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Admin Support

Do you have administrative skills? Would you like to contribute to RNIB's mission to make life better for people with sight loss? RNIB is looking for volunteers to help with admin duties. You can choose to volunteer from home or at our office in Edinburgh.

You need to be accurate, confident with computers, have some experience with Outlook, Word, and Excel, be confident talking with a wide variety of people on the phone, and be willing to learn. In return you will get valuable experience volunteering for a national charity while doing worthwhile work.

Additional Location Information

Home based or at Edinburgh: RNIB, 12/14 Hillside Crescent, Edinburgh EH7 5EA

How often will I be needed? 4 hours Per Week

Volunteer Engagement Facilitator

The aim of this role is to support with the facilitation, planning and delivery of Volunteer Engagement sessions within RNIB. If you are already an RNIB volunteer and would like to reach out to others in different roles/locations and share experience, learning and have some social time too, then this role offers the opportunity to support with planning sessions to do all of these things.

Sessions will take place on evenings/weekend 2/3 times per year and will be 1 hour long.

How often will I be needed? 15 hours Per Year

Community Facebook Moderator

RNIB Connect Members can now join regional Facebook pages and our online community to blog, join discussions and find out about events taking place locally. As our online community grows we need you to help moderate the content to ensure it is relevant, welcoming, safe and supportive. We also need you to welcome and support others with sight loss when they join as new members.

How often will I be needed? 4 hours Per Week

Virtual Muslim Men’s Group Facilitator

We are creating a UK wide virtual Muslim Men's Group, where blind and partially sighted Muslim men will have an opportunity to talk about navigating their sight loss, independent living skills, cultural attitudes towards disability and more!

We are looking for someone with great communication and listening skills together with relevant experience and understanding to facilitate this group. We'd also like you to have experience of using Microsoft Teams.

In this role, you’ll be creating an opportunity to feel part of a community, ask questions and share tips. If this sounds like you, we'd love you to join us.

How often will I be needed? 3 hours Per Month

Occasional Helper

This flexible opportunity puts you at the heart of supporting blind and partially sighted people in your area. You could help with:

* Assisting groups of blind and partially sighted people;
* Awareness-raising and campaigning on issues that affect those living with little or no sight;
* fundraising so we can continue to offer our amazing services and tackle social injustice.

Whether its cheering at a challenge event, helping at an information stand or store collection, welcoming guests at an event, or something else, you can choose to get involved based on your availability and interests.

In applying for / signing up for this role you agree to be contacted when we are seeking volunteers to help with an activity / tasks in relation to this role description. We will contact you via a communication method for which you have given consent.

How often will I be needed? 3 hours Per Event

Telephone Group Facilitator

Are you a good listener? Are you able to manage group conversations and ensure people feel comfortable together and that groups run smoothly? We need you to facilitate our weekly telephone groups that offer blind and partially sighted people the opportunity to socialise with others.

This is a telephone-based role that you can do from home. You will need access to a landline and/or mobile phone We ask you to commit to a minimum of 3 hours per week to facilitate 3 or more Talk and Support befriending groups per week which will be at the same day and time each week. Each group runs for an hour.

Additional Location Information

Home Based: over the telephone (this role requires you to have a landline or mobile telephone)

How often will I be needed? 3 hours Per Week

Community Lead Volunteer

Experienced volunteers who have taken on a leadership role, our Community Lead Volunteers bring people together, raise awareness, support other volunteers, tackle barriers to independence and fundraise for our work.

Depending on your availability, training and interests, you will have the chance to take part in some or all of the following:

• host events and regular groups
• give talks about sight loss, eye health, the work of RNIB and partners
• design and deliver local campaigns
• lead and train groups of volunteers
• organise fundraising events like store collections
• attend information stalls and cheque presentations, and
• make wellbeing calls to community members.

As a blind or partially sighted Community Lead Volunteer, you may have the opportunity to join one of our Community Action Groups, shaping activity in your local area. (Note: These Groups have no governance or resource authority within RNIB.)

How often will I be needed? 4 hours Per Event

Community Lead Volunteer

Depending on your availability, training and interests, you will have the chance to take part in some or all of the following:

Additional Location Information

We are actively recruiting throughout all of Yorkshire, Humber and the North East. North West volunteer recruitment is presently restricted to Chorley and Blackpool

How often will I be needed? 4 hours Per Event

Community Lead Volunteer

Depending on your availability, training and interests, you will have the chance to take part in some or all of the following:

How often will I be needed? 4 hours Per Event

Community Volunteer

Our amazing Community Volunteers play a key role in connecting blind and partially sighted people, awareness-raising, tackling barriers to independence and fundraising for our work.

Depending on your availability, training and interests, you will have the chance to take part in some or all of the following:

• help run events and regular groups
• give talks about sight loss, eye health, the work of RNIB and partners
• help with local campaigns
• organise fundraising events like store collections
• attend information stalls and cheque presentations, and
• make wellbeing calls to community members.

How often will I be needed? 4 hours Per Event