Current Volunteer Opportunities

As a small charity, we rely heavily on fundraising events to keep the lights on. The biggest event in our fundraising calendar is the festive pop sing-along Yule Rock, led by our wonderful community band. However, ticket sales have declined significantly since the pandemic, and we have struggled to attract new audiences: we’d love to see this year’s event (held on 12^th December at Rich Mix) sell out so that we can continue fostering community and connection through our secular and inclusive gatherings.

We are looking for a creative and strategically minded volunteer to craft a marketing campaign for the event, with a view to achieving wider reach both via our own channels (currently our website, newsletter, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn) and via media such as listings websites, Google Ads and the press. As well as guidance on where to most effectively focus our limited comms resources, we'd ideally like fresh, engaging copy for use across our website, mailing list and social media, and an attention-grabbing press release.

In depth Project: 13-16 hours

Community | Creating | Remote

We’re looking for a marketing mentor or consultant to support our Marketing Coordinator, who has been in post for a year. We have a clear marketing strategy, but he would benefit from expert coaching and guidance to help prioritise tasks, take confident action, and develop his skills as a strategic marketer.

We’re currently working with a brand consultant (pro bono) to refresh our brand identity, and we’re also in the process of redesigning our website. Alongside this, we’re developing a new brochure and slide deck—our Coordinator needs support getting these over the line and aligning them with our broader goals.

We’re seeking someone who can help him identify what’s most important, how to make the best use of his time, and what additional volunteer support could help maximise impact, such as graphic designers, copywriters or SEO specialists.

Ideal support would combine strategic advice with action-focused mentoring, helping translate our vision into a clear, consistent brand and communications toolkit.

This will strengthen our reach, increase referrals to our free wellbeing programmes, and build new partnerships—ultimately enabling us to support more young people in Bristol facing mental ill-health, isolation, and disconnection from nature.

In depth Project: 13-16 hours

Mental Health | Mentoring | Remote or Face to Face

We’re developing a new website to better engage teachers, parents, funders, and young people with our work bringing philosophy into education. We already have a web developer in place to build the site, but we need support with design, user experience (UX), and audience journeys to ensure the site is clear, inspiring, and accessible.

We’re looking for a volunteer with UX, UI design and digital strategy skills who can help us:

• Define the site’s goals and audiences
• Advise on layout, structure and navigation
• Align the site’s design with our brand and mission

Success for us means a site that reflects our values, works intuitively for different audiences, and helps us grow our reach and impact. This will enable us to give more young people opportunities to think well and live better.

Mini Project: 9-12 hours

Education | Mentoring | Remote

We’re looking for a volunteer with video editing skills to help us create a short, engaging 5-minute film that captures the heart of our Pink Stitch project, a breast cancer awareness initiative combining creativity, storytelling, and community. We’ve already gathered a range of content, including short interviews with participants, behind-the-scenes photos, and social media-style reels.

We’d love support from someone who can help us shape this into a narrative, editing the footage, adding titles, music, and creating a final cut that we can share online and at upcoming events. We’re not looking for perfection, just something thoughtful and warm, and as a micro charity, we don't have these skills in-house.

Success would be a short video that brings the project to life for new audiences and potential funders, helping us communicate the impact of creative health work. It will help us advocate for women’s health, celebrate the women who took part, and show how art can support emotional healing and community connection.

Mini Project: 9-12 hours

Health | Creating | Remote

We’re seeking a creative and brand-savvy volunteer to support the development and consistency of our visual and communications identity. This is a fantastic opportunity to help shape how our charity is seen and felt across all platforms.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the development and refinement of our brand strategy
• Assist in updating and designing key brand assets, including logos and iconography
• Create branded templates for presentations, reports, social media, and other materials
• Help ensure visual consistency and brand alignment across all communications
• Collaborate with the team to maintain a clear and cohesive brand identity

Ideal Skills:

• Strong understanding of branding and visual communication
• Experience with design tools (e.g. Canva, Adobe Creative Suite, Figma)
• Creative thinker with an eye for detail and consistency
• Passion for youth mental health and creating inclusive and empathetic communications

Mini Project: 9-12 hours

Children and Young People | Creating | Remote

Are you passionate about photography and eager to make a real difference in the lives of sick and premature babies? Join us at Ickle Pickles, where our small but mighty team is committed to improving neonatal care.

We are excited to invite parents of premature and sick babies to participate in a professional photo shoot for our new 2026 fundraising calendar, in London.

Location: Central London (near London Bridge)

Schedule: Available Mondays or Fridays throughout July and August

Potential Dates, depending on your availability:

• Friday, 1st August
• Monday, 8th August
• Friday, 15th August
• Monday, 18th August
• Monday, 1st September

Responsibilities:

• Conduct professional photo shoots for our calendar project with babies and young children
• Utilise your own portable lighting equipment for high-quality images
• Edit images to ensure the best possible presentation

Why Your Support Matters

Each year, over 90,000 babies in the UK are born sick or prematurely. At Ickle Pickles, we help hospitals raise funds for lifesaving equipment. By joining this fundraising initiative, you will help us increase support and boost donations to make a significant impact.

Interested in being a part of this meaningful project? Apply now!

Mini Project: 9-12 hours

Health | Creating | Face to face

We're looking for a talented graphic designer with branding experience to help us refresh our logo and visual identity. This is a chance to make a meaningful impact on a small charity that empowers people to live independently.

The brief: create a new, modern logo that reflects our mission and values, avoids disability clichés, and takes inspiration from our new tagline: Empowering, enabling, and enhancing your everyday. We’d also like the colour palette to include red and white – known to be dementia-friendly.

You'll be helping us build a stronger brand identity that resonates with our clients, funders and partners. The new logo will be used across our website, signage and printed materials, so versatility is key.

If you can also offer a basic brand guide (fonts, colours, usage tips), even better, but the logo is the priority. We're aiming to complete the project by the end of the summer.

If you’re passionate about design with purpose and have a strong portfolio, we’d love to hear from you. Your skills can help us move forward with confidence and clarity.

Mini Project: 9-12 hours

Disability | Creating | Remote or Face to Face

The task: to produce and edit a 2 minute crowdfunding video which will form a key part of our forthcoming crowdfunding campaign.

• It is more important that the video expresses passion, authenticity and emotion
• A past crowdfunding video can be found here: https://youtu.be/4Vdyu48fNU4
• We all work remotely in the UK, and the cause we are supporting is in Malawi.
• We can provide guidance and frameworks used in past videos

Skills required:

• Video production
• Creative project management
• Ability to remotely direct non-professional presenters
• Video editing in Adobe Premiere
• Subtitling skills
• Access to a computer with Adobe Creative Cloud software
• Strong collaborative skills
• Ability to gather and work with mixed quality assets

Desirable skills:

• Motion graphics, ideally on After Effects or potentially on Canva
• Script-writing
• Basic audio engineering and video grading

Goal: to persuade viewers to pledge to and share the crowdfunding campaign

The impact: through the campaign, we aim to fund a £4,000 to enable girls in Malawi to stay in school when they have their periods. Without menstrual hygiene management support, they miss up to five days of school each month. This leads to increased drop out rates, reduced academic performance, and increased risk of young pregnancies and child marriages.

In depth Project: 13-16 hours

Education | Creating | Remote

We’re looking for creative support to develop a campaign that encourages more men to join our free walk-and-talk groups. MenWalkTalk supports men’s mental health by providing welcoming spaces to walk, talk, and connect—but many still don’t know we exist or think the walks aren’t for them.

We need help shaping clear, engaging messages that show the power of simply showing up for a walk, and support in designing content for use across Instagram, Facebook, and our website. We have branding, testimonials, and example posts—what we need now is someone to help us tie it all together into a campaign that feels real and relatable.

Skills we’re looking for include content creation, social media strategy, and graphic design.

Success would be more men attending our walks regularly, feeling connected, and finding the support they didn’t know they needed. This campaign will help break the silence around men’s mental health and grow our community.

In depth Project: 13-16 hours

Mental Health | Creating | Remote or Face to Face

Are you a whizz with websites and passionate about using your skills for social good?

Our Voice Our Journey CIC is looking for a volunteer with website experience to help us improve, help us to manage our current site and take it to the next level. Our mission is to amplify the voices of young people and communities—and we need a digital space that reflects the heart of our work.

We already have a website in place (but we’ll be honest—it needs some serious love!). We’re looking for someone who can:

• Help us improve the design, layout, and functionality of our existing website
• Offer basic training or guidance so we can confidently manage it ourselves going forward
• Suggest simple tools to help us keep it fresh and up-to-date

You don’t need to be a full-stack developer—just someone with a good eye, clear communication, and a willingness to teach as well as build. This is a flexible volunteer role that can be done remotely, with a time commitment to suit you.

Focussed Help: 5-8 hours

Children and Young People | Creating | Remote