Love where you live? So do we — and we’d love your help.
We’re always looking for dedicated, community-minded volunteers to join us in celebrating and supporting North Shields. Whether you’ve got skills to share, time to give, or just heaps of local passion, there’s a place for you here at I Love North Shields.
From event support and creative projects to community storytelling and behind-the-scenes help, volunteering with us is a great way to meet like-minded people, build experience, and make a real difference to your town.
Sound like you?
Keep an eye out for opportunities we advertise below or get in touch to tell us about your interests or skills. Even if you’re not sure exactly how you’d like to help, we’d love to hear from you at hello@ilovenorthshields.com.
Would love to know more about what we do?
I Love North Shields is a trusted community platform made by and for the community, delivering real impact across North Shields and the coast. The platform is supported by countless volunteers every day, next to our core team dedicating their time for free to shine a light on the people, places, and stories that make North Shields so special.
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Current Opportunities
Here’s what we’re currently looking for: from one-off help to ongoing roles. Whether you’ve got a few hours to spare or want to get more stuck in, there’s plenty of ways to support I Love North Shields and be part of something good. It’s a flexible volunteer role, which you can do from home at your own pace.
Voluntary Role: Website Editor
We’re looking for a motivated and organised Website Editor to support the smooth running of our website and ensure content is polished, purposeful and up to date.
Key tasks include:
- Adding new articles to the website regularly
- Preparing content for publishing online, including uploading articles and images, assigning categories, choosing a suitable layout, ensuring content is optimised for SEO, and more
- Managing the Latest News section, keeping it fresh and relevant
- Being part and contributing to the publishing schedule and content process
- Helping with ongoing website admin, like updating older posts with writer and photographer credits, refining categories, making content SEO-friendly, and more
You’ll be great for this role if you:
- Have some experience in editing website content and SEO
- Are organised and detail-oriented
- Communicate clearly and reliably
- Feel comfortable taking ownership and working independently without step-by-step guidance
How to apply:
If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you.
Please send an email to our founder and editor Simmie telling us about your skills, interests, and why you’d like to be part of the I Love North Shields team.
Voluntary Role: Web Developer (WordPress)
Help us keep the site working beautifully behind the scenes. We’re looking for a skilled and enthusiastic Web Developer with strong WordPress knowledge to support our site’s functionality, performance, and future improvements. Whether it’s solving a technical issue, tweaking layouts, or boosting usability, you’ll be vital in ensuring our community platform runs smoothly and looks great.
Key tasks include:
- Maintaining and updating the WordPress site—including plugin and theme updates, security patches, and backups
- Developing and implementing new features or functionality (with custom code or plugins) to enhance user experience
- Troubleshooting site issues (broken links, layout glitches, slow loading, etc.) and resolving them efficiently
- Ensuring site performance and responsiveness across devices
- Collaborating with the the rest of the website team to support content delivery, including template improvements or layout tweaks that align with SEO and accessibility best practices
- Advising on WordPress best practices, performance optimisation, and backend workflows
You’ll be great for this role if you:
- Are experienced with WordPress development and comfortable working with PHP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and site architecture
- Can troubleshoot technical issues independently and think creatively to fix them
- Communicate well with non-technical team members and explain solutions clearly
- Are reliable, motivated, and happy to take ownership—you’ll help decide what needs doing without needing constant direction
How to apply:
If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you.
Please send an email to our founder and creative director Simmie telling us about your skills, interests, and why you’d like to be part of the I Love North Shields team.
