Children North East is the region’s oldest children’s charity - founded in 1891 as the Poor Children’s Holiday Association.
Our purpose then was to provide seaside trips for the poverty stricken children of Newcastle and Gateshead to the fresh clean air of the seaside. We then increased our work to provide longer stay respite breaks in the countryside, training schools for boys and girls, night-shelters, a sanatorium for consumptive children and a number of children’s homes for children who could no longer live at home with their families.

Times have changed and over the years so has the work that we do but our aims and objectives are just the same – to ensure that children, young people and families in the North East are helped through difficult times in their lives and are enabled to go forward and reach their full potential.

Today Children North East runs community based projects in Northumberland, Tyne and Wear and County Durham, providing specific services according to the needs of local communities.

Volunteer Roles;

1. Fundraising Volunteers
Children North East will be celebrating 120 years of care and support for children, young and their families in our region and we are looking for volunteers to help raise our profile and our funds by promoting our name and the work we do through a variety of events. We are also looking for people to organise their own events and our fundraising team will offer you all their support & provide materials to help you achieve your goal.

2. Fundraising Admin assistant
Required within Fundraising/PR department to help in the preparation of our annual Christmas Appeal – The Giving Tree – Oct onwards – day’s/times flexible and to suit.

3. General Help
December w/c 13th (tbc) help required with collecting & sorting donated gifts and items – more information
can be provided nearer the time – please enquire.

Skills Acquisition:
Interpersonal, communication, practical hands on experience of working with people, fundraising skills, working within a voluntary organisation/charity, networking, organisational skills, team building skills, event planning, PR, marketing skills.