Work
Starting to draw a pension doesn’t mean the end of your career. But it does mean you have choices. What you do, how much, who for, how long and when – they now all belong to you.
Volunteering
Giving of your experience and your time, putting something back into the community can be uniquely rewarding to the volunteer.
Research has shown that, apart from financial reasons, many people keep working because they want to stay active or contribute and be productive. More people are using the second stage of life to take on second careers, start businesses or follow long-delayed dreams to serve their communities.
At RP, we have an association with Reach Volunteering, https://reachvolunteering.org.uk. A leading charity providing a comprehensive national service to all those involved in volunteering. In our listing of voluntary positions available on this page, we feature a number from Reach, but do register with them if you'd like to be kept in closer touch with opportunities as they arise.
Location: East London
Date Posted: 25/09/2020
Closing Date: 02/09/2020
CHAIR OF TRUSTEE BOARD for Breastcanceruk
Location: Holborn, Central London
Date Posted: 23/09/2020
Closing Date: 15/10/2020
Location: Home based, Corby Northants
Date Posted: 23/09/2020
Closing Date: 23/10/2020
Chair of the Trustee Board for Circles of Support and Accountability UK
Location: Home based, Reading
Date Posted: 23/09/2020
Closing Date: 13/10/2020
Location: Billericay, Essex
Date Posted: 23/09/2020
Closing Date: 23/12/2020
Trustee with experience of homelessness for Emmaus Bristol
Location: Bristol
Date Posted: 21/09/2020
Closing Date: 12/10/2020
Governance roles for The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health
Location: Home based
Date Posted: 21/09/2020
Closing Date: 09/10/2020
Chair of Trustees The Mulberry Centre
Location: Isleworth
Date Posted: 21/09/2020
Closing Date: 16/10/2020
Treasurer (Board of Trustees) for Kidscape
Location: Home based
Date Posted: 21/09/2020
Closing Date: 26/10/2020
Chair of the Board of Trustees Hope Support Services
Location: Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire
Date Posted: 20/09/2020
Closing Date: 03/11/2020
Young Trustee Committee Member Marine Society and Sea Cadets
Location: City of London
Date Posted: 20/09/2020
Closing Date: 06/10/2020
Finance and Audit Commitee member for Barts Charity
Location: Farringdon, London
Date Posted: 17/09/2020
Closing Date: 11/10/2020
Board Member for Sydenham Arts
Location: Sydenham
Date Posted: 17/09/2020
Closing Date: 01/10/2020
Location: Home based - London
Date Posted: 10/09/2020
Closing Date: 25/10/2020
Trustee and Trustee Treasurer St Luke’s Hospice Plymouth
Location: Plymouth
Date Posted: 09/09/2020
Closing Date: 09/12/2020
Chair of Trustees for Chineke! Foundation
Location: London
Date Posted: 05/09/2020
Closing Date: 05/10/2020
Chair of Trustees for The Finance Innovation Lab
Location: City of London
Date Posted: 04/09/2020
Closing Date: 27/09/2020
Location: Chelsea Kensington
Date Posted: 03/09/2020
Closing Date: 03/11/2020
Trustees for the Dulwich Picture Gallery
Location: London
Date Posted: 03/09/2020
Closing Date: 19/10/2020
Trustees for the Orchestra of the Swan
Location: Stratford upon Avon
Date Posted: 03/09/2020
Closing Date: 25/10/2020
Location: London
Date Posted: 02/09/2020
Closing Date: 21/09/2020
Lived Experience Trustee for The Brain Tumour Charity
Location: Home based, Hampshire
Date Posted: 02/09/2020
Closing Date: 30/09/2020
Honorary Treasurer for the Chain of Hope
Location: Home based
Date Posted: 02/09/2020
Closing Date: 21/10/2020
Trustees for Groundlings Theatre Trust
Location: Portsmouth
Date Posted: 01/09/2020
Closing Date: 14/10/2020
Location: Central London
Date Posted: 01/09/2020
Closing Date: 30/09/2020
Location: Reading
Date Posted: 01/09/2020
Closing Date: 15/10/2020
Location: Canturbury
Date Posted: 30/08/2020
Closing Date: 15/10/2020
Chair of Trustees Bethel Health and Healing Network
Location: Birmingham
Date Posted: 28/08/2020
Closing Date: 30/09/2020
Trustee for St Cuthberts Charity
Location: Chelsea Kensington
Date Posted: 26/08/2020
Closing Date: 30/09/2020
Location: Central London
Date Posted: 26/08/2020
Closing Date: 27/09/2020
Education Trustee Family Stability Network
Location: Kings Cross
Date Posted: 26/08/2020
Closing Date: 08/10/2020
Trustee for Opening Doors London
Location: London
Date Posted: 26/08/2020
Closing Date: 05/10/2020
Location: Home based
Date Posted: 24/08/2020
Closing Date: 30/09/2020
Trustee for the Thames Hospice
Location: Windsor and Maidenhead
Date Posted: 12/08/2020
Closing Date: 15/09/2020
Lived Experience Trustee for The Brain Tumour Charity
Location: Home based, Fleet Hampshire
Date Posted: 12/08/2020
Closing Date: 30/09/2020
Honorary Treasurer for the Oral History Society
Location: Greater London - home based
Date Posted: 08/08/2020
Closing Date: 31/08/2020
Trustee for Community Foundations for Lancashire and Merseyside
Location: Home based
Date Posted: 08/08/2020
Closing Date: 08/09/2020
Trustees for the Thames Valley Partnership
Location: Home based
Date Posted: 08/08/2020
Closing Date: 27/09/2020
Trustees for The Gannochy Trust
Location: Perthshire
Date Posted: 04/08/2020
Closing Date: 28/08/2020
Location: Chichester
Date Posted: 04/08/2020
Closing Date: 17/09/2020
Board Member Global Girl Project
Location: Home based
Date Posted: 02/08/2020
Closing Date: 02/11/2020
Chair of the Board of Trustees Bridport Area Development Trust
Location: Bridport
Date Posted: 02/08/2020
Closing Date: 31/08/2020
Location: Home-based London, Greater London
Date Posted: 02/08/2020
Closing Date: 30/08/2020
Independent NED for Air Ambulances UK
Location: London
Date Posted: 01/08/2020
Closing Date: 21/08/2020
Legal Trustee for The Brain Tumour Charity
Location: Fleet, Hampshire
Date Posted: 01/08/2020
Closing Date: 31/08/2020
Board Chair for One Loud Voice for Women
Location: Greater London
Date Posted: 01/08/2020
Closing Date: 30/08/2020
Board Member for The Osteopathic Foundation
Location: Home based
Date Posted: 01/08/2020
Closing Date: 31/08/2020
Chair of Trustees for Criminal Justice Charity Belong
Location: Greater London
Date Posted: 01/08/2020
Closing Date: 01/09/2020
Trustees for IVAR – Strengthening the UK voluntary sector
Location: London
Date Posted: 01/08/2020
Closing Date: 01/09/2020
Clerk & Company Secretary to the Trustee Board Runnymede and Spelthorne Citizens Advice
Location: Surrey
Date Posted: 01/08/2020
Closing Date: 31/08/2020
Non-Magistrate members of the Cumbria & Lancashire Advisory Committee
Location: Preston, Lancashire
Date Posted: 31/07/2020
Closing Date: 31/08/2020
Appointment of Members – Food and Drink Wales Industry Board
Location: Wales Various
Date Posted: 30/07/2020
Closing Date: 30/08/2020
Location: London
Date Posted: 29/07/2020
Closing Date: 24/08/2020
Trustee for Treasurer Earthworks, St. Albans
Location: Hertfordshire
Date Posted: 29/07/2020
Closing Date: 13/09/2020
Chair of the Board | Croydon College
Location: South London
Date Posted: 27/07/2020
Closing Date: 07/09/2020
Independent Governors | Eastleigh College
Location: Eastleigh Hants
Date Posted: 27/07/2020
Closing Date: 07/09/2020
Vice Chair Trustee www.ripplesofcompassion.com
Location: Bristol, Halifax, and Fareham
Date Posted: 26/07/2020
Closing Date: 26/10/2020
Chair of the Board of Trustees Bridport Area Development Trust
Location: Bridport
Date Posted: 24/07/2020
Closing Date: 31/08/2020
Trustee for the Halcyon London International School
Location: Central London
Date Posted: 24/07/2020
Closing Date: 22/10/2020
Trustee – Legal Care for Veterans
Location: Worthing, West Sussex
Date Posted: 24/07/2020
Closing Date: 08/09/2020
Location: Central London
Date Posted: 24/07/2020
Closing Date: 22/10/2020
Trustees for Bread and Water for Africa UK
Location: Westminster
Date Posted: 20/07/2020
Closing Date: 24/08/2020
Trustees for the Institute for VoluntaryAction Research – IVAR
Location: Central London
Date Posted: 16/07/2020
Closing Date: 01/09/2020
Trustees for I have a voice CIC
Location: Home based
Date Posted: 15/07/2020
Closing Date: 15/10/2020
Trustees for YMCA DownsLink Group
Location: Brighton
Date Posted: 14/07/2020
Closing Date: 28/08/2020
Location: Greater London
Date Posted: 14/07/2020
Closing Date: 14/09/2020
Location: London, Harlow
Date Posted: 09/07/2020
Closing Date:
Trustee for IDE UK (Global Poverty)
Location: London
Date Posted: 06/07/2020
Closing Date: 03/10/2020
Honorary Treasurer – Council for British Research in the Levant
Location: London
Date Posted: 06/07/2020
Closing Date: 05/10/2020
Location: Home based
Date Posted: 06/07/2020
Closing Date: 06/10/2020
Volunteer Finance Committee Members – National Union of Students
Location: Home based
Date Posted: 01/07/2020
Closing Date: 24/07/2020
Volunteer Trustee – Lifelong Family Links
Location: SW2, London
Date Posted: 01/07/2020
Closing Date: 01/10/2020
External Trustees | University of Wolverhampton Students’ Union
Location: Wolverhampton
Date Posted: 01/07/2020
Closing Date: 10/08/2020
Trustee Footsteps Counselling and Care
Location: Home-based Gloucester, Gloucestershire
Date Posted: 24/06/2020
Closing Date: 24/09/2020
Location: Chichester
Date Posted: 17/06/2020
Closing Date: 17/09/2020
Treasurer for Parents and Children Together (PACT) (V)
Location: Reading
Date Posted: 08/06/2020
Closing Date: 07/09/2020
National Council Member – Scotland – The MS Society
Location: Home based
Date Posted: 07/06/2020
Closing Date: 07/09/2020
National Council Member – Cymru – The MS Society
Location: Home based
Date Posted: 07/06/2020
Closing Date: 07/09/2020
Location: Preston
Date Posted: 05/06/2020
Closing Date: 31/08/2020
Location: Aldershot
Date Posted: 02/06/2020
Closing Date: 02/09/2020
Reach are specialists in skilled volunteering. The range of things you can do as a volunteer is huge – from guiding the strategic development of a charity to delivering frontline services.
Reach volunteers have built websites, designed new marketing materials, mentored young people, been legal advisors, become treasurers, advised on IT, chaired boards, undertaken audits, managed projects, worked on campaigns and analysed data - the list is extensive.
As well as a wide range of skilled volunteering positions, Reach also source trustee roles. Many people believe they lack sufficient experience to become a trustee when in fact their skills would be an ideal match for a charity's board, so it's worth finding out more about exactly what is being asked for before you decide if something is for you or not..
Reach has introduced The Trustee Works Service, a new service for finding trustees for Charities. This matching service is free for organistions with under £1m turnover.
Social entrepreneurship pioneer and Civic Ventures CEO Marc Freedman has published a book on the subject, The Big Shift. “It’s a time,” he writes, “when many have insight about what matters, a special impetus to act on this wisdom, and the ability to do so. In this respect, it’s a potential sweet spot, a confluence rather than a reinvention.”
Here are some of the ways we have found to do it.
Charities
Most charities both local and national rely heavily on the work and experience given freely by retired people.
For a comprehensive oversight of information on charities
http://www.guidestar.org.uk/Default.aspx
is supported by HM Treasury, the Charity Commission and various trusts.
If you have specialised expertise and abilities, you might like to become a consultant with Eastside Primetimers, and bring your contribute directly into community projects
Or plug into the largest selection of heart-warming work opportunities on
https://www.ncvo.org.uk/ncvo-volunteering
See also:
https://do-it.org/
Reach helps to connect volunteers with voluntary organisations
http://www.jobsincharities.co.uk/
is a specialist recruitment website for the not-for-profit and charity sectors.
Community Action Network supports and networks social entrepreneurs who are seeking to improve the quality of life for all, but particularly disadvantaged communities.
Jobs with the Media Trust, which acts as a broker between charities needing media skills and people who can provide these skills.