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Why Volunteer?

Are you passionate about South Asian culture, history, and community?

Do you want to play a meaningful role in sharing and preserving stories that matter?

Volunteering with South Asian Heritage Month (SAHM) is a chance to give back, build community, and celebrate the rich diversity of South Asian heritage in the UK. As part of a national movement powered by the South Asian Heritage Trust, you’ll join a warm, welcoming network of volunteers committed to cultural pride, inclusion, and social impact. Whether you have an hour a week or can support an entire campaign, your contribution helps amplify voices and stories that deserve to be heard.

What You’ll Do

Volunteering isn’t just limited to one month—we run activities all year long.

Opportunities include:

  • Supporting live or online events and exhibitions
  • Contributing to digital content, archiving, and storytelling
  • Helping with administration, research, or campaign coordination
  • Assisting with school outreach, youth engagement, or oral history projects

    Volunteers receive access to our WhatsApp group or mailing list, where we post new roles and opportunities. You’ll be able to pick tasks that suit your time, skills, and interests. Whether it’s a one-off event or a long-term project, we offer full support and guidance so you feel confident, valued, and connected.

The Benefits

Volunteering is a powerful way to grow, connect, and make a real impact:

  • Learn new skills in event planning, digital comms, heritage work, and community engagement
  • Meet like-minded people who share your values and cultural interests
  • Boost your confidence and gain valuable experience for personal or professional development
  • Celebrate your identity and contribute to a legacy that honours South Asian contributions to British life

    We also offer certificates, references, and public recognition for dedicated volunteers. More importantly, you’ll be helping shape a more inclusive, aware, and connected society.

Let’s celebrate, connect, and inspire—together.
Volunteer for South Asian Heritage Trust today.

Ready to Join?

It’s easy! Just fill out our short volunteer sign-up form and we’ll be in touch to welcome you. Whether you’re a student, working professional, creative, retiree, or simply passionate about heritage—there’s a place for you.
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Regional Coordinators

Public Relations

Marketing

Communications

Health and Wellbeing

Operations Lead

Fundraising Officer

Events Lead

Cultural Sector Leads

Literary Lead

Regional Coordinators

We are looking for regional coordinators in London, the North East, North West, Yorkshire, East Midlands, West Midlands, and the East of England

If you would like to focus on a specific city instead, please still apply!

Responsibilities:

  • Delivering South Asian Heritage Month at the regional level

  • Engaging groups and organisations to organise events for South Asian Heritage Trust Projects

  • Building networks and relationships to create greater awareness of South Asian Heritage Month

Key skills and experience

  • An active knowledge of the region’s influential figures, organisations and institutions.

  • The ability to build strong relationships, think creatively and manage your time effectively.

Hours

  • TBA

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Public Relations

Responsibilities:

  • Securing national and regional online, print and broadcast coverage, as well as with niche British South Asian media outlets.

  • Implementing initiatives to build relationships with media contacts.

  • Drafting, editing and issuing written materials including press releases, briefing documents, and interviews with Patrons and Team Members.

  • Monitoring news and media relations.

Key skills and experience

  • Experience of working in a PR, media, or communications environment.

  • An active knowledge of current affairs.

  • Excellent written communication skills with the ability to craft compelling statements and press releases.

  • The ability to build strong relationships, think creatively and manage your time effectively.

Hours

  • TBA

 

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Marketing

Responsibilities:

  • Plan, implement and manage announcements

  • Lead on digital content for website and social media

  • Manage multiple social media platforms and tailor content to suit the needs of each individual audience – Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok

  • Work with our media team to create/produce original and creative content

  • Design and review a variety of promotional and marketing materials

  • Work with the Operations Lead and others to develop and implement crisis communications advice and media strategy, as needed

Key skills and experience

  • Experience of working in a marketing environment.

  • An active knowledge of social media platforms and content.

  • Excellent skills with Hootsuite and Canva or similar

Hours

  • TBA

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Communication

Responsibilities:

  • Managing our communication via the website and our email newsletter

  • Provide communications support to colleagues to help achieve objectives

  • Providing guidance and support for our Team members

  • Scope how we effectively communicate to our supporters, partners, and internally with Team members

Key skills and experience

  • Self-motivation, ability to work independently with minimal supervision.

  • Excellent oral and written communications skills, including copywriting and proof-reading.

  • An active knowledge of Squarespace and Mailchimp/similar

Hours

  • TBA

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Health and Wellbeing

Responsibilities:

  • Working with NHS Trusts, professional bodies, public institutions and others in putting together events for SAHM 2022 looking at health issues affecting people of South Asian heritage

  • Engaging health based charities and organisations to promote South Asian Heritage Month

  • A focus on health inequalities in society

  • Promoting wellbeing and healthy activities as part of SAHM 2022

Key skills and experience

  • Awareness of health issues affecting people of South Asian heritage in particular, as well as wider health and wellbeing issues.

  • A good communicator and advocate for others.

Hours

  • TBA

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Operations Lead

Responsibilities:

  • Leads, manages and develops all strategy for operations, including an internal operational strategy

  • Collaborates with other organisations to learn new approaches and share/coordinate strategies

  • Work together with the Trustees in identifying key priorities and strategies to further the organisation.

  • Develops, in collaboration with the team, operational goals and is responsible for timely reporting

  • Ensuring compliance with all charity and legal regulations.

Key skills and experience

  • Proven record of thought leadership

  • Experience of strategic decision making

  • A decision maker with good problem solving skills

Hours

  • TBA

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Fundraising Officer

Responsibilities:

  • Working with the Partnerships Lead and Corporate Lead in fundraising for the running of South Asian Heritage Month.

  • Edit grant applications and do research into funds to apply for.

  • Develop a strategy for philanthropic donations.

Key skills and experience

  • Good knowledge of fundraising

  • Ability to work with others on applications

  • Proofreading and research skills

Hours

  • TBA

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Events Lead

Responsibilities:

  • Pulling together and producing the Official Calendar for SAHM 2022

  • Developing and leading a collaborative planning process for events for SAHM 2022, both official and unofficial

  • Delivering each of the events in a professional manner to a high quality.

  • Communicating with contributors effectively

  • Running through any potential issues which may arise during the month.

Key skills and experience

  • Strong proven record of events planning and delivery as well as logistics for events

  • Good communication skills and problem solving skills

  • Ability to be creative and respond to challenging situations

Hours

  • TBA

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Cultural Sector Leads

Music/Theatre/Art Galleries

Responsibilities:

  • Ensuring that the Cultural Sector is fully engaged with South Asian Heritage Month

  • Working with institutions, individuals, leading figures, grassroots organisations, and influencers in the respective Cultural Sector

  • Developing ideas and events that the respective Cultural Sector could host, both internally and externally

Key skills and experience

  • Good knowledge of the Cultural Sector that is being applied for

  • Relationship and network building

Hours

  • TBA

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Literary Lead

Responsibilities:

  • Pulling together and producing the Official Calendar for literature events

  • Developing and leading a collaborative planning process for literature events, both official and unofficial

  • Delivering each of the events in a professional manner to a high quality.

  • Communicating with contributors effectively

  • Running through any potential issues which may arise during the month.

Key skills and experience

  • Strong awareness of the publishing world and literary issues

  • Good communication skills and problem solving skills

  • Ability to be creative and respond to challenging situations

Hours

  • TBA

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