Volunteer Head of Grants & Funding

Join a charity that’s doing more than handing out laptops. 

 Every Child Online is one of the UK’s fastest growing digital inclusion charities. Technology has become essential for education, employment, healthcare and everyday life. Yet hundreds of thousands of children and young adults across the UK still don’t have access to a suitable computer or the digital skills needed to succeed. 

 We’re changing that. 

Since 2021 we’ve supported more than 80,000 children and young adults, redistributed over 53,000 devices, prevented more than 446 tonnes of electronic waste from entering landfill and worked alongside more than 520 schools and 280 charity and community partners. 

But our ambition reaches much further. 

We want every young person to have access to technology, the skills to use it safely and the opportunity to build a better future. To achieve that, we need funding. That’s why we’re looking for an experienced Volunteer Head of Grants & Funding to help us unlock the next stage of our growth. 

Why this role matters 

This is not simply a grant writing position. 

You’ll become the person responsible for helping turn great ideas into fully funded national programmes. 

 Working closely with our CEO and leadership team, you’ll help shape projects, identify the right funders, prepare compelling applications and build lasting relationships that enable our charity to grow. 

Your work could directly fund: 

•  Digital inclusion programmes providing refurbished laptops, computers, tablets and mobile phones to disadvantaged children and families. 
• Safe & Smart Online, our growing online safety education programme helping children understand cyberbullying, scams, grooming, sextortion, digital wellbeing, social engineering and responsible technology use. 
• Work Experience & Employability, providing practical placements, mentoring and digital skills for young adults preparing for employment. • Community Digital Support Hubs, giving families access to technology, digital skills and ongoing support within their local communities.

Every successful grant means more lives changed. 

Location: Remote, with occasional meetings in Essex or online.

Commitment: Flexible, ideally 4 to 8 hours per week. 

Role Type: Volunteer

Skills

Your responsibilities 

You’ll lead our grant funding activity by: 

• Researching grant opportunities from trusts, foundations, lottery funds, government programmes and corporate foundations. 
• Identifying which opportunities best match our projects and long-term strategy. 
• Building and maintaining a funding pipeline. 
• Writing persuasive grant applications and funding proposals. 
• Working with our leadership team to gather evidence, budgets, statistics and impact data. 
• Developing project plans into grant-ready programmes.
• Monitoring application deadlines and reporting requirements. 
• Maintaining a grants calendar and funding tracker. 
• Helping improve our long-term fundraising strategy. 
• Celebrating funding successes and identifying opportunities to maximise future applications.

We’re looking for someone with experience in

• Grant Writing
• Bid Writing 
• Charity Fundraising
• Trusts and Foundations 
• National Lottery Funding
• Corporate Giving 
• Government Grants
• Research and Proposal Writing 
• Project Planning 

Experience working within the charity sector would be ideal but isn’t essential if you’ve successfully secured funding elsewhere. 

 You’ll thrive in this role if you are

•  An excellent writer. 
•  Curious and naturally enjoy researching opportunities. 
•  Organised and self-motivated. 
•  Comfortable managing several applications at once. 
•  Passionate about helping children and young people. 
•  Excited by building something that creates genuine social impact.

What difference will you make? 

 Imagine knowing that a funding application you wrote helped: 

•  A child receive their very first laptop. 
•  A school access online safety education. 
•  A young adult gain work experience that leads to employment. 
•  A family reconnect with education, healthcare and essential services. 
•  A community launch a brand new digital inclusion project. 

 That’s the impact this role can have. 

 What you’ll receive 

 Although this is a voluntary position, you’ll become an important member of our leadership team. We’ll provide: 

•  A comprehensive induction. 
•  Access to impact reports, project data and supporting evidence. 
•  Direct support from the CEO.
•  Flexible volunteering around your availability. 
•  Opportunities to influence the future direction of a growing national charity. 
•  References and LinkedIn recommendations. 
•  The satisfaction of knowing your expertise is helping transform lives. 

About Every Child Online 

Every Child Online believes no child should be disadvantaged because they cannot access technology. Alongside our social enterprise, Everyone Digital CIC, we securely collect, data erase, refurbish and redistribute surplus business technology, creating a circular economy where unwanted devices become opportunities for children, families and communities. We’re not simply recycling technology. We’re building futures. 

Interested? 

If you have experience securing grant funding and would like to use your skills to make a lasting difference, we would love to hear from you. 

Please send us a short introduction, together with your CV or LinkedIn profile, telling us about your experience and why our mission resonates with you.  Email: volunteer@everychildonline.co.uk

Together, we can ensure every child has the technology, knowledge and opportunity they deserve.