Events Maker Walkie Talkie Tower Climb 2025

Walkie Talkie Tower Climb 2025 is one of GOSH Charity’s annual owned mass participation events. On Saturday 8 March 2025, hundreds of participants will dare to take the stairs for a sky-high tower run. Participants will sprint, run or walk up one of London’s most recognisable landmarks, 20 Fenchurch Street – known as the Walkie Talkie building – to raise money to help give seriously ill children childhoods that are fuller, funner and longer.

Do you enjoy the buzz of events and speaking to new people, and want to develop or use your organisation skills? This is the role for you.

Walkie Talkie Tower Climb wouldn’t be possible without volunteers like you. You’ll be part of ensure the Walkie Talkie Tower Climb participants have an excellent event day and feel inspired to keep fundraising for GOSH Charity in the future.

As part of this role, you may be invited to help with activities such as:

• Cheering on event participants on the stairs
• Meet and greet event participants
• Help guide participants and guests to where they need to be
• Stewarding participants and guests in the Sky Garden
• Supporting with bag drop and bag collection
• Distributing medals
• Registration and race pack collection

Really good at chatting to people but maybe not able to do the heavy lifting? That’s ok! Please do still apply and let us know what adjustments you need to be able to support us.

Ideal full shift is 7am – 2pm.

If you are unable to do a full shift, but can help for some of the day, please do let us know!

20 Fenchurch Street, London, EC3M 3BY

• Experience in the organisation and running of events
• Knowing you are providing support to event participants/attendees to ensure they feel appreciated and have a brilliant event experience
• Join an enthusiastic team of people and get more involved in your local community
• Use and develop your events and organisation skills, enhancing your CV if that’s important to you
• Knowing that you are helping seriously ill children, and their families have access to care and support.

• Pre event briefing information via email, and briefing on-the-day
• On-the-day support from a GOSH Charity member of staff
• Volunteering Policy and Volunteer Handbook
• Equipment provided to do the role well such as a GOSH Charity t-shirt and cheering materials for example

• Individuals, aged 18 and over, interested in a varied and flexible volunteering role
• Individuals who enjoy meeting new people and helping others feel at ease
• Able to use your own initiative and carry out tasks unsupervised
• Ability to follow our policies and procedures to keep you, our staff, our patients, and our supporters safe
• Ability to represent GOSH and our values positivity and enthusiastically

• Reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses in line with GOSH Charity guidelines
• Training and support as outlined above
• A reference

GOSH recognises the strengths of equality, diversity, and inclusion – and how a diverse group of volunteers can help us reflect our diverse patient cohort. Therefore, we particularly welcome applicants from a range of different backgrounds.

We also recognise that disabled people, or those with long-term health conditions, may need some support from us to volunteer. We are more than happy to make reasonable adjustments and cater to your needs.

Please complete our application form here.