Community Network Organiser

Community Network Organiser

Please scroll down to access the Welsh language version of this opportunity.

Time commitment: 6-8 hours per month
Travel: A community-based venue or online

Are you looking for an opportunity to use your creativity, energy and excellent skills to really make an impact? Would you like to find a rewarding and fulfilling way for others to benefit from your knowledge and experience?

We are currently recruiting Community Network Organisers in the location(s) listed below. We would love you to volunteer with us!

About the role 

Across the UK, our community networks play a vital part in supporting people with arthritis, chronic pain and arthritis, chronic pain, and musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions. Our community networks are open to all and provide a sense of belonging, unity, and friendship and deliver services and support in their local community.  

  • Being the lead contact for information, resources and support 
  • Organising a programme of activities and use our online services database to register people and record participant attendance 
  • Managing the network budget, keeping track of spending and booking venues, refreshments, activities and speakers 
  • Promoting your network and the work of Versus Arthritis to encourage a greater diversity of participants.

Download the role profile for a Community Network Organiser (PDF 139KB).

If you have any questions about this role before applying, please contact volunteering@versusarthritis.org. 

How to apply 

Please complete and submit the Volunteering Application Form online, please include the relevant code for the location of the role you are interested in:

  • Community Network Organiser (136) - Glasbury
  • Community Network Organiser (137) - Haverford West
  • Community Network Organiser (138) - Llandrindod Wells
  • Community Network Organiser (128) - Online Welsh Language (to apply for this role you must be fluent in the Welsh Language)

When we have received your application we will be in touch, our safer recruitment process will include:

  • An informal chat to discuss the role, get to know you and understand your motivations for volunteering 
  • Two references 
  • Photo identification. 

About us 

We have made a commitment in our Diversity and Inclusion Strategy to increase the diversity of our charity and we welcome candidates from a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences.  We want our employees, volunteers and trustees to represent the broad diversity of the communities of which we are a part.   

There are over 10 million people living with arthritis. That’s one in six, with over half of those living in pain every single day. The impact is huge as the condition slowly intrudes on everyday life – affecting the ability to work, care for a family, to move free from pain and to live independently. Yet arthritis is often dismissed as an inevitable part of ageing or shrugged off as ‘just a bit of arthritis’. We don’t think that this is okay. Versus Arthritis is here to change that.  

Versus Arthritis is committed to keeping children, young people and vulnerable adults safe from harm. During the recruitment process we will undertake safer recruitment practices and relevant checks to ensure applicants are suitable to work with children, young people and vulnerable adults. 

Read more about volunteering for us.

Trefnydd Rhwydwaith Cymunedol

Ymrwymiad Amser: 6 i 8 awr y mis
Teithio: Lleoliad yn y gymuned neu ar-lein

Ydych chi’n chwilio am gyfle i ddefnyddio eich creadigrwydd, eich egni a’ch sgiliau arddechog i gael effaith go iawn? Hoffech chi ddod o hyd i ffordd fuddiol a boddhaus y gall pobl eraill elwa o’ch gwybodaeth a’ch profiad?

Ar hyn o bryd, rydym yn recriwtio ar gyfer Gwirfoddolwyr Hyb Gwybodaeth yng Nghymru. Byddem wrth ein boddau yn eich cael chi’n gwirfoddoli gyda ni! 

Gwybodaeth am y rôl

Ar draws y DU, mae ein rhwydweithiau cymunedol yn chwarae rhan hanfodol o ran cefnogi pobl ag arthritis, poen cronig a chyflyrau cyhyrysgerbydol (MSK). Mae ein rhwydweithiau cymunedol ar agor i bawb ac maent yn rhoi ymdeimlad o berthyn, undod a chyfeillgarwch ac maent yn cyflenwi gwasanaethau a chymorth yn eu cymuned leol.  

  • Bod y prif gyswllt ar gyfer gwybodaeth, adnoddau a chymorth 
  • Trefnu rhaglen o weithgareddau a defnyddio ein cronfa ddata gwasanaethau ar-lein i gofrestru pobl ac i gofnodi presenoldeb cyfranogwyr
  • Rheoli cyllideb y rhwydwaith, cadw llygad ar wario ac archebu lleoliadau, lluniaeth, gweithgareddau a siaradwyr 
  • Hyrwyddo eich rhwydwaith a gwaith Versus Arthritis i annog amrywiaeth fwy o gyfranogwyr.

Lawrlwythwch broffil y rôl ar gyfer Trefnydd Rhwydaith Cymunedol (PDF 139KB).

Os oes gennych chi gwestiynau ynghylch y rôl hon cyn cyflwyno cais, e-bostiwch volunteering@versusarthritis.org 

Sut i gyflwyno cais

Llenwch a dychwelyd y Ffurflen Gais Gwirfoddoli ar-lein, gan gynnwys y cod perthnasol ar gyfer lleoliad y rôl sydd o ddiddordeb i chi:

Pan fyddwn ni wedi derbyn eich cais, byddwn ni’n cysylltu â chi a bydd ein proses recriwtio fwy diogel yn cynnwys:

  • Sgwrs anffurfiol i drafod y rôl, dod i’ch adnabod chi a deall eich cymhelliant am wirfoddoli 
  • Dau eirda 
  • Ffotograff adnabod 

Gwybodaeth amdanom ni

Rydyn ni wedi ymrwymo i’n Strategaeth Amrywiaeth a Chynhwysiant i gynyddu amrywiaeth ein helusen ac rydym yn croesawu ymgeiswyr o amrywiaeth eang o gefndiroedd a phrofiadau. Rydym yn dymuno i’n cyflogwyr, ein gwirfoddolwyr a’n hymddiriedolwyr gynrychioli amrywiaeth eang y cymunedau rydyn ni’n rhan ohonynt.   

Mae dros 10 miliwn o bobl yn byw gydag arthritis. Dyna un o bob chwech ac mae dros hanner ohonynt yn byw mewn poen bob dydd. Mae’r effaith yn enfawr wrth i’r cyflwr ymwthio’n araf i fywyd o ddydd i ddydd – gan effeithio ar y gallu i weithio, i ofalu am deulu, i symud yn rhydd o boen ac i fyw yn annibynnol. Er hyn, yn aml caiff arthritis ei ddiystyru fel rhan anochel o heneiddio neu ei anwybyddu fel ‘dim ond tipyn bach o arthritis’. Nid ydym yn meddwl bod hyn yn iawn. Mae Versus Arthritis yma i newid hynny.  

Mae Versus Arthritis wedi ymrwymo i gadw plant, pobl ifanc ac oedolion sy’n agored i niwed yn ddiogel rhag niwed. Yn ystod y broses recriwtio, byddwn yn cynnal ymarferion recriwtio mwy diogel a gwiriadau perthnasol i sicrhau bod ymgeiswyr yn addas i weithio gyda phlant, pobl ifanc ac oedolion sy’n agored i niwed. 

Darllenwch fwy am wirfoddoli i ni.