Current Volunteer Opportunities

The communication challenge is explaining the meaning of self-employment to young people living with a disability or who are neurodiverse through video using a good quality camera.

I'm looking a volunteer with Videography, storyboarding and storytelling skills.

Success would be a 3 minute video with a clear message of the meaning off self-employment and how it has impacted young people's lives. This video will be posted on socials, on our website and Youtube so that partners, schools, colleges, disability organisations, young people, students, parents and funders can gain insight on what we do, understand the meaning of self-employment, highlight alternative routes to earning an income and the positive impact self-employment has on lives of the young people that we serve.

Overall impact - engaging video that disabled and neurodiverse young people can understand. Demonstrate the impact how empowered trainees feel to lead independent lives. Increase the understanding of what self-employment means. Increase the We Mean Business community so that young people can increase their social skills and networks. Video to be used as a tool for funding so we can increase resources for young people. Young people learn that alternative route to earning money are achievable and increases their curiosity.

Mini Project: 9-12 hours

Disability | Creating | Face to face

We need to redesign our Mailchimp platform, which currently manages 400 email contacts. Each month, it sends invitations and reports for Zoom sessions, updates for Ada Court, and a quarterly newsletter.

We also need to transpose full member data from Google Sheets to enable targeted communication (e.g., disease research). Additionally, we would like to discuss the feasibility of SMS texting, design campaigns, and improve the Mailchimp web domain design: http://www.breatheasywestminster.com.

Mini Project: 9-12 hours

Health | Creating | Remote or Face to Face

Use your PR skills to highlight the life-changing value of social care! We're looking for an experienced PR expert to help us kick start our press work and showcase the positive impact of social care on people’s lives. You’ll be pitching and securing press coverage that highlights the success stories of people we support, celebrates the role of social care and support workers, and reinforces how social care can change lives. We're looking for someone with a strong PR background who wants to use their skills to make a meaningful difference.

What you’ll do: 

• Craft messaging that highlights the value of social care and the ways it can support people’s growth, independence and community involvement.
• Help us in identifying media outlets and securing press opportunities for stories about disability, social care and inclusion.
• Create and distribute press releases and feature articles showing the impact of social care on people’s lives.

Who you’ll be:

• Someone with excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a focus on sensitive and inclusive language.
• Passionate about showing the positive impact of social care and supporting people with disabilities.
• Familiar with the issues and challenges faced by people with learning disabilities, autism, and sight loss (desirable).
• Confident about your established network of media contacts (desirable).

In depth Project: 13-16 hours

Disability | Creating | Remote

A lovely parent at our brilliant school is running the London Marathon 2025 to raise mega-money for the school, especially for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). He has been so impressed with how our staff have helped his profoundly disabled son settle into the school and thrive that he wants to give something back.

The child is 5 years old and delightful. SEND is very much in the news now and we need a PR expert to help us make his campaign have a big reach and impact, locally, regionally in Suffolk and even nationally. Can you help?

One particular staff member here will help you, and the Headteacher and SENDCo support us fully. The ultimate aim is to get the issues in the media and to raise maximum funds for the school. 

Mini Project: 9-12 hours

Children and Young People | Mentoring | Remote or Face to Face

Support needed: Hillside Clubhouse is seeking a talented graphic designer to create and bring to life our branding and marketing materials.

As part of our 25th-anniversary preparations, we need updated marketing and communications templates and up to three iterations of an updated logo for board consideration. Your creative skills will help us visually communicate our mission and services to the community.

Skills required: We are looking for a volunteer with expertise in graphic design and experience in creating marketing templates. Skills in logo design and digital content creation are particularly beneficial.

Success goals: Success means developing visually compelling materials that align with our brand identity and effectively communicate our mission. We aim to enhance our community presence and attract more individuals to our services.

Impact: Your designs will help translate our mission into engaging visual content that highlights our successes and the stories of those we support, strengthening our ability to empower individuals with mental health challenges to achieve their career goals and improve their lives.

Focussed Help: 5-8 hours

Mental Health | Creating | Remote or Face to Face

We have been approached by a family who are passionate about the impact our support has had on them. They want to help promote our service to funders so that we can support more families the way we have helped them.

We want to create a short film with this family (no more than 5 minutes) that we can use on social media, on our website, at events, and directly with funders. We are looking for a volunteer who can position this family's story for maximum impact while ensuring that the key message is empowering and strengths-based.

The skills we are looking for in a volunteer are:

• filmmaking and editing
• storytelling
• empathy

We would like the filmmaker to first meet with the family to build trust and rapport. We will then meet again to storyboard, developing key themes for the film. Filming would take place in the family home, and a rough edit would then be shared with the family for us to agree on a final cut together.

Advice about the final release of the film for maximum impact would also be much appreciated to maximise potential fundraising and generate further support for our charity (e.g., through volunteering).

In depth Project: 13-16 hours

Children and Young People | Creating | Face to face

We are a small mental health charity, based in the south west, that provides specialist therapy, wellbeing services, crisis support, groups, and skills courses for survivors of trauma and those in mental health crisis. We are looking for some graphic design assistance as we need to create a new design for our charity collection bucket labels.

We have recently re-branded and have a new logo and brand guidelines, as well as a template/dimensions for the bucket labels. Templates are available in EPS, AI or PDF and ideally the label should be designed using professional design software. Assets are currently saved in Canva but can be shared elsewhere too.

We have our first ever street collection booked at the end of November. An eye-catching design will be the first thing that attracts members of the public to our cause, which will hopefully lead on to a conversation and/or donation in support of the charity. We will also be able to use the bucket labels for all future marketing and fundraising events, making a real difference to our branding.

Quick Fix: 1-4 hours

Mental Health | Creating | Remote

Young Citizens is looking to create engaging video content for its website and social media channels to attract volunteers, donors and corporate partnerships. The focus will be on creating inspiring case studies and service-user stories. We want to communicate the impact of our work on children, young people and volunteers to secure more supporters.

Our comms team can write interview questions and conduct the interviews but lacks the gear and know-how to capture high-quality audio and video.

Success would look like a short videos or series of videos ready for use on all social media channels (LinkedIn, X, Instagram, Facebook, Vimeo). Here is a recent example produced by a kind volunteer.

Focussed Help: 5-8 hours

Education | Creating | Face to face

Volunteer Editor: "Language and Mental Health: A Lifeline Through Words"

Harmless seeks a skilled editor to refine a crucial book addressing the link between language and mental health, with a focus on suicide prevention.

The challenge:

Suicide is often discussed using harmful language, perpetuating stigma. This book aims to challenge harmful language and promote empowering alternatives, reaching a wide audience with a message of hope and support.

Your role:

As the editor, you will ensure the clarity, consistency, and accuracy of the manuscript. You will help craft compelling and sensitive language and collaborate with the author to refine the book's message.

You bring:

We’re looking for someone with exceptional editing skills and sensitivity to mental health topics. Strong communication skills and a passion for this cause are also essential.

Your impact:

By volunteering, you’ll help create a life-saving resource that changes the conversation around suicide. You’ll reduce stigma and empower individuals struggling with suicidal thoughts, using your editing skills to make a real difference!

Mini Project: 9-12 hours

Mental Health | Creating | Remote or Face to Face

We work with 11- to 18-year-olds to help them create impactful climate action campaigns that inspire and engage their school community. These campaigns address key issues like increasing access to nature, reducing waste, and amplifying youth voices in local council strategies.

To expand the reach of these campaigns, student groups are looking for creative support in areas such as logo design, short promotional videos, social media content, and posters. We are seeking volunteers to mentor students in communications and assist with content creation.

This might involve supporting us with a short workshop to storyboard a video or social media campaign and helping bring these ideas to life. Our goal is to produce fun, engaging, and accessible content that resonates with communities, showcases success stories, and drives meaningful climate action.

Campaigns for action - InterClimate Network

Quick Fix: 1-4 hours

Environment | Mentoring | Remote or Face to Face