Changemaker Volunteer

Time commitment: Volunteers can choose which campaigning activities they engage with and how much time they contribute - Flexible
Travel: Face to face, online sessions using Microsoft Teams or Zoom, or over the telephone – depending on the activity

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?

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

About the role

At Versus Arthritis, we have a thriving engaged network of people with experience or understanding of arthritis. Working with our dedicated Campaigns Teams, volunteers will raise awareness of arthritis and bring about change through activities to influence decision makers.

Influencing decision makers to make arthritis a higher priority
Advocate for improved services and upholding rights for people with arthritis
Supporting and engaging in Versus Arthritis campaigns
Campaigning activity is flexible and comes in many forms it might include providing talks to small groups, providing a patient perspective in health and social care at events or during consultations or focus groups.

Download the role profile for a Changemaker Volunteer (PDF 137KB)

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:

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. 