Organisation Name:
Alcohol Change UK
Organisation's Cause(s):
Addiction
Location of voluntary activity:
York
When are volunteers needed: Flexible as fits with volunteers schedule.
Type of Voluntary Activity:
Advocating
Campaigning / Lobbying / Ambassador
Community Work
Event Support
Role description:
Alcohol harm can affect anyone, from any walk of life. So we want to work with people in communities of all types across the UK to help us create change faster. Your community could be your...
Local area
Workplace
Sports club, team or league
Virtual social network
Community centre
Community built on shared values, religion, joint interests, ethnicity, sexuality, identity, disability, or shared experiences.
The role of a Community Champion. You can volunteer your time to help us to reduce alcohol harm. We have come up with a handy list of ways you can choose from to make a real difference to our work:
Community engagement and outreach. Helping to reduce alcohol harm in your area by reaching out to different parts of it - could you talk to your local health and wellbeing team and go along to one of their events? Could you pop down to a nearby community centre, leave some leaflets and have a chat with people?
Fundraising. This could be anything from holding a community tea party to an alcohol-free pub quiz to a Dry January® launch event! We find that fundraising is a good 'way in' - people understand charity fundraising, and a fundraiser could be a good way of then talking about alcohol.
Campaigning. Supporting us by encouraging others to write to their local councillors or MP, or to sign petitions. This could also include setting up your own local campaigning group! Placing materials in your community. Putting up posters and distributing leaflets to community spaces like libraries, GP surgeries, coffee shops, pharmacies, and more.
Spreading the word about alcohol-free products. You can help make sure that people can access alcohol-free alternatives by talking with your local pubs and restaurants or introducing the idea in the workplace for employee/corporate events. You could even publish a review of the alcohol-free offerings available locally for your local newspaper. Read our guide on how to get started.
Promoting our campaigns. Spread awareness of campaigns such as Alcohol Awareness Week, Dry January® and Sober Spring within your community.
Joining focus groups. You can help us by joining a focus group to help us test our Try Dry® app, assist with fundraising campaigns or share lived experience of alcohol harm.
Sharing your story. This could be for one of our blogs, fundraising appeals, for a media request or even at an event with one of our corporate partners.
Skills and behaviours needed for the role:
Volunteering your skills. Perhaps you are a keen video editor, photographer, blog writer, graphic designer, writer, printer (or something else) and can volunteer your skills to support our day-to-day work?
We are always happy to hear any ideas or suggestions that you have too! We know we won't have thought of everything, and you might have a connection or an idea that works really well, so please do let us know about it.
Will there be a DBS check? No
Driving Licence required? No
Volunteer's own vehicle required? No
Suitable for:
Ongoing Volunteering
Skilled Volunteer
What will the volunteer gain/benefit from:
Helping to end alcohol harm in the UK
Enhancing skills
Regular updates, touchpoints and meetings
Training
How to get involved:
To apply to be a Community Champion, please complete the application on our website: https://alcoholchangeuk.goassemble.com/opportunities/71374-community-champion-community-champion-2024-08-21
Web link: Click here
Closing date: 10-02-2027