Organisation Name:
York Rescue Boat
Organisation's Cause(s):
Emergency / Disaster Response
Local Community
Location of voluntary activity:
York and surrounding areas (fundraising events, stalls, collections)
When are volunteers needed: Ongoing, with flexibility for event scheduling (e.g., weekends, evenings)
Type of Voluntary Activity:
Event Planning Support
Fundraising
Role description:
At York Rescue Boat, we are extremely proud and committed in supporting the community around river safety and aiding the public in water incidents including when requested by the emergency services to attend rescues and searches. York Rescue Boat is run purely from volunteers and all our funds come from fundraising, donations and grants.
Everyday general fundraising events are our bread and butter and a vital part of the team. As team lead, we would like you and your team to seek out opportunities where we can fundraise through fundraising stalls and collections. With your team we need to ensure we are maximising our efforts to attend as many fundraising events as possible and that we are ensuring we are going to the most profitable or best for public relations events. This is one of the most public facing teams and therefore it is vital we remember that we are representing York Rescue Boat and its reputation.
Responsibilities and duties
● To work as a team as a supportive and motivating lead, ensuring you complete your tasks and help your team to complete their tasks promptly and to a high standard, ensuring a fair, supportive and inclusive environment for all.
● Report back to the Overall fundraising lead at least every other month at the Fundraising leads meeting and speak to the fundraising manager before making monetary or significant decisions within your team and the fundraising team as a whole.
● Ensuring the events you and your team are organising have all the vital paperwork and preparation completed before the event, checking there is enough volunteers. This will also include finding events and booking them, getting permission for payment for the stall etc if needed.
● To comply with the Charity Commission Charity fundraising - GOV.UK, Institute of Fundraisers https://ciof.org.uk/, The Fundraisers Code of Practice Code Fundraising Practice October 2019.PDF and York Rescue Boat policies and procedures.
● To work alongside the Corporate social media volunteer/s to make up suitable packages to ensure we have enticing offers for corporate sponsorship.
● Attend fundraising meetings, including General fundraising meetings, fundraising leads meeting, event organising meetings (as arranged by yourself) and the York Rescue boat AGM when required.
Skills and behaviours needed for the role:
Excellent people skills and teamwork.
Friendly, organised, and methodical.
Negotiation and influencing abilities.
Enthusiastic, reliable, and passionate about the mission.
Will there be a DBS check? No
Driving Licence required? No
Volunteer's own vehicle required? No
Suitable for:
Ongoing Volunteering
What will the volunteer gain/benefit from:
Leadership and event management experience.
Training in fundraising and compliance (e.g., Charity Commission guidelines).
Opportunity to support a vital community cause.
How to get involved:
To apply for this role, please visit our website:
https://www.yorkrescueboat.org.uk/
and navigate to the "Recruitment" tab.
Alternatively, you can email us at:
Fundraising@yorkrescueboat.com
for more information or to express your interest.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Web link: Click here
Closing date: 31-12-2025