Volunteer Community Workshop Facilitator; Teesside

Volunteer Community Workshop Facilitator (Teesside)

Community Education delivers free educational workshops to groups of young people and adults across the UK to help increase community resilience.

• Volunteer on a regular basis, contributing a minimum of 8 hours per month.
• Flexible availability; workshops are 60-90 minutes plus travel time Monday‑Friday, usually between 9 am and 5 pm, with occasional evenings or weekends.
• Commit to volunteer for at least 12 months.
• Willing to undertake all required training for the role.
• Have own IT equipment and access to own transport with a full driving licence held for at least 2 years.
• Independent travel to workshop venues in your community.
• Comfortable delivering workshops after successful training and support.

• Facilitate face‑to‑face or online workshops to groups of young people or adults on a range of humanitarian topics to strengthen your community.
• Help promote our work within your community so more people may benefit from our education offer.

• Passionate about exploring humanitarian issues and values.
• Believe in equality, diversity, and inclusion.
• Responsible, organised, reliable, and able to work with minimum supervision.
• Reasonable level of IT literacy, and access to suitable IT equipment and internet connection (you may choose either face‑to‑face or digital workshops).

• Opportunity to share your skills and knowledge to help people in your community.
• Opportunity to develop existing skills while gaining new skills and experience.
• Training provided with ongoing personal development.
• Reimbursement of reasonable out‑of‑pocket expenses.
• Being part of the world’s largest humanitarian organisation and making a difference to people’s lives.

We take an individual approach to ensuring your safety. We may ask you to complete a simple risk assessment and will also have a conversation with you to discuss and identify any adjustments you may need.

Diversity is something we celebrate. We want you to bring your authentic self to the Red Cross and feel that you belong. We want to create an inclusive environment, and promote the power of kindness.

We welcome refugees, asylum seekers, and others currently in the UK to volunteer with us.

We want volunteering to be accessible to everyone.

Due to the nature of this role, applicants must undergo Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check. Applicants will be asked to provide  in support of the DBS check.

Unfortunately, we cannot accept applications from 15‑17 year olds for this role. Please get in touch and we can support you to find another role in your area.