Our amazing volunteers are an integral part of our organisation. We currently have over 280 volunteers who support us in roles in the delivery of services to LGBTQ+ people over 50. From communication and engagement, getting involved in fundraising activities, helping us run social events for members and providing administration support, we have a whole range of opportunities for you! Volunteer with us now and be a part of something incredible!
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To find out more about how you can support us, email [email protected]
What do our volunteers say?Our volunteers tell us they like to work with us for a vast array of reasons:
To hear more about what it’s like to volunteer with us, check out Ben’s story as a befriending volunteer:
Read about our volunteers here
Below are our current volunteer vacancies:
We are recruiting for office based volunteers to support administration activities for both our operations/administration and befriending teams for our LGBTQ+ charity. We are looking for flexible people, happy to volunteer in a friendly environment, helping our work supporting LGBTQ+ people over 50. Applicants need to have some experience of using Office apps and be willing to be trained to use our bespoke CRM system. Read more
Our Volunteer Ambassadors are all LGBTQ+ people over 50 who use their skills and experience amplify the voices of LGBTQ+ people over 50 in a variety of policy, research and media environments. We work with health and service providers in local and national government, academic institutions and NGOs and local, national and LGBTQ+- specific organisations, discussing the specific needs and experiences of people from our community. If this sounds like you we'd love to hear from you! Read more
Can you interpret BSL and help us support people with hearing impairment? Read more
Our Friday Coffee Social takes place weekly at the London LGBTQ+ Centre at Blackfriars, 1.00-3.00 pm The group is very popular, and we are looking for additional volunteers to support the running of group. This is an informal meetup for our members to chat, meet new friends and catch up with old ones. We are particularly looking for women/AFAB people to help host our all-inclusive women's table on the third Friday each month in addition to the usual space we occupy. Read more
Right now one of the biggest challenges facing small charities like Opening Doors is funding. There is a huge and proven need for the services we provide (and more) but without more funding the people we could support are left to fend for themselves. Therefore we are expanding our Fundraising Team and as part of that strategy we are recruiting Fundraising and Comms volunteers. Read more
We are looking for women/AFAB people to volunteer to help with facilitating a group focused on LGBTQ+ people from PoC/BAME communities over the age of 50 and our interests and issues. Our PoC/BAME engagement is both online and face to face, and we would like volunteers to support this. We’re looking for volunteers to share and support co-facilitation duties. Read more