Volunteer with TERN
Meet | Mentor | Advise | TERN Entrepreneurs. Collaborate with TERN Entrepreneurs. Join our growing community and movement!
Find the role that suits YOU:
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Mentor
Take the journey alongside an entrepreneur and support their development from idea to reality.
☑️ Build an ongoing, supportive relationship with an entrepreneur
☑️ Help them stay focused, develop their ideas and take practical next steps
☑️ Share your experience, encouragement and constructive feedback
☑️ Join a wider cohort or community of TERN mentors
☑️ Grow and develop through the experience yourself
Commitment level: usually regular, often weekly, over an agreed period. We are increasingly open to flexible arrangements based on your availability and how you would most like to add value.
☑️ Build an ongoing, supportive relationship with an entrepreneur
☑️ Help them stay focused, develop their ideas and take practical next steps
☑️ Share your experience, encouragement and constructive feedback
☑️ Join a wider cohort or community of TERN mentors
☑️ Grow and develop through the experience yourself
Commitment level: usually regular, often weekly, over an agreed period. We are increasingly open to flexible arrangements based on your availability and how you would most like to add value.
"One of the most exciting, interesting and fulfilling projects I have ever undertaken."
"TERN is a true opportunity to enable others to succeed. Come apply your skills to create opportunity."
Advisor
Offer flexible, needs-based support to TERN entrepreneurs by sharing your advice, feedback, expertise or networks when it is most useful.
☑️ Answer questions in our online community
☑️ Offer one-to-one advice at key moments
☑️ Share technical or professional expertise
☑️ Provide industry insight and practical feedback
☑️ Make useful introductions or connections where appropriate
Commitment level: flexible and based on your availability, interests and preferred way of contributing.
☑️ Answer questions in our online community
☑️ Offer one-to-one advice at key moments
☑️ Share technical or professional expertise
☑️ Provide industry insight and practical feedback
☑️ Make useful introductions or connections where appropriate
Commitment level: flexible and based on your availability, interests and preferred way of contributing.
Cheerleader
Support TERN entrepreneurs as a customer, tester and promoter by engaging with their products, services and events in practical ways.
☑️ Attend TERN markets, showcases, workshops and online events
☑️ Try or test products and services before or after launch
☑️ Give clear, constructive customer feedback
☑️ Purchase from entrepreneurs at TERN pop-ups and partner markets
☑️ Discover and buy refugee-led businesses
☑️ Recommend relevant businesses to friends, colleagues and professional networks
☑️ Share launches, offers and crowdfunding campaigns on social media
Commitment level: occasional and flexible. You can support entrepreneurs through one-off purchases, events, product testing or promotion, depending on your interests and availability.
☑️ Attend TERN markets, showcases, workshops and online events
☑️ Try or test products and services before or after launch
☑️ Give clear, constructive customer feedback
☑️ Purchase from entrepreneurs at TERN pop-ups and partner markets
☑️ Discover and buy refugee-led businesses
☑️ Recommend relevant businesses to friends, colleagues and professional networks
☑️ Share launches, offers and crowdfunding campaigns on social media
Commitment level: occasional and flexible. You can support entrepreneurs through one-off purchases, events, product testing or promotion, depending on your interests and availability.
Internal Champion
Become a TERN Champion within your company or organisation and use your influence, networks, resources and decision-making power to open doors for refugee entrepreneurs.
☑️ Create procurement, sales and partnership opportunities for refugee-led businesses
☑️ Offer paid work, contracts, placements, training or work-shadowing
☑️ Connect entrepreneurs with buyers, funders, investors and decision-makers
☑️ Create speaking, showcase, market and presentation opportunities
☑️ Mobilise funding, sponsorship and colleagues to support TERN and its entrepreneurs
Commitment level: flexible and opportunity-based, from a one-off introduction to a longer-term organisational partnership.
☑️ Create procurement, sales and partnership opportunities for refugee-led businesses
☑️ Offer paid work, contracts, placements, training or work-shadowing
☑️ Connect entrepreneurs with buyers, funders, investors and decision-makers
☑️ Create speaking, showcase, market and presentation opportunities
☑️ Mobilise funding, sponsorship and colleagues to support TERN and its entrepreneurs
Commitment level: flexible and opportunity-based, from a one-off introduction to a longer-term organisational partnership.
"It has been exceptionally rewarding to support TERN and the founders going through the TakeOff programme. I am deeply inspired by the resilience, drive and ambition of the entrepreneurs. I look forward to seeing TERN startups grow and reach the highest levels of success!"
Apply & create your volunteer profile
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Join our network of passionate volunteers supporting and partnering with refugee entrepreneurs. Build your TERN profile, choose your areas of expertise, and work with us to make a lasting impact.
