If you're enthusiastic about reshaping the investment industry to foster greater equity, sustainability, and improved decision-making, we invite YOU to explore how volunteering with us can contribute to our mission of boosting the representation of women and non-binary individuals in the UK investment sector. Our volunteer community, which spans over 2,000 individuals, welcomes professionals from all backgrounds and career levels in the investing and savings industry.
Regardless of your gender or career stage, your expertise is valued.
Who can volunteer?
Fancy being a guest speaker on our GAIN Meets podcast?
Or maybe being a mentor on our insight or internship programmes is more your thing?
You could also e-introduce us to your old school to set up a school talk, to your current firm for sponsorship recommendation, or colleagues who you think share our values?
Perhaps you’d like to deliver a school talk for us?
Could you help judge student work submitted to the GAIN Investment Challenge?
Are you great at writing, could you provide some great blog content, like this ‘day in the life of’, for students?
Maybe you’re not camera shy and would be happy to film some social media content about your work for our TikTok channel?
Might you be able to join one of our panel events, like this one, as a guest speaker?
Different ways to get involved
More information on different volunteering opportunities
As well as helping us in our mission to get more young women & non-binary students interested in, and into, investment management careers, we also run quarterly volunteer networking drinks. These informal events are a great way to expand your professional network and meet likeminded professionals from across the investment sector.
Want to network with other GAIN industry volunteers?
“Thank you for organising everything so meticulously and dedicating so much time to building bright futures for young aspiring girls! I’ve really loved volunteering.”
Volunteer FAQs
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Visit our dedicated volunteer events page to view all of our upcoming opportunities. Click the “Register” button to submit your interest and a member of the GAIN team will be in touch in due course to confirm your place and discuss next steps.
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No! We are always looking for new volunteers to help drive GAIN’s mission and would love to hear from you. We really couldn’t do what we do without our wonderful network of volunteers.
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With the exception of school talks which will always require a female volunteer, men are welcome to volunteer at our events. If female only volunteers are required, this will be specified on the event post.
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In this scenario, we will always prioritise volunteers from our sponsor firms. After this, we will choose based on those who most closely match the volunteer request.
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Absolutely! Feel free to share the latest volunteer newsletter with them or direct them to this page to fill out our Volunteer Registration form to receive it themselves going forward.
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We welcome volunteers at all stages in their investment career - from those in their first role in the industry through to CIO & CEOs.
We are also keen to work with volunteers across the whole of the industry - from investment decision making roles through to HR, Marketing & everything in between!
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For school talks, we will provide you with a GAIN slide deck to use on the day. Our university and programme events are usually more specific so we will discuss these with you on a case-by-case basis in the lead up to the event.
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Yes! We hold quarterly networking drinks to facilitate meetups between our volunteers and the GAIN team. Keep an eye on our newsletter and event page to find out when the next event will be and to register your place!
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No. We have volunteering opportunities all over the country. If you are based in Scotland or the North of England, join our dedicated LinkedIn groups to be kept in the loop of what is happening in your region!
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Yes, a lot of our volunteering opportunities take place virtually. Details on whether the event is due to be held in person or online will be included in the event post.
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Please use the feedback form on this page to submit your feedback, positive or negative, so that we can continue to improve our volunteering experience.
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