Our vision is a future where all young people are confident, resilient and lead fulfilling lives.

We are currently looking for enthusiastic and committed volunteer Coaches to help run the Yes Futures programmes from March – July 2021. We will be taking on a number of individuals to work with our students across schools in London, East Anglia and the South.

Please note that under the current government guidelines, our volunteer Coaches cannot go into schools to deliver the programme. Therefore we are running all our sessions online, and it’s going well so far! We are keeping up to date with the latest guidance, and will make a decision on whether to deliver our March programmes in-person or online nearer the time.

The role of a Yes Futures Coach is to empower young people to have a happy and successful future.

As well as enabling them to reach their full potential, working with young people can help you to grow and develop new skills and give you a sense of fulfilment.

Yes Futures runs two programmes per year, September – February and March – July. Please register your interest on our website to start your journey to becoming a Yes Futures Coach or complete our repeat Coach application form if you have volunteered with us before.

We cover all expenses, provide full training, DBS checks and ongoing support throughout the programme. Download the role description from our website to find out more.

Carers Support Merton is looking for mentors to inspire young carers to reach their full potential and achieve their goals. If you'd like to make a difference in young person's life, we’d love to hear from you.

Young carers provide care to a family member, usually a parent or sibling who cannot look after themselves due to disability, mental or physical ill health or substance misuse. These young people are often very proud of their role, but they need help and support to access and achieve education. They want to enjoy hobbies and social activities in the same way as their peers. Recent research shows that up to one in five secondary school children may be a young carer. Caring for someone can be isolating, worrying and stressful and can take its toll on young carers’ life chances. Research has shown that harmful levels of caring can have a negative impact on relationships and on educational, mental and physical health outcomes.

HOW YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE

We have identified a number of young people in Merton who have or are at risk of having harmful/excessive caring responsibilities. We know from the young carers themselves that they want and need more emotional support. Our new mentoring project is designed to provide young carers aged from 10 to 17, with one-to-one support to build their confidence and raise their aspirations.

We are looking for Volunteer Mentors for a period of 6-12 months, meeting fortnightly you will develop a long-term relationship with a young carer. You will be a positive role model who is able to help a young carer develop their self-esteem and realise their academic, social and/or personal goals. You will research, plan and participate in mentoring activities in the local community that will broaden a young carer's interests and give them a break from their caring responsibilities. Under Covid-19 restrictions you will be supported with online activites and resources to carry out mentoring via Zoom, until face to face mentoring sessions are appropriate. 

In return, you will gain experience working with young people, have the opportunity to help a young carer to build their confidence and achieve their goals, receive free training in mentoring and child protection and have the ongoing support of our Mentoring Co-ordinator. Please email us directly for further information or to submit an application form and CV - [email protected] org

Muslimah Sports Association (MSA) was established in 2014 and achieved charity status in 2019. We 
strongly believe in and advocate support in the ambitious aim to bring sports to women of all ages 
and backgrounds, particularly women from Muslim and BAME backgrounds who face greater 
challenges when participating in sports and physical activity. MSA is an ambitious and growing 
charity which has made a significant difference for women and specifically BAME women in the UK. 
We are looking to strengthen and enhance our board of trustees with new skills and ideas. We want 
to appoint new board members to help consolidate and broaden our influence and capacity to 
provide support inclusion and diversity of females into sport. 
We are particularly interested in hearing from qualified accountants with a recognised accounting 
and finance qualification, as well as a proven ability to communicate and explain financial 
information to members of the Board and other stakeholders. An understanding and acceptance of 
the legal duties, responsibilities and liabilities of trusteeship is also required. 
Prior working in the accounting sector would be desirable, although with a qualified accountant on 
the team you will be provided with direction from one of the board members who has substantial experience in the area.

Ethos Academy Trust in Batley seeks two non-executives/directors with skills in legal/compliance; property/facilities management or health and safety to join its board. Board meetings are held at WF17 0BQ when safe to do so.

The Academy Ambassadors programme brings the expertise of the business world onto boards at multi-academy trusts (MATs) throughout the country to raise standards of education and improve the life chances of young people, which is critical to our social and economic success.

The opportunity

Ethos Academy Trust specialises in assessing, supporting and meeting the needs of children with wide ranging social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) difficulties; these young people sometimes find it difficult to work in ordinary mainstream schools.

The trust officially launched in September 2018 with three existing Pupil Referral Units (PRUs) all based within Kirklees. The three units have a strong and longstanding track record of providing high-quality support to children and schools across both primary and secondary sectors. The majority of pupils return successfully to mainstream schools following their support or placement.

The board seeks two business leaders with board level experience in

• legal/compliance or
• property/facilities management
• health and safety

As a key member of the board you will support the trust in achieving the following over the next 12 - 24 months:

• Manage the effective return to full time education provision for all staff and pupils post-Covid.
• Secure meaningful and relevant opportunities for Trust growth, increasing and enhancing the continuum of SEMH support and provision.
• Maintain a financially viable trust.
• Adopt and develop a strong People Strategy.

What's involved?

Board governance in education is a strategic, 'eyes on, hands off' commitment which typically involves attending c. six board meetings per year/6-8 hours' time per month.

You will be responsible for:

• Ensuring clarity of vision, ethos and strategic direction
• Holding executive leaders to account for the educational performance of the organisation and its pupils, and the effective and efficient performance management of staff; and
• Overseeing the financial performance of the organisation and making sure its money is well spent

As an Academy Ambassador, you will join our ambassador network which provides resources, guidance, networking events and webinars to support you in your role.

All roles are pro bono.

People from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

What next?

Please register your interest now to be considered for the role.

A full trust specification is available at the Academy Ambassadors website.

Please be aware the closing date may change if we have received sufficient applications.

Muslimah Sports Association (MSA) was established in 2014 and achieved charity status in 2019. We 
strongly believe in and advocate support in the ambitious aim to bring sports to women of all ages 
and backgrounds, particularly women from Muslim and BAME backgrounds who face greater 
challenges when participating in sports and physical activity. MSA is an ambitious and growing 
charity which has made a significant difference for women and specifically BAME women in the UK. 
We are looking to strengthen and enhance our board of trustees with new skills and ideas. We want 
to appoint new board members to help consolidate and broaden our influence and capacity to 
provide support inclusion and diversity of females into sport. 
We would particularly be interested in hearing from someone with a background/knowledge and 
skills in the areas of: Business Development; Enterprise; Corporate Social Responsibility; Company 
Sponsorship; and/or Corporate Sponsorship. The business change/transformation Trustee will play 
an important, entrepreneurial role within the board, scoping out opportunities and seeking to make 
connections between MSA and other public, private, charitable and academic organisations. 

Job summary

As Network and Projects Intern you will help develop CSC’s network of members by identifying opportunities to strengthen and grow the network. You will have the opportunity to support on a range of tasks including researching and recruiting new members, maintaining and updating membership databases, increasing CSC’s social media presence and direct support with CSC projects with partner organisations.

• Working hours: Flexible – to be discussed at interview stage
• Location: Home-working. This may transition to working from CSC’s offices in Bethnal Green when current COVID-19 restrictions are relaxed.
• Reporting: Direct report to the Senior Network and Communications Officer
• Duration: Six months preferred but flexible, minimum three months

About Consortium for Street Children

The Consortium for Street Children (CSC) is the global Network of organisations working to change the world for street children. We do this by working together on advocacy, research and innovative projects to support street children and improve their lives. We have 130+ members working in 130 countries around the world.

Specific responsibilities

1. Help grow and strengthen the CSC network

• Be the first point of contact for membership enquiries and processing applications
• Respond to enquiries from new and existing network members, passing on to other team members where necessary
• Map existing and potential network members and research areas of network expansion
• Assist with member communications
• Support network events where necessary including helping to organise webinars, workshops, conferences and network meetings
• Input and update information on members and potential members

2. Support with CSC’s global International Day for Street Children campaign in April

• Support with communications to the network on the campaign to facilitate increased engagement
• Research opportunities for increased social and traditional media reach
• Support with updates and evaluation reports for the network and our funders

3. Support the maintenance of CSC’s online presence

• Create appropriate, relevant and engaging content for CSC’s social media channels
• Monitor social media and digital news sources
• Create regular social media reports to contribute to CSC’s social media evaluation
• Draft copy for a range of audiences for news items, newsletters, and social media

4. Support CSC’s projects

• Support in editing content (videos, audios, photos) from workshops held by CSC partners for uploading on our digital platform
• Administrative support to the Senior Grants and Projects Officer with projects with multiple partners across Asia, Africa and Latin America

5. Other

• Carry out any other duties within the scope, spirit and purpose of the job
• Abide by all CSC Policies, Regulations and Procedures

As duties and responsibilities change, this job description will be reviewed and amended in consultation with the Senior Network and Campaigns Officer

Skills and areas you will develop:

• Knowledge of the street-connected child and international child rights sector
• Understanding of rights based approaches to keeping children safe
• Understanding of international advocacy initiatives
• Understanding of network strategy approaches and relationship building
• Use of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems such as Salesforce
• Use of Content Management System (CMS) such as WordPress and how to make website edits
• Strategic use of social media and understanding of analytics to measure impact
• Business development and membership growth  
• Organisation of events
• Administration and data management

Person specification Criteria

Experience

• Some office-based administration
• Use of social media for campaigning / marketing purposes
• Experience of working with a membership organisation / network / NGO (desirable)

Skills and abilities

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Excellent oral, written and presentation skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Organised and proactive, able to work on projects independently when required
• Team player with adaptable and pragmatic approach to work
• Excellent IT skills and ability to learn new programmes quickly.

Knowledge

• Some knowledge about human rights (knowledge of children's rights desirable)
• Communications tools / techniques for different audiences

Training/Education

• Degree level or equivalent
• Spanish language skills (desirable)

Other requirements

• Commitment to realising street-connected children’s rights
• A commitment to CSC’s Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy
• A self-starter who is keen to be part of a small team making a big difference

To apply for this role, please submit by midnight Thursday 11th February:

• Your CV;

• A cover letter (no more than two sides of A4) detailing your suitability for this role; and

• Contact details (name, relation to you, email address, and phone number) of two referees

Please note that we won’t be able to provide a certificate of sponsorship/visa for this role, so you must have the right to work in the UK.

We aim to hold interviews the week beginning 15th February, with a view to the successful candidate starting the following week where possible

We are looking for a Chair person for our Board of Trustees at Home-Start Lambeth.

Home-Start Lambeth’s aim is to prevent the challenges of poverty, neglect and isolation from compromising children’s ability to thrive. We do this through matching volunteers with vulnerable families with young children in order to provide support through weekly visits and calls. All our volunteers are carefully recruited, selected and trained to support families with a range of problems including: poverty; chronic physical and mental ill-health; homelessness or poor housing. In addition to this core work, we provide volunteer support targeted at domestic abuse survivors. We run the Freedom Programme which supports women avoid abusive relationships. We self-generate all our funding to provide services. We apply for grants, bid for tenders, and are actively exploring other ways in which we can raise funds. We have a team of 6 part-time staff. In addition to our staff, we have a Board of Trustees who bring specialist skills and experience to support the scheme.

In common with many organisations Home-Start Lambeth has had to respond to significant changes due to COVID19. Our volunteers are currently providing online support and we have expanded the ways in which we support families including online baby groups, WhatsApp groups and running our Freedom Programme online. While this has been challenging it also presents us with an opportunity to modernise how we work and provide support

We are currently looking to recruit a Chair for the Board of Trustees. This role includes the following key responsibilities:

· Chair meetings of the trustee board.

· Develop the board and guide it in helping the scheme manager set the strategic direction for the scheme

· Ensure that the Board of Trustees provides due oversight and governance

· Supporting and supervising the scheme manager and acting as a channel of communication between board and staff

The ideal candidate will have previous experience as a trustee and strong leadership skills to support the scheme manager to lead an organisation during a period of considerable change.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who loves change; is enthusiastic about our mission and the continual development of a vital community organisation.

Home-Start Lambeth is a diverse organisation and we welcome and encourage applications from a broad range of backgrounds and experiences.

Board meetings take place approximately 7 times a year on Monday evenings at our office in Brixton. There are also strategy setting afternoons which take place twice a year. Currently all meetings are taking place online. In between meetings the commitment is around 2- 3 days a month.

If you have relevant experience, have some time available and would like to join a successful, vibrant team to make a real difference in the lives of vulnerable families and children in Lambeth, please send a brief statement outlining your skills and experience.

Healthwatch Torbay and Engaging Communities South West are a not-for-profit organisation offering a wide range of services, including engagement, evaluation, communications support, digital support, training, and support to the local statutory, voluntary, and private sectors.

We work closely with voluntary and charity groups, local NHS organisations, Devon Clinical Commissioning Group, primary care organisations, public health, and the local authority to support stakeholders in improving health and wellbeing for all in our local community.

Engaging Communities South West has grown in response to increasing demand for our expertise within Torbay and the wider South West region. Our focus is to make sure we have strong networks and that we are engaging with our local community effectively.

We have an experienced team of paid staff, trained volunteers, Trustees, and community researchers, plus a bank of associates who bring additional capacity and expertise as required. Creating an organisation that is rooted in the community and responsive to their needs is a priority for us, which the Board plays an integral part in this.

We are looking to recruit high calibre, dynamic new Board Trustees to continue our work and play a pivotal role in improving local communities. We are very excited at the prospect of welcoming passionate new members to our team, so if you are keen to be involved and make a difference, we would be delighted to hear from you.

We are particularly keen to hear from local people that have either business or finance knowledge or a general interest in the health and wellbeing of our local communities. If you would like to take part in this great opportunity and think you could help then please get in touch.

You really could make a big difference.

St Clare Hospice is a highly regarded independent charity providing comprehensive end-of-life healthcare for the West Essex and East Hertfordshire community. Building on the foundations of more than 25 years’ work, we support and care for people with terminal or life-limiting illnesses and their families and carers.

Our core services include an eight-bed in-patient facility, Hospice at Home, and a range of day services, therapies, support and information for patients and their families. We also run a children’s bereavement service, and launched a Compassionate Neighbours project in early 2018: a volunteer-led programme aimed at reducing social isolation for end-of-life people in their own homes.

We are a registered charity and a company limited by guarantee, receiving around 40% of funding from the NHS. We rely on the generosity of our local community to fund the remaining 60% of our costs. This comes from many people, events, local businesses, trusts, schools, community groups, our shops, our lottery and gifts in Wills.

A strategy has been developed with aims to build on the strong foundations of the hospice, articulating a stronger focus on collaboration with health, community and voluntary sector groups and organisations as well as a ‘grassroots’ volunteer-led approach to strengthening resilience and confidence of our local communities to cope with death, dying and loss.

To help us continue to achieve our aims we are now looking to add a medical specialist to our board.

We are looking for a medical trustee who is an experienced GP or a specialist in a relevant area such as cardiology, oncology, neurology or frailty. You will be able to draw on your specialist experience and wider knowledge to open up new referral pathways for the hospice. This role will offer both challenge and support the executive team as ‘critical friends’.

As important as your experience are your values, which need to be aligned to our own: focusing on care, teamwork, quality and integrity.

For more information and to apply, please visit the job page on Peridot Partners' website via the application method on this site.

Closing date: 9am, Monday 8th March 2021

The Restorative Justice for All (RJ4All) International Institute is pleased to announce a vacancy for a Youth Engagement Coordinator. The post is offered as part of our Associate Scheme, and has flexible working hours.

How to apply: 

The deadline to apply is 26/02/21. 

- Your CV 

- A cover letter addressing the JD, and why you want to join our institute

- Completed Diversity Monitoring Form. To download it, visit our website.

About Us

Restorative Justice for All (RJ4All) is an international institute with a mission to advance community cohesion and human rights. We redistribute power in a more equal way by delivering social justice projects, educational programmes and high-quality volunteering opportunities to the most marginalised groups of society.

Our Focus

We focus on building better and more effective social justice systems by working locally, nationally and internationally through the redistribution of power. We do this by using the values and practices of restorative justice including power sharing, fairness, equality, dignity and respect.

Founded in 2010 by Dr. Theo Gavrielides, RJ4All is now recognised as the leading, international restorative justice network with members from over 40 countries. We work in partnership with decision makers, making evidence-based arguments to achieve long-term change. To this end, we carry out research and give voice to under-represented groups.

The Role

The position is offered as part of our Associate Scheme under flexible working hours for an average of 3 days per week. The Youth Engagement Coordinator is responsible for facilitating and coordinating our youth engagement strategy with a particular focus on including and empowering vulnerable young people who are seeking opportunities to gain experience and influence policy.

The post holder will (a) coordinate the Youth Management Board of the organisation (b) the youth-led FRED Campaign (c) the COVID19 You are Not Alone programme. 

The overall goal of this post is to ensure that young interns and volunteers feel like an active part in the organisation, that they develop their skills, share their interests and build networks. 

Benefits

● The daily rate for the consultant’s engagement is £100 inclusive

● Fully funded opportunities to travel abroad, accredited training and certification

● The minimum days per month are 4 days

● The maximum days per month are 8 days

● Minimum 1-year contract with flexible working

● Opportunity for employment.

Quaker Social Action helps people on low incomes in East London and the UK to seek solutions to the issues affecting their lives.

We are looking for enthusiastic Volunteers who will work directly with the Project Manager to support the delivery of our new Bags of Taste 4 weeks online course. This creative project works with people in or at risk of food poverty to improve their diets by learning how to cook delicious food on a £1.00 budget.

As a volunteer, you will help us to bag the ingredients and deliver it to the course participants who live in Tower Hamlets. Your valuable support will make a huge difference to the charity and the disadvantaged families who benefit from this project.

The tasks would include measuring the food portions required for the online course that week and bag the ingredients following food safety guidelines. You will deliver them to participants based in Tower Hamlets using your own bike or car.

We have implemented measures and COVID safety guidelines for volunteers to make sure they are safe when they are in the office. Volunteers will be briefed about these guidelines as part of their induction.  We will also provide masks, gloves and social distancing will be in place.

Skills description:

• Friendly, self-motivated with good attention to detail
• Able to work independently and take initiative when required
• Reliable and punctual, good communication skills   
• If you use your own car, you must have a valid driving license and insurance.

Time commitment

We are looking for volunteers on Tuesdays to help us ideally from 10:30am-4:30pm for 4 weeks but there can be some flexibility with the hours.

We require volunteers on:

• Tuesday 02 February 2020
• Tuesday 09 February 2020
• Tuesday 16 February 2020
• Tuesday 23 February 2020

Expenses

• QSA pays reasonable travel costs via London public transport (zone 1-6) from your home to our offices.
• We will also cover your lunch expenses up to £6.00 if you volunteer for more than 5 hours.
• If you are using a car (to do deliveries for us) we will cover the cost of your petrol (45p per mile).

This is a great opportunity for you to make a difference in your local community, build your confidence, skills and be part of an innovative project. 

If you are interested in this role, please send your CV. We look forward to receiving your application. 

Mostofa Uddin - Project Manager

Overview 

BuDS is a collaborative community where disabled people help each other and work together as volunteers on the charity’s projects and activities. Many of our disabled volunteers are jobseekers and we have always actively supported them to move closer to and enter employment. Our project to do this is called Reach4Work and it has been very successful over the years. During 2020, with funding by SEMLEP, Reach4Work expanded and opened up new opportunities and ideas, including a digital skills project called R4W Digital. We now wish to grasp those opportunities by expanding and developing Reach4Work into a bigger and even more effective project, using a recent grant by Children in Need.

The Reach4Work team includes 3 part-time staff and a number of BuDS volunteers. You will work closely with BuDS volunteers and the paid staff in order to keep the Digital projects moving forward into 2021.  

Main Responsibilities 

• Quickly establish a close working relationship with the R4W Service & Outreach Manager and make yourself familiar with the R4W digital projects and the plans and expectations for it.
• Quickly establish a close working relationship with the R4W staff and volunteer team.
• Take over the coordination and leadership of the Reach4Work Digital (R4WD) team of disabled young people, which meets weekly by Teams on Thursdays, and support them to develop their digital knowledge and skills with a view to them working in the IT and digital sector.
• The R4WD team is currently working on the design and publication of a new website for the BuDS BucksWorkability project and completing this project will be the first priority for the Team.
• With your team members, agree a Project Plan to reach the goals and outcomes of each aspect of the Reach4Work projects, broken down into final, monthly and weekly objectives.
• With your team members, agree a Team Development Plan to move the team toward having full capacity and quality in order to achieve its goals. The TDP may include recruitment, training and personal development targets and should dovetail with individual development targets or plans for team members, you may be expected to work on this alongside your Line Manager.
• Host and run a weekly team meeting for the R4W Digital projects as well as fortnightly supervision session with your designated trustee/and or Line Manager.
• Between team meetings, be available to and support as appropriate all team members with the achievement of their tasks.

Person Specification 

• Thorough understanding of the nature of this role and relevant experience of building websites and leading digital projects.
• Relevant experience in one or more of the below: 
  • team facilitation, social model support for disabled people, outcome-based project work, project planning and management, volunteer facilitation, Agile working in a non-IT/software setting.  
• Good IT knowledge and working ability to use Office 365 & Microsoft Teams.  
• Organised and self-motivated and able to work effectively remotely from home. 
• Must be able to work cooperatively and effectively with a wide variety of people including disabled people with impairments of all types.  
• Understanding and personal commitment to the Social Model of disability and the barrier-removal method of working which is central to the social model.  

Benefits 

• Remote working opportunity 
• Flexible working hours 
• Learn more about remote team working and Agile principles 
• Being part of a great support network 

Parkinson's UK local groups offer friendship, support, and numerous activities for people affected by Parkinson's.

Our local support groups are a core part of the local Parkinson's community. Joining as helper means you will be too - meeting new people and building new relationships.

You could be putting the kettle on, to give a warm welcome to new group attendees, or making sure the group activities run smoothly - and all activities are open to you too.

This role is flexible, and can be tweaked to suit the time you have to give. Our staff and existing volunteers will be there to support you every step of the way.

Using their interpersonal and organisational skills, our Administration Volunteers are the lynchpin for all local group activity. They act as the first point of contact for the group and play an important role in keeping the group’s data and details up to date to comply with data protection legislation.

Across the UK, our 270 local groups play a vital part in supporting people affected by MS. They provide sense of belonging, unity and friendship. And they deliver services and support for their local MS community.

We are looking to recruit an Administration Volunteer for the Wakefield and District Group. Our Administration Volunteers are the lynchpin for our local groups’ activities. They act as the first point of contact and they make sure all relevant information is circulated to other volunteers and members. And they play an important role in keeping our data and details up to date to comply with data protection legislation.

In this role you’ll develop your administration and organisation skills. Most importantly you’ll be help your local group run efficiently, so they can keep providing valuable services to our MS community. 

Time Commitment

We estimate this role will need around 2 hours a week. Our roles are flexible and aim to fit around you. Time commitments for this role may vary depending on your activities. This is an ongoing role.

This is a great opportunity to gain experience within a large charity and develop your existing skills and learn new ones. We need you to get involved and help make positive changes to the lives of people affected by MS.

About you

You’ll have an interest in the MS Society and the work that we do, as well as the enthusiasm to represent both us and our values locally. You will understand the needs of people affected by MS in your area and be sympathetic to the needs and motivations of volunteers. You’ll be confident using Microsoft Office, the internet and email. You’ll be able to apply disability, equality and inclusion practices and understand and apply our risk management system. Ideally you’ll understand the local area and organisations that provide local services.

You will be reliable and easy to contact and you need to live in or near the area the group to carry out this role.

Please apply online 

The MS Society is committed to promoting diversity. We can only offer roles to over 18s.