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Volunteer – Corporate Volunteering Coordinator

Aims of the volunteering role

This is a new volunteering role at Bromley Brighter Beginnings, providing a vital link between our charity and the local business community. As Corporate Volunteering Coordinator you will be the friendly face welcoming companies who wish to volunteer with BBB, helping to develop and deliver engaging, purposeful volunteering sessions that help us reach more families across the Borough.

Main Tasks

With the support of the management team and other volunteers, you will:

• undertake induction training and follow all BBB guidelines and policies around safe working and maintaining professional boundaries
• Help develop BBB guidelines and templates for corporate volunteering sessions
• Respond to and coordinate corporate volunteering enquiries
• Maintain the corporate volunteering calendar, scheduling sessions with corporate groups
• Liaise with corporate groups ahead of their session to confirm numbers, requirements and logistics
• Welcome and brief corporate volunteers at the start of each session, ensuring everyone feels informed and ready to get stuck in
• Deliver session activities including sorting donations, quality checking or cleaning equipment, making clothing or referral bundles or other activities supporting key campaigns such as our School Uniform or Christmas campaigns

Useful skills, attitudes and experience

• Confident, approachable and professional
• Comfortable managing groups and coordinating activities
• Good communication skills, both written and verbal
• Self-motivated, with the ability to work independently (with guidance from management team)
• Prior experience in a coordinating, events or people-facing role desirable but not essential
• Organised, with strong attention to detail and planning skills
• Good IT skills, ideally including Office 365 (or willingness to learn)
• Commitment to BBB’s aims and the longer-term value to the community of supporting families living in poverty

Time commitment

The role will include one monthly daytime commitment for the corporate session itself which we anticipate will be 9.30-2.30pm. We are looking for two people to share the role, each committing a minimum of 2 hours per week outside of the sessions themselves worked flexibly.

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Communications Volunteer (Newsletter)

Aims of the volunteering role

This role sits right at the heart of BBB – the perfect opportunity to get to know our work, our people and our community inside out. Working alongside our Fundraising and Communications Lead and wider team, you will help collate, write and send our newsletters and campaign communications, communicating powerfully and effectively to foster supporter relations and ensure our community stays connected to the difference they are making across the borough.

Main Tasks

• With the support of the management and volunteer team, you will:
• Undertake induction training and follow all BBB guidelines and policies around safe working and maintaining professional boundaries
• Collate content from across the BBB team for our quarterly newsletter and ad hoc campaign and event communications
• Write and edit newsletter content that engages, informs and connects our community
• Use Canva and MailerLite to design and send newsletters
• Scope to get involved in wider communications activity such as press releases

Useful skills, attitudes and experience

• A flair for writing with the ability to craft clear, compelling and concise copy true to BBB’s voice
• Confident collating and summarising information from multiple sources
• Comfortable using Office 365, Canva and email marketing platforms such as MailerLite (or willingness to learn)
• Self-motivated and able to work independently and remotely
• Prior experience in communications or marketing desirable but not essential
• Commitment to BBB’s aims and the longer-term value to the community of supporting families living in poverty

Time commitment

1-2 hours per week worked flexibly and remotely around your other commitments.

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Family Liaison Volunteer

Aims of the volunteering role

The purpose of this role is to support BBB with the collection and delivery of items in order to fulfil referrals. Your role is to source items required from local supporters and deliver to the family in need directly or via the referrer.

Main Tasks

With the support of the Operations Lead, you will:

• undertake induction training and follow all BBB guidelines and policies around safe working and maintaining professional boundaries
• take on responsibility for new referrals (at least three a month)
• contact the referrer to acknowledge receipt of the referral and discuss any specific requirements
• contact the referred family to discuss referral and delivery arrangements
• put out requests on the BBB Facebook group for required items
• assemble Newborn packs from storage if necessary for your referral
• collect or take delivery of items from supporters offering them
• pass on any relevant signposting information to the family
• use the Airtable online database to manage the referral

Please note: for safeguarding and insurance reasons, children are not permitted when volunteers are delivering to clients’ homes or collecting from supporters.

Useful skills, attitudes and experience

• Basic IT skills including Facebook, as well as willingness to learn/use Office 365 and Airtable online tools for information sharing
• diplomatic, personable and approachable character
• non-judgemental and objective
• understands the importance of strict confidentiality
• able to maintain professional boundaries with families
• must have a car, a valid driving licence and a mobile phone
• reasonable level of physical fitness as the role involves lifting and carrying items
• commitment to BBB’s aims and the longer-term value to the community of supporting families living in poverty

Time commitment

The time commitment varies, depending upon how many referrals you choose to take on, but you should allow for 2-3 hours and this can be worked flexibly around your other commitments.
Family Liaison Volunteers are needed throughout the borough, but we are especially looking for volunteers based in Beckenham, Anerley, and Penge.

Community Engagement volunteer

Aims of the volunteering role

This role is a vital one in representing BBB to our local community, including talks and information sessions about the charity’s work, and helping with events that raise our profile and allow us to engage with potential supporters or clients.

Main tasks

With the support of the Fundraising and Communications Lead, Operations Lead and other volunteers, you will:

• Carry out talks and presentations to groups and organisations that are considering supporting us or who have already donated to us, to highlight the impact of that support
• Liaise with organisations who are planning community events to fundraise for us, to provide them with information, event and publicity materials etc.
• Attend family-focused groups / events to disseminate information about BBB to families who may need our help, signposting to the referral route into our service
• Represent BBB at community events such as local fairs, helping to man stalls or speak to the public, to encourage donations or volunteering where appropriate
• Support with the planning and resourcing of BBB’s own community engagement events, including our client forums

Useful skills, attitudes and experience

• Friendly, approachable, and professional
• Confident public speaker with excellent interpersonal skills
• Self-motivated, with the ability to work independently (with guidance from our Fundraising & Communications and Operations Leads)
• Organised, with strong attention to detail and planning skills
• Good IT skills, ideally including Office 365 and / or Canva (or willingness to learn)
• Commitment to BBB’s aims and the longer-term value to the community of supporting parents living in poverty

Time commitment

The role is flexible but would require a minimum of 3 hours per week on average (variable depending on events taking place).

Moving Stock Volunteer

Aims of the volunteering role

The aim of the role is to help move and deliver larger donated items to families in need. This role involves lifting and transporting bulkier items such as cots, buggies, highchairs, and other essential baby equipment.

Main Tasks

With the support of the Management Team, you will:

• Deliver essential items to clients, this may include bulkier items such as cots/cot beds.
• Move stock between storage facilities.
• Collect donations from individuals or drop off points locally.

Useful skills, attitudes and experience

• Comfortable with manual handling.
• Enjoy working as part of a team to make a real difference in the local community.
• Own car desirable but not essential.
• Enthusiastic, positive, empathetic, personable, non-judgemental and objective.
• Understands and respects the importance of strict confidentiality.
• Able to use initiative and work independently, with support from Team BBB.
• Commitment to BBB’s aims and the longer-term value to the community of supporting parents living in poverty.

Time commitment

The time commitment is very flexible. Volunteers will be added to a contact list of helpers who can be called upon by our Family Liaison Volunteers (FLVs) when additional support is needed with collections, deliveries, or stock movements. You can choose when you are available to help.

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Events Volunteer

Aims of the volunteering role

This role is essential in helping Bromley Brighter Beginnings grow our fundraising through creative and exciting events. Working alongside our Fundraising and Communications Lead and wider team, you will help plan, organise and deliver events that are as fun as they are impactful – raising vital funds, growing our profile across the borough and bringing us closer to the supporters, donors and families we exist to help.

Main Tasks

With the support of the Fundraising and Communications Lead and other volunteers, you will

• Undertake induction training and follow all BBB guidelines and policies around safe working and maintaining professional boundaries
• Work alongside the Fundraising and Communications Lead, wider team and other volunteers to establish event ideas
• Help plan and organise community events – this may include finding locations, coordinating volunteers and securing sponsors
• Support the team to see events through from start to finish, bringing creativity and energy to make each one as fun and engaging as possible
• Represent BBB at community events such as local fairs and fundraising events, helping to man stalls and speak to the public to encourage donations and volunteering where appropriate
• Support with general admin as required – we are a small team and everyone mucks in!

Useful skills, attitudes and experience

• A genuine passion for events and making things fun, creative and memorable
• Prior experience in events desirable but not essential
• Friendly, approachable and confident engaging with the public
• Good communication skills, both written and verbal
• Organised and driven to see ideas come to fruition
• Self-motivated, with the ability to work independently (with guidance from the Fundraising and Communications Lead)
• Good IT skills, ideally including Office 365 and / or Canva (or willingness to learn)
• Commitment to BBB’s aims and the longer-term value to the community of supporting families living in poverty

Time commitment

The time commitment will vary depending on events taking place. Some weekend and / or evening availability will be required.

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Communications Volunteer (Social Media)

Aims of the volunteering role

This role sits right at the heart of BBB – the perfect opportunity to get to know our work, our people and our community inside out. We are looking for a creative voice to help us manage and grow BBB’s presence across our social media platforms. With the support of the Fundraising and Communications Lead, you will create and schedule engaging content that raises awareness of BBB’s work, celebrates our volunteers and supporters, and ensures our community stays connected to the difference they are making across the borough.

Main Tasks

With the support of the Fundraising and Communications Lead and wider team, you will

• Undertake induction training and follow all BBB guidelines and policies around safe working and maintaining professional boundaries
• Plan, schedule and contribute to BBB’s content calendar across Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn
• Create compelling content that reflects the breadth of BBB’s work – from family impact and campaign awareness to fundraising, volunteer stories and supporter recognition
• Produce visually appealing graphics, reels and carousels using Canva or similar tools, in line with BBB’s brand, tone of voice and messaging guidelines
• Liaise with the wider team to gather content ideas, updates and stories, using initiative to keep content timely and relevant

Useful skills, attitudes and experience

• A flair for creating clear, engaging and informative social media content, true to BBB’s voice
• A team player who brings fun and creative energy to content
• Familiarity with various social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn)
• Comfortable using tools such as Canva and Meta Business Suite (or willingness to learn)
• Self-motivated, comfortable working independently and remotely, while staying connected to the wider team
• Prior experience in social media desirable but not essential
• Commitment to BBB’s aims and the longer-term value to the community of supporting families living in poverty

Time commitment

3-4 hours per week worked flexibly and remotely around your other commitments.

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