Volunteering opportunities
Share your skills and help the campaign
Ways you can support the campaign
With a large volunteer network, we want to identify people who can give their time, experience or professional skills. These are practical volunteer roles rather than complicated job descriptions – people can help regularly, occasionally or on a specific piece of work.
Some roles benefit from professional experience, but many simply need local knowledge, reliability and a willingness to help.
Community Engagement Volunteers
Represent WPWS locally, speak with residents and community groups, attend parish/community meetings, gather feedback and help keep communities informed.
Useful skills: Approachable, confident communicators with good local knowledge.
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Leafleting & Outreach Volunteers
Deliver campaign material across Bicester and surrounding communities and help make sure priority areas are covered.
Useful skills: No specialist experience needed – just reliability and willingness to help.
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Area / Leafleting Coordinators
Coordinate a defined village, estate or local area, organise leaflet quantities and volunteers, and track coverage.
Useful skills: Local knowledge, organisation and ability to coordinate small teams.
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Research & Evidence Volunteers
Find reliable evidence, statistics and comparable examples; maintain sources and help fact-check campaign claims.
Useful skills: Research, data analysis, policy, academic or analytical experience.
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FOI / Information Volunteers
Help prepare and track FOI/EIR requests, review responses and identify useful information.
Useful skills: FOI/EIR, public sector, research or information-management experience.
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Planning & Technical Specialists
Review planning, infrastructure and site issues including utilities, water, wastewater, highways, transport, environment and buildability.
Useful skills: Planners, engineers, utilities, highways, transport or environmental professionals.
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Legal Volunteers
Support legal research, document review, chronology/evidence preparation and liaison with professional legal advisers.
Useful skills: Solicitors, barristers, paralegals or people with planning/public law experience.
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Social Media Volunteers
Help manage and grow WPWS social channels, create and schedule posts, engage with the community, monitor local conversations and flag emerging issues.
Useful skills: Facebook and other social platforms, community management, content creation, moderation or social media experience.
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Media & Communications Volunteers
Help with press, campaign writing, journalist engagement, statements, photography, video and graphics.
Useful skills: Journalism, PR, copywriting, design, photography or video skills.
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Digital / Website Volunteers
Support website updates, online content, analytics, forms, databases and general digital tools.
Useful skills: Web, IT, digital, analytics or systems experience.
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Finance & Fundraising Volunteers
Support fundraising, bookkeeping, budgets, financial reporting, supplier quotes and campaign controls.
Useful skills: Accounting, bookkeeping, fundraising, procurement or commercial experience.
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Admin & Coordination Volunteers
Help with meeting notes, action tracking, document control, contact lists and general campaign administration.
Useful skills: Administration, project support, PMO, document control or coordination experience.
If you think you can help in another way, we’d still love to hear from you.
Tell us what you can offer. We know there will be a huge range of experience across our community, and every useful contribution can help strengthen Wrong Plan. Wrong Site.
Thank you for getting involved
Every question, offer of help and piece of useful information contributes to a stronger and better-informed campaign.
Wrong Plan. Wrong Site. is committed to being factual, respectful and transparent, and to ensuring that the voices of Bicester and the surrounding communities are heard.