Volunteer Vacancies

Volunteer with us

To apply please email us on Volunteer@giveyourbest.uk with the position you're applying to on the subject line.

We encourage applications by people from refugee backgrounds.

Become one of our Besties!

We need people from all corners of the UK to join our team of Besties! As a Bestie volunteer, you’ll receive donations of clothing from our donors who aren’t able to process these themselves. You’ll then upload these to our online store so they can be shopped directly by those in need. Once the items have been shopped, you’ll be sending those out.This is a very flexible role, where the extent of the support you give is completely within your control - we’ll contact you when we have items in your area, and you’ll let us know if you’re able to help out. Ideal for those with busy lifestyles but still wanting to support Give Your Best.


You would:
- take photos of the items
- upload them to our webshop
- ship them out when our lovely shoppers claim the items (all expenses reimbursed).



If you're interested, please sign up below and we'll reach out to you via email with further information on how to get started!


Minimum commitment: varying depending on your availability and whether there are items to be donated in your area.

Tools used: internet, email, Google docs

Location: The whole team is remote and based all over the UK

Equipment needed: Computer, smartphone and internet connection needed, plus space in your house to store clothes.

Sign up here

Social Media Content Creator x 3

We are looking for 3 volunteers with experience producing engaging content and also engaging with content on socials.

- Content Creator

- Video content creator

- Community engagement

We are looking to grow our social media presence with creative posts on topics on the work of Give Your Best, sustainable fashion, women's rights, refugee rights, videos,  etc. We're also looking for someone who will engage with accounts to grow our following.

You will be required to liaise with the rest of the socials team and coordinators to plan content.

Minimum commitment: 3 hours per week (flexible) including a team meeting per month

Requirement: Experience in Canva, and video editing

Tools used: Canva & Slack (for team communication)

Location: The whole team is remote and based all over the UK

Equipment needed: Computer and internet connection needed


Apply here

Finance volunteer (budgets & forecasting)

We are looking for a volunteer to work with the Business Development team to monitor, report and model our finances. The main areas of focus, non-exhaustively, would be:


  • Produce timely and accurate financial reporting
  • Provide recommendations to achieve financial objectives
  • Build financial models for prospective and existing projects, to support GYB’s growth strategy
  • Monitor and track costs and revenue


Specific to this role: Building a P&L and balance sheet - lots to do and build from scratch


Minimum commitment:  Approx. 3 hours per week (including a weekly one-hour call)

Required skills: Qualified / part qualified finance professional, understanding of accounting principles gained either through ACA, ACCA, CIMA or other similar accounting qualifications, analytical skills, financial modelling experience

Desirable experience: Fashion/retail

Tools used: Slack for team communications

Location: London (majority of volunteering time is remote, but partnership events and the GYB office are in London and we'd expect one meeting a week to take place in person)

Equipment needed: Computer and internet connection

Apply here

Operations Volunteers: remote and

2 x office based (North London)

We're looking for volunteers for our operations team, both remote and office based in our new headquarters space in North London (N19)


Volunteers based on-site (Archway area, Hornsey Road, N19)

- Process items of clothing, photographing and uploading to our platform at HQ

- process orders, packing and taking to post office

- checking our storage occasionally, getting items from there to bring to the office.


As an operations volunteer (remote) your week will involve the following:
- Making use of our online platform to check on donations, orders, etc.
- Checking emails and making sure all queries are addressed
- Receiving parcels and forwarding them to our shoppers (expenses reimbursed)

- liaising with other volunteers when completing tasks for your shift.

- Full training given.


Minimum commitment: 3-4 hours per week, 

 availability during the day for office-based volunteers

Specific to this role: Rota organisation with the rest of the team to fill in the slots for good coverage during the week

Tools used: Slack for cross-team communications, full training provided

Equipment needed: Computer, smartphone and internet connection needed


Apply here

PR Volunteer

We want to get the word out! So we are looking for a PR volunteer who can help us with...
- Maximising awareness of Give Your Best action through digital, broadcast and print media (Podcast, radio, magazines, etc)
- Producing press releases and other media communications to promote Give Your Best
Contacts in magazines, new outlets, podcasts, etc, are a plus.

Minimum commitment: 3 hours per week

Requirement: Experience in the Fashion and Sustainability industry - or in the Charity, Human Rights and Refugee Rights field

Tools used: Slack for team communication

Location: The whole team is remote and based all over the UK

Equipment needed: Computer and internet connection needed

Apply here

LinkedIn content creator

We are looking for a volunteer to develop our presence and help us grow on LinkedIn. We are looking for someone with ...
- experience in social media management.
- the ability and creativity to create an engaging social media strategy for professional platforms such as LinkedIn.

You would:

-Engage with posts and accounts on Linkedin

-Post announcements, comments, news, articles, etc about Give Your Best and topics related to our work and aligned to our ethos

Minimum commitment: 3 hours per week

Requirement: Experience in social media management

Tools used: Slack, Canva, Clickup

Location: The whole team is remote and based all over the UK

Equipment needed: Computer and internet connection needed

Apply here

Partnerships - Fashion

We are looking for a volunteer to help us roll out and manage our commercial offering RePurpose. RePurpose is a partnership programme for clothing brands and retailers to redistribute their unsold stock via our free shop. The main areas of focus, non-exhaustively would be:


·     Research and establish brand partnerships, build a portfolio, help us refine, develop and sell our offering

·      Being the first point of contact, and maintaining strong professional relationships with GYBS RePurpose partners

·      Ensuring that all agreed partnership terms are both delivered and received in good time 

·      Reviewing and renewing existing partnerships 


Minimum commitment:  Approx. 3 hours per week (including a weekly one-hour call)

Required skills: Strong verbal and written communication. Ability to create and maintain professional relationships 

Desirable experience: Either experience in, account management, charity partnerships or customer relationship management, (a plus if you have experience in the fashion industry)

Tools used: Slack for team communications

Location: London (majority of volunteering time is remote, but partnership events and the GYB office are in London and we'd expect one meeting a week to take place in person)

Equipment needed: Computer and internet connection

Apply here

Partnerships - Corporate

We are looking for a volunteer to work with the partnerships team to grow and maintain a portfolio of corporate partnership. These partnerships are not be limited to companies within the fashion sector. The structure of these partnerships include financial support from organisations, and in return GYB provide volunteering opportunities, clothing drives with employees, educational webinars and other custom events. The main areas of focus, non-exhaustively, would be:


·     Research and establish brand partnerships, build a portfolio, help us refine, develop and sell our offering

·      Being the first point of contact, and maintaining strong professional relationships with GYBS corporate partners

·      Ensuring that all agreed partnership terms are both delivered and received in good time 

·      Reviewing and renewing existing partnerships 

Minimum commitment:  Approx. 3 hours per week (including a weekly one-hour call)

Required skills: Strong verbal and written communication. Ability to create and maintain professional relationships 

Desirable experience: Either experience in, account management, charity partnerships or customer relationship management

Tools used: Slack for team communications

Location: London (majority of volunteering time is remote, but partnership events and the GYB office are in London and we'd expect one meeting a week to take place in person)

Equipment needed: Computer and internet connection


Apply here

Business Development & Project Management

We are looking for a volunteer to help us develop, roll out and manage our new commercial proposition RePurpose: a partnership programme for brands to redistribute their unsold stock via our free shop. The main areas of focus, non-exhaustively, would be:


  • Delivering the project on time and to budget with the GYB lead, co-volunteers and partners as needed


  • Planning GYB resourcing on a regular basis to achieve deliverables


  • Contributing to business development activities 


Specific to this role: Brand new roles to launch a very exciting project - lots to do and build from scratch


Minimum commitment: approx 3 hours per week

Required Skills: EProject management qualification and/or equivalent experience including planning, research skills including qualitative and quantitative approaches e.g., Interviews (face to face and telephone/ online), focus groups, workshops, survey design and analysis, excellent communication skills to include both written and verbal communications, proficiency in the Microsoft suite, collaborative approach to deliver outcomes, good stakeholder management

Tools used: Slack for cross team communications

Location: London (majority of volunteering time is remote, but partnership events and the GYB office are in London and we'd expect one meeting a week to take place in person)

Equipment needed: Computer and internet connection needed

Apply here

Fundraising & Grant writing x 2

We are looking for a talented and experienced Individual Giving / Digital fundraising Volunteer to grow our fundraising projects as well as / OR someone with experience in writing grants to help us expand our income portfolio.


This person will help Give Your Best with...

- Growing and supporting the community with delivering a fundraising strategy

- Delivering campaigns across multiple channels, working with our cross functional team

- Working towards engagement and retention within individual supporters


- Identifying and writing grant applications


Minimum commitment: 4 hours per week

Requirement: Experience in individual giving fundraising

Tools used: Slack for cross team communications

Location: The whole team is remote and based all over the UK

Equipment needed: Computer and internet connection needed

Apply here

1 Web Designer

We are looking for 1 or 2 Web Designer volunteers to join our Tech team. The main tasks will include migrating our current website onto a more user friendly one such as Wordpress and helping with the new web-app free shop being developed.
- Updating our blog and other webpages in our website
- Helping migrate our current website and optimising its design and navigation
- Working closely with the Web Developers and rest of the Tech team towards the delivery of our new web shop

Minimum commitment: 3 hours per week

Requirement: Web design, web hosting experience (i.e wordpress)

Tools used: Slack, Canva, Clickup (project management)

Location: The whole team is remote and based all over the UK

Equipment needed: Computer and internet connection needed

Apply here
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