Part-time Volunteering jobs

Sands offers support to anyone affected by the death of a baby. 

Our volunteers are incredible! They run peer support, community-based activity, build relationships with hospitals, run football teams, cheer at events and much more. Putting them first and enabling the activity they deliver is the primary goal of the Community and Volunteering Team.

Local peer-led bereavement support is a core part of what we do here at Sands. This is primarily delivered by Support Groups and Sands United football teams run by dedicated volunteers right across the UK, most of whom are bereaved themselves. There are 84 Groups and 40 Sands United team across the UK who provide safe and welcoming spaces to be there for each other.

This is a high-profile and exciting new role which is responsible for ensuring that anyone affected by baby loss or the death of a baby has the chance to access Sands peer led activities in Northern Ireland, promoting sport and activities for health, wellbeing and support services and groups, ensuring that all sections of the community are aware of available activities and where they can go to be part of the community.

We are looking for successful, demonstrable experience of working with minoritised communities and a good working understanding of the barriers people experience accessing bereavement support and care in statutory, health and community settings.

With experience of coordinating volunteering programmes on a regional or national basis, you will be passionate and knowledgeable about the potential for volunteering within the charity sector.

You will have excellent communication skills suitable for a range of different audiences and environments, with significant experience of volunteer management and relationship building.

Additionally, you will have experience of working with marginalised communities together with an understanding of the barriers to accessing bereavement support that these communities encounter.

Team: Community Operations

Location: Hybrid covering Suffolk and Norfolk

Work pattern: 21 hours per week, 7 hours per day with a flexible working pattern

Salary: Up to £25,650.43 per year 

Contract: Permanent

We are the UK’s largest cat welfare charity. All over the country, our passionate employees, volunteers and supporters are using their kindness and expertise to make life better for millions of cats and the people who care for them.

Will you join us and make life better for cats?

Responsibilities of our Branch Development Manager:

• accountable for the development, growth and local governance of branches within a designated area
• provide a solution-driven approach with the aim of helping more cats through the effective engagement of local volunteers
• develop and deliver an area plan that captures the importance of volunteer engagement, recruitment, support, enabling and succession planning to ultimately achieve branch growth and sustainability.
• manage local area budgets and have a clear oversight of branch income and expenditure plans.

About the team:

• our branch network is made up of groups of volunteers, led by a Branch Team Leader and overseen by a branch committee.
• our branch volunteers foster cats until they are ready to re-home, raise funds to directly help the cats in their care, spread vital cat welfare messages across to members of the public, carry out trap-neuter-return activity, and much more!
• The team is made up of an Operations Manager, Branch Development Managers, Centre Managers and a Cat Welfare Advisor

What we’re looking for in our Branch Development Manager:

• proven experience of leading and managing volunteers
• proven management/team leadership experience including drafting operational plans
• experience of planning and implementing new processes and systems across a multi-site organisation
• proficient IT skills, including all aspects of Microsoft Office relevant packages and knowledge of database management
• personal and professional manner and credibility that generate trust and confidence in others
• hold current driving licence and access to own vehicle

What we can offer you:

• range of health benefits
• 26 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing with length of service
• Salary Finance, which empowers you to take control of your financial wellbeing
• and much more, which you can learn about

Interested? Here’s how to apply:

Application closing date: 23 September 2025

Interview date: 2nd October 2025

Please note, we do not accept applications or speculative CVs from agencies.

Applications may close before the deadline, so please apply early to avoid disappointment. Please note, applications received after the closing date may not be responded to.

If you’re enthusiastic about this opportunity but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement, we encourage you to apply anyway and demonstrate how your experience is transferrable.  You may be just the right candidate. 

If successful, your recruitment journey will include:

1. anonymised application form
2. interview with presentation tbc

Please note, the process may change slightly dependent on application numbers. We will inform you of any relevant changes.

Please email us if you require any adjustments to be made for you to complete your application or to participate in the recruitment journey.

We are looking for a Garden Coordinator to nurture our award-winning urban rooftop garden. This part-time role is perfect for someone with a green thumb, a heart for education, and a knack for community engagement.

The ideal candidate: With experience in gardening and food growing you will have experience in building the skills and confidence of others in these areas.  You have great organisational and time-management skills, in order to run our Gardening Trainee Scheme. You may also have experience in delivering relevant accredited qualifications related to horticulture and food growing. 

Garden Maintenance and Development
• Ensure the rooftop garden is well-maintained, attractive and productive year-round.
• Develop and deliver seasonal planting plans, including food-growing for use in Providence Row’s kitchen.
• Manage garden budgets, materials and equipment responsibly.
• Oversee health & safety in the garden, ensuring safe practice for clients, volunteers and visitors.

Learning and Client Engagement
• Facilitate the Gardening Trainee Scheme, supporting participants to gain skills, confidence and progression opportunities.
• Deliver structured learning sessions and contribute to accredited training programmes.
• Support trainees with portfolio development and evidence gathering where required.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues to ensure clients with complex needs can engage meaningfully and safely in gardening activities.

Volunteers and Partnerships
• Supervise and support individual volunteers in the garden.
• Facilitate corporate volunteer challenges and group sessions.
• Work closely with the Catering team to align food-growing with kitchen needs.

Monitoring and Reporting
• Collect and share monitoring information with the Progression & Training Manager.
• Contribute to reports for funders, partners and stakeholders.

Other
• Occasionally contribute to organisation-wide events and activities.
• Work in line with Providence Row’s values of Compassion, Respect, Inclusiveness, Empowerment, and Justice.

If you're ready to dig deep and help our community flourish, apply now to become part of our Providence Row family. Let's grow together!

About us: For homeless people, or those at risk of homelessness, finding employment and housing opportunities can feel like an uphill battle, even more so if they’re affected by physical, mental health or substance misuse issues. Providence Row works with those affected by homelessness and those vulnerably housed in London, offering an integrated service of crisis support, advice and progression programmes. We ensure that people often excluded from mainstream services gain the support and opportunities they need to create a safe, healthy and sustainable life away from the streets.

Benefits

• 27 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Generous pension scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Employee assistance programme
• Monthly reflective practice
• Wide range of learning & development opportunities 

Research shows some people, especially women and marginalized groups, may hesitate to apply unless they match all the criteria. However, we want to assure everyone that we encourage applications from all individuals, regardless of whether they fulfil every point in the job description. Your unique perspective matters to us – please apply with confidence.

Interviews:Please note that we will interview on a rolling basis and therefore encourage early applications.

Providence Row is a charitable company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales; company number 07452798 registered charity number 1140192.

Assistant Manager – Surbiton (Part Time)

Job description and person specification

Imagine being told that you, or someone you love, is losing their sight. In that moment, two profound questions demand urgent answers:

· Can this be stopped?

· How will I live my life?

Currently, research into preventing and treating sight loss is chronically underfunded, receiving a mere 1.2% of publicly funded health research grants: people who are blind or vision impaired are three times more likely to experience loneliness and isolation than the general population.

We find and fund the brilliant minds and bright ideas that put change in sight. Our researchers are at the forefront, making breakthroughs and discoveries that will prevent, treat and cure eye disease. The partnerships we build and initiatives we support are changing life for blind and vision impaired people.

We are Fight for Sight: we won’t stop until we: Save Sight. Change Lives.

We have a clear ambition and have the support of well-respected and highly engaged ambassadors. We are now looking for experienced, committed, and creative individuals to join our dynamic team to help realise a new five-year growth strategy. You’ll be part of something impactful, we’d love to hear from you.

We are now looking for experienced, committed, and creative individuals to join our dynamic team as we devise and launch a new five-year strategy. You’ll be part of something impactful, we’d love to hear from you.

The Assistant Manager will play a crucial role in the future growth of our newly merged charity and the impact that we can achieve through partnership for people with sight loss.

Responsible to

Commercial Manager

Direct reports

Immediately responsible for recruiting and developing a team of dedicated volunteers. In due course the role and responsibilities may grow in line with organisational growth and priorities.

Working hours and contract

Permanent, part-time

21 hours, 3 days per week but flexible over a seven-day rota

Salary

£15,124 PTE,

Location

Surbiton

How to Apply

Please submit your CV and a covering letter with subject header – Assistant Manager – Surbiton (Part Time)

Your covering letter should include a supporting statement (max two pages) comprising why you think you are an ideal candidate for the role, what applicable experience you’ll bring and why you want to work for Fight for Sight? 

Closing date for applications: Rolling

Early applications are encouraged. We will be interviewing on a rolling basis; therefore, we will close the vacancy as soon as we have found the right candidate.

Important note: All applicants must have the Right to Work in the UK. Unfortunately, we do not have a sponsoring license for non-UK employees which means that if you do not have a current, valid UK working permit, please do not apply, as we will not be able to consider your application.

Role Responsibilities

Purpose of Job

· To coach, lead and manage a team of volunteers

· Drive sales performance to exceed targets, maximising cost efficiency

· Maximise shop profits through delivery of the retail strategy, including income, gift aid donor sign up and conversion, donations and other income generators.

· To achieve compliance with relevant regulation e.g., health and safety and safeguarding, whilst adhering to all policies and procedures

· To promote strong relations within the local community to enhance the profile and good name of the charity

Main Responsibilities

· To deliver shop income plan

· To achieve gift aid income objectives, donor sign up and conversion. Improving processes to deliver maximum value, coaching colleagues to success

· To support and manage volunteer pricing to ensure items are processed in line with policies and procedures, recognising and thanking the team for their contribution

· To develop a culture of ownership and follow up within own team and volunteers

· To adhere to safe, legal & secure requirements and standards for the shop, both front and back of house

· To induct, train and coach new colleagues, as evidenced through induction paperwork and development plans

· To role model and promote effective team communication, celebrating success and sharing best practice

· To liaise closely with the Warehouse Manager, Volunteer Manager and Commercial Manager

· To role model exceptional customer service to supporters and donors, providing feedback in a timely manner

· To ensure the highest standards of customer care and service are demonstrated by self, line reports and volunteers

· Promote, monitor and act on internal and external customer feedback

· To evidence effective local networking to generate donations and volunteer engagement, including local business and other stakeholders

· To monitor and check security of stock and debrief variances with the Commercial Manager

· To proactively assess own development needs and seek out development opportunities to enhance contribution to Retail objectives and operations

· To take ownership of good housekeeping for all areas of responsibility

· To accept responsibility and carry out any other task commensurate to the role

Person specification:

Skills, knowledge & experience

Sales and Profit

· Monitor and be accountable for sales and category performance, as well as ensure that the team are aware of and engaged in the shop’s financial performance

· Foster a creative and entrepreneurial shop environment where team members seek to maximise income in new and innovative ways both within the shop and through a variety of channels, such as community events

· Manage the team to maximise income from Gift Aid on donated products

· Ensure that all of Fight for Sight’s financial procedures are adhered to and executed in a timely fashion by the shop team

Shop Floor

· Ensure sourcing sufficient levels of donated stock locally in collaboration with the shop team

· Establish efficient and commercially successful stock processing systems (such as pricing, quality standards, consumer safety, stock density and culling stock), including backroom systems and ensure these are adhered to by the volunteer team. Ensure that all legal and Fight for Sight’s internal regulations regarding donated stock are adhered to

· Inspire the team to provide a great customer and donor experience, which enables Fight for Sight to attract new supporters every day. Ensure that feedback, including complaints are escalated to the Area Manager within the agreed timeframes

· Empower the team to create original, appropriate and commercially successful visual merchandising displays, including shop windows

· Make sure that all procedures for the sale of new products are followed by the volunteer team (if applicable)

· Work with the Commercial Manager to ensure our shops are in good condition, maximise their potential and are fit for purpose

· Provide a safe and healthy working environment and ensure that all team members are aware of and operate within Fight for Sight’s health and safety policies and procedures, including waste management and customer safety

Leadership – Volunteers

· Recruit, induct, and retain an inclusive and diverse volunteer team, which is large enough in numbers and capable to maximise the shop’s income and profitability and guarantee the smooth running of the shop.

· Maintain an empowered, well trained, motivated and engaged volunteer team with excellent levels of communication at team and individual level.

· Connect the volunteer team with Fight for Sight’s work and help them to understand the value of their contribution

Leadership - Paid Staff

· Recruit, induct, and retain an inclusive and diverse volunteer team, which is large enough in numbers and capable to maximise the shop’s income and profitability and guarantee the smooth running of the shop.

· Maintain an empowered, well trained, motivated and engaged volunteer team with excellent levels of communication at team and individual level.

· Connect the volunteer team with Fight for Sight’s work and help them to understand the value of their contribution.

Management - being part of Fight for Sight

· Play active part in the charity, including attending and contributing to all-staff meetings

· Play a key role in enabling the shop to represent Fight for Sight and increase the knowledge of the local community about our mission and work

· Be accountable for the integration of the shop into the local community in collaboration with the shop team

· Empower the team to respond to all appeals and fundraising opportunities.

· Adhere to and enforce Fight for Sight safeguarding policies.

Other

· Required to adhere to Fight for Sight’s mission and values

· Understanding of and commitment to adhere to equality, diversity, and staff health and wellbeing principles

Personal qualities

· The ability to work under pressure whilst remaining calm and organised

· To be receptive to change and to act as a change agent

· The ability to maintain excellent rapport with staff, volunteers, supporters, and donors

· To demonstrate a calm and logical approach to problem solving

· To consistently demonstrate a dedicated approach to the quality of customer service and team working.

· Comfortable working in a small team both strategically and operationally

· Commitment to teamwork, business partnering and a collegiate approach – with a ‘can do’ attitude and a sense of humour.

· Able to provide positive, dynamic, tenacious and flexible leadership at all times.

· Results-driven, able to measure and quantify own outcomes.

· Adaptable to changing landscape and evolving organisation.

· Willing and able to operate at pace in an organisation going through rapid change, using your initiative and delivering to tight deadlines

· Excellent verbal and written communication skills

· Highly organised with ability to plan effectively and allocate resources appropriately.

· An understanding of and commitment to London’s blind and partially sighted people.

Flexibility

The role description is a general outline of duties and responsibilities and may be amended as we grow. The post holder may be required to undertake other duties as may be reasonably required from time to time.

Employee benefits

We value our staff and volunteers and want to make sure that they are supported in their work. Other benefits we also offer are:

· A great team and a supportive culture

· Employer pension contributions matching up to 10%, and death in service cover

· Generous parental leave

· Flexible/hybrid working options

· Apprenticeships scheme, study leave and financial support for training & development

· Cycle to work scheme, eye test vouchers, and a staff loan scheme, access to an Employee Assistance Program

· An active Social Committee and staff events

Application & Interview process

See above (page 2) for How to Apply. Please note that we value the authenticity and individuality of our applicants and believe that your CV and cover letter should reflect your unique skills, experiences, and personality. Therefore, please refrain from using AI tools, including ChatGPT, to produce your application materials. Applications drafted with the assistance of AI will be automatically rejected.

Successfully shortlisted applicants will be invited to interview online via MS Teams.

Accessibility

We believe in fostering an inclusive environment where all individuals, regardless of their abilities or circumstances, feel supported and valued. If you have any accessibility requirements or specific needs that you would like us to accommodate during the application process, please let us know. If you are unfamiliar with MS Teams and would like to familiarise yourself with the platform before the interview, we are more than happy to arrange a tech run-through to ensure your comfort and confidence.

Equal opportunities, diversity & inclusion 

Don’t meet every single requirement? At Fight for Sight we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workforce, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every item in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles that we have.

We have an inclusive and accessible recruitment process, including any adjustments required to support people from diverse community groups.

Other information

We draw your attention to some important policies that govern the research that our charity funds. You can find these on our website.

Community Organiser @ Big Local Works

Are you an experienced community organiser looking to make a real difference in an urban community? Do you have experience of working with minoritised and marginalised communities? Are you a people-person with the skills and tenacity to help local people start exciting new initiatives?

If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to join our team at Big Local Works (BLW) as our Community Organiser. Based on a historic Market Square recently refurbished with £2m from the GLA, we want to develop a more people-powered regeneration to sit alongside the massive property development happening all around us.

As well as driving economic improvements, we want to help create a more tolerant, cohesive, and vibrant local community where everybody is welcome. Part of that is to help local people create more community events, activities, and enterprises that give people the chance to collaborate together and build a lively community where people work and play together.

We need someone with the imagination, creativity and skill to support communities and individuals to have a say in how their community develops, but also take an active part in shaping the area. We have already helped many local people set up their own initiatives, building their confidence and helping them find resources – including the Bermondsey Literature festival, Latin markets, and a range of dance, ecology and arts projects.  This role could help shape the future of South Bermondsey and help us make a great place even better – with a more inclusive economy and community for all.

Key to this is better involvement and increasing the visibility of people from a wider range of backgrounds, in a highly divided area. You’ll play a key role in fostering a welcoming community by helping navigate occasional conflicts, with support from your manager, and approaching challenging interactions with empathy and professionalism.

If this sounds like an exciting challenge, please take a look at the job spec and apply using the instructions there.

JOB TITLE: Community Organiser – Enterprise and Engagement

ORGANISATION: Big Local Works – Charity No: 1182561

LOCATION: Big Local Works 4 Market Place, London SE16 3UQ

REPORTING TO: Charity Manager

General Information

Big Local Works (BLW) is a community-focused economic and social inclusion charity based in Bermondsey, South East London. We want to help create a thriving, inclusive local economy and a community in which everyone can participate.

We deliver our support in the community through three main services:

• Expert welfare and benefits advice and advocacy for local people experiencing poverty and hardship
• Employability Skills training and coaching to help people access ways of increasing their earned income
• Start-up and enterprise support for clients who wish to start trading on the local ‘Blue Market’ People Powered Regeneration
• Wider community building designed to create a more tolerant, diverse, and lively local community where everybody is welcome

We have a strategic vision to create a ‘people-powered regeneration’ in an area already undergoing massive redevelopment. In July 2019, a community campaign was successful in securing £2m funding from the GLA for the ‘Made in Bermondsey’ regeneration project centred on making key improvements to the local marketplace,

the Blue Market in South Bermondsey. Final works were completed in July 2022 and the market now has a first-class infrastructure for traders, local residents and visitors to use and enjoy the Blue Market Place. The market also showcases a vision of a better future for the local area: a more prosperous, resilient and connected local community where people come together to trade, socialise, and celebrate across the diverse boundaries.

South Bermondsey has a problematic history with racism and other forms of intolerance, and while migrant (recent and longer-term) communities have begun to settle in Bermondsey after many years of exclusion, there remains a sense that they are not full members of our community. Through our work we seek to empower local people, encourage enterprise and community activity, which is intended both to support the economic regeneration of the area and to empower and increase the confidence of local diverse communities.

Most recently, we have been successful in securing £200,000 from the Esmee Fairbairn Charity for strategy and community engagement support in the local area.

Our key goals are

• Local people have more say over the changes in their local community.
• This means that local people are actively involved in the development of place-based community assets,activities and projects.
• Local people will have more influence on local development and regeneration.
• A more diverse range of local people work together to improve their community, which means community members from a wider range of backgrounds become active citizens.
• There are better relationships and increased collaboration between local stakeholders.
• People feel proud of their local area, and hopeful for the future.
• Stories and messages about the area are more inclusive and welcoming of diverse perspectives and communities.
• People are better informed about the opportunities and assets in their local community.

Community Organiser – Enterprise and Engagement

Over the past 2 years, we’ve undertaken in-depth research and community mapping to understand our area’s needs, assets and lived experiences.

This role has three key responsibilities:

• Outreach and engagement with diverse local communities to help them build a stronger, more representative voice.
• Supporting the development of new initiatives by local people to stimulate a sense of community.
• Ensuring that a wider range of local people are involved and included in community activity, and their voices heard – especially those from marginalized communities

Key Tasks include

• Provide practical support and encouragement to the development of new initiatives in the local area.
• Broker collaborations and relationships between local groups, helping them develop relationships and networks.
• Identify and develop active citizens, and support them to develop and deliver their own individual and shared community Initiatives – from microbusinesses on the market, to dance and knitting clubs or arts groups
• Facilitate groups and provide ‘servant leadership’ for community groups where appropriate, managing conflict effectively
• Develop effective and positive relationships with local stakeholders from many different backgrounds, communicating assertively and with diplomacy and tact.
• Organise Events: Plan and host public and private events, both online and in person, to strengthen community ties and increase visibility.
• Work closely with the Business Improvement District, local charities and businesses and key strategic partners to help us achieve the overall aims of the People-Powered Regeneration
• Build and maintain a network of contacts among our priority groups and communicate efficiently with them
• Lead on day-to-day local communications and marketing, supporting the development of newsletters and online content, with appropriate support and resource
• Contribute to research and evaluation across activities to ensure our work has the best possible impact.
• Help represent the work to existing and potential supporters, and the local community, to secure buy-in and support for the programme

Person Specification: Key Skills that would help you in this role:

Skills, knowledge and experience

• Experience of developing relationships with a range of different and diverse community groups especially focusing on historically marginalised groups, especially BAME and recent migrant communities, as well as communities of faith, LGBTQ+ people, and others.
• A strong understanding of, and commitment to, the principles and practices of ensuring equality, diversity and inclusion and how these relate to community organising.
• Demonstrable experience of maintaining strong working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Ability to work independently and proactively, with effective time management and prioritisation skills, to be able to multitask.
• Ability to communicate confidently, professionally, and approachably.
• Experience of managing conflict and challenging behaviour, with appropriate management support
• A high level of written and oral communication skills
• Experience of managing a small budget.
• Professional IT skills including confidence using Microsoft Office and Google Drive, and use of social media. Training can be given.

Personal qualities

• A people-person who actively enjoys getting out and meeting people and forming connections with others
• Somebody with enthusiasm and passion, but also an ability to focus on getting things done
• Somebody who enjoys working both alone and as part of a team, with the ability to inspire, motivate and work collaboratively with others.

Desirable:

• We would particularly welcome those with experience of applying one or more recognised community organising framework
• We would particularly welcome those with experience of supporting microenterprise, as well as purely recreational social/ community-focused activity.

If you feel that your skills and experience do not fully meet the criteria as listed in the Job Description but that you have other relevant skills and experience that would support you in this role, please do apply and note these in your application.

You will benefit from

• 25 days holiday a year plus bank holidays
• A great working environment and culture within a small, but growing, charity dedicated to improving lives in our community
• Monthly contribution towards your mobile phone bill

Working pattern

While there is scope for working from home on some tasks, you will need to be present in our centre, on the market, and out and about in the community for a good proportion of your time.

There will be a need to work flexibly, including some evenings and some weekends, for which time off in lieu will be given.

If you are passionate about supporting individuals and communities facing poverty and improving their lives, and have the skills and experience required for this role, please apply.

We present work for everyone and we welcome applications from people from a Black, Asian or Ethnically Diverse background or those who are D/deaf or disabled, or other marginalized communities. By attracting people to work for us from a broad range of backgrounds with diverse attitudes, opinions and beliefs, we can continue to look at the world with fresh eyes and find new ways of doing things.

MAIN TERMS AND CONDITIONS

•  4 days per week (0.8 FTE)
• Hours normally 9-5pm but likely to include one evening a week and occasional Saturdays (market day).
• Annual salary: Between £24,000 and £25,600 for 4 days/week - depending on experience (FTE £30-£32,000)

An enhanced DBS check is essential.

To apply, please send:

• A full CV and
• A covering letter tailored to the job, which tells us 1) what attracts you to the job itself, and 2) detailing how your skills, experience and qualities make you suitable for the role.

Use of AI:

We understand the value of AI tools, and especially recognise their value for people who may need help with their writing. However, we have had to reject a large number of applications for roles recently where AI was used to write CVs and letters that were completely unsuitable and too generic to understand. Please use your own words, experience and ideas to give us the best chance of understanding your application.

Closing date: 22nd October

Salary: £27,007.50 FTE (£10,803 pro-rata) per annum (London Living Wage)​

Hours: Part-time, 15 hours per week (0.4 FTE), preferably worked over 3 afternoons/evenings (Tue – Thu)​

Location: On site at London Projects, and remote working as needed​

Contract: Fixed-term Employee contract for 6 months​

Do you want to work with multiple-award winning charity, FoodCycle? Our vision is to make food poverty, loneliness and food waste a thing of the past for every community – including our school communities!​

We’ve partnered with 4 schools across London to bring our free community meal to their families after school hours, with the additional goal of helping connect families with each other and the school and introducing kids to new healthy food.​

We’re looking for some additional help over the next 6 months to support the volunteer teams on site and make these meals happen. You’ll need to have an interest and experience in working with kids and families!​

By joining us you’ll gain an understanding of different aspects of local project delivery for a national charity. You’ll be hands-on and have an immediate impact each day, leading small teams of volunteers who cook in the kitchen and host our guests to create a positive and welcoming environment and a nutritious vegetarian meal.​

Our school meals happen on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings, and we would ideally like you to work your hours across these three afternoons/evenings. You’ll be supporting 2 meals per week on average, with around 5 hours required per meal. That leaves 5 additional hours to join team meetings and complete other duties.​

You’ll be supported by our experienced operational team, and we will equip you with a package of training and shadowing, including specific training around food safety, safeguarding and working within the lively environment of schools!​

Benefits: We offer 26.5 days holiday plus bank holidays for full-time employees (pro-rata for part-time). Our healthcare package allows staff to claim money back on healthcare bills and includes access to telephone counselling and online GP appointments.​

How to apply:Please upload a CV of no more than two sides, and a covering note/letter of no more than two sides explaining why you are suitable for the role, via our vacancy website.​

Deadline for your application:11.59pm on Tuesday 30th September​

Inclusivity: FoodCycle is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from individuals of all backgrounds. We are committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace where everyone feels valued and respected.​

Safeguarding: Safeguarding is Everyone’s business – FoodCycle is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare / wellbeing of children, young people and adults at risk. This role will therefore require a satisfactory Enhanced DBS check.​

Please note that you will need to have existing Right to Work in the UK to apply for this role. We are unable to provide visa sponsorship.

Are you passionate about supporting children and families in the early years? Do you combine excellent people skills with a sharp eye for detail and a talent for writing? Do you want to use your skills that will help drive change and positively impact the lives of children? If so, we’d love to hear from you. 

Home-Start Westminster, Kensington & Chelsea, and Hammersmith & Fulham (HSWKCHF) is a highly regarded local charity, committed to giving children the best possible start in life. We’re looking for a kind, capable and proactive individual to join our dynamic and supportive team as Co-Deputy Manager (Operations & Fundraising). 

This is a 12-month role (with potential for extension, subject to funding), full time or 4 days a week, offering a unique opportunity to make a meaningful impact while developing your career in the not-for-profit sector. 

About the Role 

As Co-Deputy Manager, you’ll play a key role in shaping and sustaining our services. You’ll lead on operational delivery, contribute to strategic planning, and take the lead on fundraising, communications and volunteers. Your writing skills will be essential in crafting compelling funding bids and reports, and your organisational flair will help us run smoothly and effectively. 

We’re looking for someone who: 

• Is highly organised, with the ability to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines. 

• Has experience in fundraising, including developing and implementing strategies. 

• Can write clear, persuasive reports and grant applications. 

• Understands the significant contribution of volunteers.

• Is flexible, collaborative, and committed to our mission. 

What We Offer 

• A genuinely rewarding and positive work environment. 

• A supportive team that values your ideas and encourages personal and professional growth. 

• Flexible working arrangements, including at least one day of homeworking after probation. 

• Ongoing training and development opportunities. 

We warmly welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. HSWKCHF is committed to equality, diversity, and safeguarding the welfare of children and adults. 

For full details, please see the attached job description and person specification. 

ID: 1568 Social Media Executive

Service: Digital Marketing

Salary: £28,598 - £31,384 FTE per annum £23,187.57 - £25,446.49 per annum, pro rata + £480 home working allowance)

Location: Homebased – with occasional Directorate days in London

Hours: Part time, 30 hours per week

Contract: Permanent

Family Action & the Role’s Impact:

At Family Action we support people through change, challenge or crisis. It’s what we’ve done for over 150 years. We protect children, support young people and adults and offer direct, practical help to families and communities.

We see first-hand the power of family to shape lives, for better or worse, so we speak up for the

importance of family in national and local policymaking, amplify family voices and represent the changing needs of families in the UK today.

As part of the Social Media Team and wider Digital Marketing department, you will support the day-to-day running of Family Action’s social media activity. Working with the Social Media Manager, you will help deliver engaging and consistent content across our main channels, including Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube - ensuring posts are accurate, timely and aligned with organisational priorities such as fundraising, brand awareness, service marketing, volunteering and influencing. 

Main Responsibilities:

· Content delivery: Support the Social Media Manager by drafting, scheduling, and publishing content across Family Action’s channels, ensuring posts are engaging, accessible, and aligned with organisational priorities.

· Community & performance: Lead community management, monitor trends, gather analytics, and report on performance to help improve engagement.

· Collaboration & creativity: Work with colleagues to surface stories, create visual content, and contribute ideas for campaigns.

· Service support: Help services use social media safely and effectively through training, guidance, and managing access to accounts

Main Requirements (for details check the job description and person specification):

· Good understanding of social media platforms and experience creating or adapting engaging content.

· Strong writing skills, with creativity and attention to detail in both text and visuals.

· Ability to use basic design/video tools (e.g. Canva, Adobe Express, CapCut) and willingness to learn new systems.

· Organised and proactive, able to prioritise tasks, gather analytics, and report on performance.

· Collaborative and adaptable, with the ability to work with colleagues across the organisation - including supporting services to use social media safely and effectively through guidance, training and managing access to accounts.

Benefits:

- an annual paid leave entitlement that commences at 25 working days

- up to 6% matched-pension contributions

- flexible working arrangements and new starters have the right to make flexible working requests from day one of employment

- enhanced paid sick leave and paid family leave provisions

- eye care and winter flu jabs vouchers

- cycle to work scheme

- investing in your professional development with ongoing quality training and career development opportunities

We are forward looking, ambitious and committed to continuous improvement. We are a people focused, can-do organisation, which strives for excellence in all we do and operates with mutual respect.

To Apply:

· Click the “Apply Now” link below and fill out our digital application form

· Closing Date: Sunday 5th October 2025 at 23:59

· To learn more about Family Action: Careers

Interviews are likely to take place virtually on 15th and 16th October.

For any queries, or if you would like to discuss any aspect of the selection process or the potential for flexible working, please email: Ursula Doorga (full email address on advert document)

All appointments with Family Action are subject to satisfactory Safer Recruitment checks.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion:

We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that candidates may need during the recruitment process and you will be asked whether you require any adjustments if shortlisted for interview. We also make reasonable adjustments on the job, where required.

We are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in all that we do and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Intersectionality is important to us and we particularly welcome applications from ethnically diverse communities, LGBTQIA+ candidates and disabled candidates because we are committed to increasing the representation of these groups at Family Action. We know that greater diversity will lead to even greater results for families and children and strive for our workforce to be truly representative of the diverse communities we support. We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role.

To help remove financial barriers to working with us, we will reimburse travel costs if you are invited to attend an interview in person.

*Ordinarily Family Action appoints new starters at the starting point of the salary scale (with subsequent annual pay progression), unless you have experience that would justify appointment further up the salary scale or there are any other exceptional reasons.

Mind in Enfield and Barnet is a fast-growing charity in North London providing much needed therapy, wellbeing support and advocacy services to people with mental health problems. 

This is an exciting new role for an experienced mental health professional who has experience of providing support to and working with clients with mild, moderate and severe mental health issues. You will provide Client Support for all services, including effective, in depth triage of clients, identification of client risk including escalation and support to clients. The successful candidate will provide support to all services, including building up and developing a bank of volunteers and (volunteer coordination) including general administrative support, as well as changes in service delivery. 

Client Support duties include:

• Support client enquiries by using in depth mental health skills to triage effectively
• Ensure appropriate and timely responses and assistance to clients by drawing on mental health training and experience.
• To use social prescription methodology, mental health experience and mental health triaging experience to most effectively signpost and refer (internally or externally) clients, on the phone and possibly via walk in (should we move to that type of provision)
• To liaise, (on behalf of clients), with services and service managers where clients get in touch for enquiries, changes or updates.
• Contribute to the development of a safe welcoming environment
• Provide support for clients when they may be experiencing emotional distress.

Service support duties include:

• Working with the Therapy Services Co-ordinator to provide service support, liaising with relevant staff where there are changes to client appointments or staff rotas and keeping rotas up to date
• Utilising and updating the client database/s for client enquiries, client information and changes to services
• Working with service managers to ensure homogeny of client referral information and processes
• Supporting clients and services by keeping an up to date understanding and log of internal services

Volunteer Co-ordination duties include:

• Building up and developing a bank of volunteers for services in order to develop new service models to expand our capacity to reach more people
• Recruiting and inducting new volunteers and working with / liaising with service managers to ensure they are matched with the right opportunities

Please see the attached job description, which includes all duties and skills required.

This is a part-time position, 21 hours per week covering the service between 9-5 Monday to Wednesday. 

£27,000 FTE / Actual salary based on 21 hours per week £16,200 per year. 

The role is based at Enfield Mind office at 275 Fore Street, N9 0PD.

Youth Participation Officer

Fitzrovia Youth in Action is looking for an experienced, passionate and enthusiastic person for our Youth Participation Officer role. If you feel like this is you, we would love to hear from you!

The post holder will manage and develop youth-led community projects in which young people develop their leadership and employability skills through becoming actively involved in their community and participating in self-directed community action. The successful candidate will oversee the development and delivery of several youth-led community projects, primarily the organisation of youth-led community events, but might also include elements of other youth-led activities, such as youth action team, health champions and ambassadors. 

For example, typically, this would involve working with groups of around 10 young people in each cohort and support them to deliver their community event project over a 12-week period.  Examples of events include youth-led football tournaments, street parties and our community Christmas dinner. This post will be part of the delivery team overseeing self-directed community action projects. The post holder may also support drop-in sessions and other activities aimed at engaging young people and referring them onto the youth-led community action programme.

We are elated to be to offer this part time post and continue the social action work with young people.

You can find the role description and persocal spec below. 

To apply, please submit your CV and a cover letter (no more then two sides) explaining your experience and why you are suited. 

About Us 

Yorkshire is one of the regions hardest hit by cancer. Together, we can change this.

Yorkshire Cancer Research is a charity dedicated to funding research so that you and those you love live longer healthier lives, free of cancer. 

Thanks to supporters, the charity funds vital cancer research and pioneers innovative new services for people with cancer. These life-giving medical breakthroughs are helping more people survive cancer – in Yorkshire, and beyond.

As an inclusive employer, our aim is to ensure our workforce reflects the rich diversity of our region. We believe a diverse workforce is vital to us taking action to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer more effectively in Yorkshire. We offer equal opportunities regardless of race, religion or belief, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, marriage and civil partnerships. 

 
The Benefits 

We offer all employees a wide range of benefits including an enhanced contributory pension scheme, 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays (increasing to 30 days after 5 years’ service), flexible working arrangements, private medical insurance, enhanced maternity leave, career progression, learning and development, wellbeing initiatives, offices within walking distance of Hornbeam Park train station, free onsite parking and a whole lot more. 

We’ve got a strong set of values that inform everything we do and we’re looking for people who are aligned with these. As our Deputy Shop Manager, you will put people in Yorkshire at the heart of everything you do, unite with colleagues and other organisations in this cause, and dare to think big and bold to make positive solutions happen.

 
The Role 
 
As Deputy Shop Manager at our Ilkley Shop you will manage the day-to-day operation of the shop in the absence of the Shop Manager, including managing a team of volunteers, ensuring accurate accounting and handling of assets, delivering high standards of customer service, and adhering to all charity policies and procedures. You will lead by example and ensure that volunteers, supporters, donors, and customers understand how their contributions are making a difference to the lives of people in Yorkshire and beyond. 

Specifically, you will: 

• Play an active part in running our shop in Ilkley, supporting the Shop Manager in implementing processes and ways of working.

• Provide cover for days off, holidays and sickness as required, with possible occasional travel to other shops to provide support if needed by the charity. 

• Support the Shop Manager to maximise the income and profit of the shop through active stock management, replenishment, and rotation. 

• Manage a team of well-trained volunteers in the absence of the Shop Manager and take every effort to create a positive retail environment. 

• Ensure there are sufficient volunteers to support the effective operation of the shop during all opening hours. 

• Support the Shop Manager to ensure the shop is presented to the highest standards with attractive visual merchandising and attractive window displays. 

• Support the Shop Manager to ensure that all charity policies, shop standards and operating procedures are communicated effectively to all volunteers and are maintained and followed in a consistent manner. 

• Support the Shop Manager to ensure accurate accounting and handling of assets (items donated and money received). 

• Support the Shop Manager to ensure accurate record keeping of items donated and the amount paid for each item for Gift Aid tax reclaim purposes. 

• Create a welcoming professional atmosphere and deliver high standards of customer service for all customers and supporters. 

 
About You 

To be considered for this role, you will need: 

• To ideally be educated to GCSE level or equivalent but not essential.

• Experience of managing people/volunteers including recruitment and development.

• To be highly organised with good time management skills.

• To be able to prioritise workload and meet deadlines.

• To be able to use own initiative.

• To be resilient and adaptable to change. 

• To have good planning, guiding and motivation skills to successfully achieve targeted income is desirable.

• A willingness and ability to occasionally travel across the Yorkshire region as needed for training sessions and team meetings. 

• A willingness and ability to safely lone work. 

• A willingness to complete our pre-employment checks (to be undertaken once the role is offered and accepted) which include: 

• A check on your employment history, by seeking two references

• A check on your eligibility to work in the UK as per the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 

• To undertake an enhanced DBS check. 

Please note, this role is not eligible for a visa sponsorship. 

Application 

Before applying, please visit our Careers Page to view the full role profile and find out more about working for Yorkshire Cancer Research.

To apply please submit a CV and cover letter outlining your suitability for the role to us before 23rd September 2025. Please read our privacy notice before applying. 

Yorkshire Cancer Research is a responsible and flexible employer.  We welcome any discussion for flexible working at the interview/offer stage where we will consider an individual’s circumstances against the needs of the charity. 

We positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates from all backgrounds. If we can make any reasonable adjustments to support your application, please contact the People Team through out webiste. 

About the role
We’re looking for a warm, proactive organiser to help more women seeking sanctuary access our Touching Safe Ground programme — weekly trauma-informed yoga and English for wellbeing sessions in East London. You’ll reach out to asylum hostels, GP surgeries and community and legal services to connect with women who may benefit. You’ll support them in attending, help sessions run smoothly, and manage practicalities like childcare, refreshments and expenses. A key part of the role is also building a brilliant volunteer team — recruiting, supporting and coordinating volunteers who make our sessions possible. You’ll also work closely with the Project Lead and colleagues on outreach, monitoring and partnership-building. This hands-on, local role is perfect if you’re organised, people-focused, and committed to empowering women who have faced hardship or trauma. It’s also a great opportunity to build skills in partnership working, trauma-informed community outreach, and volunteer leadership

Key details

• Contract: 1-year fixed-term (with potential to extend up to 4 years) 3-month probationary period. Post funded by National Lottery Reaching Communities Fund
• Hours: 16 hours per week (must be available Weds 9–12 & Thurs 3.30–6.30)
• Location: Office and venues in Tower Hamlets, with some home working
• Salary: £32,593 per annum pro rata (0.4 FTE, 2 days per week)
• Start date: From 1 November 2025 (negotiable)
• Line manager: Project Lead
• Requirements: Female applicants only (Equality Act 2010 exemption). DBS check. You must already have the right to live and work in the UK.

Who we are
Globe Community Project is a dynamic and growing charity in the heart of East London. Our mission is to transform loneliness into connection among isolated people and under-served groups in Tower Hamlets.

What you’ll do

• Reach and engage asylum-seeking, refugee and migrant women across Tower Hamlets
• Build partnerships with GP surgeries, community and legal services, universities and local networks, to create referral pathways
• Welcome and support women at weekly sessions, outings and seasonal events
• Manage relationships with our crèche provider and ensure children’s provision is in place
• Recruit, coordinate and support volunteers (including DBS checks, expenses, and organising annual wellbeing treats)
• Collect impact data sensitively, including quotes, photos and case studies (with informed consent)
• Organise occasional trips and outings
• Support with some admin, monitoring and evaluation tasks, and lead on others
• Represent GCP at local events to raise awareness of our work
• Attend team, project and 1:1 meetings, and take part in GCP’s annual Away Day

What we’re looking for

Essential:

• Experience of community outreach, engagement and partnership building
• Confidence working with at-risk groups (ideally refugees/asylum seekers)
• Strong organisational and time-management skills
• Ability to build trust quickly across diverse backgrounds
• Confident with MS Word, Excel and G Suite
• Caring, empathetic, proactive, independent and reliable
• Strong alignment with GCP’s values (please see our website)

Desirable:

• Experience managing or coordinating volunteers
• Voluntary sector or community development background
• Speaks a community language
• Experience of reflective practice
• Knowledge of safeguarding processes
• Lived experience of migration or seeking sanctuary

What we offer

• Salary £32,593 per annum, pro-rata for 0.4 FTE, 2 days per week.
• 30 days’ paid holiday plus bank holidays, pro-rata, (rising with service)
• 10% employer pension contribution (NEST scheme)
• Employee health insurance (after probation)
• The chance to make a real impact on the lives of women and children, and grow your skills in outreach, community organising, and trauma-informed practice

Do you want to make a meaningful difference in local communities?

We are looking for a Community Support Coordinator to lead and develop our Community Support Volunteer service. You will ensure support for people living with and affected by MND is accessible, safe and inclusive. You will build strong partnerships with health and social care professionals, recruit, manage and guide volunteers, and help ensure individuals have choice and control in the support they receive.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone with experience in managing and co-ordinating volunteers, strong communication skills, and the ability to work collaboratively across a range of stakeholders. The Community Support Coordinator will play a key role in strengthening local services and supporting volunteers to feel valued and effective in their roles.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and support a team of Community Support Volunteers, ensuring services are safe, inclusive and meet local needs
• Provide guidance to volunteers on complex care and support issues, including signposting to other services
• Respond promptly to enquiries and referrals, offering information and facilitating access to support and resources
• Build and maintain effective relationships with health and social care professionals and local partners
• Support branches and groups to plan and deliver activities that respond to local needs
• Recruit, induct and develop volunteers, ensuring they are well supported and connected
• Enable effective communication and collaboration between volunteers, staff and partners
• Contribute to service development, sharing feedback and identifying opportunities for improvement

About You:

• Experience leading or co-ordinating groups of volunteers
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to present and influence effectively
• Ability to assess and respond to support needs through a person-centred approach
• Understanding of care and support services across statutory, private or voluntary sectors, and the role of volunteers
• Experience of working with people at risk of harm, and an understanding of safeguarding responsibilities
• Ability to build networks and maintain positive working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders
• Commitment to equality, diversity and inclusive practice
• Confident in prioritising, planning and making decisions independently
• Willingness to work flexibly, including some evenings and weekends
• A full driving licence

About Us:

Our vision is a world free from MND. Our mission is to improve care and support for people with MND, their families and carers. We fund and promote research that leads to new understanding and treatments and brings us closer to a cure for MND. The Association also campaigns and raises awareness so the needs of people with MND, and everyone who cares for them, are recognised, and addressed by wider society.

What We Offer:

• 28 days holiday, increasing to 33 days after 5 years, plus Bank Holidays.
• Access to UK Healthcare, including dental, eyecare, health screenings, and therapies.
• 24/7 GP access via phone and video.
• Life assurance and confidential counselling helplines.
• Salary sacrifice schemes (Cycle to Work, Buy/Sell Annual Leave).
• Access to Benefit Hub for discounts on everyday shopping.
• Enhanced pension scheme.
• Opportunities for training and personal development.
• Hybrid working.

The full job description and information about working for the MND Association is available in the candidate pack.

Salary: £37,300 per annum (FTE) £30,243 pro rata

Hours: 30 hours per week

Contract: 12-month Fixed Term Contract

We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusivity. We work to remove barriers for everyone affected by MND, employees, volunteers, and stakeholders. As part of the Disability Confident Scheme, we guarantee interviews for disabled applicants who meet the role's requirements.

Hybrid Working and Flexibility: This role is home-based with travel expectations across the designated region: Northern Ireland. This role will also include occasional travel to Northampton as required.

Location: Based in Vincent House.

Purpose of the job: To deliver mandatory training for volunteers and paid trainees and to design and deliver advice training to external organisations to support capacity building within the community. 

The Role

Citizens Advice Enfield is a busy service helping around 6,000 clients a year to solve around 25,000 problems. We are open 5 days a week and currently operate a telephone adviceline triage service from 10am to 4pm Monday to Friday.

Our priority commissioned areas are Benefits, Debt and Housing and we have a small team of caseworkers for each. Appointments are booked through a combination of self-referral via the adviceline and referrals from funded partners.

Role Description

We are looking to take on a Capacity Building Training Officer to join our in-house training and development team which will form part of the wider Human Resources management function/team. You will be responsible for delivering all mandatory learning for volunteers and paid trainees to reach their competence and to design and deliver advice training to external organisations to support capacity building within the community. This will be both in-person delivered training as well as via online platforms.

This role will be working closely with key external stakeholders across the voluntary and community sector as well as internally with the management and supervisor team.

What we give our staff

We offer a range of employee benefits including:

• 30 days annual leave (FTE).
• An employer matched pension contribution currently at 4%
• Access to Telus, an Employee Assistance Scheme which offers help and support with mental, financial, physical and emotional well-being.
• Opportunity for hybrid working following completion of probationary period.

Citizens Advice Enfield is an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from all applicants who meet the person specification irrespective of sex, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief, age, or disability.