Mayoral Volunteers

Role Purpose:

His Worshipful the Mayor of Barking and Dagenham is seeking volunteers to help raise awareness of and money for his nominated charities for the year 2026 – 2027, Adanna Women’s Support Group and Prostate Cancer UK.

• Adanna Women’s Support Group is a community organisation that supports Black, Asian and Multi-Ethnic women across the Borough of Barking and Dagenham and Iford facing issues such as violence, unemployment and isolation.
• Prostate Cancer UK raises awareness of prostate cancer risk, provides expert information and funds research for better treatment.

Volunteers will play a key role in developing a calendar of fundraising events and organising them to maximise income for these important causes.

Key Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively with other volunteers to brainstorm and organise fundraising activities.
• Working with other volunteers, lead on organising Mayoral charity events. This is likely to include volunteering some ad hoc evenings and weekends and could involve:
  • Supporting the smooth running of events
  • Collecting tickets and entrance fees
  • Running raffles and tombolas
  • Setting up an event i.e. decorations
  • Distributing food and refreshments (where required)
• Attend and support annual charity bucket collections at Dagenham & Redbridge Football Club
• Support cash management at fundraising events, ensuring accuracy and accountability

Requirements & Skills

• Strong organisation and communication skills
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team
• Confidence interacting with a diverse range of people
• Local knowledge or community contacts (desirable)
• Willingness to volunteer at events during evenings and weekends

Additional Requirements

• DBS Check required (which the council will organise)
• Complete training on i-Learn, the council’s training platform
• Comfortable handling cash
• Ability to engage appropriately with vulnerable individuals

Benefits of the Role

As a Mayor’s Volunteer, you will:

• Support Barking and Dagenham’s First Citizen in meaningful community work
• Gain valuable customer service and event experience
• Work across a wide range of community events and settings
• Have opportunities to develop teamwork, communication, and event management skills

We will also provide a reference after you have been volunteering with us for 3 months.

The above duties are neither exclusive nor exhaustive and you may be required to carry out such other appropriate duties as may be required.

Please click here to apply.