Current Volunteer Opportunities

We need support to rethink and strengthen our approach to growing audiences as declining clicks and changing social algorithms make it harder to reach and retain readers for our environmental journalism, particularly across diverse regions and languages. Our small social media team would value high-level, strategic input on how to make better use of our resources and move beyond reactive, platform-led approaches. We're seeking a volunteer with experience in audience development, social media strategy, analytics, and mission-driven or newsroom environments who enjoys advising and mentoring rather than hands-on delivery. Success would look like; clearer strategic direction, shared ways of thinking about audience growth and success, and increased confidence within our team to test and learn through formats such as newsletters or vertical video. In turn, this guidance would help our journalism connect more meaningfully with global audiences, elevate underrepresented local voices, and support constructive, solutions-focused dialogue on climate and environmental issues.

Focussed Help: 5-8 hours

Environment | Creating | Remote or Face to Face

We are launching Relationships: Unplugged, a monthly podcast on relationship health, dating, parenting, and getting on better. Episodes are 30 to 40 minutes, recorded remotely using Riverside. We have two confident hosts and a digital team managing production, but no in-house podcasting experience. We need a volunteer mentor who can coach our hosts on delivery, pacing, and interview technique. We also need guidance on episode structure, audience growth strategy, and turning episodes into short-form clips for social media. Success looks like a consistent, well-produced show that grows its listenership month on month and drives audiences into our online community. The podcast is a key part of our Getting On Better campaign, which aims to make relationship skills culturally normal for everyone. Your mentorship would directly improve the quality and reach of evidence-based relationship support for people across the UK.

In depth Project: 13-16 hours

Other | Creating | Remote

We’re looking for a volunteer filmmaker or video storyteller to help us create a powerful 60-second film that captures the impact of Bloomsbury Football Foundation and shows how football can change a young person’s life. The film will tell the real story of one young player, showing how access to football has improved their confidence, wellbeing and sense of belonging. We already have powerful stories from our players and community. What we need is creative storytelling support to turn these into a short, emotionally compelling video that will resonate with funders. The film will be shared with existing and prospective supporters, helping them clearly see the impact their investment is having. This one asset would become very hard working, not only being shared with individual funders, but also used across our owned channels. Filming would take place at one of our after-school football programmes in London, with access to players, parents and coaches. We’re a small marketing team of three, so expert support would make a huge difference in helping us grow funding and reach more young people.

Mini Project: 9-12 hours

Sport | Creating | Remote or Face to Face

We are looking for a creative and compassionate videographer to capture the energy and heart of our annual Wellbeing Event, held during Mental Health Awareness Week (11–17 May), a time when people across the UK come together to challenge stigma and celebrate the strength of lived experience. For Hillside, this week is especially meaningful: our members, clients, and wider Hillside community get a rare and powerful spotlight to share their stories, talents, and voices alongside brilliant professional performers. We want to create a vibrant highlight film that reflects the atmosphere of the night, the joy, the courage and the connection, but we don’t have the in‑house skills or tools to produce this ourselves. We’re looking for someone who can beautifully film the event, capture authentic B‑roll moments and craft an engaging edit we can proudly share across our social media, website and promotional campaigns. Success for us is a film that feels alive: something that draws people in, lifts up our members and helps more people understand why community‑led mental health support truly matters. With your help, we can amplify voices too often overlooked and shine a light on the resilience of the people we support locally and nationally.

Focussed Help: 5-8 hours

Mental Health | Creating | Face to face

We are seeking a volunteer video editor to help us create a dynamic and engaging 2–3 minute promotional video about Gifts in Wills. Our challenge is to transform a series of interview clips from our Ethiopian charity partners into a compelling, emotive film that clearly explains the long-term impact of legacy giving. We already have filmed interviews, but we need someone with strong video editing, storytelling and formatting skills to shape the content into a polished piece suitable for use on our website, social media and a supporter event. Ideally, the volunteer will have experience in editing short promotional films and adding subtitles, music and simple graphics where appropriate. Success would look like a professional, emotionally engaging video that increases enquiries about our Gifts in Wills programme. Ultimately, this support would help secure long-term funding, enabling our partners in Ethiopia to plan sustainably and continue transforming the lives of women, girls and vulnerable communities.

Focussed Help: 5-8 hours

International Development | Creating | Remote

We're looking for a web developer who loves a bit of problem-solving and back-end foraging. We had a new website built in 2024 in WordPress that is largely user-friendly, but we've had a couple of kooky blips - buttons changing colours and mobile-only images coming up on the web that we'd love support to wrangle down. We're a small charity with a limited budget for external support, so we would deeply appreciate help to ensure our website remains accessible and easy to navigate for potential families, referrers, or new supporters.

Quick Fix: 1-4 hours

Children and Young People | Creating | Remote

OnePlusOne is a relationship research charity with over 50 years' experience turning evidence into practical tools that help people get on better. We create free digital resources, professional training, and an online community for people navigating stress, separation, and relationship challenges.

Our challenge is growth. We have strong content, we want the £10k monthly Google Ad Grant, and a growing community platform, but we need strategic marketing expertise to make the most of them.

We are looking for a volunteer digital marketing strategist to work alongside our team on channel strategy, paid search optimisation, analytics, and growth funnel design. You would contribute thinking and expertise while our team leads all communications and retains ownership of decisions.

We already have access to GA4, Looker Studio, and Google Ads. Our content manager and UX lead are keen to learn from your experience as part of the collaboration.

Success would be a clearer marketing funnel, improved Google Ad Grant performance, and better data to guide our decisions. This would directly increase the number of people accessing free relationship support across the UK.

In depth Project: 13-16 hours

Other | Creating | Remote

We are refreshing and restructuring our NationBuilder database to create a clearer, more consistent tagging system that reflects who our supporters are and how they engage with SameYou. Over time, tags have grown organically across campaigns and programmes, making reporting and supporter insight more difficult. We have already designed a new tag framework and completed the strategic planning, and are now looking for a volunteer with NationBuilder or CRM experience to help merge existing tags, apply the new structure, and support a careful data clean-up. Success would mean a streamlined database that allows us to better understand our community, build meaningful supporter journeys, and improve fundraising and partnership reporting. This work will help us communicate more effectively with brain injury survivors, families and supporters, ensuring people receive relevant content and opportunities to engage. Ultimately, a stronger database will enable SameYou to grow sustainably and reach more people recovering from brain injury with the right support at the right time.

In depth Project: 13-16 hours

Health | Creating | Remote

We’re looking for a skilled web designer or developer to help refresh or rebuild our website, making it a modern, engaging hub for everyone who interacts with our charity. Our current site is a bit dated, and we want it to better showcase the vital support we offer to people affected by brain injury, as well as the amazing work we do for carers and families. We're looking for creative ideas to modernise the website, improve user experience, a design that clearly communicates our services to people seeking help, tools and layouts that help attract and inspire long-term supporters and donors. The impact of your work will help people affected by brain injury find the support they need, show potential donors the value of our work, and help our charity grow so we can continue making a difference.

In depth Project: 13-16 hours

Disability | Creating | Remote or Face to Face

We are seeking a dedicated volunteer with experience in CRM systems and working with small charities to support us with an important next step in our development. As a growing charity, we want to ensure we are using a CRM system that truly works for us—one that meets all our operational and fundraising needs. We are looking for someone who can help us review available CRM options, advise on best practice, and guide us on how to use a system effectively to maximise its benefits. Our goal is to implement a system that streamlines our processes, improves data management, strengthens donor and stakeholder relationships, and saves valuable staff time. A well-suited CRM will enable us to better track engagement, manage fundraising activities, measure impact, and communicate more effectively with our supporters. In addition, we may welcome support with developing and delivering targeted campaigns to our stakeholders. With the right systems and strategy in place, we can increase engagement, improve transparency, and grow sustainable income—ultimately strengthening our charity’s impact and the work we deliver to those we support. If you have relevant experience and would like to make a meaningful difference, we would love to hear from you.

Focussed Help: 5-8 hours

Education | Creating | Remote or Face to Face