Current Volunteer Opportunities

Emmaus Gloucestershire is seeking a Google Ads specialist to help us make the most of our $10,000 per month Google Ads grant. We need expert guidance to optimise our account, ensuring we use this resource effectively to support our mission.

This opportunity could be a one-time project to get us set up for success or an ongoing collaboration to refine and maintain the account over time. 

The ideal volunteer will have experience managing Google Ads campaigns, including keyword research, ad creation, and optimisation strategies to maximise clicks and conversions while adhering to the grant’s guidelines. 

A successful outcome would mean a well-structured, high-performing Google Ads account that drives more traffic to our website, raises the profile of our charity shops and increases donations.

Your support will have a direct impact, helping us connect with more people, raise vital funds, and further our work to support people out of homelessness in Gloucestershire.

In depth Project: 13-16 hours

Housing and Homelessness | Mentoring | Remote

We are looking for a volunteer to deliver a hands-on social media training session for Emmaus Gloucestershire staff and companions who want to help promote our charity online.

This interactive session should cover social media basics, practical tips for creating engaging posts, and guidance on producing impactful videos for platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok. We’re looking for someone who can make the training accessible and fun, helping our team feel confident in their ability to share our story.

The goal is to empower our team with the skills and confidence to create content that raises awareness of our work, increases engagement and promotes our mission. A focused session lasting a few hours, with clear takeaways and actionable advice, would make a real difference in building their confidence and understanding.

By enhancing our social media skills, this training will help us connect more effectively with supporters, reach new audiences and ultimately strengthen our efforts to support people out of homelessness in Gloucestershire.

Focussed Help: 5-8 hours

Housing and Homelessness | Training | Face to face

The collaboration with the British Library where our young people interact with the library’s current exhibition UNEARTHED: THE POWER OF GARDENING, is being workshopped with a performance by our young people (16-30) in the public space Upper Mezzanine of the library.

Evaluating and disseminating exciting visual information about the process and performance is critical for future partnerships and funding.

Outcome: To create a snappy and vibrant 10-minute film which tells the story of their involvement in UNEARTHED, for evaluation of the project and to attract new partners and funders. Also, a visual record of the project to attract and excite new participants from the disability community through websites of organisations such as the Down Syndrome Association and various Autism and related voluntary organisations.

Skills: Camera and editing skills, as well as associated sound technical skills. Success for our association is the creation of a visual record of the process - 10 minutes - which has an instant visual appeal and a cinematic approach that tells the story of the process.

Impact: A professional-looking film would give them a sense of importance and pride about the work they are creating: a feeling that their work is skilful and of interest to others.      

In depth Project: 13-16 hours

Disability | Creating | Face to face

We are looking for an experienced digital strategist to help with our online presence and extend the reach of our vital climate work.

As our Digital Strategy Volunteer, you'll leverage your expertise to transform how we connect with supporters and potential donors and communicate our impact. This is a chance to apply your professional skills directly to climate action.

What you'll do:

• Develop a sophisticated, results-driven digital strategy
• Create compelling narratives across our platforms
• Brief us on how to build engagement within limited resource constraints
• Brief us on how to drive measurable growth in our online community
• Help showcase our tree-planting, education, and community work to new audiences

Profile we're seeking:

• Experience in crafting effective social media strategies
• Success-building engagement with limited resources
• Strategic mindset with strong analytical capabilities
• Self-directed professional who can both strategise and execute
• Passion for environmental solutions to the climate crisis

Time commitment:

• Initial deep-dive: 2-3 days to develop a comprehensive strategy
• Remote work with virtual meetings

What's in it for you:

• Direct your professional skills toward meaningful climate action
• Apply your expertise where it's urgently needed
• Connect with a dedicated international community
• See the tangible impact of your contribution through our work in Kenya

In depth Project: 13-16 hours

Environment | Mentoring | Remote

We are looking for a volunteer with lots of marketing experience to advise us on how best to promote videos that have been made for us by several generous media figures. We would like to ensure the promotion of the videos helps more families find out about the services and support we can offer. We have already started to promote one video but another video is in the making as well and we want to ensure we make the most of this fantastic opportunity. Key metrics are around video views and increased engagement of our national support services. We want to reach new people in new places so that they know about the vital support we can offer families.

Focussed Help: 5-8 hours

Family | Mentoring | Remote

This is an exciting remote opportunity to volunteer for the Invictus Games Foundation’s communications team and help grow the organisation's presence on YouTube.

We’re looking for a volunteer to work closely with the Digital Communications Manager, to help us review and assess our existing YouTube presence, and develop a short strategy or set of recommendations on how to grow our channel using video content from the Invictus Games Vancouver Whistler 2025. We’re looking for someone who can guide us with best practices and insights, but our team will handle ongoing uploads and management.

This will include:

• Review of the Invictus Games Foundation’s YouTube channel
• Organise video archives for the latest Invictus Games
• Ensure all content is promoted and optimised (titles, descriptions, SEO tools, etc.)

Focussed Help: 5-8 hours

Armed Forces | Mentoring | Remote

We are a specialist craft college for young adults 16-25 with an EHCP, SEN or other learning difficulties in rural East Sussex who are in the midst of a political shift - each year it becomes increasingly difficult to fill our classrooms with students as the Local Authorities across the country contend with budgetary crises galore and decide that special needs education funding is the first to be cut.

Often we are left waiting for students to go through tribunal processes well after the academic year has begun and Local Authorities seem not to be interested in funding residential opportunities for our young people.

Therefore, we would like to begin a fundraising campaign to target high-net-worth individuals who may be interested in setting up or donating to a scholarship fund for students to be able to attend our college without the traumatic process of having to go to court over government funding.

We are looking for a media professional who has experience in high-value funding, creating communications to target high-net-worth individuals, and how to market this fundraising initiative on social and print media.

Focussed Help: 5-8 hours

Education | Mentoring | Remote or Face to Face

We're a small East Sussex Camphill Community that each year invites 10-15 volunteers to live with us for a year and life-share in our community whilst supporting the educational, living and work opportunities for our community members who are neurodiverse, have SEN needs or other learning difficulties.

We get many applicants from Germany, Brazil and the Philippines and each year can fill our quota of volunteers from these 3 countries. However, before COVID we received applications from a more diverse range of countries and we would like help to finetune our SEO and use of hashtags to reach further into the world.

Also, the impact of Brexit means European volunteers can only stay 1 year with us - previously many would fall in love with the community and stay an extra year or two (some for the rest of their lives!). This could still be an opportunity for any UK or Irish volunteers we happened to recruit. Therefore, we'd like assistance developing a focused social media strategy that runs from October '25 to February '26 to reach UK/Irish audiences to remain to re-open the door for potential 2nd/3rd/4th year volunteers and beyond.

We are looking for a communications and social media specialist, with an understanding of driving recruitment of volunteers.

Mini Project: 9-12 hours

Education | Mentoring | Remote or Face to Face

We are a very small specialist further education college within a Camphill community that is in need of some assistance with our social media identity and marketing strategy.

We are struggling to recruit students and get noticed in the way that we need by Local Authorities in order to have a full cohort of residential students funded to attend our craft college. We are distinct and different in our offer - focusing more on craft and therapies as a way to encourage growth and independence within our student body.

We have been open since 1970 but recently student numbers have been falling. By way of a robust marketing and social media strategy, we would like to increase our modest following (1.7k Instagram, 1.1k Facebook) and improve our messaging in order for a cohesive strategy that makes 'The Mount' synonymous with the best educational opportunity for your SEN child.

We are looking for support from someone with experience in social media, digital marketing, PR, and print media. We would like to increase traffic to our brand-new website, assess the best format for our upcoming prospectus (print or digital), and increase our social media following.

In depth Project: 13-16 hours

Education | Mentoring | Remote or Face to Face

We’re rebranding the ACO logo to modernise our identity while retaining core elements like our orange brand colour. We want the refreshed logo to reflect collaboration, unity, and our role as the voice of grant-giving charities. Alongside this, we need a colour palette and accessibility guide to ensure our visual identity is inclusive and compliant with accessibility standards across digital and print.

We are looking for a volunteer with branding and graphic design expertise, ideally with knowledge of accessible design principles. You’ll help refine or redesign our logo and develop a complementary, accessibility-friendly colour guide.

Success would mean a logo and brand colour palette that looks fresh and professional, works across platforms, and meets WCAG accessibility standards. This would allow us to confidently present our brand to members, stakeholders, and the wider public, ensuring clarity and inclusivity in all communications.

Ultimately, your support will help us better represent and support our network of over 100 charities, improving how we communicate our collective impact.

In depth Project: 13-16 hours

Other | Creating | Remote