Volunteering with SuperTroop is an immensely rewarding experience. We have roles for all kinds of volunteers, including people who want to work entirely from home. We’re always looking for dedicated and skilled people who care about making a real difference.
recruiting now: trustees
Right now we are recruiting new members to our Board of Trustees. Trustees serve a fixed term of 4 years with the option to renew once. Since we’ve been operational for eight years now, a few of our original trustees are coming to the end of their term of service and we’re looking to renew our board. Don’t worry though, there’s been some turnover and expansion since we were founded, so there are plenty of trustees sticking around too!
Trustees govern the charity, having ultimate responsibility for our operations and finances. They oversee the holiday and officer volunteer teams, receiving regular reports and scrutinising plans. They determine the strategic direction of the charity and ensure we are on top of relevant changes in law and good practice. Trustees meet, online or hybrid, four times per year normally for 2 hours on a weekday evening. They also attend the Annual General Meeting every autumn (this is also hybrid) and a whole-charity lunch for volunteers every spring.
The Board of Trustees is highly effective and well supported by the Charity Secretary and COO. Members have expertise in child protection, research, law, education, finance, brand & marketing, and corporate strategy. At this time, we are especially keen to hear from candidate Trustees knowledgeable about:
fundraising strategy including corporate sponsorship
charity governance
research, especially relating to learning disability and / or service provision
learning disability and social care
In addition, our Board of Trustees is currently much less ethnically diverse, and older on average, than our holiday volunteers and holiday-makers. Therefore we’re keen to encourage submissions from people aged under 40 years old, and from UK minority ethnicities.
If you want to propose yourself as a Trustee, or just find out more, please email secretary@supertroop.org and let us know
your name, email, home address and phone number
why you want to become a SuperTroop trustee
what knowledge, skills and experience you would bring to SuperTroop
any questions you have about the role
If you don’t want to apply right away, you can become a member of the charity. Members will hear first when spaces on our Board become available.
To find out more information please email secretary@supertroop.org
Trustees
OFFICERS
We have recently recruited a group of new officers, to double the size of our team. Officers help manage our finances, fundraising and social media and without them the charity would not survive.
While we’re not recruiting for Officers right now, following us on Instagram or LinkedIn is a great way to hear about new opportunities first!
Volunteer roles on the holiday
Volunteering on the holiday is a challenging, exhausting but ultimately incredibly fun and fulfilling experience. We can guarantee you will make friends for life, while giving an extraordinary opportunity to a group of young people who have few chances to try new things or gain some independence. The holiday will give you valuable skills (teamwork, leadership, communication) and specific training (Makaton signing, first aid, crisis response) as well as getting you PVG registered.
This video from the Oundle Mencap Holiday which inspired the SuperTroop founders gives a clue about what volunteers can expect.
HELPERS
We are not currently recruiting one-to-one helpers.
GROUP LEADERS
Group leaders run a small team of four or five one-to-one volunteers. It’s a perfect role for a student. We’re not currently looking to recruit new group leaders, but you can register your interest by emailing info@supertroop.org.
Senior helpers
Senior Helpers provide expert back up and organisational support to the holiday as a whole. Many have relevant professional expertise or previous experience, but that’s not essential for every team member. They co-ordinate and lead activities, provide guidance, and step in when a problem arises. We are not currently recruiting senior helpers, but you can register your interest by emailing info@supertroop.org
Doing the holiday itself isn't possible for everyone though - below you can find out other ways to lend a hand, or you can make a donation.
fundraise for us
As well as volunteers on the holiday week, our organisation relies on volunteer power year-round to raise our funds. Every year we hold SuperTroop September - a chance for volunteers to raise funds for us via sponsored activities, with plenty of support from our team. If you want to run a marathon, do a sponsored silence or host a bake sale, get in touch!
Donate an activity
During the holidays we need lots of fun stuff to enjoy. If you can donate by playing a gig for us, running a football workshop or creating an on-site nail spa, get in touch! You can also donate via our Amazon wishlist, which we update each spring and has loads of creative and exciting ways to fund activities.
sponsor a holiday-maker
Our holiday is only affordable thanks to the massive donation of time made by our volunteers, and the in-kind support (worth £1000s) from our host, Fettes College. Still, we do have to pay for buses, admissions tickets, toys, games, personal care items and so on. If you can cover some of this cost for a deserving holiday-maker please donate now!