Current Volunteer Opportunities

The communication challenge

Although we are part of the Citizens Advice network in England and Wales, it is not widely known that we are an independent local charity with responsibility for raising our own income and securing our future financial stability. In the current fiscal climate with its squeeze on public spending, we are keen to attract further funding sources to ensure our crucial work within the community continues to survive and grow.

Who we are looking for

We need a professional filmmaker to help us produce a short promotional video (2 minutes max) to showcase our work to potential funders and the wider community. The video will be an important visual aid in promoting a better understanding of what we do, who we help and how. Although primarily it will be used to secure extra funding it will also be used in our ongoing recruitment drive for volunteers. We will identify a variety of clients whom we have successfully helped and are willing to talk about their personal journey and the impact it’s had on their lives. We will also work with you to produce a compelling human interest storyboard. 

In depth Project: 13-16 hours

Advice | Creating | Face to face

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

As our charity has grown we provide a wider range of services and we now reach a more diverse audience. This has highlighted challenges in concisely communicating our core message. To address this, we seek support in strengthening brand communications for more effective marketing and fundraising.  

We hope to work with someone who can: 

• Review our marketing materials to evaluate strengths and weaknesses 
• Create a marketing strategy that reflects the charity’s evolution 
• Help address communication issues around sensitive topics (e.g., unplanned pregnancy, pregnancy choice) 
• Support with tailoring messages for different audiences, such as vulnerable clients, donors, and faith-based organisations 
• Deepen our understanding of our audience needs and support with creating specific copywriting and marketing materials  

 Success would be measured by improved marketing materials and clearer communication, helping to reach more clients and diversify funding. This would enable us to achieve our vision of making sure the no-one in London faces a pregnancy crisis alone.  

In depth Project: 13-16 hours

Mental Health | Mentoring | Remote or Face to Face

We have created several games, activities and resources that we use in schools to teach pupils about all things that affect relationships. We would like to have these professionally produced so we can sell them to schools and parents. This means more young people benefitting from conversations around relationships and will give us a new income stream, making our charity more sustainable.

We have already created the resources and have researched where we can get them produced but we need a graphic designer to do a better job of designing each one.

We have emoji cards, a media pairs card game, a board game that addresses stereotypes, a card game addressing what young children do if they accidentally see 'bad pictures' online, and a booklet for teachers with activity ideas to develop empathy in their pupils.

In depth Project: 13-16 hours

Community | Creating | Remote

We are a volunteer-led charity, with around 70 volunteers and 6 paid staff. Our volunteers typically respond to our Facebook ads, however, we need support in updating these to ensure that we continue to receive enquiries from interested potential volunteers. Without our volunteers, we couldn't support our families.

Quick Fix: 1-4 hours

Family | Mentoring | Remote or Face to Face

Grow with Wild Friends: Help Build Our Digital Future and Support Wildlife, Biodiversity and Wellbeing

We’re a small but driven social enterprise with a big mission—to restore a degraded ancient woodland and its biodiversity. We’re also growing native wildflowers and trees from seed to protect local species and offering therapeutic horticulture to our community. The only thing we’re not so great at? Building our digital presence! That’s where you come in. If you're a marketing master with a knack for websites, we’d love your help to create a site and craft a strategy to spread the word about our wild, wonderful work. 🌳✨

Mini Project: 9-12 hours

Rural Communities | Creating | Remote

Most local people will have seen St Mary's church, but are unaware of the opportunities, events and activities we offer, from services, community support and facilities.

Our Vicar and volunteers post regularly to Facebook including live streaming some services (Facebook 463 likes 611 followers). We take photos. We design graphics on Canva and post them to Facebook and print/copy. We share events via our notices (printed, email, Facebook (events), and free on our website and other sites - the Town Crier also promotes our events). We have a Next Door account and post to that. We post volunteer opportunities online (charity Job, Indeed, Restless, Do-it, Neighbourly etc) and fundraisers. We occasionally make the press and our Vicar recently featured in a local podcast.

We are looking for skills such as graphic design, copy and strategy skills.

We would love to increase our reach and engagement to raise awareness. The goal is for more people to attend events, book (hire) our space and get involved as volunteers to help our community etc.

In depth Project: 13-16 hours

Faith | Mentoring | Remote or Face to Face

We have a new brand and a new website designed, we now need life breathing into it. We use WordPress and are looking for someone to bring our wireframe to the world. We are a small charity and use our website (coupled with social media) as our window to the world of young people and corporate businesses. Simply put, the better the website the more engagement we get, the more money we raise and the more disadvantaged young people we can help.

In depth Project: 13-16 hours

Employment and Training | Creating | Remote

We’re looking for a volunteer to design our internal and external communications strategy based on resident feedback, to guide colleagues in communicating with residents, trustees, partner organisations and the wider community. The strategy must be mindful of digital exclusion as we work with older people.

Existing resources include quarterly newsletter (paper copies), Office 365, LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram accounts (sparse existing content), website, policies on GDPR, Social Media and Media Usage and photo permissions forms. We also have come up with some survey questions and have a colleague able to conduct this survey, so surveying can be done in-house if required. 

Desirable skills include strategy design skills, consulting and survey analysis skills, and presentation skills to clearly convey the new strategy to colleagues. 

The desired outcome is a comprehensive communications strategy to guide colleagues in communicating with residents, partners, trustees and the wider community, including an outline of how we should use digital communications. 

Desired impacts: clearer and more effective communication with residents; facilitating resident access to services and social events and strengthening the community; raising awareness of TFC; strengthening our online presence to facilitate grant bids; allowing us to collaborate better with partners and volunteers; reaching more prospective residents.

In depth Project: 13-16 hours

Older people | Mentoring | Remote or Face to Face