Volunteer Roles in Cambridge

Volunteer role: Marketing Guru

Team: Communications Team

Location: Remote

Reports to: Director of Communications (Volunteer)

Hours: Approx  5 hrs week

About Us

Join us at Fair Game, where we're passionate about shaping a brighter future for football! With a vibrant community of 34 football clubs, we're on a journey to revolutionise the game we all love. Collaborating with top-notch academics and industry experts, our goal is to nurture a sport that fills every fan with pride. Imagine wearing your team's colours, confident in the values it represents and the rich traditions it upholds.

Be part of a movement that champions fan involvement, financial health, exemplary governance, and unwavering commitment to equality. Let's team up to make football not just a game, but a legacy we're all proud to be part of. Join Fair Game and help us turn this vision into reality!

What We Are Looking For

We are looking for a volunteer Marketing Guru to help us drive awareness of and engagement with the fair game mission amongst our key audiences. We're thrilled to share that Fair Game has experienced incredible growth recently, and we're on the brink of making a significant impact. As a volunteer-driven initiative, we're looking for an enthusiastic individual eager to contribute to Fair Game's communications goals. 

This volunteer position is a fantastic chance for someone keen on gaining insights into the football industry and expanding their connections, setting the stage for a promising career in sports marketing. If this resonates with you, you might just be the person we need to help extraordinarily shape the future of football.

Main Responsibilities

You would be essential in developing brand decks and marketing collateral, for our football club, stakeholder and political audiences. You will be responsible for the following tasks:

●       Design promotional and informative decks for a range of Fair Game audience

●       Work with the wider communications team to produce high-quality, engaging marketing collateral for our various audiences

●       Contribute to marketing strategy, shaping our approach and bringing best practices to our marketing initiatives

●       Generate content for online audiences as needed

●    To attend weekly 30-minute meetings with the Heads of the Communications team.

What You'll Need To Bring

●       You will likely be a football fan, with your finger on the pulse of what is going on in the game, from player’s welfare to fan engagement. 

●       Excellent writing skills

●       Experience creating a range of marketing materials and a knack for getting the right message to the right audience

●       Proficiency in and experience with a range of programs (PowerPoint, Canva InDesign etc)

●       Flair for design and a natural grasp of how to present a brand to different audiences

●       A strategic mindset and the ability to think on your feet

●       An excellent sense of what will get people to take action

●       Excellent sub-editing and proofing skills

●       Excellent interpersonal skills

●       Attention to detail

●       A commitment to Fair Game’s values

●       A passion to change football for the better

What You Will Gain

●       A chance to put your stamp on our marketing collateral

●       First-hand experience in creating marketing assets for a fantastic, forthright brand on a real mission

●       Experience working with a passionate team

●       The once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to change football for the better

Volunteering

We are seeking dedicated individuals who are genuinely passionate about contributing to our cause. This voluntary role demands more than just an initial burst of enthusiasm; it requires a steadfast commitment and a deep-seated desire to make a difference.

We kindly ask that only those who are prepared to invest their time and energy, with a serious intent to contribute and grow with us, consider applying. This is not just a role, but a journey towards creating meaningful impact. If you are looking for a casual commitment or are uncertain about your availability and dedication, this might not be the right opportunity for you. We value the contribution of our volunteers immensely and wish to build a team that shares our commitment to the cause.

We strongly believe in having more diverse voices in our team and actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures, in particular those currently under-represented.

Role: Grant and Bid Writer (Volunteer)

Team: Finance and Commercial

Location: Remote

Reports to: Commercial Manager (Volunteer)

Hours: Approx. 4hrs a week

About Us

Join us at Fair Game, where we're passionate about shaping a brighter future for football! With a vibrant community of 34 football clubs, we're on a journey to revolutionise the game we all love. Collaborating with top-notch academics and industry experts, our goal is to nurture a sport that fills every fan with pride. Imagine wearing your team's colours, confident in the values it represents and the rich traditions it upholds.

Be part of a movement that champions fan involvement, financial health, exemplary governance, and unwavering commitment to equality. Let's team up to make football not just a game, but a legacy we're all proud to be part of. Join Fair Game and help us turn this vision into reality!

What we are Looking For

We're thrilled to share that Fair Game has experienced incredible growth recently, and we're on the brink of making a significant impact. As a volunteer-driven initiative, we're on the lookout for an enthusiastic individual eager to contribute to Fair Game's commercial goals. 

This volunteer position is a fantastic chance for someone keen on gaining insights into the football industry and expanding their connections, setting the stage for a promising career in sports management or governance. If this resonates with you, you might just be the person we need to help shape the future of football in an extraordinary way.

Main Responsibilities

(Don’t worry, you won’t be doing all of these on your own)

• Support the Commercial Manager in developing and delivering Fair Game’s multi-stream fundraising and partnering strategy.

• To research and identify potential grants and funds that support Fair Game’s objectives.

• To prepare high-quality grant applications, including writing and editing content, and production of documents in support of the respective applications.

• End-to-end management of grant applications, including updating the respective libraries and funnels for management reporting.

• Managing tender emails, portals, and websites for grant applications, identifying opportunities and future pipeline, registering interest, and downloading the relevant documents.

• Evaluating and identifying areas for improvement from tender and bid feedback.

• To attend a fortnightly one-hour management meeting.

As an organisation, we believe that we are not perfect. We welcome creativity and will always strive to improve.

What you will Need to Bring

• Strong ability to organise and manage tasks efficiently

• Effective communication and relationship-building abilities

• Proficiency in information technology and superior writing capabilities

• Outstanding skills in networking and building rapport with others

• Keen eye for detail

• Experience in preparing and submitting grant applications

• Dedication to the principles and ethos of Fair Game

• Passionate about contributing to a more equitable future in football

What you will Gain

• A network of contacts in the football industry

• An opportunity to develop media, campaigning and researching skills

• And a chance to change football for the better

Volunteering

We are seeking dedicated individuals who are genuinely passionate about contributing to our cause. This voluntary role demands more than just an initial burst of enthusiasm; it requires a steadfast commitment and a deep-seated desire to make a difference. 

We kindly ask that only those who are prepared to invest their time and energy, with a serious intent to contribute and grow with us, consider applying. This is not just a role, but a journey towards creating meaningful impact. If you are looking for a casual commitment or are uncertain about your availability and dedication, this might not be the right opportunity for you. We value the contribution of our volunteers immensely and wish to build a team that shares our commitment to the cause

We strongly believe in having more diverse voices in our team and actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures, in particular those currently under-represented.

We’re passionate about making the countryside a better place for everyone to enjoy. This flexible, micro-volunteering role is a great way to stand up for the countryside if you don’t have much time to spare! You’ll take easy online actions to support our campaigns from home (or wherever you have internet access!) at a time that suits you.

We're particularly keen to recruit people aged 18 - 30 (although this is open to everyone!) based across England as we want to bring younger voices into our campaigning work. In the run up to the 2024 General Election, it’s now more important than ever that we amplify your voices in our campaigning work.

By taking simple online actions, you’ll help champion environmental issues including the climate emergency, countryside next door, the green belt and affordable rural housing.

We’ll ask you to take and feedback on campaigning actions, to inform what we do in the future. Your ideas will shape the way we campaign in the future.

We’re looking to build a team of activists to take up to 6 actions in the run up to the General Election (depending on when exactly the election is called). You’ll actively shape the future of this work, and you’ll be testing an exciting new way to volunteer with CPRE! Interested in taking part? No prior experience is needed for this role. Sign up is easy – we just need your name and email address! Find out more below.

We are committed to developing an inclusive and diverse CPRE in which everyone feels supported, valued, and always able to be themselves when volunteering. We recognise that a diverse and inclusive volunteer community is important in achieving our vision of a thriving, beautiful countryside and urban green spaces that contribute to wellbeing for everyone.

People of the global majority and disabled people are currently underrepresented across the environment, climate, sustainability, and conservation sectors. CPRE wants to be part of bringing underrepresented groups into the sector. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. If you identify as a person of these or other underrepresented groups, we are particularly interested in receiving your application.

Why we want you

We want to gain the support of people with many different experiences of the countryside to inform what we do so we can work towards a thriving countryside for everyone.

You'll join a group of enthusiastic volunteers taking actions and giving feedback that directly supports our campaigning work. Some actions will take as little as 5 minutes!

Sign up is easy - we just need a few details and then you'll join our activist pool. Please note you must be over 18 to sign up for this role.

What you will be doing

• The types of actions we’ll ask you to take part may include:
• Build our understanding of what motivates you to support our campaigns, what you’d like to see us do in the future and how best you’d like to take part through surveys and feedback
• Sign a petition, send a letter to your MP using a template or take a survey
• Read / share articles & like / share posts / blogs
• Attend an online session / webinar / training eg on lobbying
• Feedback on campaigns content (reports, website, podcasts)

The skills you need

• An interest in the countryside and environmental issues
• Willing to give feedback as part of the role, as this is a test
• Access to a computer, tablet or smartphone with internet
• No experience necessary!

What's in it for you

• Use your enthusiasm, skills and experience to make a positive difference to the countryside
• Opportunity to influence future campaigning asks, and feedback on what works
• Access to online campaigning training and webinars

Do you love to support and empower people? We are looking for compassionate champions to join our volunteer mentoring programme. Help mentees build confidence, get established in community and develop independence. The Build mentoring programme supports survivors of modern slavery. A volunteer mentor is paired with a co mentor meeting fortnightly in the community with a mentee; being a friendly support, setting goals, exploring opportunities and life skills. All volunteer mentors are supported and accountable to the Build Coordinators. This role is voluntary and unpaid (costs incurred for refreshments related to the mentor role will be reimbursed).

The Role

• To create a safe, compassionate, and healthy mentoring relationship
• Provide the mentee with tools and techniques to navigate a pathway to achieve things that are important to them
• Provide practical support to the mentee where appropriate (eg signposting)
• Support a mentee to identify and establish goals and life skills that are important to them
• Liaise with the mentee and fellow mentor to arrange safe and suitable meeting places including date and time
• Debrief with your co-mentor after each meeting and provide a brief written record of the discussion for the Mentoring Coordinator
• Work with your co-mentor to model ‘healthy community’
• Manage the trio’s refreshment expenses for reimbursement

Skills you need

• Compassion, empathy and active listening skills
• Ability to be able to help people feel at ease and build confidence
• To help people draw out personal goals and things that are important to them
• Have a passion and desire for wanting to transform and support the lives of people
• Be sensitive to someone who has experienced trauma
• Ability to keep confidence and professional boundaries
• Reliability and good time keeping
• Commitment to safeguarding and a willingness to raise concerns where necessary
• Experience of supporting others navigate and integrate into community
• Access to car/public transport and flexibility around location 

What you will get from us

• Online or face to face training prior to working with mentees:
• Volunteer Induction and specialised programme training
• e-learning courses relating to Safeguarding, Data Protection and Equality & Diversity, IT and Data Induction
• Ongoing support sessions from the Build team
• Ongoing training with an emphasis on trauma informed practice Commitment
• 12-month commitment period
• Meet with mentee and co-mentor fortnightly for 1-2 hours
• Commitment to write up debriefs and any relevant actions between meetups
• To able to complete all required training
• To be able to attend a minimum of 4 training sessions per year

All roles within the mentoring programme need:

• Mandatory checks including DBS
• Two satisfactory references
• Completion of induction training
• An informal interview and introductory period
• Have a passion and desire for wanting to help and support people

A bit about this role

If you enjoy driving and would love to use those skills to help our cats, this could be the role for you. Our transport volunteers provide vital assistance to our teams and volunteer groups in the local area by transporting equipment, litter, food– and even cats! They have the essential role of connecting our network of volunteers, sites, vets and supporters.

Without the passionate and committed teams of volunteers across Cats Protection, we wouldn’t be able to help the thousands of cats and kittens each year that rely on us for help.

What can you expect to be doing?

• Arranging and transporting equipment, litter and cat food
• Transporting cats to and from vets, foster homes and centres
• Transporting equipment to and from events

The LGBTQ+ Telephone Group is a chance for blind and partially sighted people who identify as being a part of the LGBTQ+ community to come together for mutual friendship and support. The facilitator is a pivotal role within the group ensuring the group runs smoothly and that everybody has a chance to contribute to the group conversation as well as ensuring everybody’s welfare and flagging up any potential safeguarding concerns. You should either be a part of the LGBTQ+ community or be a strong ally who is committed to helping provide a safe space for participants to come together to share their experiences. You will be: Helping to ensure that participants feel comfortable and facilitate discussion. Helping group participants to feel safe to be in the group and to enable them to join in the group discussion each month. Looking after participant welfare within the group and flagging any welfare or safeguarding concerns to Talk and Support for follow up.

Who this opportunity will suit -

Minimum age

• You must be at least 18 years old to apply

What skills and experience are needed?

• Approachable & empathetic nature
• Comfortable talking over the telephone
• Good verbal communication skills
• Ability to treat information confidentially
• You will need to be a member of the LGBTQ+ community or be an ally of the community and committed to ensuring participant safety in the group.

Our roaming tech volunteers provide one-to-one support to people with sight loss, visiting them in their own homes to help them get the most out of technology. They may help customers set up a new device, learn new features or trouble shoot tech problems. Roaming tech volunteers support people local to them.

*This role requires an enhanced criminal record check
*This roles requires two references
*Good communication skills
*Customer focused approach
*Natural tech user
*Problem solving skills
*empowering attitude

Are you a good listener? Are you able to manage group conversations and ensure people feel comfortable together and that groups run smoothly? We need you to facilitate our Talk and Support weekly telephone groups that offer blind and partially sighted people the opportunity to socialise with others when the regular group facilitator is unavailable.

This is a telephone-based role that you can do from home. You will need access to a landline and/or mobile phone We ask you to commit to covering up to 3 groups per week, although this will vary on a week by week basis. Each group you cover will last for one hour.

*Listening to group conversations, ensuring they flow and are appropriate. Making appropriate contributions. Creating friendly & welcoming atmosphere. Being link between the group & Talk & Support team. Reporting safeguarding concerns.

*Effective listening skills; Good verbal communication skills; Work with wide range of people.

*Understanding Sight Loss Pack; Expenses; Supervision and help from your Manager; Training as appropriate.

Our roaming tech volunteers provide one-to-one support to people with sight loss, visiting them in their own homes to help them get the most out of technology. They may help customers set up a new device, learn new features or trouble shoot tech problems. Roaming tech volunteers support people local to them.

*Identify and resolve computer problems; Install hardware, software and upgrades; New technology training; Support people with IT development.

*Helping blind and partially sighted people to use tech in their own home.

*Helping people remotely.
 

*Use our online system to manage requests for technology help and update progress to resolve problem.

*Customer focused approach; empowering attitude; Good communication skills; Natural tech user; Problem solving skills.

*Understanding Sight Loss Pack; Induction; Expenses; Support from Volunteers and Staff.

Sooty, the famous loveable bear and national treasure, has featured on RNIB’s collection boxes for more than 50 years. With your support, RNIB has raised more than £13 million in public donations collected in our iconic Sooty boxes. 

Join our community of amazing volunteer Sooty box collectors and help us to provide blind and partially sighted people with the support they need. RNIB urgently needs volunteers to collect and bank donations received through our Sooty boxes, which play a vital role in generating income and raising our profile in local communities. This role is completely flexible, can be performed by individuals, pairs or groups and the time you dedicate to it is entirely up to you and your commitments. You can give your time as little or as often as you like!

Please note: Volunteers will be expected to use their own transportation and ideally should have access to a car. Mileage or transport costs will be reimbursed.

*Good organisational skills;
*Trustworthy, enthusiastic and self-motivated;
*Are willing to travel in and around the local area; 
*Comfortable working on your own; 
*Ability to send and receive emails.

Our roaming tech volunteers provide one-to-one support to people with sight loss, visiting them in their own homes to help them get the most out of technology. They may help customers set up a new device, learn new features or trouble shoot tech problems. Roaming tech volunteers support people local to them. If you live in the South East we would love to hear from you, particularly if you live in Hampshire or the BN postcode area.

• Good communication skills
• Customer focused approach
• Natural tech user
• Problem solving skills;empowering attitude

• Home visits and venues across your local area. Access to telephone and email is required.

• This role requires an enhanced criminal record check and 2 references.

Our roaming tech volunteers provide one-to-one support to people with sight loss, visiting them in their own homes to help them get the most out of technology. They may help customers set up a new device, learn new features or trouble shoot tech problems. Roaming tech volunteers support people local to them.

• Good communication skills
• Customer focused approach
• Natural tech user
• Problem solving skills
• Empowering attitude

• Home visits and venues across your local area. Access to telephone and email is required.

• This role requires an enhanced criminal record check

Are you a good listener? Are you able to manage group conversations and ensure people feel comfortable together and that groups run smoothly? We need you to facilitate our weekly telephone groups that offer blind and partially sighted people the opportunity to socialise with others. This is a telephone-based role that you can do from home. You will need access to a landline and/or mobile phone We ask you to commit to a minimum of 3 hours per week to facilitate 3 or more Talk and Support befriending groups per week which will be at the same day and time each week. Each group runs for an hour.

• Effective listening skills
• Good verbal communication skills
• Work with wide range of people

• Home Based: over the telephone (this role requires you to have a landline or mobile telephone)

• This role requires 2 references

Our roaming tech volunteers provide one-to-one support to people with sight loss, visiting them in their own homes to help them get the most out of technology. They may help customers set up a new device, learn new features or trouble shoot tech problems. Roaming tech volunteers support people local to them.

• Good communication skills
• Customer focused approach
• Natural tech user
• Problem solving skills;empowering attitude

• Home visits and venues across your local area. Access to telephone and email is required.

• This role requires an enhanced criminal record check and 2 references.