Youth Contact Volunteer

Time commitment: Two face-to-face and two online meetings a year
Travel: Travel and overnight stays throughout the UK may be involved

Are you passionate about supporting others and looking for a way to get involved in your local community? Do you love working as part of a team, and would like to give something back while enjoying meeting people and making new friends?

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

About the role

You will be supporting the Young People and Families service to develop and provide support and self-management activities for young people living with arthritis.

Supporting events such as activity weekends, training, planning sessions and family days for children and young people aged up to 25 years.
Taking part in and leading workshops to increase children and young people’s knowledge and skills to self-manage.
Developing information and resources about how arthritis affects young people

Download the role profile for a Youth Contact Volunteer (PDF 141KB).

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

How to apply

Please fully 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
An enhanced criminal record check – including Children and Adult Barring Lists or Protection of Vulnerable Groups scheme in Scotland. This requires three identification documents e.g. Passport, driving licence and formal documentation with your address.
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. 