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About us: 

H4All is working to advance the health and wellbeing of residents in the London Borough of Hillingdon.

This is done through our Community Champions programme, which is an initiative made up of organisations and local volunteers who promote positive wellbeing messaging and share healthcare information.

Who are we looking for? 

We are looking for committed volunteers who want to combine their passion for coaching and public health.  As a Wellbeing Coach Volunteer, you’ll be supporting a community-led programme by working with clients (Punjabi women) with Type 2 diabetes to help them set goals. 

This is a meaningful opportunity to reduce health and inequalities in Hillingdon, while gaining hands-on experience and benefiting from free training and support.    

Key Responsibilities 

• Attend sessions with a client (30 minutes) over a period of 6 months.

• Setting goals, developing an action plan and supporting clients to achieve goals

• Be able to listen non-judgmentally and communicate effectively

• Signposting client to relevant organisations, activities and support

• Give regular updates to the Health and Wellbeing Programme Officer

Benefits for you: 

• Free, specialised training and mentoring provided, enhancing personal and professional skills. 

• Hands-on experience in wellbeing coaching. 

• Networking opportunities with healthcare professionals, community organisations and other volunteers. 

• A chance to make a meaningful difference in people’s lives. 

Training and support given: 

Mandatory training:  

•  Online Mental Health courses 

• NHS blood pressure testing

• Diabetes online training 

• Wellbeing Coach training (ongoing) 

Throughout your time volunteering with us, there will be additional online and in-person training that will be offered (depending on interest and projects we are running).

Expenses: 

We can provide expenses for travel and parking at events or training.

Skills and attributes required: 

• Ability to speak Punjabi

• Friendly, supportive and non-judgmental attitude.

• Effective communicator and active listener.

• Respectful of confidentiality and procedures.

• Reliable and committed.

• Empathetic and understanding of others’ cultures, beliefs and backgrounds.

Desirable:

• Previous qualifications or experience in Coaching would be highly beneficial but is not needed.

Reporting to: Health and Wellbeing Programme Officer

Commitment required: 

• Full induction and Mandatory online courses, as well as Blood pressure checks training before starting your volunteering. 

• Attend relevant training when offered. 

• We ask for a commitment of 6 months due to free training and individual support/development offered to our volunteers. In addition, you will be supporting clients on a one-on-one basis.

• You’ll be working with a client over a period of 6 months, and meet them at Townfield Doctors Surgery for six 30-minute sessions to track their progress.

Documents Required: 

• In your application form, you will be asked for 2 references who have known you for at least a year. They can be from a professional, a friend, a support worker etc.

• A basic DBS check is required for public-facing roles.

To apply for this role: 

A H4ALL application form must be completed. You can email us or visit our website to get an application form.

Head of Volunteering (Volunteer Role)

SUNSHINE Charity – Ending Loneliness for Londoners and Beyond

Do you believe no one should feel alone?

At SUNSHINE Charity, we’re a grassrotts start-up volunteer-powered charity building something bold, hopeful, and deeply human — a movement to end loneliness for Londoners and, one day, far beyond. But right now, at this very early and precious stage of our journey, we need someone extraordinary. Someone who can help us bring people together, one volunteer at a time.

We need you.

Why This Role Matters

Loneliness is silent, but its impact is loud. It affects mental health, physical wellbeing, confidence, and hope. Every day, thousands of people in our city feel invisible — and SUNSHINE exists to change that.

But we cannot do it alone.

Our volunteers will be the heartbeat of everything we do. They will be the smiling faces, the listening ears, the warm voices, the steady hands. They will be the reason someone feels seen again.

And you, as our Head of Volunteering, will make all of that possible.

What You’ll Lead

This is not just a role — it’s a chance to build something meaningful from the ground up.

You will:

• Design and launch SUNSHINE’s entire volunteering programme.

• Create a culture of positivity, team spirit, and continuous improvement.

• Build the systems, processes, and structure that will support volunteers for years to come.

• Recruit, onboard, and nurture a diverse community of volunteers — from short‑term helpers to long‑term champions.

• Shape the volunteer experience so every person who joins feels valued, supported, and inspired.

• Help us bring our mission to life through people who give their time, energy, and heart.

This is a role for someone who loves people, believes in potential, and sees volunteering as a powerful force for change.

Who You Are

You’re someone who:

• Lights up when talking about community.

• Believes deeply in kindness, connection, and purpose.

• Has experience in volunteering, people management, or community building.

• Thrives in start‑up environments where creativity and initiative are everything.

• Wants to leave a legacy — something that will grow long after you’ve planted the first seeds.

Most importantly, you’re someone who wants to make a difference that truly matters.

Why Join SUNSHINE?

Because this is your chance to:

• Build a volunteering programme from scratch.

• Shape the culture of a brand‑new charity.

• Work alongside passionate, hopeful, determined people.

• Know that your work directly helps end loneliness.

• Be part of something bigger than all of us.

Your leadership will help someone feel connected again. Your ideas will help someone smile again. Your programme will help someone feel less alone.

We Need You — Now

We are at the beginning of our journey, and volunteers are the lifeline that will help us launch. If you’ve ever wanted to use your skills to create real, lasting change, this is the moment.

If your heart is saying “yes,” then you have a heart of gold and we want to hear from you.

How to Apply

Please submit your CV and a short statement about why this role speaks to you. We welcome people from all backgrounds, experiences, and walks of life.

Come help us bring SUNSHINE into the lives of those who need it most.

Together, we can end loneliness.

Together, we can bring the sunshine back.

Overall Responsibility for Coordinating the service delivery and impact measurement of a chosen charity project on a day-to-day basis.

This is an exciting and unique opportunity to be instrumental in the growth and development of a fast-growing women & children’s charity. We are looking for someone to be an integral part of our team by ‘masterminding’ all aspects of running a chosen community project.

With your positive approach, you will enjoy working proactively and have the ability to juggle multiple tasks and respond to the day to day needs of the programme. You will be a confident communicator with the ability to build rapport and get conversations going with a wide range of people. You will lead and coordinate a team of volunteers in the implementation and provision of a responsive, high quality and service user-focused project.

Please find full Job description and Person Specification Attached.

We Need Your Help!

Our volunteer team is growing fast, demand for our services is rising, and we’re ready to scale — but we cannot deliver high‑quality, life‑changing support without someone who can design the training, development, and learning pathways that empower our volunteers to succeed.

We urgently need a leader who believes in growth, learning, and the power of well‑trained volunteers to transform lives.

Become Our Volunteer Training & Development Manager and Help Shape the Skills of a Charity

Unlock YOUR Potential supports NEET adults (18+) across East London to rebuild confidence, access coaching, improve wellbeing, and reconnect with their ambitions. Volunteers are at the heart of everything we do — and they deserve the best training, support, and development we can offer.

As a start‑up preparing for charity registration, we need someone who can build a complete volunteer learning ecosystem from scratch.

This is your chance to design the training that powers an entire organisation.

Your Impact

As our Training & Development Manager, you will shape how every volunteer learns, grows, and delivers support. Your leadership will ensure our coaches, mentors, facilitators, and team members feel confident, prepared, and aligned with our mission.

You will help us:

• Build a structured training pathway for all volunteer roles

• Create onboarding that inspires confidence and clarity

• Develop specialist training for coaching, mentoring, wellbeing, and safeguarding

• Ensure volunteers feel supported, skilled, and ready to make an impact

• Build the learning frameworks needed for charity registration and future funding

• Strengthen the quality and consistency of every service we deliver

Your work will directly influence the experience of every volunteer — and every adult they support.

What You’ll Lead On

• Volunteer Training Pathways: Designing clear, accessible learning journeys for each role.

• Onboarding & Induction: Creating a welcoming, informative, and inspiring introduction to UYP.

• Skills Development: Building workshops, guides, and resources for coaching, mentoring, wellbeing, and community engagement.

• Safeguarding & Compliance Training: Ensuring volunteers understand safe practice and organisational policies.

• Quality Assurance: Monitoring training effectiveness and improving it over time.

• Collaboration: Working closely with the Head of Volunteering and Head of Programmes & Services to align training with service needs.

This is a strategic and hands‑on role — perfect for someone who loves developing people and building learning systems.

What You Bring

You don’t need to have worked in a charity before — what matters most is a passion for learning, structure, and people development.

You may be:

• Experienced in training, L&D, coaching, mentoring, HR, or adult education

• Skilled at designing workshops, learning materials, or development pathways

• A strong communicator who can make complex ideas simple and engaging

• Someone who understands the challenges faced by NEET adults or brings lived experience

• A leader who wants to use their skills to empower volunteers and strengthen a community

Above all, you bring empathy, clarity, and a belief in the power of learning to unlock potential.

What You Gain

• A senior leadership role in a growing social impact start‑up

• The chance to build a full training and development function from scratch

• Real influence over the quality and impact of every volunteer interaction

• Experience in L&D strategy, volunteer development, and charity operations

• A meaningful legacy — your work will shape how volunteers grow for years to come

This is an opportunity to build the learning culture of an organisation with purpose.

If you’re ready to help us develop the people who drive change, we’d love to hear from you.

Unlock YOUR Potential:

Help us build a future where no one is left behind.

We Need Your Help!

Demand for our support in Tower Hamlets and the surrounding areas is rising fast, and our programmes are growing — but we cannot scale, sustain, or secure our future without funding. To unlock the resources we need, we urgently need someone who can turn our mission, impact, and vision into compelling funding applications.

We need a leader who believes in opportunity, social justice, and the power of well‑crafted words to open doors.

Become Our Volunteer Grant Writer and Help Us Secure the Funding That Changes Lives

Unlock YOUR Potential supports NEET adults (18+) across East London to rebuild confidence, improve wellbeing, and move toward employment, education, or training. As a start‑up preparing for charity registration, we must secure funding to grow our programmes, strengthen our infrastructure, and reach more adults who need us.

We need someone who can help us tell our story in a way that funders cannot ignore.

This is your chance to shape the future of a movement by securing the resources that make it possible.

Your Impact

As our Grant Writer, you will be the person who helps us turn ideas into funded programmes. Your leadership will shape how we communicate our impact, how we present our work to funders, and how we build the financial foundation needed for long‑term sustainability.

You will help us:

• Prepare strong, persuasive funding applications

• Identify grants, trusts, and foundations aligned with our mission

• Build the evidence base needed for charity registration

• Translate our impact into compelling narratives and clear outcomes

• Secure funding for our 12‑week programme, 1‑2‑1 coaching, wellbeing workshops, and mentoring

• Strengthen our credibility with funders, partners, and stakeholders

Your work will directly determine how many adults we can support — and how far our mission can grow.

What You’ll Lead On

• Grant Research: Identifying relevant funding opportunities from trusts, foundations, and local/national funders.

• Application Writing: Preparing high‑quality, persuasive funding bids.

• Case for Support: Helping craft our organisational story, mission, and impact narrative.

• Budget Collaboration: Working with the team to develop clear, realistic budgets for applications.

• Impact Evidence: Using data and stories (with support from the Impact & Evaluation Manager) to strengthen applications.

• Funding Strategy: Helping shape our approach to short‑term and long‑term funding.

• Reporting: Supporting the preparation of monitoring reports for successful grants.

This is a strategic and creative role — perfect for someone who loves writing, research, and turning ideas into funded reality.

What You Bring

You don’t need to have worked in a charity before — what matters most is clarity, creativity, and a passion for social impact.

You may be:

• Experienced in grant writing, bid writing, fundraising, or persuasive writing

• Skilled at turning complex ideas into clear, compelling narratives

• Confident researching funders and aligning proposals with their priorities

• Someone who understands the challenges faced by NEET adults or brings lived experience

• A detail‑driven communicator who enjoys crafting strong, evidence‑based applications

Above all, you bring heart, precision, and a belief that funding can unlock opportunity.

What You Gain

• A meaningful leadership role in a growing social impact start‑up

• The chance to shape our funding strategy from the ground up

• Real influence over how adults in Tower Hamlets and the surrounding areas access life‑changing support

• Experience in fundraising, grant writing, and charity development

• A legacy — your work will help build the financial foundation for years to come

This is an opportunity to secure the resources that make transformation possible.

If you’re ready to help us unlock funding for change, we’d love to hear from you.

Unlock YOUR Potential:

Help us build a future where no one is left behind.

Fundraising volunteer

Our vision for volunteering

Volunteering is and always will be at the heart of Cats Protection. It is joyful and inclusive. As a charity, working in partnership, together we transform the lives of cats, people and communities.

The difference you will make to cats and people

As a charity we are able to help thousands of cats each year thanks to the generous donations we receive from members of the public. Our fundraising volunteers use their passion for cats and people to raise the vital funds needed to help more cats and kittens in need. As a fundraising volunteer we want to support you to fundraise in whatever way suits you best, whether that’s organising a fundraising event, fundraising online, promoting fundraising activities on social media, completing administration or supporting the development of new fundraising ideas! Whatever your skill set, this could be the role for you! 

You can expect us to

• Make you feel welcome, included and respected in line with our values and behaviours
• Support you in having a positive and impactful experience at Cats Protection
• Cover agreed out-of-pocket expenses in line with our Expenses Policy
• Provide you with access to learning, development and engagement opportunities

What we need from you

This is a really flexible role, you can choose what you’d like to get involved with, for example: 

• face-to-face fundraising. Organising or helping with fundraising events, running supermarket collections and fundraising stands, monitoring collection tins 
• online fundraising. Setting up online appeals and writing impactful cat case studies that maximise donations
• marketing. Spreading the word about our fundraising activities, for example on social media and with the local press  
• completing administration. Processing donations, sorting and recording donated goods, completing Gift Aid paperwork
• championing our work. Getting involved with developing new fundraising ideas and increasing community engagement

Time expectation

This is a flexible role that can fit around your other commitments to suit you. You’ll be part of a team raising vital funds while having fun in the process!

You may be just the volunteer we’ve been looking for!

We are committed to building a diverse, compassionate and inclusive organisation where everyone can be themselves and do their best. We are courageous and compassionate in our purpose of helping people see the world through cats’ eyes. Together, we can make a difference. Together, we are all for cats. Join the UK’s leading cat welfare charity and help make a better life for cats, because life is better with cats.

A charity  based in  Croydon, Surrey, London, UK is looking for volunteer Charity Volunteer Assistants; to volunteer 30 unpaid hours per week. The Charity serves a multi ethnic community especially people from Black and ethnic minority backgrounds. 

Responsibilities:

• To assist in the delivery of events (ours and those we are invited to), projects and our yearly summer community event.
• To assist in the daily collection and drop off of Greggs after day produce to various soup kitchens
• To assist in promotion of organisations services. eg flyer distribution, school workshops, etc.
• To assist in the delivery of essential services 
• To assist in our soup kitchen projects

Person Specification:

• Someone enthusiastic and passionate about charity work and committed to working towards the achievements of the charities objectives.
• Knowledege of Black and ethnic minority tradition/culture is preferable however not essential.
• Experience is desirable.

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.

About CARAS: 

Community Action for Refugees and Asylum Seekers (CARAS) is a registered charity that has been supporting refugees and asylum-seekers since 2002 empowering them to integrate and engage in the local community. 

Arriving as an asylum seeker/refugee can be a disempowering experience. Difficulties with language, accessing services and overcoming prejudice are ever-present. As an organisation we are committed to work alongside refugees to overcome those challenges, and to help them build their lives. 

We offer group support and targeted support work. We offer a range of activities including: ESOL classes; social and recreational activities such as youth club, drama, trips, and family activities; educational support for young people; and casework and advocacy support. 

Our values are at the centre of all our work: 

• Kindness: CARAS will nurture all who are part of our community, helping everyone to develop their skills, talents, and interests. 

• Justice: CARAS will strive for social justice following a rights-based approach in all our work and challenging instances when rights are not upheld in wider society. 

• Empowerment: CARAS works alongside people, recognising and respecting their skills and strengths and striving together for better outcomes. 

• ‘With’ not ‘for’: CARAS will put the voices, opinions, experiences and needs of its beneficiaries at the heart of all that we do. 

About Youth Club:

Youth Club is a place for young people aged 14-19 to come and play games, learn new skills, make and strengthen friendships and build a sense of belonging. Regular activities include classic youth club games such as table tennis, pool, foosball, board and card games.

Youth club takes place at Tooting Hub- Beechcroft Road, Tooting, SW17 7B

About the Role:

CARAS is looking for volunteer Football Assistants to support our Football sessions on Mondays, 5.30-7pm in Balham.

Football coaching sessions are led by Fulham FC Kicks programme weekly, supported by CARAS volunteers to offer welcome to young people.

Volunteer tasks and responsibilities

· Welcoming young people to the session;

· Helping young people to register for sessions;

· Join in and be role model for young refugees and asylum seekers;

· Assisting participants to recognise and celebrate their achievements;

· Following FULHAM FC safeguarding policy and CARAS’ confidentiality, safeguarding, health & safety, equal opportunities, data management, online communications and all other policies as relevant.

Requirements:

Essential

· To be 18 years or older;

· To be non-judgemental and able to engage with people from diverse cultural backgrounds;

· To be reliable and punctual;

· Excellent communication skills, especially with people with varying levels of English;

· The ability to volunteer on Monday evenings for a minimum of four months;

· Currently resident in the UK;

- A love of football, and wanting to encourage others to play.

· Able to provide five years’ worth of addresses, and willing to undergo an enhanced DBS check (residency is not necessary if you are a Caras community member who is more recently arrived in the UK);

· Able to attend compulsory volunteer induction training (online) general and safeguarding prior to start of role

Desirable

· Knowledge of community languages, such as (including Arabic, Tigrinya, Amharic, Pashto, Dari, Farsi, Kurdish, Somali and Spanish).

Through volunteering with us you will:

· Meet new members of your local community;

· Learn about different cultures;

· Learn about issues relating to refugees and people seeking asylum;

- Be able to obtain a reference from us relating to your placement after 3 months’ regular volunteering

· Work as part of a friendly, welcoming team;

· Develop your skills and competencies;

· Be able to access relevant training;

Organisation overview
Sevenoaks Welcomes Refugees is a local charity formed in March 2017. We are a small but growing charity, whose volunteers and supporters have come together to welcome and help support the refugees who have fled the fighting and persecution in Syria, Afghanistan and Ukraine, and are now resettling in our community.
Starting with just one refugee family, we have expanded our efforts over the years and are proud to have supported about 70 families as they settle and rebuild their lives in our community. Currently we support 150 refugees and have over 100 volunteers, of whom 75 provide the service to the refugees. We are completely funded by donations and fundraising.

The role:
To lead SWR’s operational team (‘the VLT’) that helps refugees move from crisis to confidence and citizenship—ensuring every family is supported and nothing important is missed. The team also supports those volunteers assisting the refugees along their path to independence. The VLT is a friendly group of able and energetic people who specialise in different areas of refugee and volunteer support.

What we are looking for:
The VLT is a friendly group of able and energetic people who specialise in different areas of refugee and volunteer support. They need someone who is good at leading teams, who can orchestrate their activities and make sure that nothing important is missed. This also involves being good at working with people and working calmly and methodically through the issues which arise.

What you’ll actually be doing:
● Leading the team. Your role is all about supporting and motivating the team around you, helping it to focus on key issues and, as refugee needs change, adjusting the team and building it to address the emerging needs of our refugee community.
● Operational oversight: This is the operational heart of the role. You ensure, with the team, that issues are tracked and resolved.
● Support to the leads: You’ll support our specialist leads (which are principally, family, data, housing, employment and language).They are likely to be far more expert in their subject areas but you’re their support and sounding board.
● The board liaison: You’ll be the voice of the VLT working with the board Chair. As the VLT Chair you are an important voice in setting operational norms and priorities.
● Liaison with other agencies at the operational level such as the Refugee Council.
Is this for you?
● You can deal with people: You have empathy and good judgement to handle difficult situations for volunteers who care deeply, sorting out problems with them while keeping focused on professional outcomes.
● You’re naturally organized: You can separate out the important from the less important, the urgent and the non-urgent in juggling resources. You can spot the issue that others may have forgotten.
● You have the capacity: This role may take 7 hours per week, often less but on occasion more.

The handover:
Our current chair is stepping down in August 2026. We’d love a successor to start "shadowing" the Volunteer Leadership Team and the chair’s role within it in the late spring or early summer to see how the operational system works to benefit the refugees and meet some of the volunteers who make the services happen.

Why this role matters
Without an effective Chair, small problems can become bigger problems for both the families we support and the volunteers assisting them. You will be the person ensuring operationally that SWR remains a reliable and compassionate support to the refugees, and an excellent place to be a volunteer in. When a refugee or a volunteer reaches out, they are supported by a system that works and people that care.

What will you get:
You will get deep satisfaction and enjoyment from working closely with a deeply dedicated and fun VLT team, as well as the hugely dedicated trustees and wider volunteer membership. You, and your team can see life-changing success stories first-hand, and help shape the future of a lean and highly effective local charity.

Prison-based volunteers are the backbone of Fine Cell Work (FCW). Supported by the Fine Cell Work programmes team and by other staff at the FCW office, they teach and administer FCW stitching groups in prisons.

Prison volunteers work in teams to organise classes and teach our stitchers, as well as providing groups information to the prison and to the FCW office. The precise mix of skills will vary from prison to prison.

Volunteering in prison for Fine Cell Work requires ideally a good level of needlework skill (or a willingness to learn), some teaching experience and/or experience of working with socially-excluded groups. Volunteers must be patient and non-judgemental in order to work effectively. As a prison volunteer you will:

• Developing skills and confidence
• Teach prisoners to stitch FCW products within the framework of our training programme
• Encouraging and supporting prisoners to volunteer as class coordinators and peer mentors
• Encouraging and helping prisoners who wish to undertake their own creative projects
• Teaching prisoners to stitch FCW products within the framework of our training programme
• Encouraging and supporting prisoners to volunteer as class coordinators and peer mentors
• Encouraging and helping prisoners who wish to undertake their own creative projects

It is essential for volunteers to support FCW ethos, believe in rehabilitation, be an excellent teamworker, observe personal boundaries, be reliable and patient to ensure cell groups run smoothly, and have record-keeping skills and have at knowledge of tapestry/needlework. . 

Volunteers work in prisons around the UK dependant on where groups are based, therefore it is requred that volunteers will be able to travel to the relevant prisons. Travel expenses will be reimbursed by the charity. 

Please take some time to read the role description to find put more details about the role and what we offer to our volunteers. 

At Fine Cell Work, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in FCW’s workforce.

These include applicants from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, people with disabilities, LGBTQI+, and male identifying applicants as these are currently under-represented in our volunteers groups.

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:

• To assist GNDFuk's permanent instructors in finding and providing creative forms of engagement for both our youth and adult programmes.
• To assist in project and schedule planning including setting and clearing up 30 minutes before and after projects and events
• To assist in ensuring that activities are executed safely
• To assist in coordinating events and activities to encourage the objectives of GNDFuk

Person Specification:

• Someone enthusiastic and creative who is committed to working towards the achievements of the charities objectives.
• Knowledege of Black and ethnic minority tradition/culture is preferable however not essential.
• Experience is desirable.

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.

We Need Your Help!

Unlock YOUR Potential is growing fast, demand for our programmes is rising, and we are preparing for charity registration — but we cannot build a strong, credible, and sustainable organisation without someone who can guide our finances with clarity, integrity, and confidence.

We urgently need a leader who believes in transparency, good stewardship, and the power of strong financial foundations to change lives.

Become Our Volunteer Finance Manager / Treasurer and Help Build the Financial Backbone of Unlock YOUR Potential

Unlock YOUR Potential supports NEET adults (18+) across East London to rebuild confidence, improve wellbeing, and move toward employment, education, or training. As a start‑up, we are building everything from scratch — and our financial systems must be robust, compliant, and ready for growth.

We need someone who can help us manage our finances responsibly and prepare us for the next stage of our journey.

This is your chance to shape the financial health of a future charity.

Your Impact

As our Finance Manager / Treasurer, you will play a critical role in ensuring we are financially sound, transparent, and ready for charity registration. Your leadership will shape how we budget, report, and plan for the future.

You will help us:

• Build strong financial systems and processes

• Prepare budgets for programmes, fundraising, and operations

• Maintain accurate bookkeeping and financial records

• Support grant applications with clear, realistic budgets

• Produce financial reports for trustees, funders, and partners

• Ensure we meet our legal and financial responsibilities as we grow

• Strengthen our credibility and sustainability as a future charity

Your work will directly influence our ability to deliver life‑changing support to adults in Tower Hamlets and the surrounding areas.

What You’ll Lead On

• Budgeting: Creating and managing budgets for programmes, operations, and fundraising.

• Bookkeeping: Maintaining accurate financial records, transactions, and documentation.

• Financial Reporting: Preparing monthly/quarterly reports for the Board of Trustees.

• Charity Registration: Supporting the financial elements of our application and governance.

• Grant Support: Working with the Grant Writer to prepare budgets for funding bids.

• Financial Controls: Ensuring safe, transparent, and compliant financial practices.

• Strategic Planning: Advising the Founder and Board on financial sustainability and growth.

This is a strategic and hands‑on role — perfect for someone who loves structure, numbers, and building strong foundations.

What You Bring

You don’t need charity finance experience — what matters most is integrity, accuracy, and a commitment to good financial stewardship.

You may be:

• Experienced in finance, accounting, bookkeeping, or financial management

• Skilled at budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting

• Comfortable working with spreadsheets, accounting tools, or simple financial systems

• Someone who understands the importance of transparency and compliance

• A detail‑driven communicator who enjoys creating order and clarity

Above all, you bring honesty, reliability, and a belief that strong finances unlock opportunity.

What You Gain

• A senior leadership role in a growing social impact start‑up

• The chance to build the financial systems of a future charity

• Real influence over how adults in Tower Hamlets and the surrounding areas access life‑changing support

• Experience in charity finance, governance, and strategic planning

• A meaningful legacy — your work will shape our financial health for years to come

This is an opportunity to build the financial backbone of an organisation with purpose.

If you’re ready to help us build strong financial foundations for change, we’d love to hear from you.

Unlock YOUR Potential:

Help us build a future where no one is left behind.

AFRIL’s Allotment of Refuge is an integrated group of growers and gardeners both with and without lived experience of migration. The Allotment provides a weekly wellbeing space for AFRIL members to come together with members of the broader community and learn about food growing, learn new skills and enjoy a shared lunch. The Allotment also grows crops which are distributed at AFRIL’s Foodbank.

Our volunteers are crucial in supporting AFRIL staff to obtain the best outcomes for our clients, and this role will provide you with an opportunity to see a hands-on outdoor project, learn about growing and gain valuable insight into the immigration system and its many challenges.

Octavia works with people affected by unemployment, ill health, social isolation or low income to connect them with opportunities for positive personal change. Our vision is to build stronger, happier and healthier communities in central and west London to help create an enriched life where we live.

We believe that every young person should have a place they can go to feel safe, included and inspired. We provide a comprehensive programme of activities that meet the needs of local children and young people. As a youth work volunteer, you would be contributing towards this vision.

Reasons to volunteer

Would you like to inspire and support young people, by exploring digital media? Would you love to help young people feel valued, included and gain in confidence? We also offer the opportunity to:

· Opportunity to learn new skills, especially in digital media software and equipment

· Be part of exciting creative projects and activities

· Gain strong experience with a diverse cohort of young people

· Full induction and training, including: safeguarding, confidentiality, health & safety and opportunities to attend training courses to develop your expertise in youth work & digital media

· Travel costs reimbursed on the provision of receipts*

What would I be doing?

· Assisting in delivery of creative and digital media based youth work sessions

· Assisting with set up and breakdown of session equipment and resources

· Assist in idea generation and planning of creative and digital media based youth work sessions

What skills are we looking for?

· Passionate about working with young people and providing opportunities for their development

· Passionate about a creative area (e.g. Filmmaking/photography/music production/web design)

· Willingness to strictly follow safeguarding policies and best practice in work with young people

· We expect volunteers to be with us for 4 hours per week