Volunteer from home
It’s important to us that volunteers are able to support The Charity in a way that is flexible and suits the amount of time they are able to give, while helping us to move closer to our goal of defeating brain tumours.
Our digital volunteer opportunities can be done from home, in your own time. Find out more about all of our current opportunities below.
We particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups across all protected characteristics: age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, sex, and religion or belief.
Current roles
Online Peer Support Volunteer – PDF
We are looking for volunteers who can manage requests to join our Facebook Support Groups and respond to posts with supportive comments and signposting. This role will continue to facilitate the warm and inclusive nature of the support groups by ensuring members are welcomed to the group and posts across our online support groups are responded to by The Charity, where appropriate.
Volunteer (Qualified) Counsellors – PDF
As a Volunteer Counsellor for this service, you would work with a wide range of clients who either have a brain tumour diagnosis themselves or have a loved one who has been diagnosed. This includes patients/carers who have been newly diagnosed, to those in/post treatment, to people at end of life, or bereaved. Please note, we may close applications early if we receive a high number of applications.
Scottish Steering Committee – Vice Chair (Chair role has now been filled) – PDF
The Scottish Steering Committee is a voluntary group connected to the Brain Tumour Charity who drive policy, campaigning and influencing work in Scotland, with the support of The Charity. It aims to represent the views of key stakeholders in Scotland and be a solution orientated advisory board to help achieve its stated objectives.
If you’d like to apply for any of the roles above, please complete the relevant application form.
Share your skills
Not found a role to match your expertise or interests? If you have skills you’d like to share with us, we’d love to hear about them. Complete our skills survey and we’ll get in touch when new opportunities or projects come up, which we think would be a good fit for your experience. Complete our skills survey here.
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Supporting The Charity gives me immense satisfaction, and is a huge source of pride. Now the priority of working and raising my family is less intense I have something else to give me a real purpose.
Andy, home-based volunteer