Family Events Coordinator Volunteer (Cambridgeshire Branch)

What you will be doing

• Attending monthly committee meetings and taking an active role in committee decisions
• Planning, organising and running events for families with children on the autism spectrum
• Liaising with the committee to ensure that budgets for events are agreed in advance
• Representing the views of families with autistic children

The skills you need

• Knowledge and experience of autism is an advantage but not essential as we can provide training
• Patience and understanding of the needs of others
• Good organisational skills
• Able to use own initiative at group events
• Able to volunteer as part of a team, taking into account the needs, skills and strengths of others
• We are ideally looking for the parent of an autistic child to be able to represent the views and needs of parents in a similar situation
• You will need access to a computer

When and where

• Times are flexible and variable depending on meetings and events.
• Mainly home-based with monthly meetings at the Chitra Sethia Autism Centre, Fulbourn Hospital, Cambridge CB21 5EF