a variety of partners and suppliers, from building relationships and negotiating to contract and routine performance reviews
• Lead on all KPI tracking, trend analysis and interrogation of results at all levels; including programme optimisation to ensure targets are met and contingency planning as required.
• Work closely with key colleagues across individual giving and in other directorates to ensure they are involved in relevant aspects of acquisition activity

Please see the job description for more detail (this can be viewed on our website or once you click apply)

If you are a current St John Ambulance employee, please apply here: Click here

For all other candidates, or St John Ambulance volunteers wishing to apply: please apply below

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive high volume of applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

St John Ambulance are committed to increasing the diversity of our team and making sure we best reflect the diversity of the communities we serve.At St John, everyone is valued and supported to thrive, we have several networks including Multi Culture, Disability and Accessibility, Pride, Family and Carers and Women’s groups.  We do not tolerate any form of discrimination and engender a sense of belonging for all, by creating an environment of mutual respect, where we value unique differences and demonstrate authentic allyship. We believe passionately in equality, diversity and inclusion.

St John Ambulance is committed to safeguarding and we promote safe recruitment practice. Therefore, all successful applicants will undergo pre-employment checks, including DBS Clearance, as part of the onboarding process, if applicable to the nature of the role

Please note: St John does not accept speculative CVs and will only review CVs sent in application for an advertised vacancy.

About the Role

Are you someone who thrives on helping others, solving problems, and making a tangible difference in people’s lives? We’re looking for a committed and empathetic Student Advisor to join the Advice Service team at the University of Manchester Students’ Union (UMSU).

In this vital role, you’ll provide free, independent, and confidential advice to students across a range of key areas. Whether it’s supporting someone through an academic appeal, navigating complex housing issues, managing financial hardship, or dealing with personal challenges, your role is to ensure students feel heard, informed, and empowered to take the next steps.

You’ll be part of a small, dedicated team working in a busy, varied environment that puts student wellbeing at the heart of everything we do.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver One-to-One Support: Provide impartial, confidential advice on academic concerns (appeals, complaints, disciplinaries), housing issues, financial support, and personal or welfare-related challenges.
• Support in Crisis: Offer guidance and emotional support to students experiencing difficult or distressing circumstances, such as mental health issues, harassment, or financial insecurity.
• Create and Share Resources: Develop accessible self-help materials (articles, videos, workshops) to empower students and reduce reliance on one-to-one services.
• Promote the Service: Take part in outreach activities, including campaigns, events, and training, to raise awareness and improve access to advice and support.
• Track and Report Issues: Use our case management system to record casework clearly and securely, and help monitor trends in student issues to inform future campaigns.
• Collaborate and Contribute: Work closely with colleagues across UMSU to support key periods like Welcome Week and elections, contributing to a supportive and inclusive student experience.

See the full role profile including the person specification for more details. 

Counsellor

Fully remote or hybrid working at our Head office; Alton, Hampshire, GU34 1EF

Required to attend the office in person at least once a month.
Permanent, part time (21 hrs/wk.) Average clinic hours 12 to 15

£35,000- £38,000 pa (FTE)

We are seeking an experienced BACP accredited Counsellor to join our friendly counselling team at the UK’s leading support charity for people living with chronic kidney disease (CKD). You will provide professional psychological support to adults through a series of regular counselling sessions to help bring about effective change and improve client wellbeing.

Based remotely, or working in our office in Alton Hampshire, you will deliver sessions by telephone or online, working with clients facing challenging issues. We'll provide training to develop your knowledge of the impact of kidney disease as well as CPD opportunities, regular internal case reviews and shared learning sessions

Kidney Care UK is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults at risk and expect all staff and volunteers to actively support this commitment. An offer of position will be subject to a DBS check.

A great place to work with great benefits including generous annual leave, employer pension contributions, flexible and hybrid working, health cash back plan, employee assistance programs.

If you would like an informal chat about the role, see our contact details on our website:kidneycareuk org

We’re an award-winning charity running local learning centres in the heart of the communities where the young people we support live. Our centres provide a high-impact education programme which includes practical learning support, pastoral care, and motivational and confidence-building activities for young people aged 7-18. Our aim is to enable students from the least advantaged neighbourhoods to realise their ambitions and achieve their wonderful potential.

As the UK’s leading university access organisation, our staff team is helping over 50,000 young people each year at its 44 learning centres and extension projects across England and Scotland, and we plan to scale-up our provision to 50 centres over the coming years.

We are looking for graduates who will enjoy working each day with young people and who will thrive in a frontline, community-based, fast-paced and rewarding role. You will be taking up a permanent role as an Education Worker on IntoUniversity’s Graduate Scheme, helping to change the lives of young people. 

We believe that our Graduate Scheme is one of the most exciting in the charity sector, an excellent career opportunity with exceptional training and hands-on experience, opportunities for promotion, and the chance to work with young people and colleagues who will challenge and inspire you.

Locations: Bridlington, Coventry, Hartlepool, Leeds, London, Nottingham
Contract: Full-time, permanent
Salary: 
London-based positions: £30,000 per annum (including £2,600 London contribution)
Non-London positions: £27,400 per annum
Applications close: 9am Monday 19th May 2025
Start date: 28th July 2025

What could my day look like?

The Education Worker role is a frontline, fast-paced and rewarding role where no two weeks will look the same. A typical day will have different activities, possibly spread between the IntoUniversity centre, partner schools and the offices of a corporate partner.

In the morning, you might be setting off with resources to run a workshop for sixth-form students in their secondary school. In the afternoon you may be setting up the classroom ahead of running Primary Academic Support for young people in your IntoUniversity centre. On other days, you may be travelling to a corporate partner to run a business simulation workshop for 15 year-olds or leading a group of final year primary school students on a campus visit for their graduation.

As an Education Worker, you’ll always be delivering the programme as part of your centre team, which means that any delivery is always a team effort. 

About Twins Trust

Twins Trust is at the heart of the multiples’ community, supporting families with twins or triplets, influencing the healthcare system and campaigning on behalf of our community.

Multiple birth families face unique challenges and we’re there for them, every step of the way. With over 40 years’ experience, we tailor our services to our families’ needs. 

Twins Trust has over 15,000 members who access our amazing community, information and courses and exclusive discounts.

Fundraising Officer

This is an exciting opportunity to join an ambitious and talented fundraising team

We are looking for an experienced Fundraising Officer to join our small and friendly fundraising team. You will support the High Value Partnerships Manager and Community Fundraising Manager, both of which are already well-established income streams with lots of great potential. It’s a great opportunity to work across varied income streams including Corporate, Trusts & Grants, Community, Fundraising Events and Individual/Regular Giving.

Contract: Permanent
Hours:  37 hours per week (negotiable for the right candidate)
Flexibility: We are a flexible employer and most of our staff are juggling things (including caring for multiples!) We are great at making jobs work around life.
Salary: £24,000 - £27,000
Reports to: Community Fundraising Manager  
Work location: Hybrid/remote. Office space in London Bridge, although entirely remote option is fine. Travel to partner meetings/events will also be required.
Closing date: Sunday 8th June
Interview dates: First-round interviews will be virtual and take place in mid June

Purpose of the role

• Reporting to the High Value Partnerships Manager you will provide support across our two priority Fundraising streams – Community Fundraising (Community, Events and Individual/Regular Giving) and High Value Partnerships (Trusts, Grants, Corporate and Sponsorship).
• Conducting prospect research (Corporate and Trusts/Grants) creating a pipeline of targeted opportunities, and submitting applications for lower level funding
• Providing excellent relationship management to those in our community who fundraise for us, whether that’s as a Regular Giver or Marathon runner
• Providing support to the Manager planning Fundraising Events, recruiting participants, attending and cheering on our fundraisers and thanking our supporters
• Accountable for delivering our annual raffle and ongoing Lottery programme
• Support the wider Development team with admin relating to Fundraising

Ideal candidate

The ideal candidate will have experience either in supporting the delivery of High Value partnerships or Community Fundraising. They will be able to demonstrate how they have researched partnerships and/or submitted funding applications, providing excellent stewardship and creating meaningful partnerships that lead to long term support for the charity.

Person specification

Essential

• Experience of donor stewardship
• Excellent relationship building skills
• Ability to research and find vision aligned funders
• Ability to project manage the delivery of partnerships and/or events
• Excellent writing, communication skills and attention to detail
• Able to collaborate with a team of various disciplines or work independently as required
• Ability to multi-task and manage several different priorities at once
• Enthusiasm for the issues we work on

Desirable

• Working understanding of admin processes relating to fundraising
• An understanding of GDPR in relation to fundraising
• Experience working in a CRM (Microsoft Dynamics experience a plus)

Lead Worker x 3 (Mental Health) - Vulnerable Adults Service (VAS) 

Location: Birmingham 

Salary: £24,570 per annum 

Hours: 37.5 hours per week 

We are the leading provider of mental health services in Birmingham and the West Midlands. Our Vision is “Better Mental Health for All” and our values of Respect, Partnerships, Recovery, Wellbeing and Prevention are at the heart of what we deliver. Birmingham Mind has a well-earned reputation for excelling in quality delivery and plays a key role in supporting and influencing the wider mental health system across the city. 

The Vulnerable Adults service (VAS) consists of two branches - Lead Worker and Supported Accommodation. These sister services work in close partnership to provide consistent, flexible support across Birmingham 365 days a year from 9AM-9PM. 

Birmingham Mind believes in empowering citizens to have a voice in the delivery of their support and to be active in their communities and in the organisation. We have client involvement at every level of decision-making. 

We have an opportunity for an approachable and communicative individual to work with clients in a holistic person-centred way to build independence, community networks and improve quality of life. You will work with people experiencing a variety of mental health conditions, including individuals with dual diagnosis, complex needs and challenging behaviour and will ensure that they feel supported, as the embark on their journey to improve their wellbeing and build interdependence. It takes a village to help us grow, so you will be there to ensure that they engage in their community and build social networks. You will encourage them to constantly improve their physical and mental wellbeing, by attending relevant appointments and ensure access to health services. It is more than that too, it is also about helping them with finances, reducing debt, and understanding the importance of budgeting, as well as finding new skills through employment or education. You will work closely with each individual, reviewing personalised support plans and maintaining relevant assessment documentation, identifying any new barriers or changes in their circumstances that may have an impact on the achievement of their goals. 

With experience of working in the mental health field, you will demonstrate a good understanding of the obstacles that can be faced and how to overcome them to reach certain goals. You will be able to empathise with the daily struggles that people face and will have a commitment to user involvement and empowerment. As an ambassador for Birmingham Mind, you will share our values and ethos, as you deliver each support plan and remain focused on the end result. 

This is a challenging yet rewarding role; one where you can be confident that you are making a difference in someone’s life and positively impacting individual growth. 

Benefits include an attractive defined contribution pension scheme, PayCare which offers employees affordable cover for a range of healthcare treatments, an Employee Assistance Programme which includes free counselling and a comprehensive training programme. 

Our people are key to the success of the organisation, and we are recognised as both a Mindful Employer as well as achieving Gold standard success in Investors in People. We welcome applications from people who have experienced mental health difficulties. 

The closing date for applications is Sunday 18 May 2025 

Interviews will be held on Thursday 5, Friday 6 and Wednesday 11 June 2025 

About Ataxia UK 

Ataxia is the umbrella term for a group of neurological conditions and Ataxia UK is the UK’s leading ataxia support and research charity. Ataxia UK collaborates with the global ataxia community through our Research team, and we are on the board of the international non-profit association, Euro-ataxia. Our Services team focuses on helping everyone affected by ataxia in the UK to live their best life. We have a Helpline and Advocacy service providing information, advice, and 1-2-1 support to help people access their rights; whilst the InControl Community Engagement service provides activities, engagement and volunteering opportunities to bring the ataxia community together and reduce feelings of isolation.  

About the Role   

We are seeking to recruit a Science communications Intern to join the charity’s small enthusiastic Research team. The Science communications Intern will be involved in assisting the Research team in communications to a range of audiences. The post is full-time (35 hours per week) for 12 months. Some out of hours work may be required for which time off in lieu will be granted. See full Job description and person specification.  

To apply please send a CV and covering letter by 3rd June 2025 

The CV should include information on your education since the age of 16 (ie: GCSE or equivalent), employment and skills/experience relevant to the post. The covering letter should explain why you would like to be appointed as a Science communications Intern and how you think you are suitable for this post.

Closing date: 3rd June 2025 

Benefits of working for us. 

• 25 days annual leave pro rata (rising to 30 with a length of service) 

• Extra holiday day for your birthday 

• Access to a free Employee Assistance Programme & Employee Hotline 

• Flexible hybrid working 

• Pension scheme 

• Enhanced maternity and co-parental leave 

• Cycle to work scheme 

• Training and development opportunities 

• Accredited Living Wage Employer 

Please see full Job Description for further details including Person Specifications. Your covering letter will be used to assess you against the person specification for this role.

We are looking for an experienced and passionate direct marketing professional, or someone with relevant transferable skills, to join us as our new Direct Marketing Fundraiser. 

This is an exciting time to join the fundraising team with significant growth across multiple income streams, including individual giving. This role will be integral to developing our individual giving programme to support the growth and sustainability of our income, whilst also driving supporter engagement. You will be responsible for the hospice’s direct mail campaigns and maintaining and developing strong relationships with donors to maximise income generation. You will be involved in a range of individual giving activities including regular giving, appeals and lottery.

You will have excellent communication skills, being able to communicate effectively with staff, volunteers and supporters and will work closely with our Communications and Marketing team. We are looking for someone with an eye for detail, strong organisational abilities and a track record of delivering projects on time.

Based at our state-of-the-art children’s hospice just outside Maidenhead, this role is a brilliant opportunity for someone to add value to a growing fundraising team. If you are passionate about raising money to help, make our services available to all families that need us and will reflect our core values in all that you do, we would love to hear from you.

As well as a competitive salary, we offer a generous annual leave entitlement, access to a pension scheme as well as private medical insurance and life assurance. You will also have free on-site parking and will benefit from an Employee Assistance Programme.

We are working in partnership with the Church of England who are seeking an Independent Chair for their Racial Justice Panel.

The Racial Justice Panel (RJP) was established by the Archbishops’ Council in December 2024 following the successful conclusion of the work on the Archbishops' Commission for Racial Justice led by the Lord Boateng PC, CVO. The RJP is to provide independent assurance that the work of racial justice is being carried out effectively by the Church, in accordance with agreed plans and wider best practice.

The RJP Panel, albeit a critical friend, maintains its independence, offering rigorous scrutiny and challenge to the Church in its work on racial justice including examining progress against strategic and delivery plans. It shall produce an annual report to be laid before the General Synod. 

The RJP are looking to appoint an experienced independent Chair who will provide excellent leadership, direction and independent scrutiny and challenge to the Church of England and bring external expertise from holding a highly senior role. 

They are looking for an independent chair who:

• Is a gifted leader, who will support the Church of England in further strengthening its safeguarding arrangements and partnerships.
• Is passionate about working collaboratively at all levels, with a proven track record in improvement work at a national level.
• Knows how to hold organisations to account and possesses the skills to support the development of senior leaders.
• Understands through senior level personal experience, the core aspects of racial justice at a national level and in the field of statutory and/or voluntary sector.
• Is empathetic, strategic, emotional and has analytical skills, and able to act as a ‘critical friend’ in supporting and challenging people and institutions to help improve their racial justice focus, practice and arrangements.
• Has a relevant academic or professional qualification.
• Has an understanding of the structure of the Church of England and an appreciation for the role that faith plays in the context of racial justice.

The successful candidate will be a senior leader, with excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills.   

Please note: Experience of church structures and practices, either professionally or personally, are neither a barrier nor a qualification required for this role. However, the candidate must be in sympathy with the aims and work of the Church of England.

The AC is due to be replaced by CENS in 2-3 years’ time, and the role of the RJP will be reviewed once CENS is established. 

For more information, please contact Sandra Smith, Associate Director, Charisma Charity Recruitment. Applications should be submitted through the Charisma website and include your CV and supporting statement (each of which should not exceed two A4 pages). 

We welcome and encourage applications from prospective candidates of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, colour, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, or other category protected by law.

Closing date for applications: 11 June 2025

Client Interview date: TBC