Volunteer Digital skills volunteer (heritage project)

What will you be doing?

Cycles of Change is a project documenting the lived experiences of people and places in Newham. It also celebrates the role of our charity, Newham New Deal Partnership, in supporting local people and bringing them together. We think history is something that we are all part of. Each of us can contribute to it by sharing our memories, supporting others to do the same, and creating records that will ensure the knowledge in them is passed on. You will be joining Newham New Deal Partnership as it enters the final phase of its heritage programme celebrating 21 years of inspiring local communities in Newham and beyond.  You will work closely with the Heritage Manager and CEO to support this phase by developing digital assets and providing social media support.  The role will include some or all of the following, depending on the time and skills of the vollunteer:

Providing Wordpress support for the Heritage pages of our refreshed website Transitioning our social media account from X to Blue Sky, including developing and implementing a strategy to ensure we gain followers Review and improve our digital communications offer for functionality and appropriateness Publishing on Canva or other docouments key heritage documents Social media promotion to ensure the project and our celebratory events are well publicised Other work in line with your interests and skills

Timeframe The time frame for our final phase is June – August 2025, but within this there may be flexibility. Expenses Volunteer expenses will be paid.

What are we looking for?

We are looking for someone with website management experience who is used to working to a very small professional team, and can work on their own initiative, but enjoys discussion and problem solving. Interest in heritage or history would be advantageous but not necessary. This role will increase the understanding of heritage projects and the particular requirements of the Heritage Fund. Our stakeholders and audience are very diverse, so some understanding of global majority audiences would be helpful, as would understanding of customers such as older people, who are not confident about going online for operational tasks. 

What difference will you make?

Your help and expertise will enable us to reach new audiences and share our story and the understanding of community engagement and volunteer effort in a part of East London.  27 volunteers have been involved in researching and sharing heritage stories, and you will be able to maimise the impact reach of of their work,