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List of Volunteer Roles
Docs with full description for these roles are here: https://cloud.ecocounts.community/f/41867
- Volunteer Recruiter (immediate): to attract more participants, Monday attendees, coordinators
- Monday Evening Meet-up Contributors: lots of little tasks to make Mondays happen
- Volunteer Chief of Staff: inspires people to engage, commit and deliver
- Carbon Footprint Participants: all of us should do this! We need 50 carbon footprints for the 2024 data set. Currently it is entered directly into the spreadsheet.
- Local Coordinators: to get 50 carbon footprints, we need a few people who can find and recruit others to build up our group size. This role requires someone who is happy with a spreadsheet and has a few obvious people in their lives who they can bring on board to do their carbon footprints
- Social Media Editor: operates a social media channel (Instagram, Nextdoor, Linkedin, Twitter, Bluesky) outputting our content and maintaining interaction
- Eco Tip Newsletter Author: this goes out weekly
- EcoCounts Ambassador: to bring businesses, schools, unis, churches, etc on board with the EcoCore concept
- 3rd Party App Researcher: check out existing apps and what they do
- Carbon Footprint Data Sleuth: help build up the carbon emissions conversion factors and methodology
- Marketing and Comms Guru: sprinkle pixie dust across all our communications
- Creative Manager: makes sure we have a decent visual brand, works closely with marketing guru
- Graphic Designer: work with our marketing guru and creative manager producing graphics
- Carbon Footprint Teaser: creates a survey / questionnaire to do a rapid carbon footprint for members of public
- Sustainability Curriculum Creator: with every Monday and every eco tip you learn something from the curriculum
- Business Outreach Executive: approach businesses to get them to contribute goodies or take part in a carbon labelling
Volunteer Hubs
- On our own website - on the Get Involved page
- Reach volunteer https://reachvolunteering.org.uk
- Link up London
- Charity Jobs
- Environment Job
- Volunteer Action Islington
- Hackney - Simply Connect website via https://vchackney.org/services/organisations/
- Westminster -
- Camden - see below
- Haringey - see below
General Helpful Volunteer-oriented Websites
https://www.thebighelpout.org.uk/
ICAEW https://recruit.icaew.com/company/
Trustees
Getting on Board's guide to becoming a trustee: https://www.gettingonboard.org/how-to-become-a-charity-trustee-1
Reach Volunteer's guide: https://reachvolunteering.org.uk/guide/become-trustee
Step on Board / Girl Dreamer: https://www.girldreamer.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/GirlDreamer-Resources_Trustees-Unlimited-1.pdf
Haringey
https://www.bridgerenewaltrust.org.uk/
mailto:communications@bridgerenewaltrust.org.uk
Islington
https://vai.org.uk/volunteering/offer-volunteer-placements/
http://www.helponyourdoorstep.com/ - outreach to poorer disadvantaged households
Camden
https://volunteercentrecamden.org.uk/
https://vcconnectsystem.org.uk/CamdenVMS2
Young People
UCL
https://studentsunionucl.org/volunteering/organisation/ecocounts/opportunities
https://studentsunionucl.org/volunteering/organisation/ecocounts/placements?check_logged_in=1
Their Community Research Initiative: https://studentsunionucl.org/volunteering/cris/noticeboard