Muscular Dystrophy UK
Description of the role
In this role you will be:
- Ensuring that supporters have the resources they need to be successful in their fundraising.
- Understanding as a smaller charity the resources we have available to our supporters and the best way to utilise them.
- Signposting to the RDM (Regional Development Manager) if you spot potential from a supporter.
- Be an enthusiastic MDUK ambassador, building its profile locally.
- Work with your Regional Development Manager to enable the role operates within MDUK’s guidelines to ensure regulatory compliance.
- Researching potential targets for fundraising campaigns (e.g. lists of schools, voluntary groups, sports clubs, leisure centres etc).
- Building databases of contacts and keeping them up-to-date.
- Promoting fundraising by writing letters/invitations to inform contacts of events or charity.
- Undertaking posting out mailings of letters to contacts – this includes, printing, stamping and posting.
- Providing your Regional Development Manager with research reports within agreed timeframes.
You will need to be:
- Enthusiastic and committed to supporting the work of MDUK.
- Maintaining and upholding the reputation of the charity.
- Listening to and working co-operatively with members of staff and other volunteers – treating all with courtesy and respect.
- Taking reasonable care of your own health and safety and that of others who may be affected by their acts or omissions.
- Supporting the charity’s equal opportunities and diversity policy – helping to promote this to all our supporters.
- Providing us with feedback on how we can improve your volunteering experience.
- Informing us if your commitment to us, for any reason, can no longer continue.
Practical Considerations
- We ask volunteers to provide details of a referee for some of our volunteer roles. This is to help us confirm the identity of our volunteers and to build up a better understanding of them.
- We believe that no volunteer should find themselves out of pocket because of expenses incurred when carrying out their volunteering activities on our behalf. As a volunteer you can claim out-of-pocket expenses in line with MDUK’s Volunteer Expenses Policy.
- Some of our volunteer roles are classed as regulated activities supporting vulnerable people, and volunteers applying for these roles will be asked to undertake a criminal records check. This is at no cost to the volunteer.
Any specific requirements
- Minimum age to apply is 18
- References required
- Criminal Record check required
- Must own computer or have secure access to one
Where is the opportunity based?
This opportunity is a home based role.
When is the opportunity available?
This opportunity requires you to give 2 days per week of your time.
About the organisation
We’re the leading charity for over 60 muscle wasting and weakening conditions. For over 60 years, we’ve been building our community of individuals living with muscle-wasting or weakening conditions, families and carers, scientists, health professionals, supporters, volunteers, and donors. Making advances that would have been unthinkable just ten years ago.
Bromsgrove and Redditch Network 