RNIB Community Change Champion

You'll be raising awareness, & improving understanding of sight loss through delivering RNIB’s Awareness to Action sessions in your local community. Through these engaging sessions, you'll inspire participants to make small changes to their behaviour that make a massive difference in the day-to-day lives of people with sight loss. As a Community Change Champion, this will involve:

• Talking directly with community leaders, businesses, & local groups about ways they can get involved & inviting them to join an Awareness to Action session. • Delivering RNIB’s Awareness to Action sessions either in person or online, using our resources. You may do this on your own or with a team of other local volunteers, both sighted and with sight loss. • Sharing RNIB’s information & initiatives so people know we’re here for them. • If you have a personal link to sight loss, sharing your experience during the session to help give a tangible example of how local people can make a real difference. • Telling us about any activities you have engaged in via a Microsoft form.

What will you gain from the role? • First-hand experience in grassroots community engagement & charity outreach. • The opportunity to develop communication & networking skills. • Support to learn & or use presentation skills to deliver the Awareness to Action Session in person and virtually. • If you have lived experience of sight loss, support to tell your story to make the most positive impact. • Know that your efforts are improving the public’s understanding, perceptions & behaviour towards blind and partially sighted people.

We will provide: • Induction to the role & organisation. • Training and support to help you thrive in your role. • A resource pack/toolkit to help deliver the message. • Opportunities to connect with other RNIB volunteers across the UK. • The chance to get involved in other activities that interest you & to apply for our internal-only job vacancies. • Support from a volunteering manager.

Skills

Positive attitude towards blind and partially sighted people. • Effective communication skills. • An outgoing friendly approach to meeting new people. • A willingness and ability to complete the Microsoft feedback form.