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If you have a passion to make a difference to our Wish children's lives, we want to hear from you.

When You Wish Upon a Star grants life-changing wishes for children with terminal and life-threatening illnesses. Every wish is a memory that lasts a lifetime for a family facing the unimaginable. The cause is immediate, emotionally powerful and directly translatable into the kind of impact that makes corporate partners proud to be involved.

Volunteer Opportunity
Community Volunteer - Collection Tins

Are you friendly, reliable, and enjoy connecting with local businesses? We are looking for Community Volunteers to help grow and manage our network of collection tins in the local community.

This role would suit someone who enjoys getting out and about, building relationships, and making difference. Collection tins play an important part in raising vital funds that help us grant magical wishes for children living with life-threatening illnesses.

As a Community Volunteer (Collection Tins), you will support us by assisting with:

Building positive relationships with local businesses
Placing collection tins in local shops, cafés, salons, and community venues
Arranging with businesses convenient times to collect and replace full tins
Recording and reporting all communications with businesses and funds collected
Identifying new opportunities to expand our collection tin network
Ensuring tins are secure, well-presented, and branded correctly

If that sounds like the role you have been waiting for, we would love to hear from you.

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Volunteer Opportunity
Community Volunteer - Events & Partnerships

Are you friendly, proactive, and well-connected in your local community? We are looking for Community Volunteers to help identify and grow opportunities for the charity to be involved in local events and fundraising activities.

This role would suit someone who enjoys networking, building relationships, and making a difference. Local events and community partnerships play an important part in raising vital funds and awareness to help us grant magical wishes for children living with life-threatening illnesses.

As a Community Volunteer (Events & Partnerships), you will support us by assisting with:

Identifying opportunities for the charity to attend local events (e.g. fairs, festivals, markets, open gardens)
Building relationships with event organisers and community groups
Encouraging local individuals, schools, or organisations to host fundraising events in support of the charity
Recording and reporting all communications with people and organisations
Acting as a local ambassador for the charity within your community
Sharing opportunities and key information with the fundraising team
Supporting attendance at events and, where appropriate, helping to organise volunteers to represent the charity

If that sounds like the role you have been waiting for, we would love to hear from you.

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Community Volunteer - School/Community Speaker

School and community engagement helps raise awareness and funds and inspires more people, including the next generation, to support our work.

As a Community Volunteer (School/Community Speaker), you will support us by assisting with:

Delivering engaging, pre-prepared presentations in schools and community groups
Sharing the charity’s story and real wish experiences
Encouraging fundraising and awareness activities among pupils
Building positive relationships with school staff
Representing the charity in a professional and inspiring way

If that sounds like the role you have been waiting for, we would love to hear from you.

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Volunteer Opportunity
Legacy Administration Volunteer

Legacy gifts left in wills play a vital role in helping us continue granting magical wishes for children living with life-threatening illnesses.

As our Legacy Administration Volunteer, you will help us manage and support this area.

As our Legacy Administration Volunteer, you will help us manage and support this area by assisting with:

General administration relating to legacy donations and gifts in wills
Liaising professionally with solicitors, executors, and lay executors
Maintaining accurate and confidential records
Supporting correspondence and telephone enquiries
Helping ensure legacy cases are followed through efficiently and sensitively
Assisting the fundraising team with legacy stewardship and donor care

If that sounds like the role you have been waiting for, we would love to hear from you.

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Volunteer Opportunity
Supporter Engagement Volunteer

Our supporters are at the heart of everything we do, and building strong relationships helps us continue granting wishes.

As a Supporter Engagement Volunteer, you will support us by assisting with:

Sending thank-you emails, letters/cards, or making thank-you calls to supporters
Maintaining accurate supporter records on our database
Supporting engagement campaigns and communications
Gathering feedback from supporters where appropriate
Assisting with general supporter care and stewardship

If that sounds like the role you have been waiting for, we would love to hear from you.

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