Your society needs you
Over the last few years, I’ve had the pleasure of working alongside those BPS members who step forward and take on one of the roles that exist to make the society go round.
27 March 2023
By Sarb Bajwa
Some take up senior roles on our Board of Trustees or within our Presidential team, others serve on boards and committees in their areas of interest, committing their time and knowledge to helping us achieve all that we can for the psychological community in the UK.
Everyone at the BPS is grateful for the work that our current volunteer members put in, it really is true that we couldn't do what we do without your work.
The nature of psychology is that there are always new areas appearing where our expertise and input would be valuable, and with members on boards and committees often serving fixed terms, new opportunities present themselves every week.
That's why this month's blog is an open invitation to you to get involved, and take those first steps to becoming an active member of the BPS, helping us to drive psychology forward.
We recently launched a new volunteer hub where everyone undertaking work for the society can access help, support and information in one easy place, and we're adding new resources to this regularly.
Alongside the hub, both our experienced member volunteers and staff are always on hand to provide guidance if this is a step into the unknown for you – we'll help you along every step of the way.
While it's always worth keeping an eye on our vacancies page to see what's new, there are currently a few particularly important posts open which I wanted to highlight.
Our strategic boards are made of expert members who help to drive forward the society's work in key areas, with vacancies currently open our on our Practice Board, Education and Training Board and Member Board, including two chair roles.
If you're passionate about any of these areas, this is a great opportunity to join like-minded peers on a board which has a real influence over the society's work in crucial areas.
Outside of these boards, there are varied roles available, from serving on our advisory panel for statistics and research methods, to a task and finish group working on assessment, formulation and diagnosis, and even becoming a psychosocial reserve volunteer through our partnership with the British Red Cross.
If none of the society-wide roles seem right for you, but you're still keen to get involved, it's always worth keeping an eye on the newsletters of your member networks, who are all regularly looking for new people with fresh ideas to help with their work and join committees and groups.