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WaterAid Speakers are trained volunteers that deliver inspiring talks and workshops, to raise awareness about the importance of clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene, to transform peoples’ lives for good. Our Speaker volunteers engage audiences about the important work of WaterAid, inspiring them to take action, as they speak with schools, universities, businesses, youth groups, religious places of worship, service organisations, and many more. Expectation for WaterAid Speakers: • Deliver a minimum of four talks or workshops per year, either online and/or face to face. • Deliver talks or workshops on key days such as: World Water Day on 22 March, World Toilet Day on 19 November, Menstrual Hygiene Day on 28 May and Global Handwashing Day on 15 October. • Contact new audiences to organise and deliver talk and workshop opportunities. • Complete online Speaker Network training and adhere to volunteer guidance and best practise. • Make use of our public speaking resources (such as PowerPoint presentations) included in our Speaker e-newsletter, emails, and online resource library. • Keep up to date with our key messages, appeals, campaigns, fundraising and volunteering. • Regularly liaise with the Speaker Network team about talks and workshops. • Provide feedback on talks or workshops by completing the online evaluations. • Provide support to new Speakers around their public speaking development. • Demonstrate the WaterAid values including being considerate when representing WaterAid and always leaving others with a positive view of our organisation and the work that we do. Join our Speaker Network and become part of UK wide volunteer network, consisting of over 150 Speakers who have delivered over 11,000 talks and workshops, since 1981. Each year, the Speaker Network receive over 500 requests for talks and workshops, with our messages reaching audiences of around 30,000 people. Our requests are for face to face talks and workshops to audiences across the UK, but also virtual, which can include international opportunities!
What makes a good WaterAid Speaker? • A commitment to raise awareness about the importance of clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene and to engage people in the work of WaterAid, inspiring them to take action in support of our work. • An interest in the work of WaterAid, including our key messages, appeals, campaigns, fundraising and volunteering. • Passion and enthusiasm for public speaking and confidence to speak publicly to a diverse range of community groups. • Good availability to volunteer 4 times a year, potentially for morning school assembly talks, mid -day educational workshops, evening and weekend talks. • Competent in using PowerPoint and email. • Ability to travel locally.
What is in it for you? • A sense of personal achievement through volunteering locally, for an established international charity, helping to tackle extreme poverty and transform people’s lives for good. • Becoming part of an influential, UK-wide volunteering network of over 250 Speaker volunteers, reaching around 50,000 people a year with important messages about international development. • An opportunity to learn from sector specialists, about international development and global issues around water, sanitation and hygiene. • With our Speaker training, develop your public speaking skills and confidence • Use our PowerPoint and audio-visual presentation resources and • Varied presenting opportunities • A personal Speaker Mentor to support your ongoing development as a Speaker. • Regular support from the small and friendly WaterAid Speaker Network team, including support via email, phone and face to face in the London office. • Reasonable expenses for travel to training, talks and workshops. • Invitations to Supporter Thank You events across the UK.
Minimum of four talks/workshops per year.
