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.
Chair of the Board of Trustees Riding For the Disabled Association Incorporating Carriage Driving
Location: Warwick
Date Posted: 03/01/2021
Closing Date: 22/01/2021
Treasurer and Trustee – Darjeeling Children’s Trust
Location: Home based
Date Posted: 02/01/2021
Closing Date: 24/01/2021
Trustee – Lead on Marketing & Communications Mayhew
Location: London
Date Posted: 02/01/2021
Closing Date: 16/02/2021
Trustee – The Bridge (YWCA Central Club)
Location: SE London
Date Posted: 01/01/2021
Closing Date: 14/02/2021
Treasurer for the Garden Museum
Location: London
Date Posted: 01/01/2021
Closing Date: 18/01/2021
Chair of Trustees – Medical Justice
Location: Home based
Date Posted: 01/01/2021
Closing Date: 12/02/2021
Location: Leicester
Date Posted: 01/01/2021
Closing Date: 22/01/2021
Trustees for Metheringham Airfield Visitor Centre
Location: Lincoln
Date Posted: 01/01/2021
Closing Date: 31/01/2021
Company Secretary/Trustee National Association of Child Contact Centres
Location: Nottingham
Date Posted: 01/01/2021
Closing Date: 29/01/2021
Practicing Accountant member of the Insolvency Rules Committee
Location: London
Date Posted: 01/01/2021
Closing Date: 15/01/2021
Trustee for Friends of Moorfields Eye Hospital
Location: London
Date Posted: 30/12/2020
Closing Date: 03/02/2021
Specialist Member, Performance review sub-committee – Hestia
Location: London
Date Posted: 30/12/2020
Closing Date: 29/01/2021
Chair of Trustees South London Botanical Institute
Location: South London
Date Posted: 08/12/2020
Closing Date: 11/01/2021
Trustees for the Children’s University Trust
Location: Home based
Date Posted: 06/12/2020
Closing Date: 20/01/2021
Trustee for Cerebral Palsy Sport
Location: Home based
Date Posted: 04/12/2020
Closing Date: 17/01/2021
Location: Home based, London
Date Posted: 03/12/2020
Closing Date: 12/01/2021
Treasurer, Trustee for London Waterkeeper
Location: Peckham, London
Date Posted: 02/12/2020
Closing Date: 08/01/2021
Location: London
Date Posted: 01/12/2020
Closing Date: 25/01/2021
Clinical Trustee Rennie Grove Hospice Care
Location: St Albans Hertfordshire
Date Posted: 01/12/2020
Closing Date: 18/02/2021
Chairperson Snow Sports Foundation
Location: Hemel Hemstead Herts
Date Posted: 01/12/2020
Closing Date: 25/02/2021
Location: Nuneaton
Date Posted: 01/12/2020
Closing Date: 13/01/2021
Treasurer / Trustee for Scotty’s Little Soldiers
Location: Kings Lynn
Date Posted: 01/12/2020
Closing Date: 01/03/2021
Location: Home based
Date Posted: 01/12/2020
Closing Date: 25/01/2021
Location: Home based
Date Posted: 01/12/2020
Closing Date: 11/01/2021
School Governor for Lady Eleanor Holles School
Location: Greater London
Date Posted: 01/12/2020
Closing Date: 08/01/2021
Trustee for The Outrunners Charity
Location: London
Date Posted: 22/11/2020
Closing Date: 08/01/2021
Trustee for JACKPINE – new environmental charity
Location: Home based - Liverpool
Date Posted: 20/11/2020
Closing Date: 05/01/2021
Chair of the Board of Trustees & External Trustees Imperial College Union
Location: South Kensington, London
Date Posted: 18/11/2020
Closing Date: 04/01/2021
Chair to the Board of Trustees The Manor House Centre for Psychotherapy and Counselling
Location: London
Date Posted: 18/11/2020
Closing Date: 04/01/2021
Trustee – Lead on Marketing & Communications for Mayhew
Location: London
Date Posted: 14/11/2020
Closing Date: 16/02/2021
Board Members for Peace Hospice Care
Location: Watford
Date Posted: 11/11/2020
Closing Date: 08/02/2021
Location: Bedford Home Based
Date Posted: 11/11/2020
Closing Date: 09/02/2021
College Governor – Safeguarding Lead The Together Trust
Location: Manchester
Date Posted: 11/11/2020
Closing Date: 09/02/2021
Location: CentraL London
Date Posted: 05/11/2020
Closing Date: 31/01/2021
Chair of the Board – Sophie Hayes Foundation
Location: City of London
Date Posted: 05/11/2020
Closing Date: 01/02/2021
Welfare Committee Member Racing Welfare
Location: Home based
Date Posted: 03/11/2020
Closing Date: 26/01/2021
Chair to the Board of Trustees – The Manor House Centre for Psychotherapy and Counselling
Location: North London
Date Posted: 10/10/2020
Closing Date: 02/01/2021
Board Member for Sydenham Arts
Location: Sydenham
Date Posted: 17/09/2020
Closing Date: 01/10/2020
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.