Welcome to our Opportunities Board
You can get involved in your local area with our one-off events, and you’ll find details of our regular roles at the bottom of this page.
You can also keep updated by joining our Volunteers Facebook group. If you’d like to get involved with any of the opportunities email us at volunteering@meningitisnow.org.
Current opportunities
Awareness raising opportunities
Can you run an awareness stand at New City College?
Would you be willing to run a 30 minute awareness stand at any of the New City College campuses below?
It would be a huge help for us to have a representative go along to talk to students and hand out our materials. If you are interested in helping at any of the following locations, please let us know and we can liaise with the college to arrange a suitable date and time.
Attlee A Level Academy
Arbour Square
London, E1 0PT
Ardleigh Green Campus
Ardleigh Green Road,
Hornchurch,
RM11 2LL
Havering Sixth Form Campus
Wingletye Lane,
Hornchurch,
RM11 3TB
Rainham Construction and Engineering
New Road,
Rainham,
RM13 8GP
Tower Hamlets Campus
Poplar High Street
London
E14 0AF
Can you run an awareness stand at a university Freshers Fair?
Would you be willing to run a an awareness stand at a Freshers Fair at any of these universities? New student awareness materials will be provided.
University of Sunderland – 18 September
South Devon college – 24-25 September
Barton Peveril Sixth Form College – 12 October
New City College – Epping campus – 12 September
SGS Stroud College – 25 September
Northampton College – 17/18/19 September
Farnborough College – 18 September
Barnstaple and Tiverton 11/12 September
University of Sunderland – 23 September
Leeds Stands
Leeds Conservatoire – Rooftop Bar – 18 September
Halls of residence Carnegie Village – 7 October
Carnegie Village Headingly campus – 9 October
Arena Village – 11 October
University of Leeds – 22 October
University of Law – City campus – 23 October
Leeds Beckett – City campus – 28 October
Leeds Trinity University – 29 October
Leeds Beckett Headingly campus – 31 October
Leeds art university – 7 November
Leeds Conservatoire – 19 November
Leeds Beckett – Other campus 4 November
Scotland stands
University of Strathclyde – 16 September
University of Strathclyde – 20 September
City of Glasgow – 22 October
City of Glasgow – 23 October
Can you help run an awareness stand at any of the following locations?
Northampton College
Daventry - 17th September 11.30am-1.30pm
Lower Mounts - 18th September 11.30am-1.30pm
Booth Lane -19th September 11am-1.30pm
HISA Perth
Perth College UHI, Crieff Road, Perth, PH1 2NX
Tuesday 27th August and Thursday 29th August
South Devon College
Vantage Point, Long Road, Paignton, TQ4 7EJ
24th - 25th September
Barton Peveril Sixth Form College
Chestnut Avenue, Eastleigh, Hampshire. SO50 5ZA
Thursday 10th October from 10am-1pm
South Gloucestershire and Stroud College
Stroud Campus, Stroud, GL5 4AH
Wednesday 25th September 9am-4pm
Can you run an awareness stand in your local community?
Summer is fast approaching and it’s a great time to mingle with members of your community to help raise awareness. Can you research local events such as plant sales, car boot sales, school fetes and sports days and see if you can set up an awareness stand? All you need to do is arrange a table and we can provide all the materials for you to set up on the day.
If you're interested in setting up an awareness stand and would like more information, please get in touch with the volunteering team.
Can you give an awareness talk?
Talks are one of the most powerful ways you can reach a large group of people with meningitis awareness. We have an off-the-peg meningitis short awareness PowerPoint talk and we will give you lots of friendly support so you feel confident and well prepared.
- Sixth forms and universities - You could contact your local sixth forms, colleges and universities to ask if you could give a short talk to the students.
- In your local community – Do you belong to any community groups such as Rotary groups or Women's Institutes where you can arrange to give our 20-minute PowerPoint presentation?
Will you host a collection tin?
We recently picked up a collection tin from a local builder's merchant which had £90 in. These collection tins all add up and are the easiest way to fundraise. Please will you order two collection tins to put in local businesses? The money fundraised will help fund our support and research.
Contact us
If you’ve seen a volunteer role you like, we’d love to hear from you.
Please email our Volunteering team to place your order or find out more information.
On behalf of everyone who relies on our work, thank you for getting involved.