Volunteer roles in Doncaster
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Volunteer Grant Officer
Southwark Tenants’ Federation – Grassroots Housing Advice Charity
Location: Southwark / Remote (hybrid available)
Time commitment: Flexible (approx. 4–8 hours per week)
Contract: Volunteer
About Us
We are a small grassroots charity based in Southwark and the only surviving tenants’ federation in London. For decades, we have supported tenants and residents to defend their housing rights, challenge poor conditions, and have a collective voice in decisions that affect their homes and communities.
Our social housing advice service supports people facing homelessness, disrepair, evictions, and housing management issues, with a strong focus on empowerment and tenant-led action.
The Role
We are seeking a Volunteer Grant Officer to help us secure funding to sustain and grow our vital work. This role is crucial to keeping an independent, tenant-led voice alive in London.
You will work closely with a small, committed team and help ensure our advice service remains accessible to local residents.
Key Responsibilities
- Research grant funding opportunities suitable for a grassroots, tenant-led organisation
- Draft and submit grant applications to trusts, foundations, and statutory funders
- Maintain a simple funding pipeline and track deadlines
- Work with staff and volunteers to gather service data, outcomes, and case studies
- Assist with basic funder monitoring and reporting
About You
Essential:
- Strong written communication skills
- Good organisational skills and reliability
- Commitment to social justice and housing rights
Desirable (but not essential):
- Experience of grant writing or fundraising
- Knowledge of social housing, tenant organisations, or advice services
We particularly welcome applications from people with lived experience of social housing.
What We Offer
- Flexible volunteering hours
- Support, supervision, and guidance
- The opportunity to contribute to a unique and historic tenant-led organisation
- Experience in grant writing within the voluntary and housing sectors
- References provided where appropriate
We particularly welcome applications from people with lived experience of social housing. We are very flexible, so still apply even if you don't have a lived experience but can write a bid
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Job Description
We are looking for a Volunteer Marketing Automation Specialist to help build and manage the CIC’s digital systems that connect campaigns, content, and community engagement.
You will design and maintain automated workflows, supporter journeys, and tools that help people take meaningful action while respecting trauma-informed and safeguarding principles. This role works closely with the Digital Marketing Director and Marketing team to ensure digital systems are secure, ethical, and effective.
The role focuses on marketing automation, workflow design, and improving supporter experience.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and maintain automated workflows connecting email, forms, CRM, and campaigns
- Build supporter journeys for volunteering, fundraising, membership, and engagement
- Develop logic-based workflows (triggers, segmentation, conditional pathways)
- Integrate digital platforms and ensure smooth, GDPR-compliant operations
- Monitor performance, optimise systems, and document processes clearly
- Work with campaign teams and copywriters to align messaging and automation
- Identify inefficiencies, propose improvements, and flag potential risks
What We’re Looking For
- Experience or interest in CRM, marketing automation, or workflow design
- Understanding of digital funnels, supporter journeys, and performance metrics
- Ability to design structured, logic-based workflows and troubleshoot systems
- Comfort working within safeguarding, GDPR, and ethical frameworks
- Experience in nonprofit or social impact campaigns is helpful but not required
- Familiarity with automation tools like Mailchimp, ActiveCampaign, HubSpot, Zapier or Salesforce is a plus
What You’ll Gain
- Experience building ethical digital systems for a social impact organisation
- Hands-on exposure to marketing automation and workflow design
- Opportunity to help shape scalable digital processes from the ground up
- Priority consideration for future paid roles when funding becomes available
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Job Description
We are looking for a Volunteer Digital Marketing Director to help lead and coordinate our digital outreach and growth strategy.
You will help develop and manage the organisation’s digital marketing activities, ensuring campaigns, content and communication channels work together to raise awareness and engage supporters.
This role involves working closely with the Founder and Digital Marketing team to guide digital campaigns, support online engagement and help build systems that allow the organisation to grow.
The role focuses on strategy, coordination and improving the impact of digital campaigns and outreach.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and coordinate the organisation’s digital marketing strategy
- Support the planning and delivery of digital campaigns across platforms
- Work with content, design and campaign teams to align messaging and activities
- Help build digital pathways for volunteers, donors and supporters to engage with the organisation
- Monitor campaign performance and recommend improvements
- Oversee tools such as email marketing platforms, social media channels and CRM systems
- Ensure digital activities follow data protection and GDPR guidelines
- Provide updates and insights to leadership on digital performance
What We’re Looking For
- Experience or strong interest in digital marketing strategy or campaign management
- Ability to coordinate multiple digital channels such as social media, email and websites
- Experience working with tools such as CRM systems, email marketing platforms or digital collaboration tools
- Strong organisational and leadership skills
- Ability to work collaboratively with a remote volunteer team
- Interest in social impact, community engagement or nonprofit work
- Experience in nonprofit digital marketing or campaign strategy is helpful but not required
What You’ll Gain
- Leadership experience helping guide the digital strategy of a growing organisation
- Opportunity to help build digital systems and campaigns from the ground up
- Hands-on experience working with a multidisciplinary digital team
- Priority consideration for future paid roles when funding becomes available
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Job Description
We are looking for a Volunteer Data & Performance Officer to help track and analyse how our digital campaigns and platforms are performing.
You will help collect and interpret data to understand what content and activities are engaging our community and supporting our mission. The insights you provide will help teams improve campaigns, outreach and supporter engagement.
You will work with the Digital Marketing Director and Digital Marketing team to monitor performance across websites, social media and digital campaigns.
This role focuses on analytics, reporting and turning data into useful insights for the team.
Key Responsibilities
- Track performance across digital campaigns, websites and social media platforms
- Monitor key metrics such as engagement, reach, sign-ups and conversions
- Create simple reports and dashboards to share insights with the team
- Translate data into clear recommendations for improving campaigns
- Ensure data is handled responsibly and follows GDPR and data protection guidelines
- Work with campaign and fundraising teams to measure the impact of activities
- Help develop simple systems for ongoing analytics and performance tracking
What We’re Looking For
- Experience or interest in data analysis, digital analytics or performance reporting
- Familiarity with tools such as Google Analytics, social media insights or spreadsheets
- Ability to interpret data and explain insights clearly to non-technical teams
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to accurate data handling
- Understanding of data protection and GDPR principles
- Comfort collaborating with a remote volunteer team
- Experience in nonprofits, digital campaigns or impact measurement is helpful but not required
What You’ll Gain
- Experience analysing digital campaigns for a social impact organisation
- Opportunity to help build analytics and reporting systems from the ground up
- Hands-on experience working with digital marketing and campaign teams
- Priority consideration for future paid roles when funding becomes available
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Job Description
We are looking for a Volunteer Creative Visual Designer to help create engaging visual content that supports our campaigns, fundraising and awareness work.
You will design graphics and visual materials that communicate important messages clearly and responsibly. This includes creating visuals for social media, digital campaigns and community engagement initiatives.
You will work with the Digital Marketing Director and Digital Marketing teams to produce creative designs that help communicate our mission and build trust with our audience.
This role focuses on creative design, visual storytelling and supporting digital campaigns.
Key Responsibilities
- Design visual assets for digital campaigns, including social media graphics, ads, posters and banners
- Create visual concepts to support awareness and fundraising campaigns
- Adapt designs for different formats such as social media, email, websites and presentations
- Work with writers and campaign teams to align visuals with messaging
- Maintain simple design templates and ensure visual consistency
- Ensure all designs are respectful and appropriate for sensitive topics
- Review and improve visuals based on feedback and engagement
- Organise design files and reusable templates for the team
What We’re Looking For
- Experience or interest in graphic design or visual content creation
- Ability to communicate ideas clearly through visual design
- Familiarity with tools such as Canva, Adobe Creative Suite, Figma or similar platforms
- Understanding of social media formats such as posts, ads, stories and carousels
- Ability to design responsibly around sensitive topics
- Comfort collaborating with a remote volunteer team
- Experience supporting campaigns, fundraising or awareness initiatives is helpful but not required
What You’ll Gain
- Experience creating visual campaigns for a social impact organisation
- Opportunity to help shape the visual identity of a growing initiative
- Hands-on experience working with digital campaign teams
- Priority consideration for future paid roles when funding becomes available
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Job Description
We are looking for a Volunteer Email Marketing & Retention Manager to help manage email communications that keep our supporters, volunteers and donors informed and engaged.
You will help design and manage email campaigns and supporter journeys that build trust and encourage people to stay connected with our work. This role involves working with the Digital Marketing Director and Digital Marketing teams to send updates, campaign messages and fundraising emails.
The role focuses on building structured email communication, maintaining supporter relationships and monitoring engagement.
Key Responsibilities
- Create and manage email campaigns for supporters, volunteers and donors
- Develop simple email journeys such as welcome emails, updates and campaign messages
- Segment audiences to send relevant and respectful communications
- Support fundraising, campaigns and community engagement through email
- Monitor performance such as open rates, clicks and engagement
- Maintain mailing lists and ensure data protection and GDPR compliance
- Work with content writers and campaign teams to align messaging
- Help build simple systems for long-term supporter communication
What We’re Looking For
- Experience or interest in email marketing or digital communications
- Familiarity with tools such as Mailchimp, MailerLite or similar email platforms
- Understanding of basic email metrics such as open rates and click rates
- Ability to organise communication journeys and supporter lists
- Comfort collaborating with a remote volunteer team
- Interest in social impact, community engagement or nonprofit work
- Experience in nonprofit communications or supporter engagement is helpful but not required
What You’ll Gain
- Experience managing email campaigns for a social impact organisation
- Opportunity to help build communication systems from the ground up
- Hands-on experience working with digital marketing and campaign teams
- Priority consideration for future paid roles when funding becomes available
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Job Description
We are looking for a Volunteer Creative Storyteller to help create meaningful written content that supports our campaigns, fundraising and community engagement.
You will help turn complex and sensitive topics into clear, respectful stories that raise awareness and encourage people to support our mission. This role works closely with the Digital Marketing Director and Digital Marketing teams to create content for social media, websites and digital campaigns.
The role focuses on ethical storytelling, clear communication and helping build the organisation’s public voice.
Key Responsibilities
- Create written content for social media, campaigns, websites and emails
- Help shape stories that support awareness, advocacy and fundraising
- Work with designers and campaign teams to develop engaging content
- Adapt messaging for different audiences and platforms
- Ensure all content is respectful, trauma-informed and aligned with our values
- Review and improve content based on feedback and engagement
What We’re Looking For
- Strong writing and storytelling skills for digital audiences
- Ability to communicate sensitive topics clearly and responsibly
- Interest in social impact, advocacy or community-focused work
- Ability to collaborate with a remote volunteer team
- Comfort adapting content for different platforms (social media, web, email)
- Experience in content writing, communications, campaigns or similar work is helpful but not required
What You’ll Gain
- Experience creating storytelling campaigns for a social impact organisation
- Opportunity to help shape the voice of a growing initiative
- Experience working with digital campaign teams
- Priority consideration for future paid roles when funding becomes available
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About The Big House
The Big House Multibank exists to improve lives and build a more sustainable Scotland by reducing waste, maximising resources, and supporting families facing hardship. We do this by redistributing surplus goods from corporate partners to frontline organisations, schools, social workers, health visitors and community groups who support families in crisis.
Based in Fife, with satellite hubs in Dundee, Perth and Edinburgh, and expanding across Scotland, we combine environmental action, social justice and community partnership to tackle poverty, reduce pollution and strengthen local support systems.
Our work supports families to stay together, children to thrive, and communities to flourish while diverting significant volumes of surplus goods from landfill.
Our Ambition
Our 2026 Business Plan sets out an ambitious growth agenda, including:
- Doubling the volume of goods distributed
- Expanding into the Glasgow City Region
- Introducing digital inventory and tracking systems
- Embedding wrap-around care pathways for families
Strengthening our circular economy and environmental impact
Increasing fundraising, communications and corporate partnerships
To deliver this, we are strengthening our Board to ensure excellent governance, strategic leadership, and a clear focus on impact, purpose and people.
Purpose of the Role
To provide strategic leadership and governance, ensuring The Big House fulfils its charitable objectives, operates effectively, and remains sustainable, accountable and impactful.
Key Responsibilities
- Set and uphold the strategic direction of the charity
- Ensure legal, regulatory and financial compliance
- Provide oversight of risk, safeguarding and organisational performance
- Support and challenge the executive team constructively
- Act as an ambassador and advocate for The Big House
Legal Duties
Trustees share collective responsibility for:
- Acting in the best interests of the charity
- Managing resources responsibly
- Ensuring accountability and transparency
- Complying with charity law and governance best practice
Skills & Experience We Are Seeking
We are seeking individuals with senior-level expertise in one or more of the following areas:
- Safeguarding & Social Care - senior experience in social work, education, health, early years or family support services, with strong safeguarding expertise.
- Supply Chain, Logistics & Warehousing - experience in logistics, operations, warehousing, fulfilment, or supply chain transformation.
- Digital Transformation & Data Governance - experience delivering digital systems, data governance, cyber security or operational technology.
- Circular Economy & Environmental Leadership - background in sustainability, reuse, recycling, environmental strategy or circular economy innovation.
- Corporate Retail, FMCG & Surplus Partnerships - senior experience within retail, manufacturing or FMCG, particularly in surplus, ESG or supply chain partnerships.
- Social Enterprise & Scale-Up Leadership - experience growing mission-led organisations, trading models or hybrid charities.
We also welcome candidates with strengths in:
- Finance, audit and risk
- Fundraising and philanthropy
- Communications, brand and public affairs
We are seeking Trustees who demonstrate:
- Strategic thinking and sound judgement
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Integrity, empathy and emotional intelligence
- Commitment to social justice and environmental sustainability
- Willingness to contribute time, expertise and energy
- Ability to challenge constructively and support collaboratively
We particularly welcome applications from individuals who:
- Bring lived experience of poverty or inequality
- Are underrepresented in charity governance
- Are at an earlier stage of their Board career
Timeline:
- We are recruiting Trustees on a rolling basis to allow flexibility and to ensure we appoint the right people at the right time as the organisation continues to grow.
- Applications will be reviewed as they are received, with interviews scheduled throughout the year.
- Appointments will be made on a rolling basis, with new Trustees formally ratified at the next appropriate Board meeting or Annual General Meeting (AGM), in line with our constitution.
- While we anticipate a number of appointments during 2026, we encourage early applications and expressions of interest at any point.
For more information, please download the job description attached in this advert.
A CV (maximum 3 pages) and a short supporting statement (maximum 2 pages) outlining:
• Your motivation to become a Trustee
• How your skills and experience align with our needs
• What you would bring to our Board
The Big House Multibank reduces waste and supports families in Scotland by redistributing surplus goods to families across the country.

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Job Title: Graphic Designer
Reports To: Department Manager
Location: Remote
Employment Type: Volunteer (12 hours/week for 6 months)
About the Project – “Solta o Jogo”
“Solta o Jogo” is a vibrant cultural competition and festival celebrating Brazilian heritage through Capoeira, music, dance, acrobatics, and a Brazilian arts & crafts fair. Hosted at Kingston University Townhouse, the event invites the community to participate in free performances, workshops, and exhibitions promoting cross-cultural understanding.
As part of this initiative, we are seeking a Graphic Designer to bring the visual identity of the project to life. From social media graphics to event branding and promotional materials, you will help ensure the festival’s visual storytelling is engaging, inclusive, and aligned with our mission. This remote volunteer opportunity is perfect for creatives looking to build a professional portfolio while contributing to a high-impact community event.
Position Overview:
The Graphic Designer will play a central role in shaping the visual communications for “Solta o Jogo” and other Quilombo UK initiatives. Working closely with the Creative Director and Marketing team, the designer will conceptualise and produce a range of creative assets across print and digital media. This is an ideal role for someone with strong design skills who is passionate about culture, community, and impactful storytelling.
Key Responsibilities:
Creative Development:
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Study design briefs and translate project goals into compelling visuals.
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Develop concepts, mock-ups, and final designs for social media, posters, presentations, merchandise, and web content.
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Ensure all graphics are visually cohesive, accessible, and aligned with brand guidelines.
Design Production:
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Use design software (e.g., Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign) to produce high-quality visuals.
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Test designs across various formats (print, digital, mobile).
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Revise designs based on feedback from the team and stakeholders.
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Prepare final graphics and ensure they are formatted correctly for production and distribution.
Collaboration & Communication:
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Work closely with copywriters, programme leads, and event coordinators to integrate design into broader communication strategies.
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Present design ideas clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
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Attend creative planning sessions and contribute visual ideas to campaign strategies.
Required Qualifications:
Education:
Degree or current studies in Graphic Design, Fine Arts, Visual Communication, or a related field is desirable.
Experience:
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Proven experience in graphic design, either freelance or in a professional setting.
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A strong portfolio showcasing illustrations, branding, and layout design.
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Familiarity with Adobe Creative Suite or equivalent tools.
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Skills:
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Excellent visual design skills and a strong eye for detail, colour, and typography.
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Ability to manage time and priorities independently.
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Comfortable receiving and applying constructive feedback.
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Strong communication and collaboration abilities.
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Open to working across various creative formats and adapting style as needed.
Benefits:
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Contribute to the visual storytelling of a nationally recognised cultural event.
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Expand your design portfolio with real-world creative assets.
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Collaborate with a supportive and multicultural volunteer team.
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Receive feedback and mentorship to support your creative growth.
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Flexible schedule with full remote access.
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Local travel expenses reimbursed (if attending any in-person sessions or events).
Equality Statement
Quilombo UK is committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse environment. We promote equal opportunities in line with the Equality Act 2010. Discrimination of any kind will not be tolerated, and we encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds.
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We are a small charity exploring how simple AI tools can help us work more efficiently and focus on what really matters.
We’re looking for a friendly volunteer to help us take our first steps with AI in a safe, ethical, and practical way. This role is supportive and practical, not technical or developer-focused.
You’ll help us understand and use everyday AI tools in ways that genuinely support our work. This may include exploring simple ways AI could help with admin, communications, fundraising, or planning; showing staff and volunteers how AI tools work in plain English; recommending easy-to-use tools such as ChatGPT, Canva, or Microsoft tools; creating short how-to notes or example prompts; supporting small trials of AI tools and helping us learn what works; and encouraging responsible, ethical use of AI that fits our values.
You don’t need to be an AI expert or have coding skills. Enthusiasm and a helpful approach are more important
Often accompanied by live music, and the opportunity to buy artwork created by refugee artists plateful employs refugees to chef at events in the SE



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Trustee
We are seeking three committed Trustees to join a national fostering Board at a pivotal time, supporting strategic growth and championing foster care across the UK.
Position: Trustee (Volunteer)
Organisation: The Fostering Network
Location: UK wide. Particular interest in Wales and Northern Ireland
Hours: Approximately 10 to 15 days per year
Term: 3 years, renewable for up to two further terms
Remuneration: Voluntary role. Reasonable travel expenses reimbursed
Closing Date: Monday 23 February 2026
Interview Dates: W/C 16 and 23 March 2026
About the Role
This is an opportunity to join the Board of Trustees at a national fostering charity, following the launch of a new organisational strategy and the appointment of a new Chair in 2025. Trustees play a vital role in setting strategic direction, ensuring strong governance and supporting the organisation to deliver meaningful change for children and young people in foster care.
Key responsibilities include:
· Providing strategic oversight and constructive challenge at Board level
· Supporting delivery of the five year organisational strategy
· Acting as an ambassador for the charity and its values
· Contributing to effective governance, risk management and financial oversight
· Building strong relationships with fellow Trustees, senior leaders and stakeholders
· Attending Board and committee meetings, both in person and online
About You
You will bring personal experience of the foster care sector and a strong commitment to improving outcomes for children and young people.
We are particularly interested in candidates who:
· Are based in Wales or Northern Ireland
· Are qualified social workers working within fostering services
· Have skills in finance, particularly qualified accountants
· Have experience in commercial or business development
You will demonstrate sound judgement, strategic thinking, discretion and the ability to contribute confidently within a Board setting.
About the Organisation
The UK’s leading fostering charity and membership organisation. Founded 50 years ago by foster carers, it works across all four nations to influence policy, improve practice and strengthen the fostering community. At the heart of its work is a belief in the power of relationships to transform lives.
Other roles you may have experience of could include; Trustee, Non Executive Director, Board Member, Independent Board Member, Social Work Leader, Finance Director, Commercial Director, Strategic Advisor.
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Open Country is a Charity that helps people with disabilities to access and enjoy the countryside. We are always looking for volunteers to support our conservation and gardening groups, walking group and our weekend outings.
- Conservation group meet on a Tuesday and is made up of adults with learning disabilities who carry out practical conservation tasks each week at various locations. We work with organisations like Yorkshire Wildlife Trust and RSPB. Tasks can include meadow creation, tree planting, pond maintenance and invasive species removal to name but a few.
- Walking group meet on a Thursday and is made up of adults with learning disabilities or sensory impairments. We walk between 5-7miles each week at different locations around Yorkshire and normally finish the walk with a pub or cafe stop.
- Gardening and arts group meet on a Friday, and is made up of adults with learning disabilities, where we learn about gardening and various natural craft like willow weaving. We also regulary work with organisations like the National Trust and the National Coal Mining Museum.
We also run weekend outings for people with all kinds of disabilities providing experiences and a chance to socialise and explore new places. Our activities range from a gentle amble round a country house and gardens, wildlife watching at a nature reserve to axe throwing and abseiling.
As a volunteer you would be helping our members stick together as a group, or carry out the conservation tasks, making sure they are happy and safe.
No experience is required, just a willingness to get stuck in! We will provide all relevant training for the role.
We meet at Thornes Park Nursery, Wakefield at 10am and head out in our accessible minibus to site.
Open Country exists to help people with disabilities to access and enjoy the countryside.



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Job Description
We are seeking four new Trustees to join our Board. This application process is rolling, meaning there is no deadline - so please enquire and apply sooner rather than later! We anticipate the process will conclude in mid-2026.
Who are we?
We are a disability-led arts organisation which works to improve access to culture for disabled people by providing opportunities for disabled creatives, training cultural institutions to be more open to disabled people, and through running participatory arts and development programmes.
Our programmes have run for fifty years, supporting disabled creatives and those facing disabling barriers to creative careers or audience participation. Our current programme finds us opening new avenues for disabled creatives through commissioning, exhibitions, and learning-based support such as residencies, advice, and guidance.
We continue to break new ground in digital spheres and advocating for disabled people struggling to access the arts and creative industries through our consultancy services.
We work across three main areas:
- A creative programme, working directly with disabled creatives
- Heritage projects, documenting the social history of disabled people
- Access consultancy, including training and auditing
We receive funding from Arts Council England and the Heritage Lottery Fund to support our creative programme and heritage projects.
We are recruiting disabled and non-disabled voluntary Board members. As a member of our Board, you will gain an insight to how the arts and cultural industries in the UK work. From lived experience to professional experience, we are looking for people from all backgrounds who are passionate about the arts and its potential to change disabled people's lives to join our Board.
Please read or listen to all guidance on our site before applying!
Job Requirements
The Board and Shape's Executive Team meet four times a year - once every three months. Each meeting takes up about half a day.
In addition, Trustees are expected to attend the Annual General Meeting (AGM) and the yearly Away Day, both of which happen once per year.
The main responsibilities of any Charity Trustee are outlined by the Charity Commission. You can browse their '5-minute guides' for Trustees on their website.
The Nolan Principles of Public Life set the standards for how our trustees are expected to conduct themselves. These are:
- Selflessness
- Integrity
- Objectivity
- Accountability
- Openness
- Honesty
- Leadership
You can read more about these principles on the UK Government's website.
Job Responsibilities
Our team of Trustees are responsible for ensuring that:
- Shape complies with its Memorandum and Articles of Association, and that it pursues only the objectives which are defined in it
- Shape complies with charity law, employment law and other relevant legislation or regulations
- Shape is financially viable
- the Board is defining goals and setting targets for the organisation, and that performance is evaluated against these targets
- Shape's ethos and reputation are safeguarded
- Administration is effective and efficient and we are accountable to our stakeholders and funders
The Board are also responsible for:
- Contributing to the Board's role in giving firm strategic direction
- Appointing the Chief Executive and monitoring their performance
- Sitting on appraisal, recruitment and disciplinary panels, as required
- Attending either the Finance, HR and Risk, or Programme and Development Sub Committees
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Unify is building a social impact platform that helps get direct, practical support to people who need it most — with dignity, transparency, and real-world usability at the core.
We’re looking for a Senior Developer / Tech Lead (Volunteer) to guide the build, unblock the team, and help us ship a solid, scalable product. This is a light commitment (2–5 hours per week), but a high-leverage role: you’ll be working closely alongside the founders and our Product Manager.
What you’ll do (2–5 hrs/week)
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Lead engineering direction: keep the build clean, pragmatic, and shippable.
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Review PRs and raise code quality (architecture, security, performance, maintainability).
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Help prioritise technical work with the founders + Product Manager.
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Support and mentor a small volunteer/dev team (light-touch guidance, not heavy management).
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Set up or improve engineering foundations (CI/CD, environments, observability, release process).
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Identify risk early (security, data handling, scalability) and propose solutions.
What we’re building
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A production product with real users and real-world constraints.
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A platform where trust, safety, and reliability matter as much as features.
Tech stack
MERN stack
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MongoDB (database)
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Express.js (backend framework)
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React (frontend)
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Node.js (runtime / API layer)
What we’re looking for
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Senior-level software engineering experience (ideally with leading small teams or acting as tech lead).
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Strong product sense: you can balance “build it right” with “ship it”.
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Comfortable in ambiguous, early-stage environments.
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Solid judgement around security, data handling, and best practices.
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A collaborative communicator who can keep things calm and moving.
Nice to have (not required)
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Experience with marketplaces, payments, identity/verification flows, or credit/voucher systems.
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Experience setting up CI/CD, testing strategy, and deployment pipelines for MERN apps.
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Previous work in startups, charities, civic tech, or social impact.
Why join (and what you’ll get)
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Real ownership and influence — your decisions shape the product.
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Work directly with the founders + Product Manager.
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A mission-led build where shipping matters and the work is tangible.
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Flexibility: async-first, lightweight weekly rhythm.
Time + format
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Volunteer: 2–5 hours per week
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Remote / hybrid (where relevant)
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Async-first with a short weekly check-in
Interested?
Send a short note with your background + links (GitHub/LinkedIn/portfolio) and we’ll set up a quick chat
Connecting donors directly with individuals expriencing homelessness.

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Role Overview
GHRI is seeking a detail-oriented volunteer accountant to help manage and maintain transparent financial operations. If numbers are your love language and accountability is your personality, babe… this role is screaming your name.
Key Responsibilities
Maintain accurate financial records and reports
Track donations, grants, and project expenses
Assist in budget planning and financial forecasting
Ensure financial activities align with regulatory standards
Support preparation of reports for partners and donors
✅ Requirements
Degree or background in Accounting, Finance, or related field
Basic knowledge of financial reporting and bookkeeping
Attention to detail
Integrity and transparency in handling funds
Interest in non-profit or humanitarian finance
Why Volunteer With GHRI?
Gain experience in non-profit financial management
Strengthen your CV with international NGO exposure
Work with purpose, not just spreadsheets
Be part of a mission that improves healthcare access
Our mission is to deliver affordable, quality healthcare to underserved communities via telemedicine, hospital links & humanitarian aid.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.

