From your home
Young Lives vs Cancer teams are based across the UK and many work remotely. There are many ways to volunteer with us from your own home and join our virtual office to gain skills and help our teams achieve their goals.
Our teams have near perfected working together virtually, with a brilliant chat function, video calls and regular team meetings, you’ll always feel part of the team. Now more than ever we need passionate volunteers to join our team.
Available roles
Are you passionate about digital storytelling and want to make a real difference for children, young people and families facing cancer? Join us as a Creative Content Volunteer and help share our digital transformation story in a way that inspires and connects.
We are looking for someone age 16+ with lived experience of Young Lives vs Cancer services (or a parent/carer) to help create authentic short, playful videos and posts (think TikTok and YouTube vibes) that showcase the positive changes we’re making through Digital Transformation and how we’re supporting young cancer patients now and in the future.
This flexible, mostly remote role is perfect if you enjoy being creative and want to build your digital skills while supporting Young Lives vs Cancer.
What you will be doing:
- Create short, fun videos and posts about our digital transformation
- Use an authentic, people-first style that feels real and engaging
- Turn technical changes into human stories from your perspective
- (Optional) Present your content at events and grow your network
To apply for this role, please apply below. If you have any questions, please feel free to
email our Associate Director for Digital Transformation, Jen Harries, at Jennifer.Harries@younglivesvscancer.org.uk
If you’re committed to supporting diverse voices and helping us build a stronger sense of belonging across Young Lives, this volunteer role could be a great fit. We’re looking for two volunteers to help shape welcoming, thoughtful digital events for our workforce and share stories that reflect the varied and often intersecting experiences, within our community.
Your ideas, perspective and energy will help spark meaningful conversations, strengthen connections as we continue our DEIB journey, and contribute to a more equitable and inclusive culture for children, young people and families facing childhood cancer.
This opportunity is open to volunteers aged 18 and over, and we welcome people from all backgrounds and lived experiences to get involved.
What you’ll be doing:
- Planning and delivering 3–4 virtual DEIB-focused events each year focusing on key diversity, equity and inclusion topics
- Creating or sourcing blogs and stories that elevate diverse perspectives
- Supporting internal communications through intranet updates, social posts, and short videos
- Working closely with colleague equity networks and the DEIB team to ensure our activities have real impact
If you’re motivated to support our DEIB work and help build an organisation where everyone feels included and valued, we’d love to hear from you.
To apply for this role, please complete the application form below. If you have any questions, please feel free to email our Head of Internal Communication and Engagement, Hannah Bettie, at Hannah.Beattie@younglivesvscancer.org.uk
At Young Lives vs Cancer, we recognise that opportunities for too many people remain a condition of their race, class, sex, disability, sexual orientation – or a combination. This has never been acceptable to us as an organisation. At Young Lives vs Cancer, we don’t just accept difference — we value it, we celebrate it, we nurture it, and we thrive off it.
We positively welcome your application irrespective of your background. We’re on a journey, and if you join us, you’ll be part of a community that’s committed to making a difference to the lives of children and young people with cancer.
Still not sure or need support completing the application form?
If you’ve not fallen in love with one of these roles or need a little extra help completing the application form, chat to us. Get in touch with our team who are on hand to talk all things volunteering and help you get your application complete. Just email: iwanttovolunteer@younglivesvscancer.org.uk.