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Join the small, diverse and friendly team of an independent advocacy charity in Lewisham as Trustee. Lewisham Speaking Up is a rights-based organisation that speaks up for independence and power for people with learning disabilities and/or autism. You will contribute to the governance of a grass roots local charity with a great track record. There will be opportunities to meet with beneficiaries and learn about their lives. You will be helping to address the discrimination and inequalities faced by adults with learning disabilities.
We all work together towards our vision for a society where people with learning disabilities are listened to, recognised, respected and included in all decisions about their lives. We are looking for trustees who are committed to helping the organisation achieve this. Our beneficiaries are included at all levels of the organisation from being Board members to being paid staff, volunteers and participating in all our services.
A Trustee must be willing to offer scrutiny, assistance and advice to support the charity's operations, stability, and growth. You will work with other board members and the charity’s Director in achieving this.
Who are we looking for?
We are looking for a friendly, patient, and non-judgemental person with an interest in disability rights and equality who is passionate about and committed to the organisation's mission, vision, and values.
Some of our board members have a learning disability (known as experts by experience) and we expect all board members to support and give positive encouragement to our board members with learning disabilities. We need trustees who will show commitment to the charity's vision and mission and are willing to understand the issues affecting the people we work with. Experience or knowledge of people with learning disabilities would be useful but is not essential. Previous charity experience or knowledge would be useful but is not essential.
We require a trustee with at least 3 years' proven experience and skills in one or more of the areas listed below:
Opportunity:
Help shape our strategic direction, enabling us to expand our reach
Join a friendly and diverse team with opportunities to engage beyond core responsibilities.
Opportunities to network with other organisations and people
Personal growth and confidence building.
Opportunities to be part of the activities of the charity.
Commitment:
Available for online Board (1.5 hrs) and online Finance Subcommittee (1 hr) meetings, both happen 5 times a year.
Attending in-person Board and staff Away Day (usually a Saturday in July), and the in-person Annual General Meeting (AGM) during November/December.
Local candidates preferred (Southeast London based).
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Volunteer role: Befriender
Reports to: Befriender Lead
Commitment level: Flexible – typically one to two hours per week. Times mutually agreed between Befriender and Befriendee.
Location: Stamford, Bourne, Deeping and surrounding villages.
Purpose of the Voluntary role:
The purpose of this role is to provide a Befriendee (a service user or member who needs social engagement, is lonely or bereaved) with an opportunity to develop a wholesome and mutually caring relationship with a willing partner (Befriender). The Trust believes that honest friendships are a positive way of establishing social value and support for those who may, for any number of reasons, find themselves isolated, alone, or lonely.
Key Responsibilities:
• Safe storage of Befriendee data, files, key safe code
• Honest and accurate in all record keeping
• Maintain appropriate boundaries and knowing the limits of the Befriending role
• Raise any concerns with the Befriender Lead
• Maintain confidentiality at all times unless given express permission to share information
• Uphold the Values of Evergreen Care Trust.
Key relationships:
• Befriendee
• Working with the Befriender Lead and Members of the Team
• Working with Members of Staff delivering the Trust’s ‘Paid for’ Services
• Working alongside other Volunteer Groups within the Trust
Skills, Qualifications and experience required:
No formal qualifications are required
Qualities of a Befriender include: Being friendly, honest and open, caring, a good listener, reliable and vigilant.
Desirable Skills: Your own transport would be helpful but is not essential.
Training and support required:
Mandatory Online Safeguarding training
Introduction session to the role of a Befriender
Shadow an existing Befriender
Regular updates and support from ‘the Befriender team’
Invitation to attend relevant training courses as and when they are arranged
Availability of parking at work location:
Limited parking at Evergreen Care Office in Stamford. Home visits are usually arranged so parking can be varied upon location.
Equipment:
Non applicable
Expenses:
Non Applicable
Is this role eligible for a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, which is renewable every three years? YES
If Yes, what level of DBS check is required for the role?
Enhanced DBS
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Connection Support has a range of services providing support to people at risk of homelessness or on the edge of needing social care. We work with people made vulnerable through debt, mental health issues, substance misuse, learning disability, and physical disabilities.
Volunteers play a key role in the provision of vital services to our clients.
Could you prevent loneliness and isolation in your community and become a befriender?
If you can answer ‘yes’ to these questions, then we would love to hear from you!
Key responsibilities
Your role will include, but is not restricted to the following tasks:
Skills required
No qualifications or volunteering experience is required; however, the below skills are essential:
Connection Support has a range of services providing support to people at risk of homelessness or on the edge of needing social care. We work with people made vulnerable through debt, mental health issues, substance misuse, learning disability, and physical disabilities.
Volunteers play a key role in the provision of vital services to our clients.
Could you prevent loneliness and isolation in your community and become a befriender?
If you can answer ‘yes’ to these questions, then we would love to hear from you!
Key responsibilities
Your role will include, but is not restricted to the following tasks:
Skills required
No qualifications or volunteering experience is required; however, the below skills are essential:
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We are pleased to invite applications for the following opportunity:
Weekend Service Volunteers
Interested in making a difference in your community? Want to be inspired by other like-minded people? We would like to invite you to volunteer in a unique service user charity working with individuals who have or have had substance use issues. We have more than 10 different locations across London and Sussex, we will make sure to find the best place and role for you.
Build on Belief is keen to encourage applications from people with diverse lives and experiences, including ethnicity, gender, sexuality, social & economic background as well as lived or associated experience of alcohol and other drug problems.
In return, we do our best to make volunteering fun, worthwhile, and pledge ourselves to treating everyone fairly and as an equally valued member of the team.
There are many ways you can volunteer with us such us helping to set up our space for the day ahead, making food and drinks, supporting staff with registration and contract filling, listening to and socialising with service users, monitoring behaviour in the service, answering phone calls, taking part in games and activities and so on. We will make sure to place you in the best role according to your skills, wishes and availability.
What can you get from volunteering with us?
· Paid travel expenses
· We provide food in our services for all volunteers and services users.
· We offer a wide range of training workshops that are intended to ensure you can undertake your role safely and with confidence. They are fun, informative, free to access and there is no written work! You may attend as many as you want as often as you want.
· We will offer you one-to-one supervision with a paid member of staff.
· We will always place your welfare above the needs of the charity.
· Any concerns you have about your role will be taken seriously and addressed to the best of our ability.
· Opportunity to grow within the organisation.
What do we expect from our volunteers?
· Commitment and Honesty
· Willingness to Learn
· Non-Discriminatory approach towards our service users, staff and other volunteers
· Appropriate behaviour: You will be working with an occasionally difficult and often vulnerable client group. You will have to work hard to maintain your boundaries. We will support you and provide you with training on how to have a healthy, meaningful experience.
· Teamwork: It is important to remember that we work together as a Team, and we will be there every step of the way to help you feel welcome and safe in our brilliant team.
Extra Information
Still in treatment and having the odd binge? We can work with that. Never had a paid job and with no real experience of routine and structure? Not a problem. Little or no education, and find it a struggle to read and write? It doesn't matter. Anxious and lacking in confidence? We can work on that together. The only caveat being that volunteers cannot be under the influence of a non-prescribed mind-altering substance when they turn up to volunteer.
Want to know more?
Get in touch with us and she will support you with the next steps.
We are looking forward to hearing from you.
Build on Belief, 2024.
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Cadet Force Adult Volunteers (CFAVs) are at the heart of the cadet experience. As a CFAV, you will guide and support young people, lead or assist in training sessions, and help create a safe, supportive and rewarding environment. You can volunteer as a uniformed or non-uniformed instructor - no military experience is required, all training will be provided.
Key Duties & Responsibilities:
Skills & Experience (Not Essential):
If you have none of the above - don’t worry. We provide full training, support and mentoring.
Benefits of Volunteering:
Practical Information:
About the Army Cadets
The Army Cadet Force is a national, community-based youth organisation that provides young people aged 12–18 with opportunities to challenge themselves, learn new skills and grow in confidence. Through a variety of activities, both military-themed and non-military-themed adventurous activities, teamwork, leadership training and community engagement, cadets develop resilience and skills that last a lifetime. None of this would be possible without the dedication of our amazing adult volunteers.
We're currently recruiting volunteers at the following detachments: 25 Heathfield Pl
To apply, please enter your postcode into the Find a Detachment box and click Join as a Volunteer to complete the form.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
A Peer Mentor is a volunteer who has experienced similar challenges and experiences as the person they are supporting. Being a peer mentor is seen as a positive and secure way to progress towards education, work, or employment.
Volunteers who take on peer support roles can feel empowered, have a greater confidence and a more positive sense of identity.
Could you provide an authentic voice that our clients can relate to?
· Do you have 1-2 hours a week to support a client
· Can you inspire others, give them hope through self-disclosure and by being an example of recovery?
· Build relationships based on trust, acceptance, understanding and an empathy from a shared lived experience?
· Can we rely on you to tap into your own experiences to help us identify barriers and gaps in our services and how we can be improving and identify good practice?
If you can answer ‘yes’ to these questions, then we would love to hear from you!
Key Responsibilities:
· Inspiring service users by using your own life experiences and by being a positive role model
· Providing a safe sounding space, listen in a non-judgemental way
· Helping to improve wellbeing, confidence, and independence by exploring activities that promote this
· Assist service users to engage with formalised support
· Attend appropriate training and development opportunities as required
Connection Support has a range of services providing support to people at risk of homelessness or on the edge of needing social care. We work with people made vulnerable through debt, mental health issues, substance misuse, learning disability, and physical disabilities.
Volunteers play a key role in the provision of vital services to our clients.
Are you a reliable handyperson who can undertake, upkeep, and repair a range of tasks for our housing support clients?
If you can answer ‘yes’ to these questions, then we would love to hear from you!
Key responsibilities
Your role will include carrying out basic household repairs and alterations such as:
Skills required
No volunteering experience is required however the below skills are essential:
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This position is a Trustee role, sitting on and managing Hidayah's Board of Trustees. The Chair of Hidayah provides strategic leadership to Hidayah, ensuring the organization remains aligned with its mission to support and advocate for LGBTQ+ Muslims. The Chair will guide the Board of Trustees in effective governance and act as an ambassador for the charity within both the Muslim and LGBTQ+ communities.
What are the key responsibilities of this role?
This role will have the following duties, but are not limited to:
Leadership and Governance:
· Provide leadership to the Board, ensuring that Trustees fulfil their duties and responsibilities for the effective governance of the charity.
· Oversee the Board of Trustees’ operation, ensuring its members work collaboratively and effectively.
· Ensure the charity complies with its constitution, governing documents, charity law, and other relevant legislation/regulations.
Strategy and Planning:
· Lead the development and implementation of the charity’s annual strategic plan, ensuring alignment with the needs of LGBTQ+ Muslims.
· Liaise with the Secretary in writing the annual report outlining Hidayah’s impact and achievements
· Work with the Board of Trustees to ensure that strategic objectives are effectively executed and serve the community
· Liaising with the HR & Recruitment Trustee regarding a portfolio of policies to ensure the smooth running of Hidayah
Risk Management:
· Ensure appropriate risk management policies and procedures are in place and adhered to.
· Regularly review and address potential risks to the charity’s operations and reputation.
Board of Trustees Management:
· Chair monthly Board meetings effectively, ensuring decisions are taken in a timely manner and that actions are followed up.
· Facilitate a positive and inclusive Board culture where diverse viewpoints are encouraged and respected.
· Manage all Trustees at Hidayah
Advocacy and Representation:
· Act as an ambassador for the charity, promoting its work within both the Muslim and LGBTQ+ communities and to a wider audience.
· Represent the charity at key events, meetings, and functions, and develop relationships with key stakeholders and partners.
Financial Oversight:
· Oversee the charity’s financial health, ensuring it operates within its means and maintains proper financial control and accountability.
· Work with the Treasurer and the finance team to ensure the Board of Trustees receives accurate and timely financial information.
· Act as a signatory for Hidayah’s bank account and financial operations.
· To seek out partnerships, sponsors and endorsements from individuals and organisations.
What do we expect from the Chair of Hidayah?
Please note that you must agree with and fit the criteria below to be eligible to volunteer in this role:
Essential:
· Demonstrable experience in a leadership role within a charity, non-profit, or similar organization.
· Strong understanding of governance best practices and charity law.
· Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to foster a collaborative and inclusive culture.
· Strategic thinker with the ability to translate vision into actionable plans.
· Strong financial acumen and experience overseeing budgets and financial planning.
· Passion for the charity’s mission and commitment to its values, with a deep understanding of the challenges faced by LGBTQ+ Muslims.
Desirable:
· Previous experience as a Chair or in a senior non-executive role.
· Experience in fundraising and development activities.
· Established network within the Muslim and LGBTQ+ communities and among relevant stakeholders.
Terms of Appointment:
· The Chair will be appointed for an initial term of 3 years, which may be renewed for a further term(s).
· This is a voluntary position; however, expenses incurred in fulfilling the role will be reimbursed as approved by the Board of Trustees in line with Hidayah’s policies.
All volunteers are expected to join Hidayah's Membership and Hidayah Discord server, read all Hidayah policies read, understand and agree with the constitution of Hidayah (available on our website).
Please ensure you do not have a conflict of interest with your current role and check this prior to applying for this role.
How much commitment is required?
The hours are flexible around your schedule. All Trustees volunteers are expected to:
· Attend monthly meetings to update on tasks, progress etc.
· Aim to attend all other planning meetings as necessary
· Attend Hidayah events where geographically possible
· Add to and maintain the administration of our file-sharing system ‘Google Drive’ to ensure it’s up to date with clear records, templates and forms
· Check and respond to emails in a timely manner
· Contribute to the communications group (via Discord) and stay up to date with Hidayah developments
· Keep up to date with Hidayah communication and organisational developments
Our mission is to provide support and welfare for LGBTQI+ Muslims
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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In this role, you’ll help create a fun, uplifting atmosphere where participants can relax, express themselves, and enjoy music together in a supportive environment. Whether someone wants to belt out their favourite song or simply watch and enjoy, you’ll help make the session welcoming and inclusive for everyone!
What you will be doing
The skills you need
What's in it for you
We deliver services across London as well as campaign and advocate nationally on the issues that affect the people we work with.



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The role of a Treasurer is an unpaid, voting role sitting on the UK Board of Trustees and reporting to the Chair of Trustees. In line with our policy, all trustees initially start in a non-voting advisor role to ensure that both they and the board are happy to formalise the trusteeship before transitioning to a full voting trustee position.
The Treasurer will work with the UK Operations Manager and the UK board of trustees to share the responsibility for overseeing the financial health and sustainability of Sreepur Village and will liaise with the Overseas Director based in Sreepur Village.
Treasurer Role
· Oversee the financial affairs and ensure they are legal, constitutional and within accepted accounting practice
· Review the appointment of new auditors and work to ensure financial reports are clear and timely
· Hold monthly budget review meetings with the UK Operations Manager to oversee accounting and financial controls
· Ensure appropriate risk management is in place and is reviewed by the board on a regular basis
· Introduce new financial forecasting and reporting systems and ensure protocols and processes are appropriate
· Be main point of contact with the investment fund managers and oversee investment policy
Governance Role
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Perinatal Support Volunteers provide one-to-one support to parents during pregnancy and up to nine months after the birth. These parents either have mental health issues or are at risk of developing them.
Perinatal Support Volunteers visit these families once a week (usually weekdays during working hours) for 2-3 hours, providing emotional support and practical help in the family’s home or local community. Support is aimed at empowering parents and building resilience beyond the support period.
The type of support Perinatal Support Volunteers provide to parents may include:
No special qualifications are necessary to become a Perinatal Support Volunteer, but Home-Start volunteers are usually either parents or grandparents themselves, or people with experience of young children and family life. We particularly welcome volunteers with lived experience of perinatal mental health challenges.
Home-Start Croydon is a voluntary organisation committed to helping local families through emotional & practical support.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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JOB DESCRIPTION
Role Title: Charity Youth Volunteer Worker
Organisation: Morning Star International Church (MSIC)
Location: Croydon, United Kingdom
Compensation: Voluntary (no salary). Reasonable accommodation and subsistence support may be provided in accordance with charity guidelines.
ABOUT MORNING STAR INTERNATIONAL CHURCH (MSIC)
Morning Star International Church (MSIC) is a Christ-centred Pentecostal church based in Croydon, United Kingdom. The church serves a diverse, multi-ethnic and multi-generational congregation and is committed to sharing the love of Christ through worship, discipleship, community outreach, and pastoral support.
As part of our charitable mission, the church provides programmes that encourage spiritual growth, youth engagement, and community support.
Morning Star International Church is seeking Charity Youth Volunteer Workers who feel called to support the ministry’s day-to-day activities and assist in youth-focused programmes on a temporary voluntary basis.
SUMMARY OF ROLE
The Charity Youth Volunteer Worker will support the ministry by assisting with non-pastoral, non-salaried, and supportive duties within the church.
Working under the supervision of the ministry leadership team, the volunteer will assist with youth activities and help facilitate a welcoming and supportive environment during church programmes and events.
This role is designed to support the charitable objectives of the church while providing the volunteer with meaningful experience in ministry and community service.
KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The Charity Youth Volunteer Worker will support the church through the following voluntary activities:
All duties will be carried out under supervision of the church leadership team.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Essential Attributes
Applicants should demonstrate:
Desirable Attributes
The following qualities would be advantageous:
Important Notes
APPLICATION PROCESS
Interested applicants should submit the following documents:
Please include the following reference code in your application:
Reference Code: MSIC/CYW26
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A charity based in Croydon, Surrey, London, UK is looking for volunteer Charity Team Assistants; to volunteer 30 unpaid hours per week. The Charity serves a multi ethnic community especially people from Black and ethnic minority backgrounds.
Responsibilities:
Person Specification:
This is a non-paid one year temporary position however accommodation and maintenance will be provided.
All interested candidates are required to send us a letter of application, a resume, and contact to the email provided. If your application is accepted, you will be invited for a telephone interview. Any applications received after the closing date will not be considered unless we have been unable to find a suitable candidate for this vacancy.
Successful candidates will require a DBS/POLICE check and references prior to commencement.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
We are looking for two new volunteer yoga teachers to join our small team of teachers delivering weekly yoga sessions to our clients. This role involves taking over two regular classes on a Wednesday and joining a rota with one or two other teachers, therefore leading the sessions on 1 out of every 2 or 3 weeks.
Yoga at the Foundation is offered as a gentle, supportive practice to help clients reconnect with their bodies, build regulation, and experience moments of calm and empowerment.
Session Details
Day: Wednesdays
Time: 10.30am – 1.00pm
Classes:
Two 1-hour classes with a 30-minute break in between (1 women-only class, 1 mixed-gender class)
Location: A beautiful, calm studio space within the Helen Bamber Foundation offices near Old Street
Commitment: Weekly rota (shared with 1–2 other teachers, so leading 1 in every 2 or 3 weeks). After an initial trial period, we are asking for a minimum 1-year commitment.
Skills and Experience
We welcome teachers from all yoga traditions and lineages, provided your approach is inclusive, sensitive, and adaptable.
Needed:
Desired:
What you will get out of the role:
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.