What will you do?
After completing an introduction to Citizens Advice and training for your role, you will lead the Research and Campaigns (R&C) team to identify common, or unfair, problems that clients come for help about.
You will help volunteers and staff to understand the cause of the problem, how it affects clients, and what change would solve the problem.
You will have the opportunity to organise campaigns and attend events with the aim of raising awareness of the problems, whilst promoting our service. This might involve creating materials, such as newsletters, or presentations, or writing something for social media or newspaper, which could be used to explain the problems to others.
What’s in it for you?
- Make a real difference to people’s lives
- Learn about a range of areas such as benefits, debt and housing, and how problems in these areas can affect clients
- Build on valuable skills such as communication, research, campaigns, how to engage with a range of audiences and working with clients
- Increase your employability
- have a positive impact on someone else’s experience of volunteering with the local Citizens Advice
- Meet people and build relationships with new volunteers
- Have a positive impact in your community and on broader society
If you are interested in joining our volunteer team, please email Jess and Sherrin via: recruitment@citizensadvicemidlincs.org.uk
for more information.
