Dear Applicant

Thank you for your interest in undertaking a paid UnLtd Sport Relief Research Internship with UnLtd
Research to work on the UnLtd Sport Relief Programme

Please find enclosed:

 Background information about UnLtd

 Information about this internship
 Application form

We require you to complete a short application form so that we can find out a little about you and your
interests. The closing date for applications is Monday 17th May but this may be bought forward if a
sufficient number of applications are received. You will hear whether or not you have been shortlisted
within a week of this date. If you are shortlisted you will be invited for interview either by telephone or in
person before the end of May.

Please return your application form by email or hard copy as soon as possible to Nissa Ramsay by

Email: [email protected]

Or

Post: UnLtd, 123 Whitecross Street, London, EC1Y 8JJ

If you have any questions or would like to talk about this position further, please feel free to get in touch by
email ([email protected]) or by phone on 020 7566 1469 (direct line, with voicemail). Please also
be aware that I will be out of the office from 27 th April – 3rd May and I will respond to any queries on 4 th
May.

Thank you for your interest and I look forward to receiving your application.

Nissa Ramsay
About UnLtd

UnLtd’s mission is to reach out and unleash the energies of people who can transform the world in which
they live. We call these people social entrepreneurs. We back around 1000 people every year to get started
on their own ventures for social or environmental benefit, with a mix of cash, development support and
networking. We then support about 50 of them each year to get to major scale, with more intensive
support and brokering to social investment opportunities.

UnLtd Award Winners

UnLtd Award Winners come from diverse backgrounds, cultures and locations; what they have in common
is a desire to change the world. That doesn’t mean they necessarily develop complex, global solutions to
large-scale issues; often, social entrepreneurs simply take a problem in their own community and make a
commitment to tackle it. This may lead to something bigger, or it may not; what makes a true social
entrepreneur is that they have the will to make a difference, the vision to know how to go about it and the
determination to make that vision happen.

UnLtd Sport Relief Programme: Make It Happen

UnLtd Sport Relief is a UK wide funding programme for 11-21 year olds, who are prepared to go the extra
mile and use their passion for sport and arts to bring respect and understanding to their communities by
setting up their own projects. Make It Happen Awards are funded by Comic Relief and provide
opportunities for young people to bring communities together, to help promote understanding and solve
problems through sport, arts and recreational activities. Make It Happen began in June 2009 and will
provide 333 young people with financial awards and tailored one to one support from an UnLtd
Development Manager to develop their idea and establish their project. There are 3 levels of Award:
 Try It: For a small scale project or one off event, up to £1000
 Shape It: For a longer term project, up to £5000
 Do It: To take projects to scale, up to £10,000
A Youth Panel makes decisions on who receives money for each level of award at live pitching events,
online decision making or panel interviews. For more information please see: http://unltdsportrelief.com

UnLtd Research

UnLtd Research was set up to ensure that the way UnLtd supports social entrepreneurs benefits from
evidence-based learning. We research the needs, experiences, and impacts of social entrepreneurs. We
also evaluate the support provided to social entrepreneurs across all of UnLtd’s externally funded
programmes and translate this knowledge to improve our work, inform new funding proposals, to help
social entrepreneurs in their own work and to improve public understanding. We also disseminate the
results of our work to national policy makers, academics and other practitioners to inform understanding
and larger scale change.
This role: UnLtd Sport Relief Research Internship

UnLtd Research is conducting a youth-led research project with Make It Happen Award Winners over the
summer of 2010 (June 19th – September 19th). We are looking for 6 research interns (aged 18-25) from each
of our UnLtd office regions; Bradford, Birmingham, London, Cardiff, Belfast and Edinburgh. They will visit a
small number of projects funded by the Make It Happen Programme to find out

 What is it that Award Winners are achieving through their projects?

 How do Award Winners and project participants understand the problems in their community?
 What do Award Winners, project participants and the local community gain from the projects?
 What does participating in sport/recreation mean to those involved?

The research findings will also inform the second stage of this research project which will take place in
summer 2011. Overall, this research project will contribute to debates around young people,
sport/recreational activities and community cohesion and will be incredibly valuable to UnLtd, policy
makers, academics and other organisations working with young people.

The work will involve

We are looking for individuals aged 18-25 who can commit to 30 days work (2-4 days per week) from June
21st to September 21st 2010. This will be paid at £85 per day (plus any additional reasonable out-of-pocket
expenses incurred for travel and accommodation relating to this work). The programme of work will include

 Attending a 4 day induction at UnLtd Head Office in London (provisionally 20 th – 23rd June)
 Attending 4 additional 2 day training/feedback sessions (provisionally on Thursday and Fridays 8 th-9th
Jul, 29th-30th Jul, 19th-20th Aug, and the weekend of 18th-19th or 25th-26th Sept) providing full training on
all necessary research skills
 Taking responsibility for planning and organising your own research and project visits
 Informing how the research project develops and contributing to research design
 Conducting recorded interviews with those involved in projects
 Potentially undertaking other research (for instance a focus group or taking photographs)
 Undertaking transcribing of interview transcripts (according to your skills/interests)
 Coding interview transcripts using Nvivo software package
 Contributing to the analysis of the research material
 Writing a short report about the projects you have visited

Commitment from us

We will provide the training and dedicated support that is required to fulfil this role and offer you the
opportunity to gain new skills and hands-on experience in social research and qualitative data gathering.
This is an unusual opportunity to meet a diverse and fascinating range of individual social entrepreneurs
and to work alongside experienced researchers at UnLtd.

The work will be paid at £85 per day upon submission of an invoice at each training session and will be paid
within two weeks of this date. Any additional reasonable expenses incurred for travel and accommodation
relating to this work need to be supported by receipts and will be paid within two weeks of a claim form
being submitted.
What experience, skills and qualities we need from you

No formal research skills or experience are necessary for this position. However, we do ask that you bring
the following qualities to this role:

 Commitment to work hard and creatively within an exciting and developing area of research
 Ability to work both independently and within a small team
 Willing to travel regularly within your region and within the UK
 Open to learning new approaches and to learning from others in UnLtd Research, our Award
Winners, and within UnLtd more generally
 Excellent inter-personal skills and the ability to communicate with a diverse range of people,
including our Award Winners and UnLtd staff
 Methodical and well-organised
 IT literate, especially with Office (writing word documents) and comfortable with accessing
information from new software when provided with training (if you do not have access to a
computer and the internet please do let us know in the application form)
 Flexibility to undertake research according to the timetables of those involved and when projects
are running
 Responsible and trustworthy when dealing with personal views gained in research process

Information for previous/current volunteers and Award Winners

If you have previously volunteered for UnLtd in any capacity, or have received an UnLtd Award you are
welcome to apply for this role. Please indicate this on the application form and note that a maximum of 3
positions can be filled by previous volunteers. Please also note that if you are currently involved in a
voluntary decision making role for UnLtd (as a Youth Panel Member or Youth Leadership Team Member)
and your application is successful, you will be need to forfeit this role so that there is no conflict of interest
when undertaking the research.

Other information

If you are successful in this application you will also be asked to do the following:

 Complete an enhanced CRB check and will not be able to undertake any research until this has
been completed. Further information is available at https://www.crbchecks.co.uk and if you have
any questions or concerns about this please feel free to contact us.
 Provide us with contact details for one personal reference (for instance a teacher, previous
employer, current employer)
 Provide us with evidence that your are eligible to work in the UK (e.g. a copy of your passport)
 Contact your local tax office: This position does not constitute employment by UnLtd and as a result
you will be responsible for your own tax and national insurance contributions. You will need to seek
advice on whether this has implications for you.
 Application form

UnLtd Sport Relief Research Internship

Please submit this application form to Nissa Ramsay by email ([email protected]) or post (UnLtd,
123 Whitecross Street, London, EC1Y8JJ) as soon as possible and no later than Monday 17th May 2010.

1. Personal Details:

First name
Last name
Address
Telephone number – mobile
Telephone number – other
Email
What is the best way to contact you?

2. What interests you about this role? (max 200 words)

3. What previous experience do you have which is relevant to this role? (you could include education,
training, voluntary work and paid employment and refer to the section above on ‘what experience,
skills and qualities we need from you’) (max 200 words)

4. What skills and qualities would you bring to this role? (you can refer to the section above on ‘what
experience, skills and qualities we need from you’) (max 200 words)
5. Further information (please highlight the relevant answers)

a. Are you currently or have you worked/volunteered with UnLtd before?

Yes □ No □

If yes, please state your role and what department/programme you worked on (e.g. Youth
Panel Member, Big Challenge Youth Research Team Member, Big Challenge Youth Leadership
Team Member) and the approximate dates for this position

Position:
Start date:
Finish date:

b. Are you willing to travel in your locality and throughout the UK to undertake research?

Yes □ No □

c. Do you have access to a computer and the internet? (If not we will work to find a solution for
you to take part in this project)

Yes □ No □

d. Are you eligible to work in the UK and can you provide us with evidence of this?

Yes □ No □
 Equal Opportunities Monitoring form

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