Volunteer Roles in South West

Job title: Fundraising Trustee

Contract type: Contractor / Remote / Volunteer

Hours per week:  5-6 hours per month

Expenses: Any travel expenses will be paid at 25p per mile.

Flexible working: Yes.

Deadline for applications: 07/07/24

 

 

About Been There:

 

Been There is a small (but growing!) charity in the form of an app that connects people aged 18 and over with a vetted and trained mentor to help with any body image issues they may be experiencing. This gives them the opportunity to speak to someone who has ‘Been There’ themselves. Our Mentors are here to support, empower and, most importantly, listen.

About the role:

 

If you are an experienced fundraiser, we need your help! Been There’s Board of Trustees share ultimate responsibility for governing the charity and directing how it is managed and run. As a member of the Board, you will help set the strategic aims, objectives and direction of the charity. The skills and knowledge you bring will enhance the Board and support Been There in achieving its charitable objectives

 

As a Fundraising Trustee, you will play a key role within our charity in assisting the Board to develop an ambitious fundraising strategy and help us to further improve the effectiveness of our income generation so we can maximise the number of service users we can provide support to. You will help to ensure our fundraising is of the highest standard and that we are meeting our fundraising objectives as well as complying with our legal duties. Alongside relevant experience, you will also possess an ability to work to tight deadlines, prioritising multiple tasks, and will be a natural team player with excellent written and spoken English.

Board meetings are held every other month for 2 hours (two via Zoom and one per quarter in Kingston-Upon-Thames). If required, this role can be completely remote and you can attend the quarterly meeting over video call.

 

Role Summary:

 

· To assist the Board of Trustees to develop a comprehensive fundraising strategy for Been There

· To guide, support, and challenge the Communications Manager and fundraising volunteers.

· To report to the Trustees on a regular basis, giving an update on fundraising achievements, plans, and progress.

· To ensure fundraising is of the highest standard and priority within a robust governance framework that meets all relevant legislation.

Main Responsibilities:

 

· Oversee fundraising to make sure it is carried out in legal, honest, and accountable ways.

· Strategically assess where fundraising fits into the overall charity strategy, and work with the Trustees to ensure effective income generation is being achieved.

· Contributing knowledge of fundraising techniques, best practice, and strategies.

· Assessing risks in new fundraising directions, alerting the Board of Trustees in a timely manner, as and when necessary, of key concerns.

· To report to the Board at a strategic level on the successes and challenges of the fundraising strategy.

· To help the charity further develop its fundraising capabilities through effective people and processes.

· On an ad hoc basis, to work with the Chair of Trustees and the Communications Manager, outside of the Trustee meetings, to support and develop the fundraising strategy.

Person Specification:

 

· To have substantial background as a senior charity fundraiser with a sound understanding and experience of charity fundraising at strategic and operational levels.

· A good understanding of fundraising within a small charity and the challenges facing small charities.

· Experience of diverse income generation practices.

· Sound, independent judgement and ability to think creatively.

· Ability to give constructive feedback and provide challenge.

· Experience in the charitable or voluntary sector.

· An ability to work to tight deadlines, ensuring prioritisation of multiple tasks.

· A natural team player with excellent written and spoken English

To apply for the Fundraising Trustee position at Been There, please submit your CV and a cover letter outlining your relevant experience and interest in the role.

 

Thank you for your interest.

 

 

 

Diversity, Equality & Inclusion Statement:

Diversity, equity and inclusion are at the heart of what we value as an organisation. Been There is an equal opportunities employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability or any other status protected by law. Our recruitment team are happy to support with any reasonable adjustments that are needed within the recruitment process.

 

 

 

Context:

The Board of Trustees is jointly responsible for the overall governance and strategic direction of the charity, its financial health, the integrity of its activities and developing the organisation’s aims, objectives and goals in accordance with the governing document, and legal and regulatory guidelines.

All trustees should also be aware of, and understand, their individual and collective responsibilities, and should not be overly reliant on one or more individual trustees in any particular aspect of the governance of the charity.

The statutory duties of a trustee are:

 

● To ensure the organisation complies with its governing document.

● To ensure that the organisation pursues its objectives as defined in its governing document.

● To ensure the organisation applies its resources exclusively in pursuance of its objectives - the charity must not spend money on activities which are not included in its own objectives, no matter how 'charitable' and 'worthwhile' those activities are.

● To contribute actively to the Board of Trustees role in giving firm strategic direction to the organisation, setting overall policy, defining goals and setting targets and evaluating performance against agreed targets.

● To safeguard the good name and values of the organisation.

● To ensure the effective and efficient administration of the organisation.

● To ensure the financial stability of the organisation.

● To protect and manage the property of the organisation and to ensure the proper investment of the organisation's funds.

● If the organisation employs staff, appoint the CEO and monitor his or her performance.

In addition, with other trustees to hold the charity “in trust” for current and future beneficiaries by:

 

● Ensuring that the charity has a clear vision, mission and strategic direction and is focused on achieving these.

● Being responsible for the performance of the charity and for its “corporate” behaviour; ensuring that the charity complies with all legal and regulatory requirements.

● Acting as guardians of the charity’s assets, both tangible and intangible, taking all due care over their security, deployment and proper application.

● Ensuring that the charity’s governance is of the highest possible standard.

● Trustees are required to sign a non-disclosure agreement at the time of joining the board.

● As well as the various statutory duties, any trustee should make full use of any specific skills, knowledge or experience to help the board make good decisions.

Can you spare a few hours a month to support STAMP Revisited, a local mental health charity?

We are, a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO), which has provided advocacy services for the people of Teesside for almost 30 years, and we are currently looking for new Trustees to join our Board.

Our advocates provide advocacy to adults who are experiencing mental health difficulties that impact on their ability to make their voice heard and are unable to independently navigate personal issues such as aspects of their health, finances, or housing needs.

Trustees are essential to the success of a charity, and the Board is the charity’s governing body. Trustees are responsible for ensuring the charity meets its objectives and are responsible for its general administration and control of the charity.

If you are interested in finding out more about being a Trustee and sitting on our Board, we would love to hear from you. Our Board welcomes people from diverse backgrounds, aged 18 or over with a wide range of skills. We are keen to welcome people who have personal experience of mental health challenges, including service users and carers.

Do you like dogs? Do you like people?

Your community needs you!!

Walkie Dogs is a weekly social group located in the UK that brings local communities in every city together to walk their dogs and make connections. We support mental health organisations and work towards reducing knife and gang crime throughout the UK. As a volunteer-led organisation, we provide training to ensure that our volunteers are equipped to offer support and resources to our members. Our online retail store offers the best products on the market to promote the health and well-being of dogs in the UK, with exclusive discounts for our members. We also provide educational tools, travel advice, training, and more to the dog community.

Role Description

This is a full-time, on-site role as a Volunteer Walk Leader at Walkie Dogs. As a Volunteer Walk Leader, you will be responsible for organising and leading dog walks for our social group. Your day-to-day tasks will include coordinating meet-up locations, ensuring the safety and well-being of participants and their dogs, providing guidance and support during walks, and fostering a positive and inclusive atmosphere within the group.

Qualifications

• Experience leading group activities and events
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Passion for promoting mental health and reducing knife and gang crime
• Knowledge of dog handling and safety
• Ability to provide guidance and support to members
• Reliability and punctuality
• Strong organisational skills
• Familiarity with the local area's, 74 cities in the UK. (anywhere with a cathedral)

Collaborating with Mental Health organisations across the UK we aim to support and spread awareness of the importance of mental health and well-being

Each volunteer will receive full walk leader training, access to the our website, discounts and walks across the UK.

We require an up to date DBS check and a minimum of of 20 walks per year

Would you like to make a difference to a local family in your community? By giving just 2hrs a week you can do this.

Our volunteers are all parents themselves or have parenting experience and are carefully selected for their friendliness and understanding. All volunteers complete a preparation course and are DBS and reference checked before being matched with a family. They then take their own individual skills and experience to the families they visit. Our volunteers offer their time and friendship and accept a parent as they are.

RNID Near You volunteer 

Role description 

Our volunteers are vital in helping us make life fully inclusive for the 12 million people in the UK who are deaf, have hearing loss or tinnitus.  RNID hugely value the contribution of our volunteers and we achieved the Investing in Volunteers quality mark in 2023. 

What you’ll be doing 

RNID Near You volunteers help us provide free, in-person drop-in sessions for people who are deaf, have hearing loss or tinnitus, or want to get their hearing checked. Our volunteers: 

• Meet and greet people visiting our services, find out what service or information they’re looking for and direct them to the right place. 

• Support hearing aid users by doing basic maintenance on their hearing aids and providing tips for getting the most from hearing aids. 

• Help people to take the RNID online hearing check. They take people through the steps in person on a digital tablet. 

• Provide information on a range of topics related to deafness and hearing loss. 

• Help us to find supporters and donors by talking to people and providing information on supporting us. 

• Support us with administrative tasks for the service. 

You don’t have to do all types of activities; you can pick the activities you find most interesting and match your skills and experience. Usual time commitment varies but is typically three hours per month. 

Full induction and training is provided and you’ll be assigned a supervisor to provide you with on-going support and to introduce you to our community of volunteers.

Requirements 

You need to be 18 or over for this role. You may need to be able to travel by car or public transport to different places. We’ll reimburse your expenses in line with RNID’s expenses policy.

We have a legal duty to make sure that all volunteers working either in person and/ or online with children and adults at risk on a regular basis are suitable. 

In addition to requesting references, we’ll carry out appropriate pre-volunteering checks in-line with regulations such as Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks in England and Wales, and equivalents in Northern Ireland and Scotland. 

Do you like dogs? Do you like people?

Your community needs you!!

Walkie Dogs is a weekly social group located in the UK that brings local communities in every city together to walk their dogs and make connections. We support mental health organisations and work towards reducing knife and gang crime throughout the UK. As a volunteer-led organisation, we provide training to ensure that our volunteers are equipped to offer support and resources to our members. Our online retail store offers the best products on the market to promote the health and well-being of dogs in the UK, with exclusive discounts for our members. We also provide educational tools, travel advice, training, and more to the dog community.

Role Description

This is a full-time, on-site role as a Volunteer Walk Leader at Walkie Dogs. As a Volunteer Walk Leader, you will be responsible for organising and leading dog walks for our social group. Your day-to-day tasks will include coordinating meet-up locations, ensuring the safety and well-being of participants and their dogs, providing guidance and support during walks, and fostering a positive and inclusive atmosphere within the group.

Qualifications

• Experience leading group activities and events
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Passion for promoting mental health and reducing knife and gang crime
• Knowledge of dog handling and safety
• Ability to provide guidance and support to members
• Reliability and punctuality
• Strong organisational skills
• Familiarity with the local area's, 74 cities in the UK. (anywhere with a cathedral)

Collaborating with Mental Health organisations across the UK we aim to support and spread awareness of the importance of mental health and well-being

Each volunteer will receive full walk leader training, access to the our website, discounts and walks across the UK.

We require an up to date DBS check and a minimum of of 20 walks per year

Community Day Listening Volunteer - Yeovil MIND

Wednesdays 10am-4pm (2/4/6 hours within this time frame acceptable)

Ideally we are looking for someone who is training to be a Counsellor or studying Health and Social Care and is looking for some work experience surrounding Mental Health.

The role is not counselling sessions but a compassionate ear for individuals to talk too, who are not comfortable sharing within a group.

Personal Skills and Qualities that will be beneficial:

· Listening skills

· Humour

· Willingness to help

· Positive attitude

· Compassion

· Lived experience

· Works well as part of a team

· Mental health issues knowledge

Tasks and Responsibilities:

· Spending 30-40 minutes with clients on a one-to-one basis

· Listening to clients and signposting to relevant agencies

· Collaborating with a team of volunteers

Skills and Qualities gained or improved upon through volunteering for Mind Community Day:

· Teamwork

· Mental health knowledge

· Time management

· Problem solving

· Organisation

· Interpersonal skills

· Signposting knowledge

 

Help us offer a free, in-person service for care home residents across Somerset who are deaf, have hearing loss or tinnitus or want to get their hearing checked.

Here’s what our RNID Near You volunteers do and the requirements we ask for.

RNID Near You volunteers do 6 main activities to help us make life fully inclusive for deaf people and people with hearing loss and tinnitus. 

You don’t have to do all 6 of these activities – you can pick the activities you find most interesting and match your skills and experience.

• Maintaining hearing aids
• Helping people check their hearing
• Informing people
• Meeting & Greeting
• Finding supporters & donors
• Administration

We're looking for Virtual Volunteers (based in the UK and aged 16 and over) to join us at our online after-school sessions, where you will be supporting young people aged 9 to 13 with their reading and writing and championing their work as they become published poets, authors and podcast creators!

We're looking for people that are positive about social change and that love literacy. No experience working with young people is necessary as full training is given.

There's never been a better time to volunteer with school closures likely to have reversed efforts to close the educational gap.

Do you like dogs? Do you like people?

Your community needs you!!

Walkie Dogs is a weekly social group located in the UK that brings local communities in every city together to walk their dogs and make connections. We support mental health organisations and work towards reducing knife and gang crime throughout the UK. As a volunteer-led organisation, we provide training to ensure that our volunteers are equipped to offer support and resources to our members. Our online retail store offers the best products on the market to promote the health and well-being of dogs in the UK, with exclusive discounts for our members. We also provide educational tools, travel advice, training, and more to the dog community.

Role Description

This is a full-time, on-site role as a Volunteer Walk Leader at Walkie Dogs. As a Volunteer Walk Leader, you will be responsible for organising and leading dog walks for our social group. Your day-to-day tasks will include coordinating meet-up locations, ensuring the safety and well-being of participants and their dogs, providing guidance and support during walks, and fostering a positive and inclusive atmosphere within the group.

Qualifications

• Experience leading group activities and events
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Passion for promoting mental health and reducing knife and gang crime
• Knowledge of dog handling and safety
• Ability to provide guidance and support to members
• Reliability and punctuality
• Strong organisational skills
• Familiarity with the local area's, 74 cities in the UK. (anywhere with a cathedral)

Collaborating with Mental Health organisations across the UK we aim to support and spread awareness of the importance of mental health and well-being

Each volunteer will receive full walk leader training, access to the our website, discounts and walks across the UK.

We require an up to date DBS check and a minimum of of 20 walks per year

Do you like dogs? Do you like people?

Your community needs you!!

Walkie Dogs is a weekly social group located in the UK that brings local communities in every city together to walk their dogs and make connections. We support mental health organisations and work towards reducing knife and gang crime throughout the UK. As a volunteer-led organisation, we provide training to ensure that our volunteers are equipped to offer support and resources to our members. Our online retail store offers the best products on the market to promote the health and well-being of dogs in the UK, with exclusive discounts for our members. We also provide educational tools, travel advice, training, and more to the dog community.

Role Description

This is a full-time, on-site role as a Volunteer Walk Leader at Walkie Dogs. As a Volunteer Walk Leader, you will be responsible for organising and leading dog walks for our social group. Your day-to-day tasks will include coordinating meet-up locations, ensuring the safety and well-being of participants and their dogs, providing guidance and support during walks, and fostering a positive and inclusive atmosphere within the group.

Qualifications

• Experience leading group activities and events
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Passion for promoting mental health and reducing knife and gang crime
• Knowledge of dog handling and safety
• Ability to provide guidance and support to members
• Reliability and punctuality
• Strong organisational skills
• Familiarity with the local area's, 74 cities in the UK. (anywhere with a cathedral)

Collaborating with Mental Health organisations across the UK we aim to support and spread awareness of the importance of mental health and well-being

Each volunteer will receive full walk leader training, access to the our website, discounts and walks across the UK.

We require an up to date DBS check and a minimum of of 20 walks per year

Are you passionate about making a meaningful difference in your community? Do you have expertise in finance and a desire to contribute to a cause that positively impacts lives?  If the answer is yes, then this could be the perfect role for you!

STAMP Revisited is a small but ambitious charity, which provides advocacy and emotional support to those experiencing mental health difficulties. We support them to access vital services they need that they would not be able to access independently.  We have already supported thousands of the most disadvantaged people to have their voice heard and respected.

We are currently recruiting a new Treasurer to join our Board of Trustees. As a Trustee of STAMP Revisited, you will play a crucial role in setting the strategic direction of the charity and ensuring good governance.  You will contribute to ensuring that the charity fulfils its mission, operates effectively, and remains accountable to those experiencing mental health issues.

In addition to the general duties as Trustee, as Treasurer you will play a pivotal role in securing the financial integrity and sustainability of our charity. You will ensure that effective and appropriate financial measures are put in place and report to the Board at regular intervals about the financial health of the organisation.

If you are interested in finding out more about being a Treasurer and sitting on our Board, we would love to hear from you. Our Board welcomes people from diverse backgrounds, aged 18 or over with a wide range of skills. We are keen to welcome people who have personal experience of mental health challenges, including service users and carers.

RNID Near You volunteer 

Role description 

Our volunteers are vital in helping us make life fully inclusive for the 12 million people in the UK who are deaf, have hearing loss or tinnitus.  RNID hugely value the contribution of our volunteers and we achieved the Investing in Volunteers quality mark in 2023. 

What you’ll be doing 

RNID Near You volunteers help us provide free, in-person drop-in sessions for people who are deaf, have hearing loss or tinnitus, or want to get their hearing checked. Our volunteers: 

• Meet and greet people visiting our services, find out what service or information they’re looking for and direct them to the right place. 

• Support hearing aid users by doing basic maintenance on their hearing aids and providing tips for getting the most from hearing aids. 

• Help people to take the RNID online hearing check. They take people through the steps in person on a digital tablet. 

• Provide information on a range of topics related to deafness and hearing loss. 

• Help us to find supporters and donors by talking to people and providing information on supporting us. 

• Support us with administrative tasks for the service. 

You don’t have to do all types of activities; you can pick the activities you find most interesting and match your skills and experience. Usual time commitment varies but is typically three hours per month. 

Full induction and training is provided and you’ll be assigned a supervisor to provide you with on-going support and to introduce you to our community of volunteers.

Requirements 

You need to be 18 or over for this role. You may need to be able to travel by car or public transport to different places. We’ll reimburse your expenses in line with RNID’s expenses policy.

We have a legal duty to make sure that all volunteers working either in person and/ or online with children and adults at risk on a regular basis are suitable. 

In addition to requesting references, we’ll carry out appropriate pre-volunteering checks in-line with regulations such as Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks in England and Wales, and equivalents in Northern Ireland and Scotland. 

As a Peer Volunteer you will be working alongside Senior staff and Crisis workers within Crisis Safe Space. Crisis Safe Space was co-designed by local people with experience of mental health difficulties, who wanted to create more support in the community rather than at hospital or other clinical services​. The service has been designed for people experiencing emotional distress who need immediate and short-term crisis prevention rather than intensive support from either an emergency or inpatient service​. We do not seek to define what a crisis is for those using our service, we simply aim to offer the support required on a person-by-person basis. As an alliance member of Open Mental Health, we work in close partnership with Second Step, Somerset Foundation Trust and other OMH partners.

Bringing your lived experience, you will have the desire to support and encourage others on their individual recovery journeys.  You will be able to clearly draw upon and share, your own experiences of mental health challenges and services in order to inspire, model, and inform others in similar situations and support them in finding their own path to recovery.

You will be providing a specially designed role within the Crisis Safe Space Team in either Yeovil or Taunton. As part of the wider team, you will start to build a trusting relationship with individuals while they are accessing the Crisis Safe Space and your role will be to meet and greet, assist with any enrolment/paperwork, and offer support with signposting and feedback. You will work alongside the Crisis Safe Space Team, meaning you will have access to constant support and guidance.

 

What tasks will be involved?

 

· Establishing a trusting and collaborative relationship with the service-user, working alongside a crisis worker within appointments to provide sensitive, collaborative, and non-judgemental support, offering you’re your own perspective and lived experience where appropriate. 

· Offering follow up and aftercare appointments to individuals who have completed their work with the Crisis Safe Space team.

· Completing feedback paperwork collaboratively with the service user at regular intervals following their appointment, compiling feedback to help develop an understanding of how the service is being received.

· Supporting family members who visit with their loved one, ensuring they feel supported and listened to whilst they wait, and ensuring that their experience is also validated.

· To identify additional community-based support networks and implementing group-based peer support events for users of the service.

· To link people to training, volunteering/employment activities.

· To maintain hope and optimism for the individual with high expectations for recovery, use lived experience to positively support the individual’s recovery.

· Providing practical information and signposting.

· Supporting the smooth and safe transfer into other services. 

· Showing understanding, acceptance and empathy based on shared experience.

· Supporting individuals to develop ideas for coping strategies and problem-solving skills.

· Help individuals identify their own hopes, dreams, and aspirations and to explore opportunities and ways to realise them.

 

Who should apply for this role?

We are looking for Peer Volunteers who have:

· Lived experience of mental health.

· Personal experience of recovery from mental health challenges.

· The desire and ability to share personal experiences of mental health and recovery to support, empower and bring hope to others.

· The capacity to manage their own mental health needs.

· An awareness of self-management resources and coping strategies.

· An ability to empathise with others and form trusting relationships.

· A non-judgemental approach and an ability to maintain appropriate boundaries.

· Good listening and communication skills, reliability and good time keeping.

· An ability to take responsibility for your own self-care and willingness to utilise the support and supervision provided by Deputy Project Lead.

 

Where and when will I volunteer?

The Crisis safe Space is an out of hours service open daily between the hours of 17:30 and 23:00. We welcome applications to those who can commit to a minimum of 1 shift per week.

 

What support will I get?

Prior to starting your volunteer position, you will complete a comprehensive training programme with our partner agency, Watch CIC, who are specialists in developing Peer Volunteer relations.

Once in role, you will be supported by both the Deputy to the Project Lead the Project Lead who will provide support as and when needed, alongside your colleagues on shift.  

 

Is a DBS Check required for this role?

YES, a DBS Check (Disclosure & Barring Service) is required for this role. You will be supported by the Project Lead.  Any disclosures will be discussed on a case-by-case basis and will not automatically stop you from being involved.