Fundraising and Events Volunteer

Help us put the “fun” in fundraising by helping us at events. As a Fundraising and Events Volunteer you are the public face of The Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity (RNRMC) and could get involved in all kinds of activities including selling merchandise, organising children’s activities, chatting to the public about the work of the charity, marshalling, bucket collections, putting up gazebos. You could even dress as one of our charity mascots!

We only have a small fundraising team and aim to attend as many events as we can, and we simply couldn’t do this without volunteer support. Events may include fetes and shows, families’ days on ships and at bases, Royal Marines Band events, Armed Forces Days, RNRMC Field Gun Competition and Bournemouth Air Festival. We also organize our own events such as an annual dinner, which can be on board a ship or at an exclusive venue such as Greenwich Naval College. Some events are at weekends, while others are during the week. We are also keen to form a local hub who will organise smaller fundraising events for us such as supermarket collections or quiz nights. Whatever your availability, we’d love to hear from you.

What’s in it for you?

· Enjoy a fun, varied volunteer role

· Make friendships with other volunteers

· Attend a wide variety of naval and civilian events

· Opportunities to visit ships and sometimes even go to sea

· Be part of a growing Naval charity

· Receive regular newsletters and updates

· Utilise existing skills and experience for a worthy cause

· Gain new skills and receive training as required

Why we want you?

· We are a small team and need help to ensure RNRMC presence at events

· We need you to help raise awareness of the charity.

· We need to raise more voluntary income in order to fully support our sailors, marines, and their families, for life.

About the organisation

The Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity is the principal charity of the Royal Navy. We exist to support sailors, marines and their families, for life. We fund projects and facilities that boost morale for those who serve as well as give grants to military charities who care for our beneficiaries.

Process:

You will need an account to register your interest for this role. Once you have registered your interest you will receive an automatic email with next steps. If you have not received this in a couple of hours, please do get in touch as it may not have registered (volunteering@hiveportsmouth.org.uk). 

You will need to respond to the "Criteria Check" email to progress with this role. 

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Skills

Location:

Portsmouth and surrounding areas.

We hope our volunteer will be able to donate their time:

On an ad-hoc basis as required (usually more opportunities during summer)

Ideally you will:

· Have empathy with, and support for the values, aims and objectives of the RNRMC, RNA and the armed forces

· Be honest, trustworthy, and reliable

· Be a good team player with a sense of humour

· Have an enthusiastic and flexible approach

· Have good communications skills, confident with speaking to the public

· Be numerate, with cash-handling experience

· Have experience of fundraising or events

· Be willing to engage in, and undertake any volunteer any training required

· Have a driving licence and use of a car

· Hold a MOD security pass or be willing to undertake DBS checking (MOD pass not required for those attending community/civilian events)

· Help us grow our pool of volunteers

· Be able to keep smiling, whatever the weather