Vacancies

VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE BODY HAPPY ORGANISATION

Do you want to support our work and help us help more children and young people celebrate, respect and accept ALL bodies - especially their own? If you’re passionate about making a difference and want to help us build cultures of body respect for the next generation, then read on for the current roles we’re recruiting volunteers for. (Please note, we’re not currently recruiting for new facilitators to join our delivery team - which is a paid role - but these roles will be advertised when they come available.)

PROGRAMME ASSISTANT VOLUNTEERS - BRIGHTON & PLYMOUTH

We have an opportunity for programme assistants to join our delivery teams in Brighton and Plymouth to help support the schools we are working with to pilot The Body Happy Schools Programme. If you’ve got experience working with children and young people and can donate up to an hour a week to support these programmes please get in touch. Opportunities range from supervising a gardening club, assisting with a creative arts poster making project, to assisting with peer advocacy mentorship and confidence skills sessions. We’re interested in hearing from people who have specific skills that they’d like to share as a special one-off session, and also people who’d like to get involved with volunteering as part of these projects on an ongoing basis.

Please contact molly@bodyhappyorg.com with some more information about yourself, including your background and skills, and why you’d like to volunteer for our organisation in this role.

CREATIVE MARKETING VOLUNTEER - REMOTE

Are you a creative storyteller with a passion for positive change? We’re looking for a volunteer to help with social media content creation, blog writing, and newsletters to amplify our impact and spread awareness around body respect and advocacy. If you love crafting engaging content and want to make a difference, this could be an opportunity to use your skills for good, develop your skills and experience for your CV and help us expand the reach of our message.

Please contact hello@bodyhappyorg.com with some more information about yourself, including your background and skills, and why you’d like to volunteer for our organisation in this role.

CAN’T VOLUNTEER? DONATE!

More than half of children and young people feel bad about their bodies. This is impacting student wellbeing, engagement in learning and educational outcomes. Despite body image being part of statutory education, schools and caregivers often lack the training, support and systemic understanding to meaningfully address the issue.

This is where the Body Happy Schools programme comes in.

The Body Happy Schools Programme builds classroom cultures of body respect, with a pioneering whole school approach that includes staff training, student workshops and assemblies, support for parents and caregivers, educational resources and a peer advocacy programme. It's the first of its kind in the UK and is being developed with support from The Fair Education Alliance and The University of Lincoln.

We need your help to raise £60,000 to expand and develop the programme so we can reach more children and young people, and subsidise access for schools where 50% or more of their pupils are eligible for free school meals.