Why your skills matter
Skilled volunteering with SSE is a flexible way to use your real-world expertise to help social entrepreneurs thrive. You will support changemakers to build sustainable ventures, grow their impact, and strengthen communities across the UK.
Volunteering with SSE offers a unique chance to give back, develop new skills, and bring fresh perspectives to your professional journey—all while helping create lasting social change.
We are looking for people who are passionate about social enterprise and supporting social entrepreneurs to develop. You will bring strong skills and subject knowledge, be confident presenting and facilitating, and have excellent organisation and communication skills.
Benefits of skilled volunteering with SSE
Volunteering with the School for Social Entrepreneurs offers you a unique opportunity to make a meaningful difference while developing your own skills and networks. By contributing your expertise, you will:
Use your professional expertise to support social entrepreneurs.
Apply and develop your abilities in a real-world social enterprise setting.
Engage with a diverse community of changemakers, fostering new connections beyond your usual workplace.
Demonstrate your organisation’s commitment to social value and community engagement.
Choose roles and timeframes that fit around your work schedule.
Ways to get involved
There are several ways to get involved, depending on your experience, interests and how you like to support others. You might deliver an expert session, lead a workshop or short course, or facilitate peer coaching within a programme. If you prefer one-to-one support, you could mentor an entrepreneur or offer targeted consultancy as a consultant mentor, matched to a specific need. You can also contribute by reviewing and giving feedback on business ideas as part of a panel, supporting selection interviews for our learning programmes, or sharing lived experience as a witness speaker to inspire and inform a cohort.
