See below for:

1 - Paid vacancies
2 - Trusteeships
3 - Other volunteering

1 - Paid Vacancies

LawWorks has no vacancies at present.

The Citizenship Foundation has a vacancy for Director of Programmes and Education. The closing date is 20th September. For more information - click here. 

Shelter has a regular list of vacancies on their website. Shelter's website.

Toynbee Hall is based near Spitalfields Market, on Commercial Street in East London.  Whenever they have vacancies they are posted here.

The Immigration Advisory Service has a list of current paid vacancies here.

2 - Trusteeships

Development in Action (DiA) is a development education organisation and registered UK charity, run by young people for young people.  It exists to promote global citizenship by improving understanding and encouraging engagement in development issues amongst young people in the UK. They achieve this through their UK and India Volunteering Programmes, their quarterly DiA magazine, bi-monthly e-bulletin newsletter and online resource library. They are looking for a trustee with legal expertise to join their board.

Contacts at the charity are Jen Hawkins or Joni Hillman who can be contacted at trustees@developmentinaction.org. Website details are: www.developmentinaction.org

The Kingswood Foundation is a dynamic, growing youth arts charity.  They create unique arts experiences for some of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged young people in Bristol and the West of England and do this through partnering with the BBC, Aardman and many other top arts organisations in the City. 

They are looking for a legal professional to join the board of trustees and add their expertise on a range of issues including the management and tenancies of their 29 acre estate.  If you are interested or would like more information please contact Chief Executive Officer, Sandy Hore-Ruthven on 0117 947 7948 or shoreruthven@kfl.org.uk, website: www.kingswood-foundation.org.uk.  

The Shepherds Bush Families Project and Children's Centre is now in its 21st year and continues to support families who are homeless and living under acute housing stress.  In addition the Project has recently designed a Children's Centre.  The Project has extended its work into new areas and has recently created and established a number of new posts to develop this much needed and important work providing support to families and children in the Shepherds Bush area.

At this exciting time the Management Committee is seeking to recruit new members with commitment and a variety of skills to become involved and to support the development of its work both in the medium and long term.

This is a rewarding and important project to become involved with.  If this is something of interest to you and you would like further information please contact the Project on 020 8749 2371 or email info@sbfp.org. If you wish to discuss the work of the Management Committee in more depth please telephone Chairperson Jose on 0208 741 6400.

Crossroads Care is one of Gloucestershire’s leading providers of support for carers with over 25 years of experience and consistently high service quality ratings. There are three schemes in Gloucestershire offering a range of services including respite care; personal care; palliative care; assistance with transport; shopping service; day care; social events and outings; waking night service; complementary therapies; managing finances and support to maintain independence

. Some of their services are offered free of charge and they also welcome anyone who is in receipt of direct payments or individual budgets.

As a national association of local charities, Crossroads cares for people not profit.

If you would like further information on becoming a trustee please contact Scheme Manager Claire Kear on 01453 755999 or email claire@sgxroads.co.uk

For other trustee vacancies, visit the Charity Trustee Network - www.trusteenet.org.uk.

3 - Volunteering

If you are a lawyer looking to volunteer with LawWorks, click here.  If you are a law student, please click here.

The International Law Book Facility (ILBF) is a legal charity which distributes second-hand law books to public access, justice and educational organisations in the developing world.  To date ILBF has worked in seventeen different countries, ranging from Rwanda to Trinidad and Tobago, delivering thousands of books to recipients including universities, legal aid centres, prisons and public libraries.  The ILBF would strongly welcome any volunteers who may be able to donate their time, whether simply for a day or on a more regular basis.  Volunteers will be based in Canary Wharf and will help with book sorting, packing and sending shipments. 

If you are interested in finding out more please email info@ILBF.org.uk.  Their website address is www.ilbf.org.uk.

UnLtd, the foundation for social entrepreneurs, is a national charity with a mission to reach out and unleash the energies of people who can transform the world in which they live. Through its seven regional offices UnLtd has worked with over 7,500 individuals across the UK to help them make a positive impact on their communities and the wider world – the largest group of social entrepreneurs anywhere in the world (www.unltd.org.uk)

They are currently looking for professionals to join their mentoring scheme for social entrepreneurs. Mentors are senior professionals who volunteer their time and expertise on an ongoing basis. In UnLtd’s case they have an in-depth understanding of the types of business related issues that social entrepreneurs may face, including governance and legal structures, processes and organisational structure.

A mentor ( ‘critical friend’), offers advice and constructive feedback in a general sense. A mentor listens to questions and offers a mix of encouragement and pragmatic advice, recommends developmental activities, suggests resources and communicates experiences and challenges.

If you would be interested in learning more about becoming a mentor to an UnLtd backed social entrepreneur, please contact Nynke Brett - nynkebrett@unltd.org.uk or tel: 0207 566 1107.