Use your skills for something that matters.
Work with nonprofits who need your expertise. Get paid-not full commercial rates, but fair compensation for meaningful work. Flexible commitment. Professional engagement. Real impact.
Whether you're between jobs, looking for purpose beyond commercial work, or rebuilding your career after a break, there's a place here.
Three ways to contribute
Looking for meaningful work while you search?
You have skills and time. You need income—but also something worthwhile to do. Pure volunteering doesn't pay the bills. Temp work feels empty.
This is different: paid project work for organisations making a real difference. Build your portfolio. Maintain CV continuity. Earn something while you search.
What you get:
- Income during your job search
- Real projects for your portfolio
- References from grateful organisations
- Flexibility to interview around engagements
- Work that actually means something
Want to contribute your expertise meaningfully?
You've built a career. You have expertise that's genuinely valuable. You want to give back—but pure volunteering feels unpredictable and undervalued.
This is structured contribution: a few hours a week, professional engagement, organisations that need exactly what you offer.
What you get:
- Meaningful use of your skills
- Flexible commitment (5-10 hours/week)
- Professional context, not favour-asking
- Direct impact you can see
- Modest compensation (not the point, but not nothing)
Rebuilding your professional path?
You've taken time out—for family, health, or other priorities. You have years of experience, but your CV has a gap. Getting back in feels harder than it should be.
This is a route back: project work that rebuilds your confidence, creates current references, and fits around your life as you transition.
What you get:
- Rebuild professional confidence gradually
- Current references from real projects
- Flexible hours that fit your situation
- Low-risk way to test your readiness
- Work that values experience over recency
The work
Real projects for real organisations. The kind of work you'd do commercially—but for charities, social enterprises, and community organisations who couldn't otherwise afford it.
Strategy
Develop a three-year strategic plan for a homelessness charity. Advise a community foundation on their impact measurement framework.
Technology
Rebuild a food bank's website. Implement a CRM for a refugee support organisation. Fix the data infrastructure at an environmental nonprofit.
Design
Rebrand a mental health charity. Design fundraising materials for a children's organisation. Create an annual report for a community trust.
Marketing
Develop a social media strategy for an arts charity. Write grant applications for an education nonprofit. Plan an awareness campaign for a health organisation.
When nonprofits post projects that match your skills, we share your profile with them. If they're interested, they'll reach out to discuss the opportunity.
In return
Fair compensation
£15-30/hour depending on skill category. Not commercial rates-but not nothing. Enough that this is a professional engagement, not a favour.
Meaningful impact
Work that matters for organisations that matter. See the direct results of your contribution. Build relationships with people doing good.
Flexibility
Work as much or as little as suits your situation. Take projects when available, pause when you need to. No minimum commitment.
Professional experience
Real deliverables, real references, real portfolio pieces. This is work you can point to-not vague volunteering.
The process
Apply
Tell us about your background and what you can offer. We review applications to ensure quality—we don't accept everyone.
Get verified
Light-touch vetting: we confirm your LinkedIn matches your experience, verify recent employment where relevant, and have a brief call to understand your goals.
Get introduced
When nonprofits post projects that match your skills, we share your profile with them. Interested organisations will reach out to discuss the opportunity.
Deliver great work
Professional engagement: clear deliverables, regular communication, mutual accountability. Payment released when work is approved.
What you'll earn
| Skill Category | You receive |
|---|---|
| Strategy & Leadership | £24/hr |
| Technology | £20/hr |
| Design & Creative | £16/hr |
| Marketing & Communications | £16/hr |
| Operations & Admin | £12/hr |
Rates shown are your take-home after our 20% platform commission. Nonprofits pay the full published rate; we deduct our fee before paying you.
Setting expectations
This isn't about maximising income. If earning maximum rates is your priority, traditional freelancing is a better fit.
This is about meaningful work at fair rates. You accept lower compensation because you want to help organisations doing good—and because the flexibility and purpose are worth something too.
We expect professionalism. Nonprofit clients deserve the same quality you'd deliver commercially. Show up. Communicate. Deliver what you commit to.
Is this right for you?
What we look for
- Experience
- Meaningful professional experience in your field. We're not a platform for beginners—nonprofits are trusting you with important work.
- Skills that transfer
- Strategy, technology, design, marketing, operations. Skills that create tangible value for organisations.
- Genuine interest
- You actually want to work with nonprofits. This isn't about padding a CV with CSR credentials-it's about caring about the work.
- Reliability
- When you commit to a project, you deliver. This isn't volunteering where you can disappear-payment creates obligation.
Our vetting process
Our vetting is light-touch but real. We check LinkedIn profiles, verify recent employment where relevant, and have a brief screening call (15-20 minutes).
We're looking for genuine experience and genuine interest in nonprofit work-not trick questions.
We don't accept everyone who applies—quality matters. But if you have real skills and genuine motivation, you'll likely be a good fit.
Ready to get started?
Applications take about 10 minutes. Tell us about your background, what skills you offer, and what kind of work you're looking for.
We'll review your application and get back to you within a week.
Questions? See our FAQ or contact us