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London Play Design
Who are London Play Design?London Play Design is a dynamic Community Interest Company (CIC) dedicated to transforming underfunded Adventure Playgrounds and public spaces into vibrant community hubs. We work closely with local communities to understand their needs and create inclusive, creative, and engaging environments that inspire social interaction, play, and environmental awareness.Can I…
Description

Help us protect the future of London's adventure playgrounds!

We need volunteers like you to strengthen our online presence so we can keep improving these vital play spaces for children and communities across London throughout 2026 and beyond.

Our team deliver corporate volunteer days focused on building, maintaining, and improving adventure playgrounds. You'll be essential in documenting the social impact of these projects, helping us reach more adventure playgrounds who need our support, businesses who may be interested in partnering with us, and students who might want to join our student volunteer programme. 

We'd love for you to bring new, fun and informative ideas so we can be more active on social media and make sure our content reflects the playful field in which we operate!

This is an excellent opportunity for anyone seeking experience in social media, online communications or marketing in a community-focused non-profit organisation. You'll gain valuable skills in content creation, curation, scheduling and problem-solving, as well as an insight into community design and build projects. We'd also love for you to join our hands-on build days at playgrounds where you'll soon become a DIY master!

Not sure about this role but fancy designing adventure play equipment? Take part in our Student Design Challenge, where winning designs will be built in adventure playgrounds next year. Register by 20th November here. 

For more information, please email [email protected] or visit our website at www.londonplaydesign.org.uk.

Here's a video about one of our recent projects: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDRIKCJzXuA 

Duties

Your duties will include:

  • Sorting and finding great photos in our extensive photo library
  • Coming up with new ideas for engaging content
  • Making posts, reels and stories
  • Planning a content schedule
  • Working alongside our team so we can stay aligned
Training
We'll first get to know you and your experience through an initial online meeting.
We have a social media guide with aims and suggestions, which we'll go through with you when you start. A dedicated member of staff will be available for check-ins and ongoing support.

Time commitment

This volunteer role can be done remotely and volunteers can fit tasks around their schedule. We expect a few hours a week should be enough, and we're looking for someone who could commit to helping us until the end of this academic term (December).
Application deadline

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UCL Departments

This organisation is one of our community partner organisations.

Like all volunteer recruiters we work with, they have signed up to our service standards, agreeing to abide by our policy on partnership working to keep you safe and supported whilst you volunteer.

You’ll never be out of pocket for volunteering through us – with in-London travel expenses to and from your volunteering guaranteed.

In addition, the team here at Students’ Union UCL Volunteering Service is here to support you throughout your volunteering journey – you can get in touch with us at any time.