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The Events Assistant will support the planning, coordination, and delivery of Hidayah’s events and activities. Working closely with the Events Officer and wider team, this role ensures that all events run smoothly, are well-promoted, inclusive, and aligned with Hidayah’s mission. The ideal candidate is organised, proactive, and passionate about creating meaningful community experiences.
What are the key responsibilities of this role?
This role will have the following duties, but are not limited to:
1. Event Planning & Delivery
· Support the Events Officer in planning, organising, and delivering a range of events, both online and in person
· Liaise with venues and caterers to confirm logistics, costs, and facilities, ensuring value for money and guest satisfaction
· Manage event listings and guest registrations through OutSavvy, ensuring all attendees have active Hidayah memberships
· Assist with event setup, registration, and on-the-day coordination, providing a welcoming and inclusive environment
· Support with risk assessments, accessibility considerations, and general event compliance
2. Marketing & Communications
· Collaborate with the Social Media team to schedule and promote events across Hidayah’s social channels
· Create or support the design of promotional materials and graphics using Canva
· Draft event descriptions, newsletter content, and updates for review by the Events Officer
· Coordinate the monthly newsletter, liaising with the Social Media team to finalise and distribute
· Engage partner charities, community groups, and networks to share event information via email and social media
3. Stakeholder & Community Engagement
· Build and maintain relationships with organisations, partners, and individuals aligned with Hidayah’s mission
· Send thank-you messages to venues, partners, and attendees following events
· Distribute and collect feedback forms, compiling responses to support continuous improvement
· Represent Hidayah at community events and networking opportunities where appropriate
4. Administrative Support
· Maintain and update the contact database and event records
· Manage the Events Team inbox, responding to or triaging queries promptly
· Attend regular Events Team meetings, contributing updates and ideas
· Track and report on event expenses and participation data as required
What do we expect from the Events Assistant?
Please note that you must agree with and fit the criteria below to be eligible to volunteer in this role:
Essential:
· Excellent organisation, communication, and time management skills. - Ability to work independently with minimal support but also as part of a team. - Proactive attitude with strong attention to detail.
· Confident using (or willing to learn) tools such as OutSavvy, Google Suite (Docs, Calendar, Meet), HootSuite, and Discord
· Familiarity with social media platforms and an understanding of their role in event promotion
· Commitment to Hidayah’s values of inclusion, respect, and community empowerment
Desirable:
· Experience with Canva or other design tools
· Basic data management or CRM experience
· Understanding of accessibility and safeguarding in events
· Ability to track budgets or handle basic event finance administration
· Analytical skills to interpret feedback and produce summary reports
Personal Attributes
· - Warm, approachable, and confident engaging with diverse communities
· Flexible and adaptable, able to respond calmly to challenges during live events
· Creative thinker who enjoys finding new ways to engage the audience
· Passionate about creating inclusive, welcoming spaces for all attendees
How much commitment is required?
This is a voluntary role with flexible hours, and can be carried out around your existing commitments. The role will take approximately 3-5 hours per week (flexible depending on needs and availability).
Registered Charity
11 - 20
Our mission is to provide support and welfare for LGBTQI+ Muslims
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Thank you!
Become a Trustee at Dougie Mac Hospice. Help shape the future of palliative and end-of-life care in Staffordshire. We’re seeking committed individuals who share our CARE values to support strong governance and help guide our all-age hospice serving our local community.
What will you be doing?
The Board requires a broad mix of skill, experience and attributes to achieve the efficient and effective governance of the organisation. Trustees need the knowledge, experience, aptitude and commitment to make a significant contribution to the Board. The hospice’s governing document allows for 6 – 15 trustees at any one time. We are committed to building a diverse Board that reflects the community we serve.
The voting members of the Board are responsible for the governance of the organisation. They must ensure that it operates in a manner that:
- Enables it to fulfil the objectives set out in the governing document
- Utilises assets and resources for charitable purposes in line with the governing document
- Gives due attention to charitable and company law
- Adheres to the organisation’s philosophy and values
- Upholds the reputation of the organisation.
Trustees must always act in the best interests of Dougie Mac, working together to put patients, families and the wider community at the heart of every decision. This is a voluntary role and Trustees cannot pursue their own professional and business interests, to personally benefit from their position.
As a Trustee of Dougie Mac, you will play a key role in ensuring the hospice is well-governed, financially resilient and able to meet the needs of our community now and in the future. Trustees collectively:
- Provide strategic leadership and help shape organisational priorities.
- Ensure our resources are used effectively and in line with charitable objectives.
- Oversee organisational performance, risk management and financial sustainability.
- Support and challenge the Executive Team to deliver high-quality care.
- Uphold our values and safeguard the reputation of the hospice.
- Act as ambassadors for Dougie Mac in the community and within their networks.
This is a voluntary role that requires integrity, sound judgement, teamwork and a genuine commitment to supporting excellent hospice care.
�� Who Are We Looking For?
We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds, skills and lived experiences. You do not need previous trustee experience — just the right mindset, values and ability to contribute at Board level.
We are particularly interested in hearing from individuals with experience in:
- Senior leadership or board-level decision-making
- Strategy, governance or risk management
- Healthcare, palliative care or wider public sector services
- Finance, investment or commercial management
- HR, workforce, organisational development or culture
- Digital, data or information governance
- Community engagement, fundraising or voluntary sector work
Above all, you should bring curiosity, integrity, compassion, and the confidence to both support and constructively challenge.
⏰ Time Commitment
Trustees are expected to attend:
- 4 Board Meetings per year
- 2–4 Committee or Trading Board meetings
- The AGM
- The Annual Trustee Away Day
Additional preparation time and occasional hospice events are also expected.
Out-of-pocket expenses will be reimbursed.
What are we looking for?
We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds, skills and lived experiences. You do not need previous trustee experience — just the right mindset, values and ability to contribute at Board level.
We are particularly interested in hearing from individuals with experience in:
- Senior leadership or board-level decision-making
- Strategy, governance or risk management
- Healthcare, palliative care or wider public sector services
- Finance, investment or commercial management
- HR, workforce, organisational development or culture
- Digital, data or information governance
- Community engagement, fundraising or voluntary sector work
Above all, you should bring curiosity, integrity, compassion, and the confidence to both support and constructively challenge.
What difference will you make?
Why Join Dougie Mac?
As a Trustee, you will:
- Make a real, lasting difference to local families at the most difficult times in their lives.
- Help shape services across a unique all-age hospice.
- Join a values-driven Board that works collaboratively and respectfully.
- Become part of a warm, passionate, community-centred organisation.
Before you apply
- If you have any questions or would like an Application Pack, please email
Thank you!
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Fair Trade Wales is looking for a Chair who can use their skills to guide our strategic direction, lead our Board, support employees and champion Fair Trade in Wales.
Our mission is to drive a thriving and inclusive Fair Trade movement in Wales by developing communities, shaping policy, and creating global connections that support ethical and sustainable trade. We have an ambitious new strategy for 2025-2028 including our plans to grow - beginning with our current transition from a not-for-profit organisation to a registered charity.
If you care about justice and global equality, and want to support the growth of the Fair Trade movement, this role lets you shape Fair Trade Wales’ direction and strengthen connections across Wales and beyond. Join us for our next chapter.
Fair Trade Wales is a company, limited by guarantee with not for profit status, and currently applying for charitable status. We work as part of the Hub Cymru Africa (HCA) partnership. Hub Cymru Africa is currently funded by the Welsh Government’s Wales and Africa programme.
Details
- Closing Date: 24 February 2026
- Interviews: 4/5 March 2026
- Time commitment: approx ½ day a month
- Approximately four Board meetings per year
- Regular 1-2-1s with Head of Fair Trade Wales
- Reward: Voluntary role with reasonable expenses and training covered
- Term: 3 years (with a possibility of further terms)
- Location: Online with one in person away day per year
Role Description
The role of the Chair leads the Board, ensuring its effectiveness in setting the organisation’s culture and direction, and maintaining high standards of governance. The Chair also manages the Head of the staff team to deliver the strategy, workplans and objectives. The Chair of the Board shares the same legal responsibilities as other members of the Board.
Responsibilities
- Lead the Board in setting and promoting the strategic direction of Fair Trade Wales, ensuring good governance and holding staff to account.
- Chair Board meetings (approx 4 per year), ensuring the Board functions effectively, meetings are led inclusively, and the Board carries out its duties.
- Line manage the Head of Fair Trade Wales including setting objectives, and regular one to one meetings to support and monitor progress.
- Ensures that the Board reviews its structure, effectiveness, delegations and key policies, and implements agreed changes as necessary.
- Represent Fair Trade Wales to decision-makers, partner organisations and the public, acting as an ambassador.
Key relationships
- Other Fair Trade Wales Board members
- Head of Fair Trade Wales and other staff members
- Hub Cymru Africa partnership Chair and Head
- Current and potential funders and partners
Person Specification
Essential
- Commitment to Fair Trade principles and global responsibility
- Understanding of the voluntary sector and current issues affecting it
- Ability to foster and promote a collaborative environment
- Ability to motivate staff and Board members
- Experience of chairing or facilitating
- Ability to listen, engage effectively and build relationships
- Understanding the differences between strategic and operational leadership
Desirable
- Ability to speak Welsh
- Experience of working with or as part of a Board or other type of strategic leadership
- Understanding of the resource constraints of a small organisation
- Awareness of charity/not-for-profit governance
- A broad understanding of charity finance and funding
- Experience of working with Government, the Senedd and civil society in Wales
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Cadeirydd
Mae Cymru Masnach Deg yn chwilio am Gadeirydd sydd yn gallu defnyddio eu sgiliau i arwain ein cyfeiriad strategol, arwain ein Bwrdd, cefnogi staff, a hyrwyddo Masnach Deg yng Nghymru.
Ein cenhadaeth ydy ysgogi mudiad Masnach Deg llwyddiannus a chynhwysol yng Nghymru, trwy ddatblygu cymunedau, siapio polisi, a chreu cysylltiadau byd-eang sy'n cefnogi masnach foesegol a chynaliadwy. Mae gennym strategaeth newydd uchelgeisiol ar gyfer 2025-2028, sy'n cynnwys ein cynlluniau i dyfu – sydd yn dechrau gyda'n cyfnod presennol o drawsnewid o fod yn sefydliad nid-er-elw i fod yn elusen gofrestredig.
Os oes ots gennych chi am gyfiawnder a chydraddoldeb byd-eang, ac eisiau cefnogi twf y mudiad Masnach Deg, mae'r rôl hon yn caniatáu i chi siapio cyfeiriad Cymru Masnach Deg a chryfhau cysylltiadau ar draws Cymru ac ymhellach. Dewch i ymuno â ni ar gyfer ein pennod nesaf.
Mae Cymru Masnach Deg wedi'i sefydlu fel cwmni, wedi'i gyfyngu drwy warant gyda statws nid-er-elw., sydd ar hyn o bryd, yn gwneud cais am statws elusennol. Rydym yn gweithio fel rhan o bartneriaeth Hub Cymru Africa (HCA). Ar hyn o bryd, mae Hub Cymru Africa yn cael ei ariannu gan raglen Cymru ac Affrica Llywodraeth Cymru.
Manylion
- Dyddiad Cau: 24 Chwefror 2026.
- Cyfweliadau: 4/5 Mawrth 2026
- Ymrwymiad amser: tua ½ diwrnod y mis
- Tua phedwar cyfarfod Bwrdd y flwyddyn
- Cyfarfodydd wyneb yn wyneb rheolaidd gyda Phennaeth Cymru Masnach Deg
- Gwobr: Rôl wirfoddol gyda threuliau rhesymol a hyfforddiant yn cael eu talu
- Tymor: 3 blynedd (gyda phosibiliad o ragor o dermau)
- Lleoliad: Ar-lein gydag un diwrnod i ffwrdd mewn person y flwyddyn
Disgrifiad o'r Rôl
Mae rôl y Cadeirydd yn cynnwys arwain y Bwrdd, sicrhau ei fod yn effeithiol o ran gosod diwylliant a chyfeiriad y sefydliad, a chynnal safonau uchel o lywodraethiant. Mae'r Cadeirydd hefyd yn rheoli Pennaeth y tîm staff i gyflawni'r strategaeth, cynlluniau gwaith a'r amcanion. Mae Cadeirydd y Bwrdd yn rhannu'r un cyfrifoldebau cyfreithiol ag aelodau eraill y Bwrdd.
Cyfrifoldebau
- Arwain y Bwrdd i osod a hyrwyddo cyfeiriad strategol Cymru Masnach Deg, a sicrhau bod y Bwrdd yn cael ei lywodraethu'n dda, a dwyn staff i gyfrif.
- Cadeirio cyfarfodydd Bwrdd (tua 4 y flwyddyn), a sicrhau bod y Bwrdd yn gweithredu'n effeithiol, bod cyfarfodydd yn cael eu harwain yn gynhwysol, a bod y Bwrdd yn cyflawni ei ddyletswyddau.
- Gweithredu fel rheolwr llinell ar gyfer Pennaeth Cymry Masnach Deg, gan gynnwys gosod amcanion, a chyfarfodydd un i un rheolaidd i gefnogi a monitro cynnydd.
- Sicrhau bod y Bwrdd yn adolygu ei strwythur, effeithiolrwydd, dirprwyiaethau a pholisïau allweddol, a'i fod yn gweithredu newidiadau y cytunwyd arnynt ôl yr angen.
- Cynrychioli Cymru Masnach Deg i benderfynwyr, sefydliadau partner a'r cyhoedd, gan weithredu fel llysgennad.
Perthnasoedd allweddol
- Aelodau eraill o Fwrdd Cymru Masnach Deg
- Pennaeth Cymru Masnach Deg ac aelodau eraill o staff
- Cadeirydd a Phennaeth Hub Cymru Africa
- Cyllidwyr a phartneriaid presennol a phosib
Manyleb Person
Hanfodol
- Ymrwymiad i egwyddorion Masnach Deg a chyfrifoldeb byd-eang
- Dealltwriaeth o'r sector gwirfoddol a'r materion presennol sy'n effeithio arno
- Y gallu i feithrin a hyrwyddo amgylchedd cydweithredol
- Y gallu i ysgogi staff a chynghorwyr y Bwrdd
- Profiad o gadeirio neu hwyluso
- Y gallu i wrando, ymgysylltu'n effeithiol a chreu perthnasoedd
- Dealltwriaeth o'r gwahaniaethau rhwng arweinyddiaeth strategol a gweithredol
Dymunol
- Y gallu i siarad Cymraeg
- Profiad o weithio gyda, neu fel rhan, o Fwrdd neu fath arall o arweinyddiaeth strategol
- Dealltwriaeth o gyfyngiadau sefydliad bach o ran adnoddau
- Ymwybyddiaeth o lywodraethu elusen/nid-er-elw
- Dealltwriaeth eang o faterion cyllid a chyllido elusen
- Profiad o weithio gyda'r Llywodraeth, y Senedd a chymdeithas sifil yng Nghymru
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