🎬 What you’ll do

As a Volunteer Presenter, you’ll take centre stage in our digital content.

From awareness campaigns to fundraising stories, your voice and presence will help connect engineers and their families to the support they need.

You’ll:

• Present video content on topics like neurodiversity, mental health, and support services

• Work with our marketing team to bring scripts to life and shape narratives

• Represent real stories with warmth and authenticity

• Be filmed remotely or attend in-person shoots when possible

• Become a recognisable face for our charity and the wider engineering community

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Darren shared his journey with ADHD and how it impacted his career in engineering

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Your Voice, Their Story

🎁 What you’ll get

• Training and coaching to build your presenting and on-camera skills

• Real experience for your portfolio – showreels, social media clips and campaign features

• Visibility on our platforms: YouTube, social media and our website

• The chance to connect with engineers, industry pros and our friendly team

• The feel-good factor of giving back to your community

We’re committed to sharing the real, impactful stories from our engineering community; stories of resilience, overcoming challenges, and finding support when it’s needed most.

By becoming a volunteer presenter, you’ll play a vital role in bringing these stories to life; helping us reach more people and shine a light on experiences that often go unheard.

Your voice can make a real difference in connecting engineers and their families to the support they need; amplifying the impact of our work and inspiring others to take action.

📅 Time & location

This is a flexible opportunity that can work around your studies or job. You’ll mostly film remotely, with optional opportunities to attend in-person shoots when available.

Training and coaching to build your presenting and on-camera skills

Be the Face of Foothold

🌟 What we’re looking for

We’ve had some incredible presenters step up to share their stories, and Mikaela is one of them.

A neurodivergent engineer and passionate advocate, she’s helped us raise awareness about ADHD and neurodiversity, reaching thousands of people through impactful videos.

Her voice brought authenticity and heart to our campaigns, showing just how powerful a single story can be. Now, we’re looking for more voices to continue this important work – could it be yours?

🌱From Seeking Support to Shaping Stories

Mikaela’s journey with Foothold began when she reached out for support in getting an ADHD diagnosis; a step that helped her complete her engineering placement with newfound confidence. But her connection with us didn’t end there.

She became a Volunteer Presenter; bravely sharing her story to help others feel seen and understood. Her videos for Neurodiversity Celebration Week and ADHD Awareness Month quickly became some of our most impactful content; even earning us a nomination for a Smiley Charity Film Award 🏆.

Mikaela’s voice not only brought attention to vital issues; it helped shape a broader conversation about neurodiversity in the workplace.

Now, we’re looking for more voices to join her in making a difference.

"..I remembered seeing an email from the IET mentioning Foothold.. then I thought okay I'll see if I can get some help through Foothold." - Mikaela

Read Mikaela's story

See other content from Mikaela about how Foothold and learn how we helped her get a diagnosis for ADHD so that she could pass her placement with confidence.

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💡 Real voices, real impact

Volunteer presenters like Joe and Richard helped us launch our Donate Direct campaign – speaking from the heart about why supporting engineers matters. Their message reached engineers across the IET community, highlighting how donations to Foothold provide vital support with mental health, neurodiversity, and financial wellbeing.

Whether it’s raising awareness, encouraging donations, or sharing your own story, our presenters play a crucial role in bringing Foothold’s work to life.

Just like Joe and Richard, you can help us make sure engineers and their families never face life’s challenges alone.

👉 Join our presenter team today – and be the voice that makes a difference.

👉 Apply now to become a Volunteer Presenter

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