Communications Volunteer Roles
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Help us to grow brand-new online charity platform A Good Thing in your local area! Come on board as a community champion: use your communications skills to drive more businesses and charities to sign up.
A Good Thing is a not-for-profit set up with one mission: to send less to landfill, and more to a good cause. We are rolling out fast across the UK, momentum is building, and we are growing a network of passionate local volunteer champions right across the country to drive our growth.
You’ll be using your connections (friends, family, colleagues, neighbours...), as well as your insights into the local area, to help us to build the numbers of businesses and charities signing up in your part of the UK. You might do this through making connections with businesses in your area, taking A Good Thing to the doorstep. Or you could approach businesses virtually, using your expert written communication skills to create communications that will engage and inspire them. You’ll definitely be using social media and your brilliant online networking skills to build links and relationships where you live.
Come with us on our journey towards reducing waste and boosting wonderful local charities at the same time.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
If you're passionate about the importance of our beautiful countryside and green spaces in London, join us to use your persuasive and descriptive skills to raise our profile, reach new audiences and promote saving these spaces for wider enjoyment.
Responsibilities / Duties may include but are not limited to:
- Use your creative flair to write compelling copy which raises the profile and work of CPRE London
- Proofreading, restructuring and editing articles
- Developing a balanced range of new content which may include current news, opinion pieces and campaign features for our communications to update the CPRE London website
- Working with the social media volunteer to promote new content
- Creating and sending our monthly newsletter
- Maintaining and adding to the image library
- Using photos and images to good visual effect and to represent the full range of our work and the people involved
- Overseeing overall content in line with brand guidelines, liaising with the national CPRE communications and website team
- Optimising published pieces for SEO
Our team will provide training and support to develop your role.
Skills and experience
Preferably with 2 or more years’ experience of communications roles with excellent writing and editorial skills, good attention to details, and familiar with managing messages in the media.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Freshwater Habitats Trust (FHT) is the UK’s leading charity for all freshwaters. We’ve been creating, restoring and protecting high quality habitats for freshwater wildlife for more than 30 years.
Our aim is to reverse the decline in freshwater biodiversity. We work to achieve this through practical conservation, scientific research, community engagement and by influencing policy. As an evidence-based organisation, we target our practical delivery work where it will make a real difference. We have projects in many parts of the UK, focused on restoring and protecting high quality habitats for freshwater wildlife.
Now, we want to enhance the current Board and bring a range of backgrounds and experiences reflective of the people we currently serve and those we would like to be serving in the future.
We particularly welcome new Trustees that bring skills and experience in any of the following areas:
· Communications:
· Policy and Parliamentary influence
· Human Resources
Please do not be put off from applying if you do not have any of these skills or if you have never been a Trustee before. The most important qualities for our Trustees are enthusiasm, engagement and a desire to get involved and make a contribution to FHT.
This is a voluntary role (reasonable travel expenses reimbursed) involving:
· Attending four Board meetings a year (three online, one in London or Oxford).
· Approximately four days per year to cover meetings and occasional extra duties.
Freshwater is our passion. Together, we can make a difference for wildlife.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Leverage your bid-writing skills and or links with grant providers through this flexible, part-time opportunity to help CPRE London improve green space access for Londoners!
About CPRE London
As part of the national network of CPRE, the Countryside Charity, CPRE London campaigns to save and promote green spaces in Greater London. Our vision is "a city with a network of green spaces which are accessible to all, rich in nature and playing a crucial role in responding to the climate emergency."
Reports to: Director, CPRE London.
What will you be doing?
- Researching potential future sources of support including trusts and institutional funders
- Tailoring and submitting applications to grant providers
- Assisting with producing project progress reports with a level of detail suited to the funder
- Involving with other income streams, including digital fundraising, sponsored events (focused on promoting climate-friendly actions) and establishing more sustainable funding through regular giving from individuals
What are we looking for?
Essential (E) or Desirable(D) Skills / Experience. Please provide examples or evidence where possible.
- Persuasive communication skills (E)
- Good interpersonal skills (E)
- Analytical research skills (E)
- Some past experience of fundraising, bid writing, or marketing work (E)
- Educated to at least degree level (E)
- Understanding and appreciation of environmental issues (D)
- Proven ability to use layout and design software (D)
Time Commitment:
- ~ 14 hours/ week
- There is an option to come to the office on Tuesdays or Thursday, although this is not essential if you would prefer to work from home.
- A minimum of 8 weeks commitment is preferred
What difference will you make?
- The use of your skills and experience to mobilise resources to help London move towards its goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2030, strengthen biodiversity and to nurture the well being of nature and Londoners through improved access to quality green spaces
- The opportunity to meet like-minded people and enjoy being part of a team
- Our support to help you develop in your volunteering role and provide you with relevant training
- The opportunity to enhance your CV by developing additional new skills and gaining valuable experience
- The opportunity to become involved with events and workshops on a local and national level
- We will provide a reference for any future work or volunteering
- We provide out-of-pocket travel expenses
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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A Good Thing is looking for an experienced copywriter for an intense, short project. We have a backlog of ‘charity needs’ that we have registered but have not yet had time to write up.
When charities join A Good Thing, they are invited to share their needs with us – the things their charity could really make use of. We then write these up into short (150/200-word) pieces that go onto our blog and are also heavily promoted via our social media channels. We work hard to match these charity needs up with local businesses that can fulfil the needs.
The successful candidate will be given access to our list of charity needs, and will work through them, writing them up to a template that we will provide, and then uploading them to our website.
There will be some image research needed for each piece. You will also need to be able to confidently use the Canva tool in order to create simple graphics to accompany the pieces.
Obviously this work can be done remotely and entirely flexibly. Access to a computer will be an essential requirement. You will also need to be familiar with the Squarespace tool, which we use for our website, as well as Canva.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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A Good Thing is looking for an experienced copywriter to help us with our 'good news stories'. These are the case studies that describe the matches that have taken place via our platform. They are heartwarming, wonderful stories about the items that have eben donated, and about the impact those items have had.
These short pieces go onto our blog and are also heavily promoted via our social media channels. They really help to raise awareness of our platform and also to encourage more businesses to sign up and donate things to their local communities.
The successful candidate will be given access to our list of 'matches made', and will work through them, reaching out to the charity and the business in each case and writing the story up to a template that we will provide. The candidate will then upload the stories to our squarespace website, being sure to add the relevant images and logos.
Happy for the successful candidate to complete this work as and when suits them: obviously this work can be done remotely and entirely flexibly. Access to a computer will be an essential requirement. You will also need to be familiar with the squarespace tool, which we use for our website, and you will need to be happy reaching out to charities and businesses to conduct very short mini interviews (either by phone or video call).
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Unwaste.io is a UK based social enterprise using data to create a circular economy for plastic. Our cloud platform, Wastebase, collects data about single-use plastic waste found in the environment. We encourage individuals, communities and NGOs to use our free Wastebase app to collect evidence about the plastic waste they find in their area. We want producers to take responsibility for where their waste ends up. Our data can help them do that.
We’re looking for a UK-based volunteer who can help connect with community organisations in the UK and encourage more people to use Wastebase to support their activities. If you like being out and about, talking to people who want to improve their community and you are interested in improving the environment, this might be the role for you.
Regular tasks
We’ll support you to understand our aims and audience and encourage you to bring your own ideas and creativity to what we do. Regular tasks will involve:
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identifying and engaging with community organisations involved in local clean ups, waste or litter campaigning or plastic free advocacy through Facebook, instagram and TikTok, supported by our Social Media Manager
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joining local clean ups in person to demonstrate the Wastebase app and get people excited about using it
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joining meetings remotely to give demos or presentations about Wastebase, supported by our comms lead
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distributing posters for community groups to use in their local displays
Essential requirements
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willingness and confidence to get out and talk to local groups in person
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access to own car or ability to travel independently with the local area (up to a day trip - we don’t expect you to make extended or overnight trips)
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confidence in public speaking (remote or in person) and engaging people on a personal level
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confidence in using digital tools to make presentations or demos (for example, Google Meet, Google Slides)
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experience in using social media to connect with people or organisations
Desirable requirements
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knowledge of or interest in plastic reduction, waste management or the circular economy
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desire to create positive impact on the environment
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previous experience of working with a community organisation in an engagement or marketing role
Expenses
Unwaste.io will reimburse reasonable travel expenses (including fuel). This could include train travel to meet a community group, for example, plus lunch if out for a whole day. These must be agreed in advance.
Working schedule
We expect our volunteers to join regular weekly check ins - these are usually about 30 mins at an agreed time. Outside of this, we expect you to manage your own time and complete tasks in a way that suits both your schedule and the requirements of the role. This is likely to include some time at the weekends (to join clean ups) or in the evenings.
We are always available to answer questions and offer support and encourage all of our team to ask for help whenever they need it. If you are joining clean ups and events, we will support you to do this safely.
Training and support
We’ll provide you with appropriate training on our app and data management platform, as well as the collaboration tools we use. We’ll also support you to develop your knowledge of plastics and the circular economy, and to build your skills around community engagement (writing, presentation, identifying contacts for example). You'll be supported by our Partnerships and Comms lead and will work alongside our Social Media Manager and Data Volunteer.
If you wish to use this role as a basis for a personal study project or portfolio project, we will be happy to provide you with additional access to our data and digital tools.
Future opportunities
This is an unpaid role and we can’t guarantee any future employment with Unwaste.io. However, your experience as a volunteer would be very valuable if you chose to apply for any future roles with us. We always encourage our volunteers to apply for relevant roles if they come up.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
We're looking for someone to help with planning, developing and sharing articles, news and stories from the group's activities and the RSPB, as well as drafting media releases for us.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Can you help us run our social media accounts?
What you will be doing
- Planning, developing and sharing articles, news and stories from the group's activities and the RSPB.
- Drafting press releases in a casual and inspiring language, for local newspapers and other PR channels.
- Obtaining the correct permissions to share stories, names and photography.
- Communicate regularly with other members of the group, such as the Newsletter Editor, regarding timelines and upcoming updates and activities worth including.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.