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.
Trustees for the Marks Hall Estate
Location: Essex
Date Posted: 12/06/2019
Closing Date: 23/08/2019
Volunteers with Retirement Postponed.
Location: Anywhere in the UK
Date Posted: 11/06/2019
Closing Date: 04/08/2019
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
Treasurer and Trustees for Solace Women’s Aid
Location: Greater London
Date Posted: 10/06/2019
Closing Date: 08/07/2019
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
IT/Graphics focused volunteer for Pandas Foundation
Location: Oswestry
Date Posted: 10/06/2019
Closing Date: 31/07/2019
NED for Inclusion and Diversity for Healthwatch Hampshire
Location: Winchester, Hampshire
Date Posted: 07/06/2019
Closing Date: 28/06/2019
Trustee for Medical Aid for Palestinians
Location: London
Date Posted: 07/06/2019
Closing Date: 05/07/2019
Chair and Trustees for Andover Mind
Location: Andover
Date Posted: 07/06/2019
Closing Date: 05/07/2019
Chair of the Board of Trustees for The Victoria Hall Trust
Location: Greater London
Date Posted: 06/06/2019
Closing Date: 30/06/2019
Chair of the Board of Trustees for Football Beyond Borders
Location: London
Date Posted: 06/06/2019
Closing Date: 15/07/2019
Lay Members for The Royal College of Radiologists (RCR)
Location: London
Date Posted: 05/06/2019
Closing Date: 01/07/2019
Location: Derby
Date Posted: 05/06/2019
Closing Date: 21/06/2019
Location: Bath and North East Somerset
Date Posted: 05/06/2019
Closing Date: 21/09/2019
Location: Aylesbury
Date Posted: 05/06/2019
Closing Date: 08/07/2019
Board Members for Youth Futures Foundation
Location: London
Date Posted: 05/06/2019
Closing Date: 30/06/2019
NEDs for Healthwatch Hampshire
Location: Winchester
Date Posted: 05/06/2019
Closing Date: 28/06/2019
Treasurer – The British Horse Society
Location: Kenilworth, Warwickshire
Date Posted: 05/06/2019
Closing Date: 08/07/2019
Location: Stroud
Date Posted: 05/06/2019
Closing Date: 24/06/2019
Treasurer for the Bristol Animal Rescue Centre
Location:
Date Posted: 04/06/2019
Closing Date: 01/09/2019
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
NED for Rochdale Boroughwide Housing
Location: Rochdale
Date Posted: 01/06/2019
Closing Date: 14/06/2019
Trustee for People In Need (PIN) UK
Location: Home based
Date Posted: 01/06/2019
Closing Date: 30/06/2019
Chair for Victim Support Scotland
Location: Edinburgh
Date Posted: 01/06/2019
Closing Date: 21/06/2019
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
Chairperson Board of Trustees at Metabolic Support UK
Location: Home based
Date Posted: 31/05/2019
Closing Date: 30/06/2019
Trustee for The Child Accident Prevention Trust
Location: Home based
Date Posted: 29/05/2019
Closing Date: 28/06/2019
Trustees, Secretary, Treasurer and Chair for Croydon RSPCA
Location: South London
Date Posted: 28/05/2019
Closing Date: 26/08/2019
NED for New International Encounter (NIE)
Location: Cambridge
Date Posted: 27/05/2019
Closing Date: 02/07/2019
Trustee for Dementia Concern (DC)
Location: Greater London
Date Posted: 27/05/2019
Closing Date: 31/07/2019
Location: United Kingdom
Date Posted: 24/05/2019
Closing Date: 30/06/2019
Treasurer and Trustee for (new) Sunshine Charity
Location: Greater London
Date Posted: 22/05/2019
Closing Date: 30/06/2019
Chair of the Board of Trustees for the Revolving Doors Agency
Location: Greater London
Date Posted: 22/05/2019
Closing Date: 08/07/2019
Fundraising Trustee for HealthProm
Location: Home based
Date Posted: 22/05/2019
Closing Date: 24/06/2019
Trustees for the Bridge Renewal Trust
Location: Greater London
Date Posted: 22/05/2019
Closing Date: 19/08/2019
NED – Corporate Finance – for Peace Ops
Location: London
Date Posted: 20/05/2019
Closing Date:
Employment Preparation Coach / Mentor for the Shaw trust
Location: Norwich
Date Posted: 20/05/2019
Closing Date:
Treasurer for Drumchapel Amateurs (FC)
Location: Glasgow
Date Posted: 20/05/2019
Closing Date:
Trustee (Fundraising) for Polycystic Kidney Disease
Location: London
Date Posted: 20/05/2019
Closing Date: 30/06/2019
Location: Gloucestershire
Date Posted: 20/05/2019
Closing Date: 24/06/2019
Honorary Treasurer for Exeter Community Initiatives
Location: Exeter
Date Posted: 17/05/2019
Closing Date: 17/06/2019
Trustees x 2 for the Bank of Scotland Foundation
Location: Scotland
Date Posted: 16/05/2019
Closing Date: 14/06/2019
Independent Trustee – Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH)
Location: Leicester
Date Posted: 16/05/2019
Closing Date: 12/06/2019
Women’s Aid Board of Trustees positions
Location: Bristol
Date Posted: 16/05/2019
Closing Date: 24/06/2019
Chair of Trustees for The Public Law Project (PLP)
Location: Greater London
Date Posted: 16/05/2019
Closing Date: 03/06/2019
Trustee for The Talk Education Partnership (TEP)
Location: Ware, Herts
Date Posted: 16/05/2019
Closing Date: 14/08/2019
Trustee for Addaction (Medical)
Location: Nationwide
Date Posted: 15/05/2019
Closing Date: 12/06/2019
Location: United Kingdom
Date Posted: 14/05/2019
Closing Date: 28/06/2019
Board Director for the Rock Trust
Location: Edinburgh
Date Posted: 14/05/2019
Closing Date: 14/06/2019
Trustees for The Hawk and Owl Trust
Location: Fakenham, Norfolk
Date Posted: 13/05/2019
Closing Date: 06/08/2019
Trustee for Friends of The Holy Land
Location: Home based
Date Posted: 13/05/2019
Closing Date: 17/06/2019
Honorary Treasurer for The Scotia Society
Location: Home based
Date Posted: 10/05/2019
Closing Date: 30/06/2019
Trustee for the On Your Bike board
Location: Taunton
Date Posted: 10/05/2019
Closing Date: 08/08/2019
Trustee for the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music
Location: London
Date Posted: 10/05/2019
Closing Date: 14/06/2019
Location: Brighton
Date Posted: 09/05/2019
Closing Date: 07/08/2019
Location: Swansea
Date Posted: 03/05/2019
Closing Date: 01/08/2019
Trustee for The Arkbound Foundation
Location: Glasgow
Date Posted: 03/05/2019
Closing Date: 03/08/2019
Treasurer and Trustees for Bournemouth Sea Cadets
Location: Bournemouth
Date Posted: 02/05/2019
Closing Date: 31/07/2019
Trustees for the Bethel Health and Healing Network
Location: Birmingham
Date Posted: 02/05/2019
Closing Date: 01/08/2019
Trustee Chair (Royal Blind Group Pension Scheme)
Location: Edinburgh
Date Posted: 01/05/2019
Closing Date: 24/05/2019
Trustee for Sight Support Derbyshire (SSD)
Location: Home based
Date Posted: 30/04/2019
Closing Date: 29/07/2019
Trustee for Citizens Advice Greater Manchester
Location: Manchester
Date Posted: 29/04/2019
Closing Date: 28/07/2019
TRUSTEE / DIRECTOR MAYFIELD NURSERIES
Location: Southampton
Date Posted: 24/04/2019
Closing Date: 23/07/2019
Volunteer Trustee (Comms and Marketing) at The Helen Taylor Thompson Foundation (operating as CAN)
Location: Greater London
Date Posted: 24/04/2019
Closing Date: 24/07/2019
Volunteer Trustee with Social Enterprise and Charity Leadership Experience for CAN
Location: Greater London
Date Posted: 24/04/2019
Closing Date: 24/07/2019
HR & Training Director for Wiltshire and Swindon Credit Union
Location: Salisbury
Date Posted: 18/04/2019
Closing Date: 17/07/2019
Treasurer/Financial Strategist for inVOLve Community Services
Location: Bracknell
Date Posted: 17/04/2019
Closing Date: 16/07/2019
Trustee with legal experience for Winchester Science Centre (WSC)
Location: Winchester, Hampshire
Date Posted: 17/04/2019
Closing Date: 16/07/2019
Trustees for Care for the Carers
Location: Eastbourne, East Sussex
Date Posted: 16/04/2019
Closing Date: 15/07/2019
Treasurer for Westway Community Transport (V)
Location: Notting Hill, London
Date Posted: 15/04/2019
Closing Date: 30/06/2019
Trustee – Nursing Specialist – for Julia’s House Children’s Hospice
Location: Poole, Dorset
Date Posted: 08/04/2019
Closing Date: 07/07/2019
Branch Chair – RSPCA Croydon, Crystal Palace & District Branch
Location: Croydon
Date Posted: 08/04/2019
Closing Date: 08/07/2019
Trustee (Marketing) for Age Concern Bracknell Forest
Location: Bracknell
Date Posted: 03/04/2019
Closing Date: 01/07/2019
Social media and communications trustee RefugeeEd
Location: New Cross, London
Date Posted: 01/04/2019
Closing Date: 01/07/2019
Location: Brent, London
Date Posted: 29/03/2019
Closing Date: 27/06/2019
Treasurer for The Matthew Tree Project
Location: Bristol
Date Posted: 27/03/2019
Closing Date: 25/06/2019
Trustee and Treasurer for Belong (charity reducing the harm caused by crime)
Location: Home based
Date Posted: 15/03/2019
Closing Date: 13/06/2019
Chair of Strategic Development Board Southwark Children’s Centres
Location: London
Date Posted: 13/03/2019
Closing Date: 11/06/2019
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.