Fundraising Volunteer

Volunteer Now; Northern Ireland; Hybrid; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Access to learning and development opportunities

Reimbursement of agreed out-of-pocket expenses

Supportive and inclusive environment

Job summary

Volunteer Now is looking for fundraising volunteers to support Cats Protection's mission. This role offers a chance to engage in various fundraising activities, including face-to-face events, online appeals, and community marketing.

You'll gain valuable skills while making a difference for cats. Flexibility in hours ensures that this role can fit around your commitments. Join us in helping improve the lives of cats and their communities.

Qualifications

• You must be aged 18+, or 16-17 under supervision.
• Flexible hours based on your availability.

Responsibilities

• Engage in face-to-face fundraising activities.
• Assist with marketing and social media promotion.
• Handle administration tasks such as processing donations.
• Champion Cats Protection’s work in the community.
• Capture photographs of events and fundraising activities.

Skills

Communication Skills

Event Support

Fundraising

General Administration

Interpersonal Skills

Teamwork

Job description

Volunteer Now has partnered with Be Collective to bring a dedicated online platform for volunteering to Northern Ireland. The platform supports volunteers through the volunteering process and helps connect more people with a wider range of opportunities. There’s lots of great features to Be Collective like messaging, making a profile, and being able to compile all your experiences, training and roles as well as the skills gained within a social CV.You can search and apply for volunteer roles below. If you can’t find anything you like you at the moment – register now, then check back soon – new opportunities are added all the time!

The difference you will make to cats and people

As a charity we are able to help thousands of cats each year thanks to the generous donations we receive from members of the public. Our fundraising volunteers use their passion for cats and people to raise the vital funds needed to help more cats and kittens in need. As a fundraising volunteer we want to support you to fundraise in whatever way suits you best, whether that’s organising a fundraising event, fundraising online, promoting fundraising activities on social media, completing administration or supporting the development of new fundraising ideas! Whatever your skill set, this could be the role for you!

What you can expect us to

Make you feel welcome, included and respected in line with our values and behaviours

Support you in having a positive and impactful experience at Cats Protection

Cover agreed out-of-pocket expenses in line with our Expenses Policy

Provide you with access to learning, development and engagement opportunities

What we need from you

This is areally flexible role – you can choose what you’d like to get involved with, for example:

face-to-face fundraising. Organising or helping with fundraising events, running supermarket collections and fundraising stands, monitoring collection tins

online fundraising. Setting up online appeals and writing impactful cat case studies that maximise donations

marketing. Spreading the word about our fundraising activities, for example on social media and with the local press

completing administration. Processing donations, sorting and recording donated goods, completing Gift Aid paperwork

championing our work. Getting involved with developing new fundraising ideas and increasing community engagement

photography. Capturing images of cats we are helping, events and all things Cats Protection

You’ll need to be aged 18+ to volunteer in this role. If you’re aged 16-17, you’ll need to be supervised by a friend, family member, or guardian over the age of 18 in order to carry out any fundraising activity.

This is a flexible role that can fit around your other commitments to suit you. You’ll be part of a team raising vital funds while having fun in the process!

You may be just the volunteer we've been looking for!

We are committed to building a diverse, compassionate and inclusive organisation where everyone can be themselves and do their best. We are courageous and compassionate in our purpose of helping people see the world through cats’ eyes. Together, we can make a difference. Together, we are all for cats. Join the UK’s leading cat welfare charity and help make a better life for cats, because life is better with cats.

Tasks and responsibilities

• Face to face fundraising
• Marketing
• Completing administration
• Championing our work
• Photography

Skills and experience gained

Communication Skills, Event Support, Financial Literacy, Fundraising, General Administration, Interpersonal Skills, Money Handling, Teamwork

Flexible - hours are based on your availability and other factors