The Kiltwalk is a huge fundraising opportunity for Comfort International. We are looking for a volunteer to help us organise Comfort’s involvement. 

This would include:

• Encouraging people to get involved in the Kiltwalk.
• Liasing with Office Team with anything needed for the Kiltwalk and walkers.
• Liasing with those participating – arranging for T-shirts to be sent out; sourcing training and participation media from walkers.
• Oversight of Kiltwalk fundraising pages.

Monitoring and Evaluation is an important part of overseeing the various projects Comfort International and our partners are involved with. A data input volunteer would support this work through inputting the information from various files into our Podio management system.

Office based, with the option of some home based – 2-3 hours per week.

Donor Loop ensures that donors giving specified donations receive relevant feedback about how their donation has been used.

This would involve:

• Diarising donations to be included in Donor Loop.
• Liasing with Callum to gather material needed.
• Create and/ or liase with Comfort’s publicity team to get Donor Loop feedback material created and sent out.

Office based – occasional work 3-4 hours every month.

Comfort International cannot run effectively without ensuring in depth Risk Assessments are created and updated regularly in order to prevent harm, meet legal obligations, and protect our finances.

This role would include:

• Timetabling Risk Assessments requiring updating.
• Carrying out Risk Assessments for the Comfort International shop, office and possibly trips.
• Document and ensure compliance on outstanding issues.

Home based – tends to be periodic, can be busier when reports are coming in or graduations are being sorted out. Tends to be 2 – 10 hours per month.

Sponsorship Projects are a huge part of the work Comfort International supports. The Sponsorship Heads supporting each of these projects are vital members of the Comfort team. This role would include:

• Maintaining register of project members currently sponsored and needing sponsored.
• Maintaining register of sponsors supporting the project.
• Editing reports and profiles to maximise communication between sponsors and the project and to maintain the integrity of Comfort and our partners.

We currently need volunteers in this role for the following projects:

• South Sudan Child Support
• Gatenga Street Kids Rescue (Rwanda)
• Joy Centre TVET (Rwanda)
• Street Kids Rescue Democratic Republic of Congo
• Comfort Babies Congo
• Adopt A Class (Democratic Republic of Congo)

Shop based – as few or as many hours as you can give.

The Comfort International charity shop is based in the centre in Cumbernauld. It is an important income stream for the charity as well as being an important public facing aspect of the charity.

This role would include:

• Sorting, pricing and stocking the charity shop.
• Customer service and sales within the charity shop.
• Tidying and cleaning of the charity shop.

Trusts and Grants are an important part of Comfort International’s income stream. The more support we have putting together these applications, we more successfuly we can be raising vital funding for our projects. This role would include:

• Applying to Trusts and Foundations for funding.
• Good written communication.
• Creative approaches to applying to Trusts and Foundations.
• Will need someone who already knows or is willing to get to know the Comfort projects in depth.

Home based, with occasional Office visits – 2-3 hours per week. Could potentially be shared amongst a group of people.

In order to support the projects well, Comfort International is keen to not rely on a small number of income streams. The more we can diversify our income, the better we can support our partners and projects. This role would include:

• Strategically planning short term appeals and long term campaigns.
• Taking responsibility for planning and promoting community fundraising activities.
• Engaging with and guiding supporter-led fundraising events.
• Lead the development of internal processes for recording and managing fundraising events.
• Being the first point of contact for supporters planning and running fundraising events.

Mix of Home and Office based – number of hours dependent on specific roles taken on. Ideal for sharing amongst a small group of volunteers.

You can read more about our Craft Stalls here. Craft stalls are an important part of Comfort International’s culture and we are proud to support this amazing craft making group of ladies. This role would include:

• Stock checks and ordering crafts from Rwandan partners.
• Researching and contacting outlets for craft sales.
• Manning church and/ or fairtrade and/ or community craft fairs.
• Maintaining craft section of the website.
• Dispatching purchases made online or wholesale orders.
• Maintaining craft room and stall provision.

Home based – 1-3 Hours per week.

Over the last 26 years, Comfort International has seen God do so many incredible things. We have heard so many amazing testimonies. Sharing these testimonies is the heart of our publicity. Making the time to look through all the material is an important and rewarding task to undertake. This role would include:

• Reading through reports and documents to create short form and long form case studies of both individuals and whole projects.
• Matching case studies to relevant images.
• Working with publicity team to create various resources from these case studies.

We are in constant contact with our partners across all 6 countries where we work. These reports are a vital source of material for our publicity team. Having someone summarise these reports and drawing out a collection of quotes and summaries that can be utilised for social media and the website will be invaluable.

Our sponsorship portal is a new vehicle to help encourage people to engage with the various sponsorship projects within Comfort International. Building and getting the portal online has been an important step for Comfort and we would love to work with the right volunteer to train them in the upkeep of this tool. This role would include:

• Removing project members who have been sponsored.
• Adding project members (or those awaiting access to projects) to the portal.
• Liaising with sponsorship heads to keep the portal up to date.

Home based with occassional office time – a flexible, long term project. There would be some periods which are busier, such as after trips have returned. Would involve an initial push to work through existing images.

Comfort International have a rich library of images from various visits to our partners and the projects we support. In order to utilise these well, we need to make sure that the images are catalogued and tagged accurately. This role would include:

• Working through the current library of images held by Comfort International to ensure that all images are tagged with relevant terms identifying individuals, projects, locations and any other pertinent information.
• Doing the above with new images as they come in from partners and trips.
• Working with Creative Manager to streamline Comfort International’s Digital Asset Management.

Home based with occassional office time – variable, but likely to be 3 – 10 hours per month.

Comfort International’s website is often the first point of contact for potential supporters, funders and other interested parties. It is important that it is current, well maintained and engaging. A volunteer with a keen eye for detail, a good way with copy and a creative mind for how to improve the website is key for Comfort. This role would include:

• Work with our Creative Manager and office team to maintain freshness, relevance and interest in our website.
• Undertake regular maintenance and updating of the Comfort website.

Home based, with potential for time at events – variable hours throughout the year.

In order to meet new potential supporters, it is important for Comfort International to have a presence at various events and festivals throughout the year. Many of these occur at times in the year when a large number of Comfort staff are travelling in Africa with groups. We are looking for volunteers who would be willing to man stands at various events (each volunteer would need to be present at every event!). This role would include:

• Liaising with the Creative Manager to organise materials needed to represent Comfort well at events.
• Preparing stands and manning them at events.
• Engaging with the public at events and encouraging support and engagement with Comfort International.
• Working with the Creative Manager to research and prioritise events Comfort should be represented at.

Home based – 1-3 hours per week.

Comfort International is fortunate to have a great team working on our Social Media throughout the year. We are always on the lookout for volunteers skilled in this area though. We know there is so much more that we could do with Social Media and we are keen to expand this area of our work. This role would include:

• Working with our Creative Manager and Publicity Manager in all aspects of this role.
• Content planning and producing.
• Developing and working to a well thought out Social Media strategy.
• Working with the social media team to explore potential new avenues for Comfort to engage with social media. 

Home based – 2-3 hours per week around Christmastime, occassional throughout the rest of the year.

When supporters send a Comfort Gift to someone special they will be transforming a life in one of our partner countries. These gifts are most popular at Christmastime when multiple deliveries may need sorted in a week. This role would include:

• Receiving orders from the Comfort Office and selecting the relevant cards and gifts.
• Packaging and sending these orders, ensuring accuracy of address and content.
• Postage expenses would be reimbursed in full by Comfort International.

Home based – flexible and periodic hours.

Trusts and Grants are an important part of Comfort International’s income stream. The more trusts and foundations we can apply to, the more successfuly we can be raising vital funding for our projects. This role would include:

• Researching trusts and foundation as requested by the office team to determine their appropriateness to our projects.
• Researching new potential trusts and foundations for Comfort to explore.