Tasks: Age UK Lincoln is recruiting Fundraising and Events Volunteers to help the charity raise its profile and support within the local community.
Helping plan and carry out fundraising events and projects for Age UK Lincoln
Main tasks
• Assisting with the planning, co-ordination and delivery of fundraising events
• Running your own fundraising event
• Attending local fundraising events
• Placing collection tins in pubs, fast food outlets and other public places raising awareness and promoting the services which Age UK Lincoln provides
• Assisting with street fundraising campaigns to promote the charity and generate donations from the public
• Working and liaising as a team member to ensure that all aspects of the services are well represented at events
Location: Lincoln
Support and supervision:
Full training will be provided to all volunteers and will include an induction to include information on the work and services of Age UK Lincoln, information on on-going fundraising events and basic events planning hints and tips.
Personal qualities and requirements:
• Good communication skills
• Good initiative
• Organised
• Good writing/oral skills
• Good planning and time management skills
• Good team player
• An understanding the need for confidentiality
• Good computer literacy skills (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Publisher)
• Reliability
• A sense of humour
This role would suit someone studying a degree in Marketing, Business, Media or Health & Social Care, or anyone who is passionate about Age UK Lincoln’s purpose of helping improve the lives of older people.
Availability:
Flexible as agreed with the Volunteer Co-ordinator
Skills the volunteer will learn or develop:
• Communication – ability to talk to people from all walks of life
• Organisational – assigning priorities, completing lots of tasks, planning in advance
• Project Management – planning and co-ordinating your own fundraising project or event
• Time management – working to deadlines
• Initiative – using your own initiative and resourcefulness to complete the project
• Team work – working with others for a common goal, developing relationships with the public and other businesses
Recruiting for the 2012 Memory Walk
Memory Walk is the Alzheimer's Society's Flagship Fundraising Event which takes place on one day in September.
The Memory Walk is usually set in a park or scenic location allowing people to walk in memory of someone.
The Memory Walk Event Coordinator, will organize the event with the support of a team of Memory Walk Volunteers and the Community Fundraiser, Hayley Child from the Alzheimer's Society to make the event a success.
Skills/Qualifications
· Good organizational skills
· People skills as you will be managing volunteers who will support you in organizing this event
· Local Knowledge would be a benefit
· Most important skill would be a commitment to put on a successful event.
The Venue for the event will be up to you and you will be supported in this by the Alzheimer's Society Community Fundraise
Availability
Event in September - planning/organising in the months before hand
Skills to be gained or developed
Team Work, Leadership, Communication Skills – verbal, Initiative, Planning and Organisation, Adaptability and Flexibility and Time Management
Role: Oxfam Fundraising Forum Member
Description:
Are you looking for a chance to broaden your horizons? An opportunity to work with like-minded people and gain experience of volunteering for one of the world's leading charities? Then Lincoln's newly established Oxfam Fundraising Forum is waiting for you.
We are a small group of individuals searching for new members to help us plan, organise and execute a variety of events over the coming months to raise funds for - and the profile of - Oxfam in the city.
This could be anything from coffee mornings and cake sales, to quiz nights and live music; to sit alongside the more traditional cash collections and street fundraising.
You might be liasing with prospective venues, devising a publicity strategy or being interviewed by the media as you "act local, think global" for Oxfam.
Attributes:
Whatever skills and experience you have, whatever age you are, there will be a role in the forum for you. All you really need is enthusiasm and and commitment.
What can Oxfam offer you:
You will have a unique opportunity to make a real difference to the lives of people living in poverty, whilst gaining the experience of working for one of the world's leading charities.
Full training in the role and induction into Oxfam and their work will be given, and expenses will be reimbursed where necessary for travel
Role: Oxfam Street Team Member
Description:
Do you enjoy meeting new people? Want to get involved and make a real difference raising vital money for a global charity? Then the Oxfam Lincoln Street Team could be for you.
We are looking for sociable volunteers to "act local, think global" as the face of Oxfam in the city.
Fundraising events currently scheduled for this year include attending the highlight of Lincoln's festive calendar, the Christmas Market, as well as collections in the Waterside Shopping Centre and Lincoln High Street planned for early 2011.
Attributes:
A passion for the work of Oxfam, enthusiasm, good interpersonal skills and reliability
What can Oxfam offer you:
You will have a unique opportunity to make a real difference to the lives of people living in poverty, whilst gaining the experience of working for one of the world's leading charities.
Full training in the role and induction into Oxfam and their work will be given, and expenses will be reimbursed where necessary for travel.
Skills to be gained or developed
Team Work, Leadership, Communication Skills – written and verbal, Initiative, Planning and Organisation, Adaptability and Flexibility and Time Management
