Volunteer roles in Bury

We’re looking for trustees

We’re looking to recruit dynamic, committed and motivated people with professional skills and experience who are as passionate as we are about empowering individuals to work through and beyond their experience of sexual abuse.

Specific qualifications are not necessarily required and we welcome applicants with lived experience. A genuine interest in learning about our charity and our services within the local community is essential.

These trustees will help to form a new board dedicated to supporting the charity and contributing to the effective and quality governance of Trust House. You will play an active role in developing the strategic direction of the charity and provide guidance to ensure the charity continues to support anyone affected by rape or sexual abuse in the Thames Valley area.

Make a Smile is seeking a motivated and organised Chapter President to lead one of our local Chapters. This is a key leadership position responsible for overseeing committee operations, supporting volunteers, and ensuring the smooth running of all Chapter activities.

About Make a Smile

Make a Smile is a charity dedicated to bringing joy to children through character visits, events, and community engagement. Each Chapter is run by a volunteer committee, and the President plays a central role in guiding and supporting that team.

Role Overview

The Chapter President is responsible for the overall management, development, and compliance of their Chapter. You will lead the committee, coordinate activities, and act as the main link between your Chapter and the national Board of Trustees.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys leading teams, solving problems, and making a meaningful impact in their community.

Key Responsibilities

• Local Leadership
• Oversee the day‑to‑day running of the Chapter and support committee members in their roles.
• Provide direction, guidance, and oversight across volunteer recruitment, events, fundraisers, and costume management.
• Chair committee meetings and ensure tasks are completed efficiently and on time.
• Identify when committee members need support and step in with advice, delegation, or hands‑on help.
• Complete and maintain the Chapter Development Plan and work towards improving Chapter performance each year.
• Ensure all activities comply with the charity’s constitution, handbook, and legal requirements.

National Responsibilities

• Act as the primary point of contact between your Chapter and the Board of Trustees.
• Submit a monthly report on Chapter progress, challenges, and key decisions.
• Attend the monthly Charity Leadership Meeting to share updates and contribute to national planning.
• Implement national guidance and changes communicated by Trustees.
• Manage your Chapter’s allocated budget and support fundraising targets.
• Ensure all required paperwork is kept up‑to‑date, including logs, finances, and post‑event forms.

What We’re Looking For

• Strong leadership and communication skills.
• Ability to motivate and support a team.
• Organised, proactive, and able to manage multiple responsibilities.
• Confident decision‑maker with a collaborative approach.
• Passionate about Make a Smile’s mission and working with volunteers.
• No prior charity leadership experience required — full training and guidance provided.

What You’ll Gain

• Leadership and management experience.
• Opportunities to develop strategic planning and organisational skills.
• A chance to make a real difference in your community.
• Experience working closely with a national charity board.
• A rewarding role where you help create magical experiences for children.

Summary

As Chapter President, you will:

• Lead and support your committee.
• Ensure effective operations and compliance.
• Drive Chapter development and improvement.
• Represent your Chapter at national level.
• Lead by example and uphold the values of Make a Smile

Volunteer Opportunity – Graphic Designer

Lyonic Scots Society

Help Shape the Visual Identity of the Lyonic Scots

Neart, Dìlseachd, agus Urram
Strength, Loyalty, and Honour

The Lyonic Scots Society is seeking a creative and talented Graphic Designer to help bring the vision of the Lyonic Scots to life through engaging and professional visual design.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in building the visual identity of a growing international cultural society and micronation. Your work will help us promote our heritage, attract new members and volunteers, support events and campaigns, and create a strong and recognisable brand.

As Graphic Designer, you will have the opportunity to leave a lasting mark on the Lyonic Scots by helping create the designs and materials that represent our community to the world.

About the Role

The Graphic Designer will work closely with the Marketing and Communications Lead, Chair, and other volunteers to create visual content that promotes the Lyonic Scots Society and supports our activities and campaigns.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys creative design, branding, digital content creation, and helping community organisations make a positive impact.

Key Responsibilities

1. Brand Development

• Help develop and refine the visual identity of the Lyonic Scots Society.
• Create and adapt logos for use across different platforms and formats.
• Develop brand guidelines to ensure consistent use of logos, colours, typography, and imagery.
• Help establish a professional and recognisable visual presence.

2. Social Media Design

• Create engaging graphics for social media campaigns.
• Design content for Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X, and other platforms.
• Develop templates that can be used by volunteers across the organisation.
• Support membership, volunteer recruitment, fundraising, and awareness campaigns.

3. Marketing Materials

• Design posters, flyers, banners, leaflets, and promotional materials.
• Create digital graphics for newsletters, websites, and presentations.
• Develop event branding and visual assets.
• Support campaigns celebrating Scottish heritage, community achievements, and Society initiatives.

4. Creative Projects

• Produce infographics and visual storytelling content.
• Design merchandise concepts and promotional items.
• Create certificates, awards, membership materials, and ceremonial documents.
• Support the visual development of new projects and initiatives.

5. Collaboration

• Work closely with the Marketing and Communications Lead to deliver campaigns.
• Support other volunteers with design requirements.
• Ensure designs align with the values and identity of the Lyonic Scots.

We Are Looking For Someone Who Has

• Creativity and a good eye for design.
• Experience using graphic design tools such as Canva, Adobe Creative Cloud, Affinity Designer, Figma, or similar software.
• An understanding of branding and visual communication.
• Good attention to detail.
• The ability to work independently and manage deadlines.
• A passion for helping organisations communicate effectively through design.

Whether you are an experienced designer, student, freelancer, or someone looking to build your portfolio, we encourage you to apply.

Desirable Skills

• Logo design and brand development.
• Social media content creation.
• Print and digital design.
• Illustration or digital artwork.
• Basic video editing or motion graphics.
• Experience creating brand guidelines.

These skills are desirable but not essential.

What You’ll Gain

By volunteering as our Graphic Designer, you will:

• Build your design portfolio with real-world projects.
• Gain experience working within a growing international organisation.
• Develop skills in branding, communications, and campaign design.
• Work on a variety of creative and meaningful projects.
• Enhance your CV and professional profile.
• Help shape the public image of the Lyonic Scots Society.

Most importantly, you will play a key role in helping preserve heritage, build community, and tell the story of the Lyonic Scots.

Time Commitment

Flexible and remote.

We anticipate approximately 3–6 hours per MONTH, although this may vary depending on campaigns, events, and design projects.

Our Values

Everything we do is guided by our motto:

Neart, Dìlseachd, agus Urram

Strength, Loyalty, and Honour

We are committed to building a welcoming, inclusive, and supportive community where volunteers can contribute their talents and make a meaningful difference.

Apply Today

If you are passionate about graphic design, creativity, branding, and storytelling, we would love to hear from you. Apply via Charity Job site with your portfolio and we will email you back with a brief.

Join the Lyonic Scots Society and help create the visual identity that will inspire, engage, and connect Lyonic Scots around the world.

Neart, Dìlseachd, agus Urram
Strength, Loyalty, and Honour

Volunteer Opportunity – Marketing and Communications Lead

Lyonic Scots Society

Help Tell Our Story and Grow Our Community

Neart, Dìlseachd, agus Urram
Strength, Loyalty, and Honour

The Lyonic Scots Society is seeking a creative, enthusiastic, and strategic Marketing and Communications Lead to help raise awareness of our organisation, grow our membership, engage our community, and share the story of the Lyonic Scots with audiences around the world.

This is an exciting opportunity to shape the public voice of a growing cultural society and micronation, helping to build a strong and recognisable brand while promoting Scottish heritage, community, and service.

As Marketing and Communications Lead, you will play a key role in helping the Lyonic Scots Society attract new members, volunteers, supporters, and partners while ensuring our communications reflect our values and vision.

About the Role

The Marketing and Communications Lead is responsible for developing and coordinating the Society’s marketing, communications, and public engagement activities.

Working closely with the Chair, Committee members, and volunteers, you will help create compelling content, manage communication channels, and strengthen the visibility of the Lyonic Scots Society both nationally and internationally.

Key Responsibilities

1. Marketing and Promotion

• Develop and implement marketing strategies and campaigns.
• Promote the Society’s activities, events, projects, and initiatives.
• Help increase awareness of the Lyonic Scots Society and its mission.
• Support membership and volunteer recruitment campaigns.
• Identify opportunities to expand our reach and engagement.

2. Communications

• Create engaging content for newsletters, websites, blogs, and social media.
• Help ensure consistent messaging across all communication channels.
• Draft announcements, press releases, and promotional materials.
• Support internal communications with members and volunteers.
• Help tell the stories of our community and celebrate achievements.

3. Social Media Management

• Coordinate the Society’s social media presence.
• Develop content plans and posting schedules.
• Create engaging posts, graphics, and campaigns.
• Monitor engagement and respond to enquiries where appropriate.
• Help grow online audiences and community interaction.

4. Brand Development

• Support the development and protection of the Lyonic Scots Society brand.
• Ensure communications reflect our values, identity, and heritage.
• Work with designers and content creators to maintain consistent branding.
• Help develop promotional resources and marketing materials.

5. Public Relations and Outreach

• Build relationships with community groups, cultural organisations, and media outlets.
• Identify opportunities for partnerships and collaboration.
• Support public awareness campaigns and events.
• Help position the Society as a respected voice in Scottish heritage and community engagement.

We Are Looking For Someone Who Has

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Creativity and enthusiasm for storytelling.
• Experience or interest in marketing, communications, public relations, social media, or branding.
• Good organisational skills and attention to detail.
• The ability to work independently and collaboratively.
• A passion for community building and cultural heritage.

Experience in marketing, communications, journalism, content creation, social media management, public relations, or digital marketing would be beneficial but is not essential.

What You’ll Gain

By volunteering as our Marketing and Communications Lead, you will:

• Gain valuable leadership experience.
• Develop strategic marketing and communications skills.
• Build a portfolio of campaigns and communications projects.
• Enhance your CV and professional profile.
• Work alongside a passionate and supportive volunteer team.
• Play a key role in shaping the future growth and visibility of the Lyonic Scots Society.

Time Commitment

Flexible and primarily home-based.

We anticipate approximately 4–8 hours per MONTH, with flexibility around campaigns, events, and projects.

Our Values

Everything we do is guided by our motto:

Neart, Dìlseachd, agus Urram

Strength, Loyalty, and Honour

We welcome volunteers from all backgrounds who share our commitment to community, heritage, service, respect, and inclusion.

Apply Today

If you are passionate about communications, marketing, storytelling, and helping communities grow, we would love to hear from you. Apply via Charity Job site with your CV and Cover Letter stating why you wish to volunteer with the Lyonic Scots.

Join the Lyonic Scots Society and help us share our story, celebrate our heritage, and build a thriving international community for generations to come.

Neart, Dìlseachd, agus Urram
Strength, Loyalty, and Honour

Volunteer Opportunity – Volunteer Coordinator

Lyonic Scots Society

Help Build and Support Our Volunteer Community

Neart, Dìlseachd, agus Urram
Strength, Loyalty, and Honour

The Lyonic Scots Society is seeking a passionate and organised Volunteer Coordinator to help recruit, support, and develop volunteers across our growing international community.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a central role in building the volunteer team that will help preserve Scottish heritage, strengthen our community, organise events, and support the development of the Lyonic Scots Society.

As Volunteer Coordinator, you will be at the heart of our organisation, ensuring volunteers feel welcomed, valued, supported, and inspired to contribute their skills and time.

About the Role

The Volunteer Coordinator is responsible for helping the Society attract, recruit, engage, and retain volunteers across a wide range of roles.

You will work closely with the Chair, Committee members, and volunteers to create a positive and rewarding volunteer experience while helping the Society grow its capacity and impact.

Key Responsibilities

1. Volunteer Recruitment

• Develop and promote volunteer opportunities.
• Create and manage volunteer recruitment campaigns.
• Respond to volunteer enquiries.
• Arrange informal volunteer conversations and onboarding.
• Help match volunteers to suitable roles based on their interests and skills.

2. Volunteer Support

• Welcome and support new volunteers.
• Act as a key point of contact for volunteers.
• Help ensure volunteers feel included, informed, and appreciated.
• Support volunteers with any questions or concerns.
• Encourage volunteer wellbeing and engagement.

3. Volunteer Development

• Help identify training and development opportunities.
• Support volunteers to gain confidence and experience.
• Encourage progression into leadership and committee roles where appropriate.
• Help build a positive and supportive volunteer culture.

4. Volunteer Administration

• Maintain volunteer records and contact information.
• Track volunteer numbers and participation.
• Assist with volunteer communications.
• Support the organisation of volunteer meetings and events.

5. Community Building

• Help create a welcoming and inclusive environment.
• Promote the Society’s values and mission.
• Encourage collaboration between volunteers across different projects and locations.
• Celebrate volunteer achievements and contributions.

We Are Looking For Someone Who Has

• Excellent communication and people skills.
• Good organisational abilities.
• A friendly, approachable, and supportive attitude.
• The ability to motivate and inspire others.
• Reliability and commitment.
• An interest in Scottish heritage, community development, or volunteering.

Previous experience coordinating volunteers, managing teams, or working within community organisations is welcome but not essential.

What You’ll Gain

By volunteering as our Volunteer Coordinator, you will:

• Gain valuable leadership and management experience.
• Develop skills in recruitment, people management, and community engagement.
• Build experience within a growing cultural organisation.
• Enhance your CV and professional development.
• Meet people from diverse backgrounds and locations.
• Play a key role in shaping the future of the Lyonic Scots Society.

Time Commitment

Flexible and home-based.

We anticipate approximately 4–8 hours per MONTH, although this can vary depending on recruitment campaigns and Society activities.

Our Values

Everything we do is guided by our motto:

Neart, Dìlseachd, agus Urram

Strength, Loyalty, and Honour

We are committed to creating a welcoming, respectful, and inclusive community where volunteers can thrive and make a meaningful contribution.

Apply Today

If you enjoy working with people and would like to help build a thriving volunteer community, we would love to hear from you. Apply via Charity Job site with your CV and a Cover Letter on why you wish to volunteer with the Lyonic Scots.

Join the Lyonic Scots Society and help us preserve our heritage, strengthen our community, and build a legacy for future generations.

Neart, Dìlseachd, agus Urram
Strength, Loyalty, and Honour

Volunteer Opportunities – Lyonic Scots Society

Help Build the Future of the Lyonic Scots

Neart, Dìlseachd, agus Urram
Strength, Loyalty, and Honour

The Lyonic Scots Society is seeking passionate and dedicated volunteers to help establish and grow an exciting international community dedicated to preserving Scottish heritage, supporting our members, celebrating our traditions, and building the future of the Lyonic Scots.

Whether you have experience in leadership, administration, finance, events, community engagement, or simply a desire to contribute, we would love to hear from you.

As a volunteer, you will play a vital role in helping develop a welcoming, inclusive, and thriving society that connects Lyonic Scots and friends around the world.

Available Volunteer Roles

1. Chair

Purpose of the Role

The Chair provides leadership to the Lyonic Scots Society and works closely with the Clan Chief (Prince of Scots), the Society Committee, and volunteers to ensure the Society fulfils its aims and objectives.

Responsibilities

• Lead committee meetings and annual meetings.
• Provide strategic direction and leadership.
• Support the development of the Society’s activities and projects.
• Represent the Society at events and functions.
• Encourage positive governance and teamwork.
• Help build partnerships and community relationships.

We’re Looking For

• Leadership and communication skills.
• Passion for Scottish heritage and community building.
• Ability to motivate and support volunteers.
• Strategic thinking and good judgement.

2. Vice Chair

Purpose of the Role

The Vice Chair supports the Chair and helps ensure the smooth running of the Society.

Responsibilities

• Support the Chair in their duties.
• Deputise when the Chair is unavailable.
• Assist with projects and events.
• Help coordinate volunteer activities.
• Contribute to strategic planning.

We’re Looking For

• Strong organisational skills.
• Enthusiasm and reliability.
• Teamworking and leadership potential.
• A positive and supportive approach.

3. Treasurer

Purpose of the Role

The Treasurer oversees the Society’s finances and helps ensure financial transparency and accountability.

Responsibilities

• Maintain accurate financial records.
• Monitor income and expenditure.
• Prepare financial reports for meetings.
• Assist with budgeting and fundraising planning.
• Ensure funds are managed responsibly.

We’re Looking For

• Good numerical and organisational skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Experience with bookkeeping, finance, or budgeting is desirable but not essential.
• Integrity and trustworthiness.

4. Secretary

Purpose of the Role

The Secretary supports the administration and governance of the Society.

Responsibilities

• Organise committee meetings.
• Prepare agendas and meeting papers.
• Take and distribute meeting minutes.
• Maintain Society records.
• Support communications and administration.

We’re Looking For

• Good organisational and communication skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Ability to manage information confidentially.
• Confidence using email and basic office software.

Why Volunteer With Us?

As a Lyonic Scots Society volunteer, you will have the opportunity to:

• Help shape a growing international cultural organisation.
• Preserve and celebrate Scottish heritage and traditions.
• Gain valuable experience in leadership, governance, finance, administration, and community development.
• Meet like-minded people from around the world.
• Develop new skills and enhance your CV.
• Make a lasting contribution to the future of the Lyonic Scots.

Our Values

Everything we do is guided by our motto:

Neart, Dìlseachd, agus Urram

Strength, Loyalty, and Honour

We welcome volunteers from all backgrounds who share our commitment to community, heritage, service, and mutual respect.

Apply Today

If you would like to help build the future of the Lyonic Scots Society and become part of an ambitious and inspiring journey, we would love to hear from you. Just apply via the Charity Job site with your CV and a Covering Letter on why you wish to volunteer. We will then review it and arrange an initial telephone interview.

Join us and help ensure that the spirit of the Lyonic Scots continues to thrive for generations to come.

Neart, Dìlseachd, agus Urram
Strength, Loyalty, and Honour

The Volunteer Team Leader / Deputy Team Leader leads the local volunteer team by motivating and supporting members to deliver agreed objectives. The role provides strategic direction, management, and guidance while ensuring a positive, inclusive, and effective team environment. 

What will you be doing?

To lead, motivate and support the local volunteer team in developing, delivering and monitoring a yearly local strategy that aligns with Crimestoppers's vision, mission and organisational priorities. 

What are we looking for?

• Strong leadership, interpersonal, and networking skills
• Experience leading teams, meetings or projects
• Confidence engaging with senior stakeholders and external partners
• Ability to support and motivate volunteers from diverse backgrounds
• Understanding of the local geographic area and community needs
• Willingness to learn and develop knowledge of Crimestoppers's strategies and plans

What difference will you make?

As Volunteer Team Leader / Deputy Team Leader, you will play a key role in empowering people to create safer communities. 

You will lead the local volunteer team, setting direction and ensuring activity aligns with Crimestoppers’ mission that people are the ones who stop crime. 

You will working closely with the Police, Community Safety Partnerships, and local organisations, and help deliver campaigns and events that improve community safety. 

Through regular communication with regional and national staff, you will ensure your volunteers stay informed, connected, and supported.

You also help to recruit, support, and develop volunteers, creating an inclusive and motivated local team. 

Volunteer Chair / Deputy Chair applicants must live in the local area where you are applying.

This role requires a commitment of around three years to support continuity and effective delivery. Monthly time commitments vary and may include:
• Local or national meetings
• Planning activities
• Partnership engagement
• Ongoing support for volunteers

The Volunteer Team Leader / Deputy Team Leader leads the local volunteer team by motivating and supporting members to deliver agreed objectives. The role provides strategic direction, management, and guidance while ensuring a positive, inclusive, and effective team environment. 

What will you be doing?

To lead, motivate and support the local volunteer team in developing, delivering and monitoring a yearly local strategy that aligns with Crimestoppers's vision, mission and organisational priorities. 

What are we looking for?

• Strong leadership, interpersonal, and networking skills
• Experience leading teams, meetings or projects
• Confidence engaging with senior stakeholders and external partners
• Ability to support and motivate volunteers from diverse backgrounds
• Understanding of the local geographic area and community needs
• Willingness to learn and develop knowledge of Crimestoppers's strategies and plans

What difference will you make?

As Volunteer Team Leader / Deputy Team Leader, you will play a key role in empowering people to create safer communities. 

You will lead the local volunteer team, setting direction and ensuring activity aligns with Crimestoppers’ mission that people are the ones who stop crime. 

You will working closely with the Police, Community Safety Partnerships, and local organisations, and help deliver campaigns and events that improve community safety. 

Through regular communication with regional and national staff, you will ensure your volunteers stay informed, connected, and supported.

You also help to recruit, support, and develop volunteers, creating an inclusive and motivated local team. 

Volunteer Chair / Deputy Chair applicants must live in the local area where you are applying.

This role requires a commitment of around three years to support continuity and effective delivery. Monthly time commitments vary and may include:
• Local or national meetings
• Planning activities
• Partnership engagement
• Ongoing support for volunteers

Kaleidoscope Trust is a UK-based international charity working for a future where LGBTI+ people everywhere can live free, safe and equal lives. For more than 13 years, we have worked in partnership with governments, activists and community organisations to provide funding, capacity building, research and advocacy support to grassroots movements across the Commonwealth and beyond. In the UK, we work across politics, diplomacy and civil society to ensure LGBTI+ rights remain a central part of the UK’s foreign policy and are championed within international institutions.

We are operating at a defining moment for global LGBTI+ rights. Across many countries, hard-won freedoms are being challenged by increasingly organised anti-rights movements, shrinking civic space and growing political hostility. Yet this period also demands ambition, resilience and solidarity. Having navigated a period of significant challenge, Kaleidoscope Trust has emerged with renewed strategic focus, strengthened partnerships and a clear commitment to supporting LGBTI+ organisations on the frontlines of change.

This next chapter includes the work of our Global LGBTI+ Rights Commission, bringing together research, advocacy and convening power to better understand and respond to the global rollback of rights. We continue to believe progress is possible when communities, governments and civil society work together – and we are looking for a Chair who shares that belief and can help lead Kaleidoscope Trust through this critical period.

We are now looking for a new Chair to lead our Board at this pivotal moment. Our Chair is responsible for ensuring that the board operates effectively and oversees a clear strategic direction for the charity, providing ambassadorial leadership as needed and constructive, supportive partnership with our CEO, Alex Farrow and our Senior Leadership Team. But critically, they will be a calm voice and fierce advocate as we navigate this rapidly shifting landscape. 

We’re looking for someone familiar navigating complex human rights systems with the ability to foster high performing governance that enables our team to build connections and to recalibrate for best impact. The successful person will have prior Chair or non-executive experience, or at a minimum sustained Director-level board exposure. They will be an enabling, facilitative leader able to foster robust debate and decision-making, they will be comfortable advocating for the rights of LGBTI+ people and supporting our charity to remain financially sustainable and adaptive to evolving risk.

It’s important to us that as a Board, we represent the people that we are working to support. We know that diverse boards are the most effective, they can think creatively and hold each other to account, therefore we are particularly looking for applications from trans people, women, People of the Global Majority, people without a degree, working class people and people of faith.

Download the candidate pack for the full role profile and assessment process, and for a conversation about the opportunity, please contact Tanya Stevens at our search partner All Leaders.

This is a voluntary, hybrid position requiring attendance at several board meetings per year at Kaleidoscope’s London offices, several online sub-committee meetings, with wider remote advisory support totalling 10-15 days per year. The Chair commits to a three year term, which is once renewable. Travel expenses for interviews and board commitments will be covered as required. Discussions regarding access needs are welcome. 

The closing date for applications is midday on Tuesday, 23 June. 

Volunteer Graphic Designer (Brand & Creative Design)

Unlock YOUR Potential

Location: Remote
Time Commitment: Flexible
Reports To: Founder / CEO
Salary: Voluntary Position
Closing Date: Ongoing Recruitment

Help Us Build a Brand That Inspires Change

At Unlock YOUR Potential, we believe everyone deserves the opportunity to thrive. Through careers coaching, employability support, personal development, wellness programmes, and mentoring, we help adults build confidence, unlock opportunities, and achieve their goals.

We are seeking a creative and passionate Volunteer Graphic Designer to help bring our brand to life. This is a fantastic opportunity to make a meaningful impact by shaping the visual identity of a growing charity and creating resources that will inspire, engage, and support our community.

As one of our founding volunteers, your work will help establish a professional and recognisable brand that reflects our mission of empowerment, growth, and opportunity.

About the Role

We have developed an AI-generated logo concept and are looking for a talented volunteer who can refine, format, and prepare it for professional use across digital and print platforms.

Beyond the logo, you will help create a cohesive visual identity and design engaging resources that support our programmes, events, fundraising activities, and community outreach.

Key Responsibilities

1. Brand Development

• Convert and optimise our AI-generated logo into professional formats.
• Create logo variations suitable for print, web, social media, and merchandise.
• Produce high-quality files including SVG, PNG, JPEG, PDF, and vector formats.
• Develop a comprehensive Brand Guidelines document.

2. Graphic Design

• Design promotional posters and flyers.
• Create social media graphics and templates.
• Produce presentation and workshop materials.
• Design banners, brochures, and information leaflets.
• Support the creation of fundraising and campaign materials.

3. Digital Content

• Develop branded templates for social media platforms.
• Create graphics for website content and newsletters.
• Design visual assets for volunteer recruitment campaigns.
• Help maintain visual consistency across all communications.

4. Creative Collaboration

• Work closely with the Founder and volunteer team.
• Contribute creative ideas to strengthen the charity’s identity.
• Support special projects and awareness campaigns.

What We’re Looking For

We are looking for someone who enjoys using creativity to make a positive difference.

Essential Skills

• Graphic design experience (professional, freelance, student, or hobbyist).
• Proficiency in design software such as Adobe Creative Suite, Canva, Affinity Designer, Figma, or similar tools.
• Understanding of branding and visual identity.
• Ability to create professional-quality digital and print-ready designs.
• Good communication and organisational skills.

Desirable Experience

• Brand development and guideline creation.
• Charity, community, or non-profit design work.
• Social media content design.
• Marketing or communications experience.
• Illustration or motion graphics skills.

Whether you’re an experienced designer building your portfolio or a creative professional looking to use your skills for a meaningful cause, we’d love to hear from you.

What You’ll Gain

By volunteering with Unlock YOUR Potential, you will:

• Help shape the visual identity of an emerging charity.
• Build an impressive portfolio of meaningful work.
• Gain experience creating branding for a charitable organisation.
• Work on a variety of creative projects.
• Develop leadership and project management skills.
• Receive recognition, references, and professional development opportunities.
• Make a lasting impact on the lives of adults seeking to improve their futures.

Our Values

• Empowerment – Helping people realise their strengths and potential.
• Growth – Encouraging continuous learning and development.
• Wellbeing – Supporting positive mental, emotional, and personal wellbeing.
• Opportunity – Creating pathways to brighter futures.
• Community – Building connections and supporting one another.
• Integrity – Acting with honesty, respect, and professionalism.

Diversity and Inclusion

Unlock YOUR Potential is committed to creating a welcoming, inclusive, and diverse organisation. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and communities.

Apply Today

If you’re passionate about design and want to use your creativity to help transform lives, we’d love to hear from you.

Unlock YOUR Potential

Empowering People. Transforming Futures.

“Your creativity can help people see the possibilities in themselves. Join us and help build a brand that inspires change.”

Are you a young person aged 18-25 ready to connect globally, build skills, and create positive change? Youth Connect is a virtual mobility programme bringing together young people from diverse backgrounds to learn, collaborate, and take action on issues that matter through supported social action in your local community.

Whether you're passionate about helping others or just curious to learn more and put this into practice, this programme will give you the confidence and tools to create meaningful change—right from home. The programme will run from late June - August and is open to young people aged 18-25 globally. 

✨ Open, inclusive, and designed for emerging changemakers.

�� Apply now and be part of a global community shaping the future.

Would you like to help end food insecurity and tackle climate change in Greater Manchester, whilst gaining valuable experience and skills? Or perhaps you'd just like to keep busy and active and make new friends, whilst supporting a great cause.

WHAT WE OFFER YOU

Induction, training and support.
Practical experience and transferable skills in food redistribution and warehousing.
A reference (after 2 months with us).
An understanding of warehousing and logistics.
Expenses:
Reimbursement of travel costs of up to £5 for public transport, and up to £6 for car drivers.
Up to £3 towards lunch, if you have special dietary requirements. (We provide lunch, so will contribute towards the cost of a meal, should you bring your own, if what we are offering isn't considered suitable; e.g. a diet that's restricted for health, ethics or religion).

ABOUT US
As a sustainability charity, we take donated surplus (over-stocked) food and redistribute it to people in need.
The initiatives we support include food banks, schools, community groups and charities.
Our vital work supports people experiencing extreme hardship and prevents good food going to landfill, where it would contribute to climate warming through greenhouse gas emissions. 
We need help in our warehouse to receive and record supplies, load and unload vans, and prepare orders for delivery. In return, we offer training and support to help you obtain skills and experience if you are seeking work. If you're not looking for a job, volunteering with us is rewarding in many other ways; offering an opportunity to make friends, keep physically active and support your community.

This role is vital to FareShare's work, ensuring that the food in our warehouse is sorted, labelled and organised into orders.
It is perfect for someone who is:

a) Looking for a practical activity to keep busy and physically fit.
b) Looking for experience and skills to gain employment in the food industry, warehousing or customer service.
c) Wanting to help their community and help tackle global warming.
d) Wanting to make new friends.

Our volunteer roles are available Monday to Friday, for a whole or half day, with shifts between 8:30-am-12:30pm and 12:30-4:30pm. 
Volunteers are typically involved on one day a week.

WHAT WILL I BE DOING?
Receiving, sorting, cataloguing and storing chilled and ambient food and preparing orders for delivery. 
Ensuring food quality and safety by checking ‘use by’ and ‘best before’ dates.
Unpacking deliveries, recording and categorising food.
Assembling food orders.
Assisting our Community Food Members with their order collections.
Maintaining health and safety and hygiene standards. 
Helping with cleaning and other routine tasks.

PERSON SPECIFICATION: You must...
Be reasonably physically fit to carry out tasks, including lifting and loading.
Speak English well in order to communicate clearly with our Community Food Members, and to understand and follow instructions and health and safety rules. 
Have basic literacy and numeracy skills to record details of donated food.
Be able to work to Health and Safety standards.
Be happy to complete tasks independently according to instruction.
Be positive, friendly and enthusiastic about tackling food waste and food insecurity.
Be reliable and able to commit to an agreed session/day.

LOCATION
We are located in Maynard House, New Smithfield Market, Openshaw, M11 2WJ, which is easily reachable on public transport. We have free-onsite parking and secure storage for bicycles.

​IMPORTANT NOTE:
You must be a UK resident and living within easy commuting distance of our base in order to volunteer with us. This is because our volunteers must be able to reliably commit to regular shifts for our roles.
We are unable to offer sponsorship for overseas applicants.

Know someone else who might be interested in volunteering with us?
Please pass our details on to them as we always welcome new people on our teams. :)

Whether you’re a jobseeker interested in a career in construction or woodwork, a student or recent college graduate seeking experience, or just someone with spare time on your hands, wanting to do something positive and meet new people, volunteering with the Touch Wood project at EMERGE 3Rs may be just the ticket!

Touch Wood is a wood recycling and upcycling initiative, which collects surplus and waste wood and timber and gives it a new lease of life, preventing it from being burned, chipped, or dumped in landfill.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

* Preparing wood for resale

* Assisting with the construction of wooden products, from small household items to pieces of furniture

Our Touch Wood volunteers are able to gain skills in practical woodworking, as we offer hands-on experience of working with reclaimed timber; from making basic lumber products ready for resale, through to assisting with the creation of bespoke items, such as kitchen equipment and home and garden furniture.

Full training in woodworking and health and safety is provided, along with Personal Protection Equipment.
Capped reimbursement of expenses is awarded for lunches and travel, where applicable.

The UK generates around 5 million tonnes of wood waste every year, but less than 1% is reused. Touch Wood rescues waste timber that would otherwise be landfilled or turned into woodchip; creating jobs and training opportunities for disadvantaged local people at the same time. We collect from construction sites, industrial estates and other commercial sources, reclaiming everything from pallets to indoor cycle tracks – you name it, we take it! Anything we can’t reuse is locally recycled, so nothing goes to waste. This reduces the carbon emissions associated with disposing of waste wood, offers cost savings for DIY enthusiasts, and provides training and job potential to volunteers in the workshop. Some of the timber we work with comes from high profile sources, including the entire track of the Manchester Velodrome cycling centre and wood removed in the recent refurbishment of Manchester’s historic Town Hall!

Our skilled team of staff and volunteers often use reclaimed timber to create beautiful and practical products, such as home and garden furniture. We regularly create bespoke pieces to order; some of it for famous clients like Olympic cycling champions Jason and Laura Kenny, for whom we made a table from the Manchester Velodrome track.

Please be advised that our volunteers require a fair level of physical fitness and manual dexterity as the role is entirely practical.

Our Touch Wood workshop and wood store is open Mon-Fri, 8.30am - 4pm.
We occupy a unit at Maynard House, inside New Smithfield Market, in Openshaw, North Manchester, which is accessed from the main entrance on Whitworth Street East (off Ashton Old Road). The site is served well by buses, and we have free parking onsite, as well as secure storage racks for pushbikes.

​IMPORTANT NOTE:
You must be resident in the UK and living in Greater Manchester, or within easy commuting distance of our base, in order to volunteer with us. There are no exceptions to this rule. This is because we require volunteers to be able to reliably commit to regular shifts for some of our roles. We are unable to offer sponsorship for overseas applicants.

Know someone else who might be interested in volunteering with us?
Please pass our details on to them as we always welcome new people on our teams. :)

Apply to join the DISC founding pilot program - Becuase your safeguarding team needs better intelligence

We support safeguarding teams to identify emerging online harms, social media threats and exploitation risks through digital threat intelligence.

DISC is looking for safeguarding professionals who already understand the challenges they face and want real analytical support to help protect children and young people. Through practical intelligence, early warning insight and a direct voice in shaping a new national digital threat intelligence professional network, founding members will help strengthen how safeguarding teams respond to fast moving online risks.

• < Direct Access > to practical tools designed by PhD Crime Science researchers for safeguarding professionals, including platform risk tracking, trend monitoring, URL checks, username analysis and safeguarding intelligence resources.

We are now inviting a small group of founding members to join the DISC pilot project. This is a voluntary, free pilot opportunity designed for designated Safeguarding Leads, Deputy DSLs, safeguarding governors, other professionals working directly in child protection or safeguarding.

We are particularly keen to hear from safeguarding professionals who are dealing with the realities of online risk in schools, youth settings, charities, academies, trusts or community organisations. You do not need to be a technical or digital expert. What matters is your safeguarding experience, your understanding of children and young people, and your willingness to help build something useful, ethical and thats genuinely crime prevention focused.

As a founding member, you will receive access to DISC pilot services and help shape what the service becomes. Your experience, feedback and professional judgement will directly influence the tools, briefings and intelligence support we develop for safeguarding teams across the UK.

Digital Intelligence & Safeguarding Centre started as a UCL, University of London based social venture supporting schools, charities and youth organisations with digital safeguarding intelligence. We help safeguarding teams make sense of online harms, social media risks, harmful trends, platform threats, online offenders and emerging digital behaviours that may affect children and young people.

This pilot is about partnership and community. DISC resources are designed to support, not replace, existing safeguarding policies, DSL decision, making or statutory responsibilities. Final safeguarding decisions remain with your organisation. Our role is to strengthen your awareness, improve your access to digital threat intelligence and help you respond earlier to emerging online risks.

This is a founding member opportunity! Participation is voluntary, free of charge and there is no obligation to continue after the pilot. Founding members will be recognised as early adopters and expert contributors to the DISC intelligence network and will have a direct say in how the service develops. If you are a safeguarding professional who wants better intelligence on online harms, stronger support for digital safeguarding decisions and the chance to help shape a new crime prevention focused service, we would be very pleased to hear from you.

During the pilot, founding members will receive:

• Weekly Threat Briefing on online risks, social media harms, and digital safeguarding trends
• Access to our crime analyst’s intelligence reports, platform alerts and threat assessments
• The opportunity to submit digital safeguarding tasking requests to the DISC Threat Desk
• Beta access to the DISC members dashboard and digital intelligence toolkit
• Successful applicants must attend the initial onboarding training session

                                                               Ready for real threat intelligence?