Current Volunteer Opportunities
Media Trust supports organisations working on a huge range of causes. Our charity partner organisations are united in a mission to create positive change. Check out our current volunteer opportunities to see how you can get involved.
Workstyle Revolution
Designer/Brand expert needed to shape and create refreshed brand identity
We’re seeking support with a short-term project to evolve the brand identity of Workstyle Revolution to reflect our vision, values, and growing community, as well as client feedback.
We have an existing logo, colour palette, and tone of voice, but these elements need a review and refresh. We’re looking for a volunteer with strong skills in brand development and graphic design—ideally someone who can advise on visual identity, create or evolve brand assets, and help us define clear guidelines for future use.
Success would be a refreshed, confident brand identity that feels authentic to our values and is easy for our team to implement going forward. A stronger brand presence will allow us to engage more effectively with our audience, build credibility, and accelerate the impact of the Workstyle Revolution movement.
In depth Project: 13-16 hours
Employment and Training | Creating | Remote
Skills requested
Branding Brand guidelines, Logo design, Rebrand, Templates design
Website Design thinking techniques (eg: user journeys and personas), Redesign, User experience, User interface design, Copy
NLAH
Designer needed to create layout for web-based history of small homeless charity
As part of our 30th anniversary celebrations in 2023, we compiled a range of resources including digital and hard copy photos, oral history interviews, and written summaries of the history of the charity.
We are looking for someone with graphic design skills and ideally, some copyediting experience to create a layout for a PDF document about the history of the charity. We have already developed a format and drafted text, but are open to suggestions.
We would like the PDF to be hosted on our website but also printable to make it accessible to a range of users. The finished document will be a record of the work we've done over 30 years and could support future funding applications.
However, the primary purpose is to celebrate our continuing work to offer a welcoming and nurturing environment to homeless and vulnerable people, and to acknowledge the contributions of our founders, volunteers, guests, and the local community.
Mini Project: 9-12 hours
Housing and Homelessness | Creating | Remote or Face to Face
Skills requested
Copywriting Editing
Rooted Finance
Social Media Expert needed to grow new project social media platforms
We're seeking a dynamic volunteer Social Media Expert to amplify our new project, "Equity in Finance," aiming to expose and dismantle the "ethnicity premium" – the direct and indirect extra costs for financial goods and services paid by individuals from minority ethnic backgrounds. This initiative, led by Rooted Finance and Money A+E, is an ambitious, evidence-based campaign to identify and address systemic, cultural, and structural barriers to financial access.
Our challenge: expanding our social media presence post our recent parliamentary launch. We've opened project specific Instagram and Twitter/X accounts, and they are needing strategic growth. We want to build connection with supporters, financial service providers, statutory bodies, funders, race equity groups and community organisation through compelling and creative content.
We need expertise in social media platform building, content creation, and storytelling. Success means a thriving social media presence, with adaptability for wider partnership use, featuring inspiring visual and written content, through storytelling.
Your focus will drive follower growth, engagement, and partner connections. Having awareness and understanding of charities, racial justice and finance sector would be useful.
This support will directly enhance our project's impact, fostering the movement for racial justice in finance.
In depth Project: 13-16 hours
Advice | Creating | Remote or Face to Face
Skills requested
Copywriting Copy, Specific audiences
Marketing Storytelling
House of Wayward Plants
Website Designer Needed for our House of Wayward Plants Reuse Centre
After nearly a decade as the Official Reuse Partner of the RHS, rehoming tens of thousands of plants each year to community groups and schools, we are launching the House of Wayward Plants Creative Reuse Centre. This is the next step in our story. We're building the infrastructure to repurpose plants, trees, and salvaged construction materials year-round from horticultural and building industries, supporting a sustainable circular economy that will transform green spaces across London.
We need a new Drupal-based website to reach industry partners, community groups, schools, and the wider public. It will also serve as the front-end to a CRM so we can match material donations to community green spaces.
In spirit, this site should be fun, engaging, and impactful. We have developed the content and have a clear vision for how we want the site’s information structured. We also have an established design language on our current site and in our pitch materials, which we plan to extend.
Because it must be a Drupal site to work with the CRM, there are no ready-made solutions. We are looking for a designer to help create a strong design language that can then be handed to a developer.
Mini Project: 9-12 hours
Environment | Creating | Remote
Skills requested
Website Redesign
House of Wayward Plants
Filmmaker Needed to Document our Plant Reuse Initiative at Chelsea Flower Show!
Background: Wayward and the RHS have partnered for nearly a decade through our House of Wayward Plants initiative, repurposing thousands of plants, trees and materials from the Chelsea Flower Show and Hampton Court. So far, we’ve rehomed 100,000 plants to 1,000+ community groups and schools, diverting 400 tonnes of waste from landfills.
This summer, we’re launching the House of Wayward Plants Reuse Centre at Cultivate Colindale, a 4,000m2 meanwhile space bringing together sustainability, culture, community and nature in one of London’s most deprived areas.
In 2026, Wayward celebrates its 20th anniversary, alongside a decade of the RHS Reuse Scheme. We’re planning a major campaign, exhibition and a showcase at Chelsea.
What we need: We’re seeking a filmmaker for the May 2025 Chelsea Flower Show reuse initiative, documenting volunteers, the show itself, and the plants’ journey to our Reuse Centre, then out to schools and community groups across London.
Footage will be used as short-form social media stories and as exhibition content for our 2026 exhibitions.
We’re also open to a larger documentary, exploring plant journeys and community connections in more depth, with potential joint funding. If this resonates, or if you know collaborators who might be interested, please let us know!
Mini Project: 9-12 hours
Environment | Creating | Face to face
Skills requested
Sustainable Food Norwich
Social media expert needed to support setting up LinkedIn, Facebook & Instagram
We started as a partnership, and we are now also a CIC. We're relatively new, and we don’t yet have a social media presence. We recognise that to reach new partners, connect more easily with our communities, share our knowledge, let people know about events and opportunities, and show funders what we’re up to, this needs to change.
We’ve identified that LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook will be most useful for us. I’ve never used any of these with any proficiency, and I could use some support getting our platforms set up. To be honest, in my limited experience, I’ve found these platforms unwieldy and frustrating.
I’m looking for someone to coach me rather than set things up for me so that when we’re done, I have the confidence to navigate these platforms and use them effectively.
What will success look like? We’ll have all three platforms set up. I’ll know how to navigate them, make posts/updates and navigate them with confidence. I’ll also have a sense of how to plan content, possibly by using something like Linktree or Metricool. Of course, I'd be very happy to write a recommendation or testimonial for your support.
Focussed Help: 5-8 hours
Environment | Training | Remote or Face to Face
Skills requested
AWA DANCE
Photograph a pioneering festival for teenage girls in Birmingham
We’re AWA DANCE, a feminist charity based in Birmingham focused on empowering girls through leadership and dance. We are preparing our very first Girls in Dance Festival (28 July 2025), a pioneering event for teenage girls that includes dance classes, a panel discussion, a short performance, interactive stalls, and more — all designed to inspire confidence, leadership, and changemaking. You can read more about the festival here: Girls in Dance Festival.
We’re looking for a photographer to attend the entire festival day in person, helping us capture the energy, joy and power of this one-of-a-kind event. You’ll photograph the atmosphere, dancing, interactions, and crucially — at least one strong image of each of the festival’s interactive stalls.
Your images will become part of the visual legacy of the festival and will be used to share its impact with future attendees, partners, and supporters. You’ll be helping us showcase the vibrancy and value of girls taking up space, moving with confidence, and celebrating who they are.
You’ll be supported by our team on the day and credited in any public use of your work.
Mini Project: 9-12 hours
Arts and Culture | Creating | Face to face
Skills requested
Photography Photographing an event/shoot
Stoke Newington Music School CIC
Social Media Expert needed guidance on growing our online presence
We are seeking a passionate volunteer to help us build and grow our social presence, so we can better share the impact of Stoke Newington Music School CIC and connect with people who believe in accessible music education.
Our current challenge is visibility—we need to reach a wider audience of potential supporters, funders, educators, and community partners through professional, engaging LinkedIn content. We have great stories, strong visuals, and a clear mission, but we need someone with experience in PR and social media—particularly LinkedIn—who can help us develop a strategy, provide examples of engaging posts, and grow our follower base. Skills in content writing, storytelling, and understanding best practices would be especially valuable.
Success for us would mean a well-curated LinkedIn page with regular, inspiring content that highlights our programmes, showcases our students’ successes, and communicates our values. We’re aiming for steady growth in followers, increased engagement, and opportunities to connect with new partners and supporters.
This support would directly help us amplify our mission—to break down barriers to music education for low-income families, SEN students, and older adults. It would help us tell our story more effectively and inspire others to join us in creating lasting change through music.
In depth Project: 13-16 hours
Arts and Culture | Mentoring | Remote or Face to Face
Skills requested
Copywriting Copy, Proofreading, Specific audiences, Tone of voice
Marketing Email marketing, Marketing copy, Marketing strategy, Storytelling
WIKIMEDIA UK
Social Media Volunteer – TikTok Strategy and Content Planning
Wikimedia UK is seeking a passionate and creative volunteer to support our social media strategy, specifically focusing on TikTok, to engage new and younger audiences. This role involves developing innovative content that tells the story of Wikimedia’s mission and initiatives in an engaging way, enhancing our online presence and community engagement.
Content Strategy Development
- Collaborate with the Wikimedia UK team to understand our mission, values, and target audiences.
- Research and analyse current trends on TikTok to identify opportunities for content creation.
- Develop a strategic plan for TikTok, outlining content themes, posting frequency, and engagement tactics.
Creative Content Planning
- Create a content calendar that includes ideas for videos, challenges, and campaigns that resonate with younger audiences.
- Write and storyboard scripts for TikTok videos that highlight Wikimedia projects, initiatives, and community stories.
- Collaborate with graphic designers and videographers (if available) to produce high-quality visual content.
Skills and Experience
- Experience in social media content creation and strategy, preferably in a nonprofit or community-focused environment.
- Strong understanding of TikTok as a platform, including trends, features, and audience engagement strategies.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to create compelling narratives.
- Basic video editing skills are a plus.
In depth Project: 13-16 hours
Other | Creating | Remote or Face to Face
Skills requested
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