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: Home based
Date Posted: 21/08/2019
Closing Date: 17/09/2019
Trustees – National Survivor User Network (NSUN)
Location: Greater London
Date Posted: 21/08/2019
Closing Date: 16/09/2019
NED/Trustees x 2 for Social adVentures
Location: Salford, Manchester
Date Posted: 20/08/2019
Closing Date:
Trustee for The Difference (Education)
Location: Greater London
Date Posted: 20/08/2019
Closing Date: 18/11/2019
Location: Basildon
Date Posted: 20/08/2019
Closing Date: 18/11/2019
Chair of the Board – Young People Matter
Location: London
Date Posted: 20/08/2019
Closing Date: 30/08/2019
Trustee for Articulate Arts LTD
Location: Brighton
Date Posted: 20/08/2019
Closing Date: 25/10/2019
Trustee for the Sports Aid Trust
Location: Bloomsbury, London
Date Posted: 19/08/2019
Closing Date: 27/09/2019
Trustee Treasurer for The Way Youth Zone
Location: Wolverhampton
Date Posted: 19/08/2019
Closing Date: 17/11/2019
Housing and Legal Trustees for Emmaus Bristol
Location: Bristol
Date Posted: 19/08/2019
Closing Date: 17/11/2019
British Kickboxing Council – Chief Safeguarding Officer
Location: UK/Wales
Date Posted: 16/08/2019
Closing Date: 31/10/2019
Board Member – West College Scotland
Location: Paisley, Clydebank and Greenock
Date Posted: 16/08/2019
Closing Date: 06/09/2019
Scotia – Secretary to the Trustees
Location: Greater London
Date Posted: 16/08/2019
Closing Date: 16/09/2019
Scotia – Treasurer of the Trustees
Location: Greater London
Date Posted: 16/08/2019
Closing Date: 16/09/2019
Scotia – Chair and Vice Chair of the Trustees
Location: Greater London
Date Posted: 16/08/2019
Closing Date: 16/09/2019
Two Independent Non-Executive Directors to the Board of Sussex Cricket Limited (SCL)
Location: Hove, East Sussex
Date Posted: 15/08/2019
Closing Date: 23/09/2019
Trustee for The Queen’s Nursing Institute (QNI)
Location: Marylebone, Greater London
Date Posted: 15/08/2019
Closing Date: 16/09/2019
Chair of the Board of Trustees for Cancer Research Wales
Location: Cardiff
Date Posted: 15/08/2019
Closing Date: 09/09/2019
Location: Greater London
Date Posted: 15/08/2019
Closing Date: 13/11/2019
Location: Whitechapel, Greater London
Date Posted: 15/08/2019
Closing Date: 13/11/2019
Location: Hampshire
Date Posted: 15/08/2019
Closing Date: 13/11/2019
Chair and Board Members for the Stopgap Dance Company
Location: Farnham
Date Posted: 13/08/2019
Closing Date: 23/09/2019
Network Committee member for RNIB
Location: Bristol + Multiple locations
Date Posted: 13/08/2019
Closing Date: 11/11/2019
Trustee for The Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (FSRH)
Location: London N1
Date Posted: 13/08/2019
Closing Date: 16/09/2019
Volunteers with Retirement Postponed.
Location: Anywhere in the UK
Date Posted: 12/08/2019
Closing Date: 04/10/2019
Trustee for East Surrey Domestic Abuse Services
Location: Reigate
Date Posted: 12/08/2019
Closing Date: 10/11/2019
External Trustee for theUniversity for the Creative Arts Students Union
Location: Home based
Date Posted: 12/08/2019
Closing Date: 10/11/2019
Trustee for Peace Hospice Care
Location: Home based
Date Posted: 12/08/2019
Closing Date: 08/09/2019
Location: Leicester
Date Posted: 12/08/2019
Closing Date: 30/09/2019
Board Trustee for GEM Workspaces
Location: Glasgow
Date Posted: 10/08/2019
Closing Date: 06/09/2019
Trustee for The Railway Land Wildlife Trust (RLWT)
Location: Lewes, East Sussex
Date Posted: 10/08/2019
Closing Date: 10/11/2019
Trustees and Chair of the Board for Exeter Northcott Theatre
Location: Exeter
Date Posted: 09/08/2019
Closing Date: 30/09/2019
Policy and Public Affairs Volunteer for Refuge
Location: Greater London
Date Posted: 09/08/2019
Closing Date: 28/08/2019
Charity Treasurer for The Sunshine Charity
Location: London
Date Posted: 09/08/2019
Closing Date: 01/09/2019
Finance Trustee for I CAN, children’s communication charity
Location: Greater London
Date Posted: 09/08/2019
Closing Date: 19/09/2019
Chair of Trustees for I CAN, children’s communication charity
Location: Greater London
Date Posted: 09/08/2019
Closing Date: 02/09/2019
Education Trustee for The Caldecott Foundation
Location: Ashford, Kent
Date Posted: 09/08/2019
Closing Date: 19/09/2019
Trustee for Cheltenham Housing Aid Centre
Location: Various
Date Posted: 09/08/2019
Closing Date: 19/11/2019
Trustee for the Chailey Heritage Foundation
Location: Lewes, Sussex
Date Posted: 09/08/2019
Closing Date: 28/09/2019
NEDs for Healthwatch Birmingham
Location: Birmingham
Date Posted: 06/08/2019
Closing Date: 06/09/2019
Baseball Softball UK seeks Chair and Independent Board Directors
Location: London
Date Posted: 01/08/2019
Closing Date: 30/09/2019
Chair and two Non Executive Directors for Unity Insurance Services
Location: London/Lancing
Date Posted: 01/08/2019
Closing Date: 02/09/2019
Lay Member for Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Recruitment Advisory Committee
Location: Luton, St, Albans, Stevenage, Hatfield and Central London
Date Posted: 01/08/2019
Closing Date: 04/10/2019
Lay member for Kent Recruitment Advisory Committee
Location: Ashford, Maidstone and Central London
Date Posted: 01/08/2019
Closing Date: 04/10/2019
Member – Volunteers needed on Independent Monitoring Boards (IMB) at HMP East Sutton Park
Location: Maidstone, Kent
Date Posted: 30/07/2019
Closing Date: 22/09/2019
Location: London
Date Posted: 24/07/2019
Closing Date: 24/10/2019
Chair for The Sustainable Restaurant Association
Location: Hoxton, Greater London
Date Posted: 24/07/2019
Closing Date: 08/09/2019
Branch Co-Chair for The National Autistic Society
Location: Peterborough
Date Posted: 24/07/2019
Closing Date: 24/10/2019
Branch Chair for The National Autistic Society
Location: Swindon
Date Posted: 24/07/2019
Closing Date: 24/10/2019
Marketing and Communications Trustee for Disability Equality North West (DEnw)
Location: Preston
Date Posted: 24/07/2019
Closing Date: 24/10/2019
Trustees for the Council for British Research in the Levant (CBRL)
Location: Home based
Date Posted: 24/07/2019
Closing Date: 09/09/2019
Trustees and Chair for Thackray Medical Museum
Location: Leeds
Date Posted: 22/07/2019
Closing Date: 04/10/2019
Men in Sheds Director (new CIC)
Location: Worksop, Nottinghamshire
Date Posted: 22/07/2019
Closing Date: 22/10/2019
Location: Home based
Date Posted: 22/07/2019
Closing Date: 22/08/2019
Treasurer for Devon and Cornwall Refugee Support
Location: Plymouth
Date Posted: 22/07/2019
Closing Date: 22/10/2019
Nominations Committee Member for the Samaritans
Location: Home based
Date Posted: 22/07/2019
Closing Date: 04/09/2019
Audit & Risk Committee Member for the Samaritans
Location: Home based
Date Posted: 22/07/2019
Closing Date: 17/09/2019
Trustee and Company Secretary for The Gingerbread Centre
Location: Stoke
Date Posted: 21/07/2019
Closing Date: 21/10/2019
Trustee for Age UK Redbridge, Barking and Havering
Location: Greater London
Date Posted: 21/07/2019
Closing Date: 21/10/2019
NED, Board of Trustees for Changing Lives
Location: Gateshead
Date Posted: 17/07/2019
Closing Date: 31/08/2019
Trustee for Chron’s and Colitis UK
Location: Hatfield, Herts
Date Posted: 17/07/2019
Closing Date: 15/10/2019
Location: Greater London
Date Posted: 17/07/2019
Closing Date: 17/10/2019
NEDs for the Portobello Business Centre
Location: London
Date Posted: 17/07/2019
Closing Date: 27/08/2019
Chair for the Portobello Business Centre
Location: London
Date Posted: 17/07/2019
Closing Date: 27/08/2019
Trustee for East Grinstead Museum
Location: Home based
Date Posted: 17/07/2019
Closing Date: 07/09/2019
Independent NED for Mountain Training UK and Ireland
Location: Nationwide
Date Posted: 16/07/2019
Closing Date: 30/08/2019
Greyhound Trust Director (Trustee)
Location: Horley, Surrey
Date Posted: 16/07/2019
Closing Date: 15/09/2019
Trustees for the Dartington Service Design Lab
Location: London and Dartington
Date Posted: 16/07/2019
Closing Date: 26/08/2019
Trustee – Business Development / Entrepreneurial Skills for the Volunteer Centre Hackney
Location: London
Date Posted: 16/07/2019
Closing Date: 14/10/2019
Chair Designate for Home-Start Slough
Location: Slough
Date Posted: 13/07/2019
Closing Date: 06/09/2019
Treasurer for Independent Domestic Abuse Services (IDAS)
Location: York
Date Posted: 10/07/2019
Closing Date: 08/10/2019
Trustee and Treasurer for RSPCA Essex Havering & Harold Hill Branch
Location: Essex
Date Posted: 10/07/2019
Closing Date: 08/10/2019
Finance, Legal, Philanthropy and Digital Trustees + Chair of Trustees for I CAN (Children’s Charity)
Location: The Angel, Greater London
Date Posted: 08/07/2019
Closing Date: 29/08/2019
Chair of Governors for Meath School, also Trustee of I CAN
Location: Ottershaw, Surrey
Date Posted: 08/07/2019
Closing Date: 29/08/2019
Trustee for RSPCA Bromley & District Branch
Location: Bromley
Date Posted: 08/07/2019
Closing Date: 02/10/2019
Trustee for RSPCA Surrey East Branch
Location: Horley, Surrey
Date Posted: 08/07/2019
Closing Date: 02/10/2019
Volunteer Coordinator Trustee for RSPCA Surrey East Branch
Location: Horley, Surrey
Date Posted: 08/07/2019
Closing Date: 02/10/2019
Location: London
Date Posted: 08/07/2019
Closing Date: 03/10/2019
Location: Home based
Date Posted: 08/07/2019
Closing Date: 03/10/2019
Board Trustees for Carers FIRST
Location: Various
Date Posted: 02/07/2019
Closing Date: 24/09/2019
Honorary Treasurer for the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) Devon
Location: Devon
Date Posted: 02/07/2019
Closing Date: 26/09/2019
New Advisory Board Members for Open Briefing
Location: Home based
Date Posted: 02/07/2019
Closing Date: 26/08/2019
Location: Kilburn, London
Date Posted: 02/07/2019
Closing Date: 30/09/2019
Social Care – Trustee for the Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospice
Location: Barnet - Greater London
Date Posted: 02/07/2019
Closing Date: 30/09/2019
Fundraising & Events Trustee for The Silverlining Charity
Location: Home based
Date Posted: 02/07/2019
Closing Date: 30/09/2019
Legal Trustee for The Silverlining Charity
Location: Home based
Date Posted: 02/07/2019
Closing Date: 30/09/2019
Treasurer of The Silverlining Charity
Location: Home based
Date Posted: 01/07/2019
Closing Date: 25/09/2019
Company Secretary for Kairos Women Working Together (KairosWWT)
Location: Coventry, West Midlands
Date Posted: 01/07/2019
Closing Date: 25/09/2019
Chair of Board of Trustees for Migrant & Asylum Seeker Solidarity & Action (MASS Action)
Location: Home based
Date Posted: 21/06/2019
Closing Date: 19/09/2019
RSPCA Member for Northallerton, North Yorkshire
Location: North Yorkshire
Date Posted: 20/06/2019
Closing Date: 18/09/2019
Trustees for the Clergy Support Trust
Location: Home based
Date Posted: 20/06/2019
Closing Date: 06/09/2019
Planning volunteer for Campaign to Protect Rural England Nottinghamshire (CPRE)
Location: Home based
Date Posted: 19/06/2019
Closing Date: 19/09/2019
Treasurer for the Rape & Sexual Abuse Support Centre
Location: South London
Date Posted: 16/06/2019
Closing Date: 16/09/2019
Trustees for the Marks Hall Estate
Location: Essex
Date Posted: 12/06/2019
Closing Date: 23/08/2019
Business Development Volunteer – Camberwell After School Project (CASP)
Location: Camberwell SE London
Date Posted: 11/06/2019
Closing Date: 31/08/2019
Board Member with Policy Skills for New Leaf Support
Location: Home based
Date Posted: 11/06/2019
Closing Date: 09/09/2019
Trustee/Director for the Community Furniture Stores
Location: York
Date Posted: 10/06/2019
Closing Date: 30/09/2019
Treasurer for North Yorkshire Community Museum (Beck Isle Museum)
Location: Pickering, North Yorkshire
Date Posted: 10/06/2019
Closing Date: 30/11/2019
Location: Bath and North East Somerset
Date Posted: 05/06/2019
Closing Date: 21/09/2019
Trustees for The Dalgarno Trust
Location: Kensington
Date Posted: 02/06/2019
Closing Date: 29/08/2019
Trustee for The Voice of Domestic Workers (Finance)
Location: Home based
Date Posted: 02/06/2019
Closing Date: 31/08/2019
Trustee Director for Munro Health
Location: West London
Date Posted: 01/06/2019
Closing Date: 29/08/2019
Trustee for the Rambert School of Ballet & Contemporary Dance
Location: London
Date Posted: 31/05/2019
Closing Date: 29/08/2019
Trustees, Secretary, Treasurer and Chair for Croydon RSPCA
Location: South London
Date Posted: 28/05/2019
Closing Date: 26/08/2019
NED – Corporate Finance – for Peace Ops
Location: London
Date Posted: 20/05/2019
Closing Date:
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.
CF Appointments specialises in recruitment of senior executive talent for the charity and non profit sector
Jobs with the Media Trust, which acts as a broker between charities needing media skills and people who can provide these skills.