5 Ways to Support 1Voice
Support a Branch
Lakes & Bay
This long-standing branch has 3 or 4 meet-ups a year in the Cumbria/Lancashire area.
As its currently run single-handedly by Helen Dixon, we’d love regular volunteers to support with any of the following:
welcoming and signing people in at events
helping Helen book venues
helping Helen promote events on socials
signposting new families / AAC users
fundraising to pay for venue hire etc
Contact: helendixon@1voice.info
Yorkshire
This newer branch aims for 3 meet-ups a year in the Mirfield/Leeds area. Currently run by Frances Marshall, alongside Role Model Beth Moulam and Parent Joanna Holmes, we are looking for help with the following:
signposting new families/AAC users
finding and booking accessible venues
helping promote events on socials
fundraising to pay for venue hire etc
Contact: frances@1voice.info
Southwest
This branch has had occasional well-attended events in the Bristol area. Led by Alison Douthwaite, we are looking for help with the following:
finding and booking accessible venues
helping promote events on socials
fundraising to pay for venue hire
signposting events to families/ AAC users
Contact: alison@1voice.info
Bournemouth
Trustee Becky Morris is keen to host events in the Bournemouth and Poole area. We are looking for help with:
families/ AAC users to come along
finding and booking accessible venues
Contact: becky@1voice.info
East Midlands
This new branch is looking for more families to come along to events in the Lincoln area.
Contact: 1voiceeastmidlands@1voice.info
Run a local event or set up a branch
Branches Lead, Helen Dixon, can give advice and support on running an event in your area.
Contact: helendixon@1voice.info
2. Become a Trustee
The 1Voice Trustees are a friendly team of volunteers who collaborate to steer our charity, make decisions and ensure we are doing the best job we can for our community. No previous experience neccessary, just passion for our mission and a few hours a month to spare.
We are seeking people for the following roles:
Parent- Carer Trustee
A parent to help us connect other parents navigating life with AAC. We currently run six online hour long parent sessions a year. These are informal chats where we share experiences and tips. Could you help with this? You would need to attend some of our monthly Trustee meetings and the online sessions so this is likely to work out at around 2 hours per month. There is plenty of scope to develop new ways to connect and support parents for those who would like to do so.
Contact alison@1voice.info
Fundraising Trustee
We would love someone to focus on fundraising. Currently Trustees share this responsibility. We have examples of previous successful applications; London Marathon places for the next two years and some great things in place, but are looking for someone to lead our efforts. We envisage that this would work out at around 4 or 5 hours some months, and much less at other times.
Contact alison@1voice.info
Role Model Lead Trustee(s)
We would love someone, ideally an AAC User with experience of Role Modelling or being a Mentor, to head up 1Voice role model activity, connect our role models and explore/develop opportunities for them to raise awareness and support other AAC users. Establishing regular communication with role models and developing effective ways for them to share their lived experience and skills to support 1voice members would be a starting focus for this role.
Contact alison@1voice.info
3. Volunteer Your Skills
Want to help but not sure whether you want to be a trustee? You can volunteer your time and skills without the full commitment of being a trustee.
Maybe you could help with fundraising, role model activity, online events without the full responsibility of being a trustee?
Run/ contribute to a one off event or workshop (online or in person) for AAC users, parents or professionals
Support us with our socials, newsletter or website
Researching and sharing information about accessible venues for future events
Signposting to new families and championing our events - new families can be nervous to come along so a warm handover/welcome can be helpful
Do something you love to raise funds for 1Voice? A plant sale? cake sale? coffee morning? or any crazy idea you can think of?
If you’d like to help or volunteer your time/ experience to support 1Voice, we’d love to hear from you: alison@1voice.info
4.Support us Through Give As You Live
Do you shop online? Every time you shop you could generate FREE DONATIONS for us.
It takes two minutes to sign up to Give as you Live and partner stores donate a percentage of your spend back to us at no cost to you!
Sign up before you do you:
Black Friday, 27 Nov 2026
Christmas Shopping
Supermarket Shop
January Sales shopping
https://www.giveasyoulive.com/charity/1voice-ct
5.Champion 1Voice
If your company or club choose a charity to fundraise for - nominate us!
Tell other AAC users, families and professionals about our events and share details via socials.