The Equality Trust (TET) is the national charity that works to improve quality of life in the UK by reducing socio-economic inequality. At this vital time, the Trust is seeking to appoint a Chair of the Board of Trustees, who is passionate about social and economic inequality. 

As the Chair of The Equality Trust, you will bring your expertise, experience and skills to support the Executive Director and the trustees to drive growth and impact through delivering meaningful change and influencing the political and policy spheres as well as public opinion, as well as change on the ground.

As Chair, you will be responsible for ensuring that the charity is well governed and achieves its charitable objectives. We are looking for a special person who can provide leadership to TET and the Board and develop and nurture an excellent relationship with the Executive Director, in line with our values. The role requires knowledge and experience of governance and oversight expected for a small charity. The Chair is supported by a diverse and active Board with a wide mix of skills and experience. The successful candidate will understand our aims, the charity landscape andhave a sound understanding of finances. We particularly welcome candidates who bring experience of being a Chair. We welcome applications from traditionally underrepresented groups.

Please see the role description for details of how to apply.

About the opportunity

Longfield Hospice shop at Up Hatherley is seeking several volunteers to help develop the new eBay shop.

The role includes all elements of selling on eBay. From identifying stock for sale, researching the price to be advertised to photographing, marketing and listing the item. Once sold, packaging the product within set timescales will be a final, vital part of the process.

About Longfield

Longfield is a local charity which provides specialist services, 365 days a year, for adults in Gloucestershire affected by life limiting illness. Longfield supports adults from diagnosis onwards, helping them to understand their illness, to cope better with its impact on their lives, and to live well. We support their family and carers too and provide a Hospice at Home service, enabling people in the last three months of life to stay at home, if that is their choice.

Practical Considerations

We are looking for someone with knowledge and practical experience of selling items on eBay and someone enthusiastic and passionate about building this new side of the retail business.

Ideally you would be available at least once a week for four hours, either Morning or Afternoon

GFS is looking for women with a passion for empowering girls to volunteer at our new girls' groups.

We are looking for a new volunteer team to offer something fun and exciting in the community as well as the opportunity for girls to develop their confidence and make new friends.

GFS believes that every girl and young woman has the potential to achieve anything. Our mission is to help them fulfil that potential by providing a supportive and fun place for girls to meet friends, learn more about themselves and grow in confidence.

We support volunteers in running weekly groups with a programme of activities that will help girls and young women develop the confidence, self-esteem, emotional wellbeing and resilience they need to be the truest, happiest versions of themselves no matter what life throws at them.

We are looking for volunteer leaders to join the volunteer team. You don’t need to have experience in working with children to join us, just an enthusiasm for improving the lives of girls and young women.

Being a volunteer leader is a hands on role, running fun and inspiring activities, group planning, admin and social media. You’ll be a role model for the girls and young women in your group and get the chance to help build their confidence.
 

Are you a university student who is passionate about speaking up against injustice and tackling poverty?

Do you want to do something that will help to build your skills and confidence?

Then join us here at Oxfam! We’re a global movement of people who won’t live with poverty, and we are looking are looking for university students across the country to lead transformative campaigns. You will bring people together to develop and deliver campaigning activities and events, to inspire and motivate others to take action on poverty. You will receive training in key skills, one to one support, the opportunity to network with other campaigners and invitations to participate in Oxfam's events and campaigns at a national level.We will help you to build the skills, experience and confidence needed for you to excel as a change-maker on your campus and beyond.

During your time as a student campaigner you will also gain a host of transferable skills which lots of employers are looking for!No previous campaigning experience is necessary as we'll provide you with all the training you need -please register your interest today!

Please note: All applicants must reside in the UK and be aged 18 or over

No one should die because they needed first aid and didn’t get it. St John Ambulance teaches people first aid so they can be the difference between life and death, and you can help us do this.

As Unit Manager you will be responsible for the overall management of your St John Ambulance Youth unit. You will do this by leading weekly meetings, organising other youth development activities and actively participating in the recruitment, training and retention of the young people and volunteers in your unit. You will ensure that they have a positive and rewarding experience in St John Ambulance, by equipping them with the necessary skills to fulfil our vision; ‘Everyone who needs it should receive first aid from those around them. No one should suffer for the lack of trained first aiders.’

Recruiting a Unit Manager to lead the already successful Fakenham Unit.

This role is ideal for someone who has some management experience and wants to enhance their skills while doing invaluable work. This role is exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitations Offenders Act.

Successful applicants will need to complete an SJA and role based induction and as Unit Manager is expected to attend most unit meetings as will be leading the Youth Unit with support of youth helpers and parent helpers.

Fakenham Unit includes both operational adult and youth section so candidate would need to be willing to support both parts of the unit as well as regularly attend meeting nights for both parts of the unit.

The closing date for this post is Saturday 31st October 2020 and interviews will be held Monday 11th November 2020

No one should die because they needed first aid and didn’t get it. St John Ambulance teaches people first aid so they can be the difference between life and death, and you can help us do this.

As Unit Manager you will be responsible for the overall management of your St John Ambulance Youth unit. You will do this by leading weekly meetings, organising other youth development activities and actively participating in the recruitment, training and retention of the young people and volunteers in your unit. You will ensure that they have a positive and rewarding experience in St John Ambulance, by equipping them with the necessary skills to fulfil our vision; ‘Everyone who needs it should receive first aid from those around them. No one should suffer for the lack of trained first aiders.’

Recruiting a Unit Manager to lead the already successful North Walsham Unit.

This role is ideal for someone who has some management experience and wants to enhance their skills while doing invaluable work. This role is exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitations Offenders Act.

Successful applicants will need to complete an SJA and role based induction and as Unit Manager is expected to attend most unit meetings as will be leading the Youth Unit with support of youth helpers and parent helpers.

North Walsham Adults meet on Thursday nights and North Walsham Cadets meet on Monday nights. Candidates would need to be able to attend both as the Unit Manager post covers both the adult and youth sections of the North Walsham Unit.

The closing date for this post is Saturday 31st October 2020 and interviews will be held Wednesday 11th November 2020

About the opportunity

BHF's sales floor volunteers are the first point of contact for customers when they enter shops. As a sales floor volunteer you will greet customers, help them find the items they’re looking for and answer their questions where you can. With support from the shop team, your invaluable efforts at keeping the sales floor well stocked and organised will help the charity beat heartbreak forever by raising as much as they can to fund lifesaving research.

Typical tasks include:

· Helping customers on the shop floor & providing good all-round customer service
· Promoting campaigns and any in-store sales to customers
· Working on window and shop displays
· Keeping the shop tidy, clean and well organised – some light housekeeping
· Helping to keep the shop floor well-stocked

You get a lot from volunteering too:

· A chance to work in a friendly team, make new friends & meet a diverse group
· The feel-good factor of making an invaluable contribution towards the British Heart Foundation goal to Beat Heartbreak Forever
· The time to develop your confidence and interpersonal skills, and socialise
· The ability to gain valuable retail experience to add to your CV, gain an NVQ qualification and learn new skills
· Flexibility to fit with your lifestyle, and 25% volunteer discount on donated goods

Please note - they are unable to accept volunteers aged under 16 or volunteers with unspent criminal convictions or who are subject to criminal registers/orders

The BHF is here to Beat Heartbreak Forever. They are working towards a world free from the fear of heart and circulatory diseases - join a friendly team at your local shop.

About British Heart Foundation Gloucestershire

BHF Retail shops are recruiting volunteers for flexible opportunities across Gloucestershire for our Clothing, Books and Music shops, Furniture and Electrical stores and Home and Fashion stores raising funds for valuable research.

There are lots of benefits to volunteering; you will develop your existing skills, gain new skills and support a cause you care about. Whatever your reason for joining, you can expect to have lots of fun and meet some great people.

Join their battle to beat heartbreak forever - their research is powered by your support. Every pound raised, every minute of your time and every donation will help make a massive difference to people's lives.

What are they looking for?

Team working, a positive attitude, a willingness to learn, unafraid to ask questions - full training is provided!

Practical Considerations

Induction and training will be provided, expenses will be reimbursed. Working hours are flexible depending on availability.

United Response is committed to making life better for people with disabilities. We are a charity that supports people with learning disabilities, autism and mental health needs, at home and in the community. 

This is an exciting opportunity for individuals who have experience in digital & technology to join our Board and work with fellow trustees to provide strong direction and governance for the charity. It is an excellent time to be joining United Response as we are about to set the strategic course for the future and you have a role to play.

What are we looking for?

• Empathy with United Response’s mission, reinforced by personal experience.
• A successful track record in digital or information technology.
• Experience of working at a senior management / leadership level.
• Strong communication skills and emotional intelligence.
• Demonstrable and practical experience of delivering transformational change to business technologies and processes, to deliver cost savings and service improvements.
• Experience of current agile project management practices, open source, cloud platforms and digital services.
• Ability to work at a strategic and visionary level whilst understanding the detail and complexities of delivery.
• Ability to work as part of a team and willingness to take collective responsibility for good governance.
• The influencing skills needed to create buy in from trustees, management, staff and other stakeholders.
• Ability to analyse risks and opportunities, and take a balanced approach to both.
• Extensive networks and a willingness to draw on contacts as appropriate.
• Experience of caring for someone, or receiving health or social care services yourself would be an advantage but is not essential.

We are fully committed to increasing the diversity of our board.

A more diverse board will:

• Understand better the needs of all sections of the community.
• Offer a broader range of perspectives about issues.
• Be more creative in generating ideas and solutions.
• Improve decision making.

To this end we want to recruit people with different skills, life experiences and from different backgrounds. We would especially welcome applications from BAME communities and/or lived experience of a disability or long term health conditions.

How to apply

All applications should be made via Reach Volunteering in the first instance. Please provide an up to date CV and a supporting statement (maximum 2 pages) that outlines your interest in this role and your fit against the criteria set out in the Person Specification.

Please ask for a candidate pack for more information or contact the TrusteeWorks team to have a chat about the role.

Deadline for applications: September 15th 2020

1st stage interviews: October 1st & 2nd 2020

About us 

We are "Youth Mix" a new start-up young people’s education and training charity that aims to become award winning by “Inspiring A Generation” and empowering young people through informal learning to be change makers in their communities, and to deliver highly effective engaging, fun and impactful programmes that UNITE communities, EDUCATE on social issues and build skills, and INSPIRE a generation of young leaders and active citizens.

About this project 
This project is aimed to help young people (aged 16 to 26 years old), write/improve their CV, write a targeted CV to match to the industry they want to enter into, as well as supporting them with writing their Personal Statements to apply for University.

About the role

We are looking for volunteers from a wide range of backgrounds and industries for our first pilot project and looking for volunteers with experience of writing/reviewing CV's, Careers/Employment, Recruitment, HR or experience involved with employability skills to join our Team. We are also looking for Volunteers from a wide range of sectors so that we can match young people to the sector they are aiming to enter into.

About you 
You don’t have to volunteer in person for this project, and your role will be to review around 2-3 CV's or Personal Statements in your own time, (as and when we receive them). As this role is voluntary, the role offers great flexibility to fit around your time (including daytimes, evenings and/or weekends. 

If you would like to volunteer in person, we will also be running a mentoring programme in the coming months and you can join both projects to help us support young people with their CV and Employability Skills. 

We are looking for candidates who shares in our values and vision for Youth Mix and who has the skills, qualities and expertise to help us with this project, helping us make a success of our first pilot project.

How to apply 
Inspire A Generation – Join Youth Mix Today!!! and help us make a difference to the lives of young people across England. It’s easy just email us your CV (through the Apply online link), with the reference CV0820 in your application. All suitable applicants will then be sent with a short application form to complete and email back to us.

Due to the high number of applications we expect to receive for this position, we will only be able to contact suitable candidates applicants. Therefore, if you have not heard from us within 4 weeks from the date of your application, please assume you have not been successful on this occasion.

Breteau Foundation (Volunteer Education Content Writer and Editor)

Location: Remote or based in UK

Employment Type: Minimum 3 months commitment

Contract Type: Volunteer 

Background

The Breteau Foundation (BF) aims to enable disadvantaged children to reach their full potential through the delivery of digital educational tools. The Foundation is operational in 103 schools worldwide. The Volunteer Education Content Writer and Editor will be responsible for creating and editing content deployed in our Teacher Training Programme. The ideal candidate will also be able to write sector relevant content for Breteau Foundation’s blog. 

Key Responsibilities

The Volunteer Education Content Writer and Editor will work closely with our Country Programme Managers based in South Africa, Colombia and Lebanon, and support them with:

• editing existing educational resources as well as developing content and resources for our teacher training programme

• writing thought leadership and sector relevant content for the Foundation’s blog and other social media platforms

Qualifications, Skills and Experience 

The right candidate will need to be able to demonstrate their experience and skills relating to the responsibilities above. They will also be required to meet the relevant qualifications, skills and experience following:

• Experience working in the NGO sector, preferably within education

• Either studying a degree in education or attained a relevant qualification

• Evidence of writing skills for blogs or social media in previous roles 

• Experience working in a cross-cultural environment 

All volunteers are required to volunteer at the Foundation for a minimum of 3 months and complete a criminal record check. For this position, we are looking for either a remote volunteer or a volunteer who has residency in the UK and who can commit to at least 1 day week.

Volunteer Mentor - Northumbria

We are looking for volunteers to support the operation of Shelter's Through The Gate Services by offering practical and emotional support to offenders upon release from custody and in the community.

Suggested involvement: One day per week for a minimum of 6 months (flexible)

Location: Various locations across Newcastle, North Tyneside, Northumberland, South Tyneside, Sunderland and Gateshead

Supervised by: Mentoring Officer

Through The Gate is a service that focuses on providing specialist housing, finance and debt interventions and offering intensive support over the periods of time where risk of re-offending is at its highest.

Delivery of the mentoring service will help the Community Rehabilitation Company (CRC) to introduce a more comprehensive custodial resettlement package, a more structured through the gate service and a community integration service, which will, in a more seamless way join up custodial and community delivery. This will provide better opportunities for offenders through the delivery of a linked in and tailored menu of practical intervention and community support.

This role is ideal for those interested in or studying law, social services, health, politics, society, housing, the prison or probation service, policing or working with vulnerable people.

Main Tasks can include:

• Assist our Mentoring Officers to provide advice and support specifically around accommodation and debt issues to offenders and ex-offenders in the community.
• Support service users in accessing a wide range of services e.g. housing, benefit, health, positive activity, and any other relevant services.
• Support service users to progress through their individual action plans
• Offer service users emotional support and ongoing encouragement
• Recording activity from mentoring sessions to gather evidence of project activity

Skills and Experiences Required:

• Experience or passion for supporting vulnerable people and/or people with multiple and complex needs
• Experience of supporting offenders in a resettlement role and /or ability to understand an offender’s resettlement needs
• Proficiency using a range of IT tools, including Microsoft Office applications, internet and email
• Willingness to work within Shelters safeguarding frameworks and processes
• Ability to work on own initiative and unsupervised
• Willingness to follow Shelter policies- including volunteering, health & safety, equality & diversity & confidentiality and conflict of interest

Induction, Learning & Development

To enable you take part in this opportunity Shelter will: 

• Provide a volunteer pack & training including Handbook, Policies & Procedures and Housing Advice
• Devise a volunteering plan, covering your support and development
• Provide shadowing opportunities with members of staff
• Provide E-Learning: Equality & Diversity, Health & Safety, Data Protection, Environmental Awareness and Safeguarding
• Reimburse “out of pocket” expenses in line with Shelter’s volunteer expenses policy

Benefits of Volunteering with Shelter:

• Experience working within the criminal justice sector as part of a large national charity
• Developing transferable skills
• Help to update and enhance your CV, with a reference if you need one
• Opportunities to progress into paid employment

Why get involved with Shelter?

Shelter helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help. We're here so no one has to fight bad housing or homelessness on their own. Shelter volunteers are involved in our head office, services, shops, campaigns, events and our legal teams and they all contribute their valuable time, skills and experience. We simply couldn't achieve our goals without them.

Next Steps:

Please complete an application for this role. After you have applied we will invite successful candidates to an interview to discuss the role further.

• You will be involved in regulated activity for this role, and for this reason we require you to undertake an Enhanced DBS check

Please note, you will be asked to declare any unspent convictions. Having a criminal record does not mean that you cannot volunteer with us. It may limit the different ways that you can get involved, but please contact us, if you require more information. 

This is a voluntary position that supports the work of our services and is not replacing the work of a paid member of staff. This role description does not form part of any contract of employment.

• Actively applying for funding throughout the UK that we SPSAS qualifies for.
• Keeping a log of what applications are outstanding and chasing them up.
• Creating application forms for members to apply for support.
• Handling the incoming member applications and checking if they qualify.
• Sending ready sets of information to the Director of SPSAS to transfer the funds to the right person that applied for the support.
• When needed chase up the proof of use of funds from applicants
• Attending regular online meetings with Director, Head Legal, HR and Company secretary to discuss new projects.
• Researching funding for new projects and apply for those.
• Keeping a log of where funding came from, what it is intended for, what the dates are they need to be used by and what is included in the funding (e.g. fuel).

Leonard Cheshire is charity supporting individuals to live, learn and work as independently as they choose, whatever their ability.

Name of role

International Youth Alumni Volunteer

Location

Home-based volunteering

Potentially office-based (dependent on restrictions due to Covid-19)

Leonard Cheshire Disability

66, South Lambeth Road

London

Volunteer’s line manager

Partnerships Manager and Youth Technical Lead

Purpose of role

• To support the development of an online alumni network for youth with disabilities completing Leonard Cheshire’s leadership programmes.

Key activities

• Desk-based research to identify digital resources (e.g. toolkits) and opportunities (e.g. webinars) to post on the alumni network
• Regular contact with individual youth alumni selected to represent Leonard Cheshire at external events to help with their preparations
• Administrative tasks to support the consultant who will create the tech platform hosting the alumni network
• Create promotional materials aimed at encouraging Leonard Cheshire’s former youth participants to sign-up to the alumni network

Time commitment required

Flexible

(e.g. 2-3 days over a six-month period; 4-5 days over a six-week period)

Requirements of role (checks and training)

• 2 references required
• Completion of induction training

Key skills/qualities a volunteer needs for this role

Essential:

• Digital skills, including an active social media user
• Friendly
• Enthusiastic
• Reliable
• Good communication skills, both oral and written
• Organised and able to coordinate and prioritise varied activities
• Experience of working with Excel, Word and Outlook
• Attention to detail
• Commitment to Leonard Cheshire’s values

Any other comments

Reasonable out of pocket expenses associated with carrying out this role will be reimbursed.

Volunteer Pregnant or Nursing Cat Foster Carer
(Bromsgrove)

Sick, injured and homeless pets have relied on Blue Cross for help since 1897. Each year, thousands of dogs, cats, small pets and horses turn to the charity’s animal hospitals, clinics and rehoming services for treatment and support. Our shops help to raise vital income for our charity and all profits go to helping more pets in need.

Our Volunteer Pregnant or Nursing Cat Foster Carer provide support and a peaceful setting for pregnant or nursing female cats away from the busy Rehoming Centre.

We would love you to join us and help us help more pets in need

You’ll learn new skills and gain valuable practical experience for your CV.

Fostering pregnant or nursing cats requires a time commitment of around 3 months or more. You will have full support of Centre staff including a Veterinary Supervisor (who will conduct home visits periodically) for the duration of your foster period.

The role of a Volunteer Pregnant or Nursing Cat Foster Carer

Tasks include:

• Supporting cats who might be about to give birth, or have recently given birth, and are nursing their young kittens
• Providing all the care they need – feeding, exercising, weaning, cleaning, socialising, giving medication and grooming
• Collecting or dropping your animal/s back to the Centre during opening hours
• Keeping in regular contact with the centre with accurate record keeping and monitoring your foster cat closely

Criteria required for the role of Volunteer Pregnant or Nursing Cat Foster Carer

You will need:

• Previous experience of helping cats to deliver kittens and caring for kittens
• You need to live within 30 minutes of both the Bromsgrove Rehoming Centre and the centre's out-of-hours vet service based at Smethwick
• You will need your own car to transport foster cats to and from the Centre or Vet
• A quiet, reasonable size spare room with minimal furniture to act as a delivery room/nursery for your foster cat
• Have a home with no other pets or very young children
• Be home for most of the day to monitor your foster cats regularly
• The use of video technology such as Teams or Zoom to communicate with the Centre when needed
• Willingness to learn and follow Blue Cross procedures
• Minimum age requirement: 18 years

Why volunteer?

• You’ll be helping cats to have happy, healthy lives
• You’ll be able to enjoy caring for a cat without a long term commitment
• You’ll gain practical skills, experience and a training programme
• You’ll develop skills and enhance your CV
• You’ll join a great team of like-minded people
• You’ll be provided with all the equipment needed and costs covered

We would love you to join us and help us help more pets in need.