Volunteer Forum Member

Volunteer Forum Member (Engagement Group)

Time commitment: 4 meetings per year plus reading time and general engagement in VA activity
Travel: Occasional travel

Are you looking for an opportunity to use your creativity, energy and excellent (communication or leadership) 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?

Although we are not currently recruiting for this role, please keep checking this page as we regular update our volunteer opportunities.

About the role

At Versus Arthritis, we are committed to making sure that people with lived experience are involved at all stages in the work we do. As a member of our volunteer force based in either England, Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales you give a nation perspective on the work delivered by Versus Arthritis.

Ensuring that the voice of volunteers and people impacted by arthritis is heard
Actively contributing to shaping meeting agendas, discussions and act as a critical friend to Versus Arthritis
To be actively engaging with local networks of volunteers to ensure their opinions are heard.

Download the role profile for a Volunteer Forum Member (PDF 137KB).

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:

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. 