Volunteer Roles in London
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Charity Trustee
Location: London and the South-East | Commitment: Six evening meetings per year (plus occasional ad-hoc engagements) | Term: Minimum three-year commitment
Are you passionate about making a real difference?
Our client is a charity dedicated to helping people who have, or have had issues with drugs and alcohol use, working to improve and sustain their health and wellbeing in order they can recover to lead fulfilling lives.
They're looking for dynamic and committed individuals to join their Board of Trustees. If you’ve experience in the health care sector or in customer-facing digital services development, then you could help them take the organisation forward.
Why Join Our Client?
- Impact: Your experience can help transform lives. As a trustee, you’ll play a crucial role in guiding their strategy and ensuring they continue to provide life-changing support to those in need.
- Innovation: They’re at the forefront of developing innovative, peer-led services across London and the South-East. Your insights could drive new initiatives that challenge the status quo.
- Diversity & Inclusion: They are committed to building a Board that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We especially welcome applications from underrepresented groups, including individuals from ethnic minority backgrounds, those with disabilities, LGBTQI+ communities, and younger people.
The ideal candidate
Trustees are expected to have the below qualities:
- Share our clients values and aspirations along with having empathy with those seeking to rebuild their lives from addiction.
- Have the expertise, skills, life experience and personal qualities to form an effective and diverse Board.
- Roll up their sleeves to provide practical support to the CEO to achieve our strategy.
- Be able to fully discharge the legal requirements of being a trustee and company director.
Experience Required in one or more of the following areas:
- Working in the health care sector and/or the substance use field (strategic or operational).
- Experience of Information technology and digital development with customer-facing services.
- Experience of training, education and employment support for people with limited work histories.
- Lived experience of dependency and addictions.
- Experience of charity governance or an interest in gaining that experience.
Your Role:
As a trustee, you’ll be instrumental in:
- Shaping the strategic direction and ensuring governance reflects the needs of those that they support.
- Supporting and overseeing new service developments, working closely with the CEO and management team.
- Acting as a custodian of their values, ensuring they remain accountable, financially sustainable, and true to their mission.
- Using your networks to forge new partnerships and raise the profile of our work.
What’s in It for You?
- Board Experience: Ideal for those seeking to gain board experience or those new to senior management or the charity sector.
- Personal Fulfilment: Make a tangible impact in a grassroots charity that values your professional and personal experiences.
- Inclusive Environment: Be part of an organisation that truly values co-production and peer support, using lived experience to drive positive change.
Apply by Friday, 4th October.
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Make an Impact in your Community with The Kids Network!
Are you passionate about making a meaningful impact in your local community? The Kids Network offers a unique opportunity for you to contribute to the lives of children in your borough while sharing your experiences. Whether you're motivated by community service or a desire to introduce young people to diverse cultures and experiences, becoming a mentor with us will be a rewarding and impactful experience.
The Kids Network supports children during a crucial time in their lives, as they transition from primary to secondary school. By becoming a mentor, you can be a local hero for a child in your community, helping them build confidence, resilience, and the tools for a positive future.
Your involvement will have a direct, positive impact on your local area. Through your weekly one-on-one sessions of 1-3 hours over a 12-month period, you’ll help build a stronger, more resilient community.
We focus on pairing mentors and mentees based on interests and personalities, ensuring a meaningful and supportive connection. Whether you're playing games or discussing future goals, you’ll form a bond that makes a lasting difference in the child’s life and your community.
Training & Support
· All volunteers will attend 2 days of training, including safeguarding, understanding what mentoring is and skills to bring to the role.
· We also offer additional training throughout the year, with up to 30 hours of free training and development available.
· Upon completion of the mentoring programme, Mentors will receive a Badge of Excellence Certificate in Child-led Mentoring.
· Mentors will have a direct contact at the organisation, their Programme Manager (PM). PM's provide support, encouragement and advice throughout the whole year of your mentoring.
· We hold mentor meet-ups, providing an opportunity for you to meet, socialise, and share experiences with our diverse community of mentors.
· We run frequent group mentoring sessions where you can connect with other pairs while enjoying a fun and free activity. Previous sessions have included football games, theatre visits, trips to the zoo, art workshops, and kite making and flying.
Join Us Today
Whether you're a proud local wanting to make community impact or you are eager to share your experiences, The Kids Network offers a meaningful way to contribute. Volunteer with us and become part of a dedicated community committed to fostering positive futures for children.
For more information and to apply, visit The Kids Network website.
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Are you looking to make a real difference in someone's life? Join our dedicated team at Marie Curie as a Companion Volunteer, and provide invaluable one-on-one companionship and support to individuals with terminal illnesses and their families across the UK.
Marie Curie Companion is a professional service provided by trained volunteers who offer one-to-one companionship and support to people with a terminal illness and their families. The service would not be able to reach those most in need if it was not for the commitment and hard work of the volunteers delivering the service.
Companion Volunteers provide companionship and emotional support, practical support, short breaks for carers and help with signposting for information and support.
What You’ll Do:
As a Companion Volunteer, you will offer:
- Provide a listening ear, engage in everyday conversations, help with small daily tasks, and offer emotional support to clients and their families.
- Spend quality time with those you’re supporting, whether at their home, in a care home, or out in the community.
- Allow primary caregivers to take short breaks, giving them time to rest and recharge.
- Drive clients to pre-arranged medical appointments or for short trips out.
Why Volunteer with Us?
- Your commitment and compassion will provide comfort and joy to individuals and families during challenging times.
- We offer full training and continuous support to ensure you feel confident and prepared in your role.
- Join a passionate and supportive team of over 6,500 volunteers who are making a difference every day.
- We have volunteer roles available throughout the UK, allowing you to find a position that fits your schedule and location.
Your Responsibilities:
- Conduct weekly visits as agreed with the Volunteer Coordinator.
- Report significant changes or happenings to your manager.
- Submit regular visit reports and update relevant systems.
- Attend individual sessions, training, and group events as required.
- Represent the Marie Curie Companion service positively.
About Marie Curie:
Every day of your life matters – from the first to the last. At Marie Curie, we provide expert care, guidance, and support to people living with terminal illnesses and their families. We are committed to ensuring a supportive, inclusive, and rewarding environment for our volunteers and staff.
Our Commitment to You:
Marie Curie is dedicated to safeguarding all our people from harm and creating a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace. We are a Stonewall champion and encourage applications from candidates of diverse cultures, perspectives, and lived experiences.
SKILLS
• A friendly and sensitive – a good listener
• Patience, empathy, self-awareness and emotional stability
• Excellent listening skills and an ability to build a rapport with others
• Commitment and reliability - able to keep appointments and volunteer for 3 hours (approx.) a week
• An understanding of the importance of confidentiality
• Willing to be flexible to the needs of the individual
• Mature perspective on life and death
• Willingness to learn and operate within the boundaries of the role
• Respect for individuals, regardless of their race, gender, culture, religion, disability, sexual orientation and marital status
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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While gaining invaluable experience, practice your passion within real-life scenarios.
We’re looking for Social Media Manager volunteers to join our team, who will play a key role in the growth of our brand messages and visions. The ideal candidate will assist us grow our on-line presence and increase traffic to our digital channels.
Responsibilities
Increase traffic to our digital channels
Grow our brand messages, visions and on-line presence.
Requirements
Working experience with online digital marketing & Social Media
Strong verbal, written, and organisational skills.
Enthusiastic, Dedicated and willing to learn.
The role could be entirely remote and is unremunerated but all reasonable expenses will be met.
About TESYouth
TESYouth (Training, Employment Opportunities & Social Development for Youth) is a NFP social enterprise which focuses on improving the rate of youth employment, through volunteering, interactive and skill-based workshops, work-experience and training programmes. Together with our strategic partners, we collaborate with organisations to provide youth to develop their skills, and to assist in achieving their career aspirations.
Tackle and reduce youth unemployment by providing with the necessary tools to develop skills, aptitudes, knowledge and self-confidence.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Develop Your Skills and Kickstart Your Career with The Kids Network
Are you a student, unemployed, early in your career, or simply seeking to develop new skills? The Kids Network offers an enriching opportunity for you to gain valuable training and experiences that will enhance both your personal and professional development.
The Kids Network supports children during a critical time in their lives, as they transition from primary to secondary school. By becoming a mentor, you can be a local hero for a child in your London community, helping them build confidence, resilience, and the tools for a positive future.
Personal and Professional Development
Volunteering with The Kids Network provides you with extensive training to deliver child-led sessions, which will help you develop and enhance a wide range of transferable skills:
- Communication: Improve your ability to connect and communicate effectively with diverse age groups.
- Leadership: Gain experience in guiding and mentoring young individuals.
- Problem-Solving: Develop critical thinking skills by helping children overcome challenges.
- Empathy and Emotional Intelligence: Enhance your understanding of others’ perspectives and emotions.
- Project Management: Learn to plan and execute mentoring sessions successfully.
Your Role as a Mentor
As a mentor, you will hold weekly one-on-one sessions of 1-3 hours for the duration of 12 months. You will help build confidence, resilience, and help your mentee manage feelings through a series of fun experiences and activities. Whether you’re playing games or discussing goals, you’ll be making a difference in a child’s life by developing the tools for a positive future.
Career Growth and Impact
An experience mentoring a Little Londoner can help supercharge your career growth in areas such as education, psychology, sociology, child development, or mental health. Even if your career is in an unrelated sector, many mentors report confidence, resilience, and self-awareness growth that has positively influenced their careers. In fact, 57% of mentors said the programme helped them progress in their career.
Proven Impact and Certification
Our programme has a proven impact, with 100% of children reporting an increase in their wellbeing. As a mentor, you’ll not only see the positive changes in the lives of the children you work with but also in your own abilities and confidence. The Kids Network offers comprehensive training for all mentors, ensuring you’re well-equipped to support your mentee. Upon completion, you’ll receive certification acknowledging your commitment and the skills you’ve developed, which can be a valuable addition to your resume or LinkedIn profile.
Training & Support
· All volunteers will attend 2 days of training, including safeguarding, understanding what mentoring is and skills to bring to the role.
· We also offer additional training throughout the year, with up to 30 hours of free training and development available.
· Upon completion of the mentoring programme, Mentors will receive a Badge of Excellence Certificate in Child-led Mentoring.
· Mentors will have a direct contact at the organisation, their Programme Manager (PM). PM's provide support, encouragement and advice throughout the whole year of your mentoring.
· We hold mentor meet-ups, providing an opportunity for you to meet, socialise, and share experiences with our diverse community of mentors.
· We run frequent group mentoring sessions where you can connect with other pairs while enjoying a fun and free activity. Previous sessions have included football games, theatre visits, trips to the zoo, art workshops, and kite making and flying.
Join Us Today
If you’re looking to develop your skills in a holistic way while making a significant difference in a child’s life, The Kids Network is the perfect opportunity. Volunteer with us and become part of a community dedicated to fostering positive futures for children and mentors alike.
For more information and to apply, visit The Kids Network website.
Shynne is hosting a Community Gaming event for people living with Autism and ADHD. There will be console games and board games available to play as well as gaming competitions.
The aim of this event is for people with autism and ADHD to connect and socialise with people just like themselves.
This add is for someone who has a story about themselves living with Autism or someone who cares for someone with this condition. We would like you to be a speaker at this event and talk about your experiences living with Autism or ADHD. The idea of this is to raise awareness to anyone who is attending as in unfamiliar with the condition.
This will be recorded and used on our socials, and you will get a copy of this also.
The event starts from 12-3pm on Saturday 19th of October. There will be tea/coffee soft drinks and snacks available. Your travel cost will also be paid for.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Our mission is to promote confidence, social and work skills for autistic young adults. A place where you can connect with people just like you.
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Give Back to Children in Your Community with The Kids Network
Are you looking to donate your skills, give back to your community, or find a meaningful way to use your time? The Kids Network offers a unique opportunity to make a significant impact on the lives of children while practicing your skills and connecting with others.
If you already have experience in mentoring, education, psychology, or related fields, The Kids Network provides an ideal platform to use and donate your skills. By becoming a mentor, you can actively practice your learned skills and see the direct impact of your efforts on the children in your local community and provide support to those who need it most.
Why Choose The Kids Network?
- Active Skill Application: Our programme allows you to apply your expertise in real-world settings, enhancing your practical experience.
- Structured Support: We provide comprehensive training and ongoing support, ensuring you can make the most of your skills.
- Proven Impact: With 100% of children reporting increased wellbeing, you’ll see tangible impact from your mentoring.
Impact on Mentees
- Building Confidence: Help children in your community develop self-assurance and resilience.
- Creating Opportunities: Provide guidance that helps young people navigate their challenges and seize opportunities.
- Strengthening Community: Contribute to the overall wellbeing of your community, fostering a sense of belonging and support.
Connection
- Personal Fulfilment: Experience the joy and satisfaction of making a positive impact on a child’s life.
- Meaningful Relationships: Form a strong bond with your mentee, providing guidance and support through fun and engaging activities.
- Community Engagement: Participate in mentor meet-ups and group activities, connecting with other mentors and mentees.
Your Role as a Mentor
As a mentor, you will hold weekly one-on-one sessions of 1-3 hours for the duration of 12 months. You will help build confidence, resilience, and help your mentee manage feelings through a series of fun experiences and activities. Whether you’re playing games or discussing goals, you’ll be making a difference in a child’s life by developing the tools for a positive future.
Join Us Today
Whether you're wanting to use your expertise, eager to give back and make an impact, or looking for purpose and connection, The Kids Network offers a meaningful way to contribute. Volunteer with us and become part of a community dedicated to fostering positive futures for children and mentors alike.
For more information and to apply, visit The Kids Network website
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Surfers Against Sewage Regional Reps help people nurture a deep connection and desire to protect local blue and green spaces by mobilising our communities - creating Ocean Activists everywhere.
Together we take collective and impactful action, creating waves of change for a Thriving Ocean Thriving People. As a Regional Rep you’ll lead and work alongside a team of dedicated volunteers in your area and coordinate with them to deliver tangible change at a regional and national level. You’ll receive all the training and resources you need to feel confident and supported in your role with Surfers Against Sewage (SAS).
You can get involved as much or as little as you like - this is a flexible role designed to help you make change while fitting around your life, schedule and commitments.
These are some of the ways you can make waves as a Surfers Against Sewage Regional Rep:
Lead
By representing and hosting SAS national campaigns and community work at a local level, you’ll mobilise people, creating a network of local Ocean Activists
Campaign
By using our campaigning tools to push for policy change on a local and national level, keeping in touch with us and feeding back campaign outcomes
Help Others Take Action
By leading community cleans and engaging other Ocean Activists in your community
Spread the Word
By sharing information online, through talks, presentations and in local and national media
Learn
By attending Regional Reps training events and sessions throughout the year to help you learn about Surfers Against Sewage, our policy and campaign asks and our goals
Water lovers, whatever your connection with the ocean, join us and be a part of what we stand for.
Our mission is to engage, inspire and unite communities to protect our oceans, rivers and lakes against sewage and plastic pollution.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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African Development Choices (ADC) is a UK-based Social Enterprise on a mission to reduce poverty by empowering communities to make more informed choices in the management of public resources.
ADC’s purpose is to enable communities to independently meet their needs for essential services, such as clean water and safe sanitation and improve lives in Africa.
At ADC we encourage a working culture of seeking and giving input, showing and taking initiative, and commitment to the organisation and its purpose.
Main Purpose of Job: Design and manage graphical content for various digital channels
Division: Operations
Department: Marketing & Communications
Position Reports to: Head of Marketing & Communications
Position is Responsible for: N/A
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
- Develop and manage brand content such as logos, buttons, icons etc.
- Create new graphics for social media, website, email, posters, flyers, newsletter etc.
- Ensuring that ADC’s graphical content is impactful, clear and on brand
- Make input for improvement of the brand guidelines
- Organise and maintain design files and master assets
Knowledge, Skills, and Experience:
Essential
- 3+ year of experience as a Graphic Designer
- Knowledge of graphic design tools such as Adobe Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator
- Ability to follow brand guidelines to produce work in line with ADC’s brand and to follow graphic design best practices
- Proficient knowledge of industry and digital design’s best practices.
- Strong portfolio demonstrating previous work examples
- High level of design ability and attention to detail
- Available to volunteer at least 7-10 hours a week
- Ability to actively take initiative and help set things up in a start-up environment
- Ability to actively seek and give input in a collaborative team environment
- A committed team player with good communication skills.
Desirable
- Experience working in an early-stage startup and gone through a scaling phase
- Passion for the start-up life and comfortable in a role with a little ambiguity
What ADC offers you:
This is a volunteer, remote and unpaid position with the following benefits:
- Professional learning and career development opportunities
- An opportunity to build on your work experience within your profession
- An opportunity to be part of a diverse team representing different parts of the world that is helping to deliver systemic social change in Africa
- An opportunity to help shape a start-up social enterprise
- We provide work reference
This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.
Here at African Development Choices, we celebrate diversity, equity, and inclusion. Our teams are made up of people from all over the world and we welcome all applications. If you are disabled or have a long-term health condition, and you require any reasonable adjustments for your application with us, please let us know by contacting recruitmentatafricandevelopmentchoicesdotorg.
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Purpose of the Role
This volunteer role is a key part of the HFEH Mind team delivering a range of services across Hammersmith and Fulham, Ealing and Hounslow. We support clients with mental health with both clinical and non-clinical interventions.
Compass is a service designed to support adults (18 years and over) in H&F and Hounslow. The service provides support with welfare benefits, debt, housing and well-being/peer support groups/workshops.
The Ealing Pathways service is designed to support adults (18 years and over) with stable mental illness to stay well and avoid acute admission in the borough of Ealing. The service provides support with welfare benefits, debt, housing and well-being advice service.
As a part of this, we are looking for volunteers to support with both services. The role of the volunteer includes supporting with onboarding and contacting clients onto our services as well as completing administrative tasks.
Main Responsibilities
To work closely with the Compass/Pathways service team and support the services with enquiries and support the service users to access the service.
- Triage clients for the service through an onboarding process.
- Support with follow up surveys and questionnaires for those who have accessed the project and obtain their feedback to improve our services.
- Support the Compass/Pathways team to promote the service to the local community.
- Support with administrative tasks including recording information onto our database ‘Views’.
- Supporting clients by picking up ‘light touch cases’ e.g. form filling and welfare benefit checks.
Type of person we are looking for:
Essential
- An interest in supporting those with mental health needs to access Compass/Pathways services.
- Good oral and written communication skills (including listening skills); the ability to communicate in a patient, considered, and empathetic manner.
- Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to follow administrative procedures.
- IT skills – able to update spreadsheets, use web-based applications, video-conferencing software, and Microsoft Office applications.
- Preferably have had experience working with people who experience poor mental health.
Time commitment and expenses
- 5 hours per week, during our opening hours of 10am–4pm. Please indicate your preferred volunteering day(s) on your application
- We request a minimum commitment of 3 months of volunteering after the completion of your induction.
- We will provide volunteers with an induction, training, and ongoing mentoring to support them in the role.
We are an equal opportunities employer; and are proud to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons from all backgrounds.
HFEH Mind are committed to creating and fostering a culture that promotes safeguarding and the welfare of all children and adults at risk. Our safer recruitment practices support this by ensuring that there is a consistent and thorough process of obtaining, collating, analysing and evaluating information from and about candidates to ensure that all persons appointed are suitable to work with children and vulnerable adults.
Post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.
To apply please send your CV and expression of interest addressing the below questions:
Please tell us why you would like to volunteer with Compass/Pathways at HFEH Mind (minimum 50 words)
Please share any relevant skills or experience you have for the role. This may include education, work, or voluntary experience (minimum 100 words)
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Purpose of the role
This service supports partners of women being cared for by the West London Perinatal Mental Health team. It includes wellbeing support, a 1:1 mental health assessment and provides relevant resources and referrals to further services.
Key responsibilities
- To answer emails and enquiries for the service within our service level agreements
- Triage clients for the service through an onboarding process.
- Co-facilitate a monthly peer support group
- Provide support to our caseworker when necessary
You can download a PDF of the full role description below.
The type of person we are looking for
We welcome applications from fathers or non-birthing parents who may have experienced the challenges of parenthood and want to support others going through similar. By offering your support you will help other fathers and non-birthing parents feel less isolated, understand the importance of their role to both their partner and baby and support their access to relevant support services and resources.
Time commitment and expenses:
- 6 hours per week, during our core hours of 10am - 4pm.
- Please indicate your preferred volunteering day(s)/time(s) on your application
- We request a minimum commitment of 3 months of volunteering after the completion of your induction
- We will provide volunteers with an induction, training, and ongoing mentoring to support them in the role
- Reasonable travel expenses will be reimbursed
Why Volunteer at Hammersmith, Fulham, Ealing, and Hounslow (HFEH) Mind?
Volunteering at HFEH Mind is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to the work of a leading national mental health charity. We provide initial and ongoing training, as well as plenty of opportunities for progression within the organisation. You will be treated as a core member of the team from day one and be surrounded by supportive and knowledgeable colleagues fighting for mental health.
What’s in it for the volunteer?
Volunteering opportunities have been a route into paid employment within our organisation for many of our previous volunteers. However, the skills and experiences you will gain are likely to support applications for paid employment within the sector more broadly, as well as further training and education opportunities (e.g., Business courses, social work, mental health qualifications).
We are keen to foster the individual strengths and interests of volunteers. With the support of the PSFP Team, we will work with you to ensure that your volunteering experience is meaningful and valuable, whilst balancing the requirements of delivering the service.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Link Age Southwark is a vibrant local charity providing support to over 800 older people in Southwark who are feeling lonely or isolated. Our vision is for friendly local communities where older people and those living with a diagnosis of dementia can thrive in their later years.
All our volunteering opportunities are within the London Borough of Southwark, predominantly south of the borough - Camberwell, Peckham, Nunhead, Dulwich and around.
We run a mixture of social, exercise and activity groups for older people across the borough of Southwark. From singing to yoga, bridge to computer groups, we have something to suit everyone.
Many of our groups are run by professional tutors and our wonderful volunteers who help to set up, welcome group members, serve tea and coffee and tidy up at the end. We are always looking for new faces to join our groups.
If you have a skill or talent that you would like to share with the group, whether it be arts & crafts, singing, dancing, knowledge of local history or anything in between, we'd love to hear from you!
The role could involve:
- Leading activities
- Setting up and clearing away activities
- Ensuring that appropriate refreshments are available and served and cleared away
- Socialising with group members
- Assisting in completing basic admin tasks to ensure that attendance records are kept
- Assisting in publicising activities within the venue and local community to attract more participants
The role requires:
- a cheerful and friendly personality
- good communication/listening skills
- good physical health
- commitment to supporting a group on either a weekly or fortnightly basis, dependent on the group
- good timekeeping and reliability
- able to work independently
- attendance at a volunteer induction and other relevant training opportunities
- completion of a full Disclosure and Barring Service and character reference check
- a commitment to working within the policies of Link Age Southwark, in particular health and safety, confidentiality, safeguarding and equality and diversity
If you have a skill or talent that you would like to share with the group, whether it is arts & crafts, singing, dancing, knowledge of local history or anything in between, we'd love to hear from you!
Becoming a volunteer with Link Age Southwark is a fantastic opportunity to meet new people and get to know more about your local community.
We cover all reasonable expenses and we are happy to provide references for volunteers who have completed 6 months of volunteering with us.
Please note that all our volunteering opportunities are within the London Borough of Southwark, predominantly south of the borough - Camberwell, Peckham, Nunhead, Dulwich and around.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Link Age Southwark is a vibrant local charity providing support to over 800 older people in Southwark who are feeling lonely or isolated. Our vision is for friendly local communities where older people and those living with a diagnosis of dementia can thrive in their later years.
All our volunteering opportunities are within the London Borough of Southwark, predominantly south of the borough - Camberwell, Peckham, Nunhead, Dulwich and around.
By becoming a Digital Buddy, you’ll help bridge the digital divide, ensuring everyone can stay connected and navigate the digital world confidently. Are you able to support our service users and help build their digital skills with sessions at home on their mobile phones, tablets, or laptops? Our Digital Buddies provide up to six weekly home visits, each lasting 1-2 hours.
Some examples of what a Digital Buddy can assist with:
- Accessing online services
- Setting up a new digital device
- Mobile messaging
- Sending emails
- Picture messaging
- Problem solving
- Staying safe online
No need to be a tech expert—support with the basics so our older friends can communicate and navigate their devices. Please note that our Digital Buddies are not able to support with online banking, advice on purchases, or fixing hardware.
Becoming a volunteer with Link Age Southwark is a fantastic opportunity to meet new people and get to know more about your local community.
We cover all reasonable expenses and we are happy to provide references for volunteers who have completed 6 months of volunteering with us.
Please note that all our volunteering opportunities are within the London Borough of Southwark, predominantly south of the borough - Camberwell, Peckham, Nunhead, Dulwich and around.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Link Age Southwark is a vibrant local charity providing support to over 800 older people in Southwark who are feeling lonely or isolated. Our vision is for friendly local communities where older people and those living with a diagnosis of dementia can thrive in their later years.
All our volunteering opportunities are within the London Borough of Southwark, predominantly south of the borough - Camberwell, Peckham, Nunhead, Dulwich and around.
One of the greatest challenges for many older people is access to suitable transport. As we age, our mobility decreases and sometimes we can lose confidence in our ability to leave the house independently.
Our network of volunteer drivers provide a vital lifeline to many older people to help them get out and about and keep them connected with their local community.
We are able to provide transport to and from Link Age Southwark social groups. This role is all about providing an unhurried door-to-door service on either a regular or one-off basis.
This role requires:
- owning a car with a full and clean driving license and suitable insurance cover (most insurance companies are charity friendly - we can help verify your car use if required)
- ensuring the vehicle you are driving is safe and legal
- sufficient fitness to drive - please inform us if there are any issues that may affect your driving ability
- patience and understanding towards the needs of older people, particularly those with mobility issues
- attendance at a volunteer induction and other relevant training opportunities
- completion of a full Disclosure Barring Service and character reference check
- a commitment to working within the policies of Link Age Southwark, in particular health and safety, confidentiality, safeguarding and equality & diversity
Becoming a volunteer with Link Age Southwark is a fantastic opportunity to meet new people and get to know more about your local community.
We cover all reasonable expenses and we are happy to provide references for volunteers who have completed 6 months of volunteering with us.
Please note that all our volunteering opportunities are within the London Borough of Southwark, predominantly south of the borough - Camberwell, Peckham, Nunhead, Dulwich and around.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Are you a dedicated professional with a passion for community advocacy and helping organisations to be even better? Planning Aid for London is looking for new trustees to help us deliver our ambitious strategic plan for the next five years.
PAL is working towards becoming independent, therefore applicants with experience in fundraising, charity finance and providing services through volunteers are especially welcome. The role is a great opportunity for someone who is passionate about helping residents to have a voice in planning the future of their neighbourhoods and working with other trustees to make that happen.
As a trustee, your role will involve:
· Overseeing the implementation of our strategic plan
· Offering an external perspective and challenge
· Providing support to the staff and volunteers
Time Commitments for trustees:
· The board meets a minimum of five times a year, usually online and from 6.00pm-7.30pm
· There are sometimes ad-hoc meetings, but these will be agreed with the board separately
· Trustees are encouraged to attend the AGM and to help with outreach events from time to time
What we offer:
As a trustee, you will have the opportunity to help steer Planning Aid for London’s work and help to make the organisation even better. You will also meet other professionals from across the built environment who are committed to helping communities in London to participate meaningfully in the planning process.
Person Specification
Essential Skills
· Commitment to Planning Aid for London’s mission
· Ability to work with others and think creatively
· Willingness to attend meetings and undertake the actions that arise from them
Desirable Skills
· Experience of fundraising
· Experience of charity finance
· Previous experience as a trustee
· Experience working with community groups
· Experience of working in the built environment
Deadline: Thursday 10 October 2024
Diversity Statement
Planning Aid for London’s main aim is to help support greater diversity and inclusion in the planning system. We work to empower people to have real influence over decisions about their environment and communities and welcome opportunities from anyone who would like to help us to achieve that.
Planning Aid for London is aware that discrimination based on sex, race, ability, sexuality, class, gender, religion, age, maternity, parenthood or other characteristics can be consciously or subconsciously replicated in its undertakings and seeks to eliminate any form of discrimination in its activities. To achieve this Planning Aid for London regularly reviews and monitors its work and practices.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.