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Job Summary
Trans Celebration is seeking a passionate and organised Volunteer Assistant Coordinator to support the Volunteer Coordinator in managing and engaging our growing team of volunteers. This role will help ensure that our community-driven events and initiatives run smoothly by assisting in volunteer recruitment, onboarding, scheduling, and support.
As a key point of contact for our volunteer team, the ideal candidate will be enthusiastic about community work, skilled in communication and organisation, and committed to advancing trans rights and visibility.
Key Responsibilities
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Assist with recruiting, onboarding, and training new volunteers.
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Maintain volunteer schedules and ensure appropriate coverage for events and campaigns.
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Serve as a liaison between volunteers and staff, aligning volunteer work with Trans Celebration’s mission.
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Provide on-site and remote support to volunteers during programs and events.
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Keep accurate records of volunteer hours, roles, and impact.
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Help implement volunteer appreciation initiatives to boost engagement and retention.
What We’re Looking For
Skills and Competencies:
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Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
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Strong organisational skills with the ability to multitask effectively.
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Detail-oriented and able to problem-solve independently.
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Ability to collaborate well in a team environment and work autonomously when needed.
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Proficiency in written and spoken English.
Personal Attributes:
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Passionate about trans rights, volunteerism, and grassroots activism.
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Approachable and friendly, with a strong focus on creating a welcoming environment.
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Willingness to work flexible hours, including evenings and weekends as needed.
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Prior experience in volunteer coordination, community engagement, customer service, or admin work is a plus.
Work Environment
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Office-based work with some on-site coordination at events and campaign activations.
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Light physical activity may be involved (e.g. setting up materials, managing event logistics).
Language Requirements
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Fluency in English (spoken and written) is essential.
How to Apply
To apply, please submit:
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A cover letter detailing your interest in the role and how your experience aligns with the mission of Trans Celebration.
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A current CV or resume.
Trans Celebration is a trans-led,human rights and community organisation dedicated to highlighting issues affecting trans and gender-diversity.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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BRANCH TRUSTEE – TREASURER
RSPCA Lincs Mid, NE and Lincoln
Are you passionate about animal welfare? We are looking for an enthusiastic person who understands charity finance to support us in our mission to prevent cruelty, promote kindness and alleviate the suffering of animals.
We are looking for someone to volunteer as a Branch Treasurer for our **Lincoln Mid, NE and Lincoln Branch.** This role would play a vital role in supporting the Branches affairs so that it is governed and managed effectively, whilst continually having animal welfare at the forefront of their mind.
As a minimum, trustees would normally be expected to attend a monthly committee meeting lasting some 2 to 3 hours. However, the commitment may vary depending on whether or not the trustee takes on additional duties.
Primary responsibilities of the Branch Treasurer
- Implement and maintain sound financial systems.
- Take a lead role in ensuring the committee set annual financial budgets and plan the branch income and expenditure.
- Provide a written financial report for every branch meeting.
- Liaise with auditors/independent examiners regarding the production of the annual branch accounts and the treasurer’s report.
- Maintain control of all bank accounts as authorised by the committee.
- Execute and operate branch committee financial decisions and act as branch co-signatory. Maintain control over all branch paying-in books and receipt books and to ensure their correct use.
- In the absence of a branch box secretary, to assume responsibility for the branch network of collection boxes.
- Arrange payment of the annual branch contribution to the appropriate RSPCA fund.
- Coordinate financial control of all branch fundraising activities.
- Make quarterly VAT returns to headquarters promptly.
- Ensure the production, monitoring and annual review of the branch’s financial risk management strategy in accordance with the charity commission’s requirements.
- Liaise with branch officers, branch support specialist and Branch finance co-ordinator on Financial affairs as necessary and alert them immediately to any possible difficulties or irregularities.
- Ensure the retention and safekeeping of all branch financial documentation for the appropriate time as set by the charity commission.
What we are looking for in a volunteer:
- Time Commitment: You will be able to commit to attending monthly committee meetings, each lasting approximately three hours.
- Financial Oversight: Between meetings, you will carry out key financial responsibilities including preparing financial reports for the committee, monitoring the annual budget set by the trustees, and ensuring financial activities align with agreed targets.
- Professional Qualifications: You will hold, or be actively working towards, a recognised professional finance qualification such as CIMA or ACCA.
- Charity Finance Knowledge: Ideally, you will have experience within the charity sector, with a strong understanding of areas such as Gift Aid, Charity Commission reporting requirements, and the management of restricted funds.
- Financial Systems Experience: Proficiency in using financial software is essential, with experience in Xero being highly desirable as it is the platform currently in use.
- ·Regulatory Compliance: You should have a sound working knowledge of HMRC regulations, including PAYE, Employer’s National Insurance contributions, and VAT rules applicable to charities.
What we can offer you as a volunteer Branch Treasurer
- We will provide you with a comprehensive trustee training course which will provide you will everything you need to carry out the role.
- Ongoing support is also provided by local and national RSPCA staff in addition to any additional training provided by the relevant branch.
- The platform to utilise your skills and experience to oversee the charity and make decisions that have a direct impact on local animal welfare.
- The opportunity to gain new skills and develop existing ones, whilst making a real difference to the lives of animals.
- A way to expand your professional and personal network through working with like-minded people.
If you’ve got the drive and compassion to volunteer with the RSPCA and are passionate about improving animal welfare, we’d love to hear from you!
Join us in making a real difference to the lives of animals in need.
Our trustee roles are subject to an informal interview and opportunity to meet the board, which comprises of 12 members. We will ask you to provide contact details for two referees. Trustees are required to be, or be willing to become, members of the RSPCA, supporting the values and mission of this respected charity.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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If you can spend time with us, we can offer lots of opportunities to help our cadets and gain your own skills and experiences too.
We meet twice a week and we’re always looking for volunteers who are willing to try their hand at anything. You could find yourself teaching skills, running activities, or providing encouragement and moral support. If you have specialist skills, we can use them. If you want to learn new skills like rock climbing or gliding, we can train you.
Benefits of being a volunteer
Being a volunteer is rewarding and has a lot of different benefits.
- learn skills in a range of areas
- develop leadership qualities
- personal development
- gain qualifications in areas like mountain leadership, first aid and NVQs
Whatever you decide to focus on, all volunteers gain a huge sense of achievement from helping young people realise their potential.
To be a volunteer you need to
- Be aged 20 years or more (uniformed officers serve up to age 65)
- have lived in the UK for a minimum of 3 years
- commit to a certain number of hours
- understand young people and their needs
- be patient, responsible and kind
- have a good level of fitness, but by no means be an athlete
We know our volunteers may have families, jobs and hobbies, so we can be flexible and work around other areas of your lives. All we expect in return is clear communication, good organisation and commitment to your squadron.
You do not need
- a military background or experience
- experience of working with young people
- relevant skills like flying or gliding
If you choose to progress into a uniformed role, we provide uniforms and all the training you’ll require and there are opportunities to move up through the ranks as an officer or senior non-commissioned officer (SNCO). You’ll be guided through the process of interviews at Wing HQs and Regional HQs.
While our volunteers don’t get paid, if you progress to be an officer or non-commissioned officer you can claim for up to 28 days’ volunteer allowance.
Typical joining process
- Submit an expression of interest
- Visit the squadron
- You’ll have an informal interview (usually when you make the first visit)
- Invited to complete an online application
- Get access to the RAF Air Cadets online system to complete the final forms
- Have a DBS check
After your DBS is successful, you’ll be able to attend the squadron and help with activities on a 6-month probation. During this time you’ll complete our mandatory Adult Volunteer Induction Course. After your 6 months, you can then attend external activities too.
The time from initial enquiry through to starting as a volunteer can vary depending on the availability of current volunteers, but on average it takes around three months. This is due to the enquiries that need to be made, including a DBS, as part of our safeguarding checks.
The RAF Air Cadets offer young people exciting opportunities for personal and professional development.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Our shop in picturesque Bradford on Avon is seeking friendly volunteers to engage with customers on the shop floor and assist with behind the scenes tasks. This is a fantastic opportunity for you to expand and develop your retail skills within a charity environment and gain work experience, transferable to your CV. This voluntary role is a great way to meet new people, be part of a team, gain self-confidence and be a major part of helping unwanted and abandoned animals in need. There are plenty of opportunities here to meet your interests and availability.
We are particularly interested in hearing from people available to volunteer on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, or Thursdays.
Role Profile
Our shop volunteers play an integral role in the day-to-day running of our charity shops and the maximising of sales to support Bath Cats & Dogs Home. Whether you prefer working behind the scenes or on the shop floor in a customer facing role there are plenty of tasks to get involved with.
Your activities could include:
- Assisting and serving customers on the till
- Providing excellent customer service on the shop floor
- Creating attractive displays and assisting with the visual merchandising of the shop
- Receiving donations from the public and promoting our Gift Aid scheme
- Other daily tasks including cleaning, tidying, dusting and hoovering
About You
You will be an enthusiastic individual with a love for animals and charity shops. You will be well presented, friendly and enjoy meeting new people. It is vital you are reliable and trustworthy and able to offer a regular set of hours each week to fit with shop needs. Previous retail experience is an advantage but is not essential. There is a manual handling element to the role so this should be considered on application.
Full in person training will be provided for donation sorting and retail guidelines, as well as our waste management and recycling processes.
All staff and volunteers are required to complete online Health & Safety training prior to their start date. Due to insurance restrictions, we can only take on volunteers over the age of 18.
Through advice and support in the community, to rescue, rehabilitation and rehoming at our centre, we positively transform the lives of pets.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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This collections volunteer role involves managing all static collection tins within your local area including identifying opportunities to place a collection tin, emptying the tin and banking the money.
There is no minimum time commitment, but the role requires a level of regular commitment to ensure that tasks are completed.
Canine Partners is a registered charity that transforms the lives of people with physical disabilities by partnering them with assistance dogs. Our amazing dogs bring a greater independence and quality of life to their partners, offering support, security, companionship, and practical help with everyday household tasks.
By volunteering at Canine Partners, you contribute to something incredibly special - ‘transforming the lives of people with physical disabilities by partnering them with assistance dogs’
By volunteering you will:
- Be a valued member of our Charity
- Can work with dogs without lifelong commitment or costs associated with dog ownership
- Be able to meet like-minded people
- Gain practical experience in the field of canine care and welfare.
‘With out the continued hard work and support from our volunteers, we would not be able to provide our clients with our life changing dogs’
What we require from you
- Age 18 or over
- Access to your own transport with flexibility to visit different locations
- Polite, confident and personable manner
- Excellent customer service skills
- Excellent record keeping skills
Support and Training
- Public Liability Insurance
- Payment of expenditure such as mileage to and from a talk.
- Volunteer clothing and ID badge
- Dedicated point of contact in the fundraising team
- Guidance on cash handling
- Income monitoring sheet provided
- Access to our volunteer portal with many resources for your use.
- Invitation to join our Official Canine Partners Community Facebook Group
We will change the lives of disabled people using expertly trained dogs to improve physical, emotional and social wellbeing.





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Are you looking for a Fundraising role that makes a real difference to a local charity?
At Acorns we provide care and support for life limited or life threatened children and their families. We are a charity, and our fundraising is vital to enable us to continue providing care and support to the children: it costs around £13 million a year to run our care services.
We are looking for volunteers to join our fundraising team at Morrisons (Evesham) on Thursday 17th July and make a difference. We’re looking for enthusiastic volunteers to help us collect donations from shoppers, supporting our cause in a rewarding environment.
How much time will it take?
The collection is from 10.00am – 3.00pm, but you can join us at any point for an hour or two.
Am I right for the role?
- We’re looking for volunteers who are
- Approachable and happy to raise awareness about Acorns
- Versatile and willing to adapt and help out
Why volunteer at Acorns?
- To help a local charity and make a difference in your community
- Connect with likeminded people and make new friends
- Learn new skills to boost your CV
- Opportunities to progress to other roles
- Access to free online training courses
- Retail discounts
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Participation in our volunteer recognition schemes and rewards.
We can only accept volunteers who are 18 years of age or older. If you are under 18, a parent or guardian must also apply as they need to accompany you for the duration of your volunteer activities.
A Peer Mentor is a volunteer who has experienced similar challenges and experiences as the person they are supporting. Being a peer mentor is seen as a positive and secure way to progress towards education, work, or employment.
Volunteers who take on peer support roles can feel empowered, have a greater confidence and a more positive sense of identity.
Could you provide an authentic voice that our clients can relate to?
· Do you have 1-2 hours a week to support a client
· Can you inspire others, give them hope through self-disclosure and by being an example of recovery?
· Build relationships based on trust, acceptance, understanding and an empathy from a shared lived experience?
· Can we rely on you to tap into your own experiences to help us identify barriers and gaps in our services and how we can be improving and identify good practice?
If you can answer ‘yes’ to these questions, then we would love to hear from you!
Key Responsibilities:
· Inspiring service users by using your own life experiences and by being a positive role model
· Providing a safe sounding space, listen in a non-judgemental way
· Helping to improve wellbeing, confidence, and independence by exploring activities that promote this
· Assist service users to engage with formalised support
· Attend appropriate training and development opportunities as required
Connection Support has a range of services providing support to people at risk of homelessness or on the edge of needing social care. We work with people made vulnerable through debt, mental health issues, substance misuse, learning disability, and physical disabilities.
Volunteers play a key role in the provision of vital services to our clients.
Could you prevent loneliness and isolation in your community and become a befriender?
- Do you have 2-3 hours a week to give to a client suffering from loneliness or mental health? (For a mutual agreement of time and locations that meet clients’ needs)
- Can you offer support, through a listening ear and be a positive influence in a client’s life to help build self-esteem and confidence?
- Will you enable our clients to benefit from knowing someone is there to listen, be a friend, and check in on their wellbeing?
If you can answer ‘yes’ to these questions, then we would love to hear from you!
Key responsibilities
Your role will include, but is not restricted to the following tasks:
- Carry out weekly checks with the clients you are supporting. This can be in a variety of settings, e.g., family home, support home, or in the community (via face-to-face meetings, phone or video calls)
- Have fun, take clients on outings, and maybe share a hobby, sport, or an interest
- Collect prescriptions for clients and assist with their weekly shop
- Help clients rediscover social skills and confidence by building up and maintaining a close relationship
- Report any concerns to the Volunteer Coordinator
Skills required
No qualifications or volunteering experience is required; however, the below skills are essential:
- A non-judgemental approach
- Good listening and communication skills
- Reliable and trustworthy
- Respect confidentiality
- Be able to work on own initiative
- Ability to build effective working relationships with clients in a non-patronising way
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Now that spring has sprung, we have an excellent seasonal opportunity for those who love the great outdoors and wish to support the animals in our care. If you love to be outside and enjoy gardening, why not consider joining our team as a Gardening Volunteer, supporting our small but mighty Grounds & Maintenance team who look after our 10 acre site.
About the Role
Based in bucolic Claverton Down, we are lucky to have several large green spaces in which to excercise our dogs - and a brilliant cat garden for our feline friends! This takes a lot of looking after though and we are keen to hear from potential volunteers who would like to take on a specific area of our site as a project, tending to it on a weekly basis and seeing it flourish throughout the summer. There are several areas to choose from, including our Enrichment Paddock, Behaviour Cabin Garden and Pet Cemetery. There are also general gardening tasks to crack on wtih, such as sweeping the Summer House, mowing and strimming, and tackling weeds in the kennel block paddocks.
This is a rewarding role as you will be able to see at the end of your shift the results of your hard work! You will also have the satisfaction of knowing that you have directly impacted the lives of the animals in our care by creating a safe outside space for them to enjoy off-lead play time and exploration, keeping their bodies active and their brains engaged.
About You
You will be a motivated and enthusiastic individual with a love for animals. This role requires elements of manual handling so you will need to be physically fit and this should be considered upon application. You will be a team player who is able to carefully follow instructions and relevant health and safety requirements for the position, for example the use of appropriate PPE.
Full in person training will be provided by the maintenance team. Your hours will be flexible in line with current staffing levels, but during the spring and summer a weekly requirement of at least 2 hours is required, weather-dependant.
Through advice and support in the community, to rescue, rehabilitation and rehoming at our centre, we positively transform the lives of pets.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Connection Support has a range of services providing support to people at risk of homelessness or on the edge of needing social care. We work with people made vulnerable through debt, mental health issues, substance misuse, learning disability, and physical disabilities.
Volunteers play a key role in the provision of vital services to our clients.
Could you prevent loneliness and isolation in your community and become a befriender?
- Do you have 2-3 hours a week to give to a client suffering from loneliness or mental health? (For a mutual agreement of time and locations that meet clients’ needs)
- Can you offer support, through a listening ear and be a positive influence in a client’s life to help build self-esteem and confidence?
- Will you enable our clients to benefit from knowing someone is there to listen, be a friend, and check in on their wellbeing?
If you can answer ‘yes’ to these questions, then we would love to hear from you!
Key responsibilities
Your role will include, but is not restricted to the following tasks:
- Carry out weekly checks with the clients you are supporting. This can be in a variety of settings, e.g., family home, support home, or in the community (via face-to-face meetings, phone or video calls)
- Have fun, take clients on outings, and maybe share a hobby, sport, or an interest
- Collect prescriptions for clients and assist with their weekly shop
- Help clients rediscover social skills and confidence by building up and maintaining a close relationship
- Report any concerns to the Volunteer Coordinator
Skills required
No qualifications or volunteering experience is required; however, the below skills are essential:
- A non-judgemental approach
- Good listening and communication skills
- Reliable and trustworthy
- Respect confidentiality
- Be able to work on own initiative
- Ability to build effective working relationships with clients in a non-patronising way
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Volunteer Handyperson – Help Us Keep Our Facilities in Top Shape!
Location: RSPCA Buckinghamshire South Branch – Community-based
Role Type: Volunteer – Handyperson
Manager: Operations Manager
Do You Enjoy DIY and Fixing Things?
Would you like to use your practical skills to help improve the environment for rescued animals and support our charity shops?
At RSPCA Buckinghamshire South Branch, our volunteer handypersons play a crucial role by:
● Repairing and maintaining small animal pens and hutches to ensure they are safe and comfortable.
● Installing shelves, notice boards, and basic fixtures in our charity shops.
Carrying out general maintenance tasks at our shops, storage facilities, and animal care locations.
● Assisting with minor repairs, painting, and basic carpentry tasks as needed.
If you have basic DIY skills, some spare time, and want to make a real difference, we’d love to have you on board!
Why Volunteer With Us?
As an RSPCA volunteer handyperson, you will:
● Meet a variety of RSPCA staff, volunteers, animal carers and people from our community.
● Help create safer and more comfortable environments for animals.
● Support the smooth running of our charity shops and animal care sites.
● Enjoy a rewarding role that makes a tangible difference in your local community.
What We’re Looking For:
● Aged 18 or over with practical DIY skills.
● Ability to use basic tools safely (drills, screwdrivers, hammers, saws, etc.).
● Comfortable lifting, carrying, and handling materials.
● Reliable, responsible, and able to work independently.
● A problem-solver with a can-do attitude.
What You’ll Be Doing:
● Animal Pen & Hutch Repairs: Fixing broken enclosures and ensuring they are safe and weatherproof.
● Shop Maintenance: Putting up shelves, assembling furniture, and installing small fixtures.
● General Repairs & Upkeep: Basic painting, minor carpentry, and fixing small issues.
● Storage & Organisation: Helping maintain our storage areas and ensuring everything is tidy.
● Ad Hoc Jobs: Supporting the team with various maintenance tasks as needed.
What’s in It for You?
● Meet new people and be part of a passionate team.
● A comprehensive induction and training relevant to your role.
● The chance to make a meaningful difference to the welfare of animals.
● Reimbursement of reasonable travel expenses incurred while volunteering.
Practical Considerations:
● Health & Safety: Volunteers must follow RSPCA safety guidelines for DIY work.
● Physical Requirements: This role involves lifting, carrying, and working with tools.
● Equipment Use: Tools and materials will be provided where needed.
● Volunteers must use equipment safely and responsibly.
● Training & Support: You will receive a volunteer handbook and guidance from our team.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Canine Partners are looking for volunteers who can provide loving homes for our young dogs, aged 14 months upwards, whilst helping to train them to be canine partners.
By volunteering you will:
- Be a valued member of our Charity
- Know that you are integrally involved in the care and training of a dog that will change the life of a person waiting for their Canine Partner
- Benefit from the companionship and enjoyment of having a dog in your life without lifelong commitment or costs associated with dog ownership
- Meet like-minded people
- Can develop your knowledge of puppy development and training.
‘With out the continued hard work and support from our volunteers, we would not be able to provide our clients with our life changing dogs.’
What is involved
- Commitment to providing a loving home, care, and training for a dog for the duration of their time in training.
- We consider this a full-time role as you, or another approved adult member of the household, will be required to care for the dog for much of the day and overnight.
- Our trainers need access to the dogs during weekdays for training purposes. We ask that you commute to and from our training centre when required to drop off/collect the dog. Drop off and collection times are between 7.30 - 9.30am and 4-6pm. We try to be as flexible as possible with the times that are best for you.
- Availability to attend pre-arranged training sessions at your home, in your local area, and at our training centre.
- Attend an Introduction session before we coordinate a dog into your care
- With our guidance, and using positive training methods, to continue the training of the dog in various areas. For example:
- Home behaviour
- Social behaviour
- Behaviour around other animals
- Walking on a lead
- Off lead exercise
- Maintaining the dog’s health and welfare and, via support and training, to recognise behaviour/health concerns and report them immediately to the dog’s trainer.
What we require from you
- You live within a 30-minute drive of our training centre (post code LE12 9SR)
- That you, as the dog's main carer, are over 18 years of age
- You have a dog friendly secure garden
- Though desirable, prior dog ownership is not required.
- All members of the household are keen to foster.
- There is no more than one pet dog living in your home. The pet dog must be over 12 months of age and would need to undergo our pet dog suitability assessment
- Have the time and ability to commit to the training and care of a young dog. This is a physical role
- Have access to a suitable vehicle to transport the dog
- That you or other approved adult member of the household are at home most of the day, and overnight, to care for the dog
- Attend two training sessions each year
- Understand that the dog in your care remains under the ownership of Canine Partners
Support and Training
- Induction process which includes telephone assessment and home visit
- On-going Instruction and support from our dog trainers. This will be in person, via video link, phone calls, handouts etc.
- Holiday cover and appointments cover can be arranged.
- Payment of expenditure such as mileage to and from a training session with a Canine Partner representative
- Access to our volunteer portal with many resources for your use.
- Invitation to join our Official Canine Partners Community Facebook Group
We will change the lives of disabled people using expertly trained dogs to improve physical, emotional and social wellbeing.





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Canine Partners is looking for a Volunteer Photographer to photograph newborn litters, dogs in training and partnerships as well as event photography
By volunteering you will:
- Have the opportunity to work with dogs
- Be able to meet like-minded people
- Gain practical experience in the event, dog and puppy, brand/corporate and portrait photography
- Build your own portfolio
‘With out the continued hard work and support from our volunteers, we would not be able to provide our clients with our life changing dogs’
What is involved
- Adhoc photoshoots which will primarily be based at our National Training Centre but may also be on location.
- Opportunity to photograph newborn litters, dogs in training and partnerships as well as event photography.
- Editing images for use within promotional materials and on digital channels
- Images taken will be licenced for use and owned by Canine Partners.
What we require from you
To be a professional photographer or be able to show us a portfolio of experience in one or more of the following photoshoots:
- Events
- Pet photography (Dogs specifically would be ideal!)
- Brand/corporate
- Portraits
- Photojournalism and documentary
- Editorial
- Access to own digital photography and editing equipment, but we can give access to our studio and photography equipment if required
- To be proficient in editing photographs.
- Not an essential but ideally be able to do studio photography, this would include editing white background and cut out PNGs for use in design.
- Understand that it will involve adhoc photography jobs, dependent on needs of the charity
- Ideally be local to or able to travel to the National Training Centre
- Comfortable with indoor and outdoor photography
- Have knowledge of GDPR and consents/permissions
- Be comfortable with us completing a DBS
Support and Training
- Reimbursement of pre-approved expenses if requested
- Invitation to join our Official Canine Partners Community Facebook Group
- A point of contact who will support you in your role
- Volunteer clothing and ID badge
Location
To be based near or willing to travel to Canine Partners National Training Centre, Ashby Road, Loughborough, LE12 9SR.
On shoot locations possible to be agreed upon.
Other locations across the UK will also be considered but please note, these will be on an adhoc basis dependent on need of photography in that area so opportunities may be fewer.
We will change the lives of disabled people using expertly trained dogs to improve physical, emotional and social wellbeing.





The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Connection Support has a range of services providing support to people at risk of homelessness or on the edge of needing social care. We work with people made vulnerable through debt, mental health issues, substance misuse, learning disability, and physical disabilities.
Volunteers play a key role in the provision of vital services to our clients.
Could you prevent loneliness and isolation in your community and become a befriender?
- Do you have 2-3 hours a week to give to a client suffering from loneliness or mental health? (For a mutual agreement of time and locations that meet clients’ needs)
- Can you offer support, through a listening ear and be a positive influence in a client’s life to help build self-esteem and confidence?
- Will you enable our clients to benefit from knowing someone is there to listen, be a friend, and check in on their wellbeing?
If you can answer ‘yes’ to these questions, then we would love to hear from you!
Key responsibilities
Your role will include, but is not restricted to the following tasks:
- Carry out weekly checks with the clients you are supporting. This can be in a variety of settings, e.g., family home, support home, or in the community (via face-to-face meetings, phone or video calls)
- Have fun, take clients on outings, and maybe share a hobby, sport, or an interest
- Collect prescriptions for clients and assist with their weekly shop
- Help clients rediscover social skills and confidence by building up and maintaining a close relationship
- Report any concerns to the Volunteer Coordinator
Skills required
No qualifications or volunteering experience is required; however, the below skills are essential:
- A non-judgemental approach
- Good listening and communication skills
- Reliable and trustworthy
- Respect confidentiality
- Be able to work on own initiative
- Ability to build effective working relationships with clients in a non-patronising way
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The Together Project
Established in 2018, the Together Project is a community outreach project delivered by a team of volunteer vets and non-clinical volunteers to provide non-judgmental veterinary advice, treatment and care to the pets of vulnerably housed and homeless people in Bath. Working in partnership with local homeless charities Julian House and Genesis Trust, the team understands the strong bond between an owner and a pet, and that for many, a pet can be a lifeline, so they aim to do whatever they can to keep these beloved pets together with their owners.
We are seeking kind, empathetic and understanding volunteers to join our award-winning Together Project team and would love to hear from vets and vet nurses (RVN) interested in joining the project.
About the Role
Currently the Together Project team run two clinics per month, one at Genesis on the Canal in Widcombe on a Friday morning, and the second on a Saturday afternoon, where they take to the streets to seek out service users who may not have made it to the Friday clinic, as well as raise awareness of the project. During a clinic, the volunteers will:
- Earn trust from people in marginalised communities by demonstrating true care for their pets
- Register new service users and encourage their attendance at monthly clinics, promoting responsible pet ownership regardless of living situation
- Catch up with service users and their pets, building relationships and ensuring consistency of treatment where possible
- Provide preventative treatment such as vaccinations and parasite treatment
- Provide treatment for illness and injury, as well as emergency intervention when necessary
- Act as ambassadors for the project and Bath Cats & Dogs Home
About You
We would love to hear from vets and vet nurses who can give 2 hours per month to support the Together Project. You will need to be outgoing, approachable and have an understanding nature as trust from Together Project service users is hard-won and not guaranteed.
This is an exciting opportunity for vets and vet nurses interested in applying their knowledge and experience to an outreach programme aiming to improve the lives of marginalised people and empowering them to best care for their beloved pets. Taking your clinical knowledge out of the practice and into the community, you will be reaching out to people who love their pets wholeheartedly but may not feel able to ask for help.
Through advice and support in the community, to rescue, rehabilitation and rehoming at our centre, we positively transform the lives of pets.
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