Are you interested in joining the Board of Trustees of London Friend?
London Friend is currently recruiting new Board Members with leadership or fundraising skills.  We are looking for a Chair, Treasurer and Company Secretary and also for one or two Board members without a specific role.  If you are interested in receiving an application pack or you would like an informal conversation about what is involved please contact the office via email or phone 0207 833 1674. 
There will be an Open Evening for prospective Board Members on Monday 12 May 2008 from 7 – 8.30pm.

Become a Volunteer
Volunteering can be a rewarding experience where you have the opportunity to learn new skills, make new friends and offer something to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community.

Although London Friend is co-ordinated and administered by a small part-time team, services are delivered entirely by volunteers, including those working on the telephone helpline, within the counselling service and the London Friend groups. Fundraising, help with administration, publicity, recruitment and training of volunteers are also areas in which volunteers work in partnership with the office.

We are always looking for group, phone line, fundraising, publicity and administration volunteers.

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Are you interested in joining the Board of Trustees of London Friend?

London Friend is currently recruiting new Board Members with leadership or fundraising skills. We are looking for a Chair, Treasurer and Company Secretary and also for one or two Board members without a specific role. If you are interested in receiving an application pack or you would like an informal conversation about what is involved please contact the office via email or phone 0207 833 1674. There will be an Open Evening for prospective Board Members on Monday 12 May 2008 from 7 – 8.30pm-----------------

Full training will be given for all areas except counselling, where we ask that volunteers are either fully qualified or working towards qualification on an accredited training. We also require counsellors to have completed a minimum of 30 clinical face-to-face hours, and be in individual therapy.

Volunteer Counsellor Recruitment
Although we currently have our full quota of volunteer counsellors, we are still keen to encourage applications from qualified counsellors and counselling students in their second year of accredited training who may be looking for a counselling placement. Successful interviewees who meet our criteria will be placed on a waiting list until a placement opportunity becomes available.

If you are interested in becoming a volunteer, before filling in our application form, please read our Information Pack.
All our documents are in PDF format. In order to read these documents, you need Adobe Reader. If you do not have this software on your computer, you can download it free.

Information about London Friend (241kb)
Criteria for acceptance (91kb)
Access Information for Disabled People (746kb)

We have the following Job Descriptions for volunteer roles within London Friend:

Phone worker (179kb)
Group worker (191kb)
Publicity and Fundraising (185kb)
Volunteer Administrator (185kb)

For all of our volunteering positions (except counselling), please fill in the application form below:

Application Form for Volunteers (non-Counsellors) (431kb)

If you wish to volunteer as a counsellor and have the relevant experience, please fill in the application form below:

Application Form for Volunteer Counsellors (431kb)

The Application Pack for the position of Trustee and Volunteer Treasurer is below. There is no deadline for this position but please send in your application as soon as possible.

Volunteer Treasurer Job Description

Guidance Notes for Applicants

Volunteer Treasurer Application Form

Equal Opportunities Policy

The Application Pack for the position of Trustee and Volunteer Fundraising & Publicity Rep is below. There is no deadline for this position but please send in your application as soon as possible.

Volunteer Fundraiser & Publicity Rep Job Description

Guidance Notes for Applicants

Volunteer Fundraiser & Publicity Rep Application Form

Equal Opportunities Policy

• Please return your completed application form to: The Administrator, London Friend, 86 Caledonian Road, N1 9DN.

Alternatively, you can ask for our Information pack and application form, by:

• E-mailing us at office@londonfriend.org.uk, giving your name and address and specifying what service you are interested in volunteering for.
• Telephone our office number on 020 7833 1674, leaving your name and address and specifying what service you are interested in volunteering for.
• You can also write to the administrator at London Friend, 86 Caledonian Road, London, N1 9DN