Fundraising Volunteer
Current opportunities
We are currently looking for volunteers to help at the following events:
Easter Egg Raffle ticket selling
The Knowle & Dorridge Lions are once again raising funds for us with their Easter Egg Raffle, and we have agreed to help sell the tickets at The Black Boy pub in Knowle.
The available shifts are:
Evenings (approx 18:30 – 20:00):
Wednesday 13 March, Thursday 14 March, Friday 15 March, Wednesday 20 March, Thursday 21 March, Friday 22 March, Wednesday 27 March, Thursday 28 March (draw night)
Lunchtimes (approx 12:00 – 14:00):
Saturday 16 March, Sunday 17 March, Saturday 23 March, Sunday 24 March
Knowle Fun Run marshals
We have offered to provide volunteers to help marshal the Knowle Fun Run on Sunday 19 May. Timings tbc but we think it will be approx 10.45am to 1.45pm. Marshals will stand at different points along the route (which starts and finishes at Arden Academy), directing runners and cheering them on. We will receive a donation from the funds raised from the event - thanks to Knowle & Dorridge Lions!
Please email events@ageuksolihull.org.uk or leave a message on 0121 704 7842 if you can help with any of the above. Alternatively, complete our online expression of interest form and we will be in touch.
Like most charities, we need to raise much needed funds to help pay for our services. As well as receiving funding from sources such as the local authority, trusts and foundations and gifts in Wills, our fundraising team organise community events and activities throughout the year, with the aim of not only raising money, but also to engage with the local community and raise the profile of the charity.
Volunteering for fundraising doesn’t mean raising money yourself (although if you want to that’s fine!), but helping out at events and with campaigns.
It is ideal if you don’t want to commit to a regular slot each week or have a full-time job, which means you can only help now and again.
Opportunities include:
- Joining our Fundraising Committee to help us to organise fundraising events and activities
- Helping at one-off events – e.g. meeting and greeting guests, selling raffle tickets, making teas/coffees, helping out on a stall
- ‘Stuffing’ envelopes – for example, our twice-yearly newsletter
- Finding homes for collecting cans (visiting shops, pubs, clubs etc. to ask if they will take a can and collect when it’s full)
- Office work – from time to time we have projects that we need help with such as internet research, data inputting or managing spreadsheets.