Volunteering at Spectrum

Can you help us make a difference in the local community?

Have you been looking to start volunteering?

Whether you can help for an hour a week or several, frequently or infrequently, this really makes a huge difference to what we can provide as a children’s charity. Your time and help also allow us to increase the number of children and families that we can support differently. Your help can come in many forms. This can be assisting at a session or event, fundraising, administration and media tasks, to name but a few.

One of the most important areas of focus for the Spectrum team moving forward is our volunteering channel. As our volunteering team grows, this allows us to cover many more tasks that benefit everyone involved with Spectrum.

We appreciate that everyone has families and work taking up their everyday lives, but if you think you could even provide us with a small amount of your time here and there, then we would love to hear from you!

The only stipulations that we have in line with our volunteer policy are that you will need to complete a Enhanced DBS Check (former CRB) and safeguarding training. We are certain you will find being part of Team Spectrum both a lot of fun and hugely rewarding.

New Volunteering Positions

We will be creating additional volunteer positions at Spectrum during the course of the year; many more will also follow in the future to help us sustain and manage our growth. Please do keep checking back for more information on these.

Future Volunteering Roles at Spectrum

The following volunteering roles will be available at Spectrum in the coming months.

All of our volunteering roles will include an induction period, allowing you and us to find out what suits you best and also enable you to get to know our fantastic team. During this period, we will also complete your DBS check and give you access to safeguarding training due to the nature of our work. There are also plenty of other opportunities to expand your skill sets further.

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Sessions

Assist the team at Clip n Climb, Climb Quest and Spectrum Play
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Events

Assist us with our Away Days like Legoland, Theatre and Harry Potter
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Ops PA

Support our Ops Team, major projects and strategy
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Fundraising

Assist us with fundraising ideas and areas like the Black Tie Ball
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Social Media

Support our content across Facebook, Instagram and Twitter
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Administration

Assist us with our daily Spectrum tasks, operations and systems
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Filmmaking

Assist us with our filming, digital content, YouTube and showreels
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Digital Reach

Assist with our visualisation projects and their development
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SEO & Web

Assist with our SEO, Google Ads, online analytics and web development
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Marketing

Assist us with our general marketing and online advertising
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Community

Help us expand our community partners and work with local business
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Family Work

Help us support families on EHCP, DLA, PIP & Behaviours
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Pyschology

Supporting children through anxiety, emotions, trauma & behaviours
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Live Chat

Join our Live Chat Support team to give front line advice in real-time
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Signposting

Help and direct families to Spectrum & SEND services and information
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Copywriting

Assist us with the intricacies of our content for the web and media
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Grant Writers

Assist us with funding requests and research for new projects
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Minecraft

Assist our Minecraft Team with our servers and game administration
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HR

Assist us on all areas of HR and its administration at Spectrum
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Arts Award

Assist us creatively with themes and tasks for our Arts Award programme

Spectrum Volunteering Registration

Please complete our registration form below if you wish to apply for any of the forthcoming volunteering roles at Spectrum.

When completing the form, please ensure that all information you provide is accurate, especially email addresses, and that you have the permission of your referees to include their information.

We aim to respond to all volunteering requests within 14 days.

Please note that if there is NO submit button at the bottom of our volunteer registration form, we either have no positions available, we are not considering speculative requests at the time, or we have paused all new registrations.

The form content is left in place in these instances just to show the detail we require for an application submission.

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Personal Information

Your Name
Email
Address

Background Information

Do you have any criminal convictions?
Do you require a work permit?

Personal Statement

Your Experience

Do you have any previous volunteering experience?
How would you describe your level of working with computers/technology/internet?
Click or drag files to this area to upload. You can upload up to 2 files.
Please attach your current CV or a covering letter that summarises your working experience and skillsets. (PDF or Word Doc preferred)

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)

Do you have an existing transferable DBS?
If you have an existing DBS, is it registered on the update service?

Your References

You need to provide a personal and professional reference as part of your application.
Personal Reference Name?
Professional Reference Name?

Security & Submit

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