Crodyon Vision is looking for an tech savy individual to record our weekly talking news every Tuesday. The talking news an weekly audio recording made up of local news and a section of interest presented by different volunteers each week. Your role will be to come in on a Tuesday morning and record and edit our presenters with the magazine section of the news. This is a great opportunity for anyone looking to gain some media experience and their is opportunity to take part in other media related projects.

Tuesday at 9.30am - 11am 

Essex Appropriate Adult Volunteer main tasks: 

1. To carry out appropriate adult call-outs between the hours of 7am – 11pm, to designated police stations as agreed with the appropriate adult co-ordinator. 

2. To support and assist the vulnerable person through the custody process 

3. To ensure that the vulnerable person understands their rights and the police processes whilst in custody 

4. To ensure that the health, well being, legal rights, access to a solicitor and entitlements of the vulnerable person whilst in custody are in accordance with PACE code C 

5. To assist with communication between the vulnerable person and the police 

6. To consult the vulnerable person’s custody record to clarify and check any concerns raised by the vulnerable person or police 

7. To ensure that the police act fairly and with respect for the rights of the vulnerable person while in custody 

8. To complete the appropriate adult report from, ensuring that all relevant information is recorded correctly, clearly and concisely and ensure that this is returned to the co-ordinator within 24 hours of completion 

9. To Maintain the confidentiality of information received in the course of your role and ensure that information is not disclosed to a third party 

10. To attend and participate in continuous training, support and 1-1 sessions as required 

11. To actively ensure the safeguarding and promote the welfare of the vulnerable person whilst undertaking the above duties 

12. To Communicate appropriate information to external agencies as required and is accordance with Open Roads data and sharing of information policy 

13. Treat all individuals fairly and not discriminate on the basis of age, gender, ethic or racial origin, sexual orientation, social background, religion, disability or any other factor 

14. To operate at all time within safe practice principles 

About the opportunity

Volunteer drivers are required to drive one of their vans to pick up used equipment drive to South Glos for cleaning and pick up clean equipment to deliver in Gloucestershire. Delivery to clients who are unable to get to the office.

About Red Cross 

They run throughout Gloucestershire with the help of staff and volunteers dedicated to aiding people at times of personal crisis. BRC offer items of equipment such as wheelchairs and commodes on loan on a short term basis only. Due to the constant demand on limited resources, they are only able to loan equipment for a maximum period.

What are they looking for?

Good people skills and effective communication, safe driver with knowledge of the county.

Practical Considerations

Induction and training will be provided, expenses will be reimbursed.

We Need You!

Who are we?

We are an independent charity and Housing Association working to improve the lives of women who have faced inequalities. Our work is focused on the provision of good quality, affordable homes and related support services across London, ensuring a stable foundation to enable women to live independently. 

Can you help us?

We are looking for a volunteer to assist our fast-paced Finance Department.  If you are a resourceful person with an eye for details, self-motivated and have excellent organisational and IT skills, then this role offers you excellent development and growth opportunities.  You would be based with our Finance team and will be responsible for general finance operations including data entry, suppliers’ liaison and general administration tasks such as filing and archiving.

To become our Volunteer Finance Assistant, you do not need Financial or Business Administration qualifications or experience, but you must have a good command of Excel. If you are willing to learn in a fast-paced environment, are curious to understand processes, have an eye for detail and enjoy analysing data this is the perfect volunteer role for you.

What do we need you for?

Based in our head office in Brixton; you will assist our Finance department with a variety of important tasks that would go from data entry, general office duties such a photocopying and printing to maintaining administrative systems up to date, checking supplier statements and requesting invoices, etc.

What’s in it for you?

This is a great opportunity for somebody looking to start a career in Finance, Business Administration or similar fields. 

As our Volunteer Finance Assistant, you will be provided with a comprehensive introduction to our IT system and Database; you will be fully supported and trained by an experienced member of the team and will have the chance to gain additional valuable experience by taking on more responsibilities and work across a wide range of areas such as purchase and nominal ledgers, cash books, credit cards and petty cash,  journals, management accounts and budgets among others.

Some additional benefits of volunteering with would be:

• Experience of working in a professional environment
• Opportunity to develop new skills
• Chance to meet new people
• Relevant training opportunities

When do we need you?

We are looking for someone who can spend 1– 2 days with us for 3 -6 months. We can be flexible with the days but ideally, we would like someone who can volunteer on Wednesdays. Our core volunteer hours are Mon- Fri 9.30-4.30pm

Closing date to apply:  12:00pm on Friday 25 October 2019

What are some of the skills, experience and knowledge we look for?

Experience of working with Microsoft including Word and Excel

Sound understanding of confidential working

Analytical thinking and methodical approach with both, a keen eye for detail and the capacity to see the big picture

Can-do approach

About the opportunity

The role purpose is as follows: greeting service user, finding out how they can help, matching them with the correct equipment (eg weight for wheelchair) inputting service users data into a computer. A demonstration of how to use equipment. All training is provided.

About Red Cross

They run throughout Gloucestershire with the help of staff and volunteers dedicated to aiding people at times of personal crisis. BRC offer items of equipment such as wheelchairs and commodes on loan on a short term basis only. Due to the constant demand on limited resources, they are only able to loan equipment for a maximum period.

What are they looking for?

Good people skills, effective communication, some basic computer experience will be ideal but can be taught, previous offices skills a bonus but the opportunity to develop these.

Practical Considerations

Induction and training will be provided, expenses will be reimbursed.

Do you want to make a difference in your local community, gain valuable work experience or just give up some of your free time to help a great cause? Croydon Vision are looking for friendly, patient individuals to volunteer with us as a passenger assistant. Your role will involve you accompanying the drivers on their route to pick up and drop off members providing social and guided member support. Duties include; guiding members from the bus to their front door, assisting members with any questions they may have while the driver is driving and providing general member support. There will be four different shifts available.

Tuesday 8.30am - 12.30pm

Tuesday 12.30pm - 4.30pm

Thursday 8.30am - 12.30pm

Thursday 12.30pm - 4.30pm

About the Role

The role of the Data Input Volunteer is to input client information onto our database. 

Location

Clacton, Colchester, Harlow and Vange (and other outreach locations across Essex) 

Key Responsibilities

• To provide a range of administrative duties including photocopying, filing and message taking

• To maintain manual and computerised systems including data inputting, record keeping, confidential and general filing systems as directed

• To input and update client databases – including client records, assessments, outcome forms and closures in accordance with Open Road and National Drug Treatment Monitoring System (NDTMS) requirements

• To assist the Data Administrator with NDTMS data uploads

•  To be aware of the confidential nature of the work

•  To deal with all customer contact effectively and courteously and support the promotion of positive relationships with all stakeholders

•  To adhere to all guidelines, policies and procedures in place at Open Road

•  To promote the equality, diversity, rights and responsibilities of all individuals. 

Training Provided

• All Open Road Volunteers are asked to complete the following training: Induction

• Health and Safety Essentials

• Equality and Diversity

• Information Governance Safeguarding Adults Safeguarding Children Dual Diagnosis

• Effect of Drugs and Alcohol Referral Routes – Basic Understanding

• SMMGP (Substance Misuse Management in General Practice)

• Customer Service

Volunteering for the Data Input team also gives you the opportunity to complete the following training:

• Theseus training NDTMS

• Excel Report Writing

Volunteering for the Data Input team will also give you access to many other training programmes specific to other Open Road projects. 

Duration and availability

We need you to be honest and tell us how much time you can commit to Open Road. For this role we ask that you commit to a minimum of 1⁄2 day a week. 

Volunteer Mentor - SCARPA (Safeguarding Children At Risk Prevention & Action)

Do you have the skills to empower a young person to develop and grow?

The core purpose of a Mentor is to provide guidance and support to young people, giving them the direction and the confidence to make sound life choices.

In this role, you will provide support for young people at risk of going missing and being sexually exploited, assisting them as they begin to gain confidence in accessing a variety of social and educational activities and helping them to have a voice in decisions which affect them.

This would be an excellent opportunity for a friendly and reliable person to gain experience of supporting vulnerable young people whilst having a direct impact on a young person's life and helping them to flourish. Becoming a Mentor is a valuable and rewarding role and you will be part of a friendly team providing you with support, training and ongoing supervision throughout.

The key activities of the role include:

-Supporting young people with their needs and personal goals by talking to them and finding out more about their interests and the activities they enjoy

-Taking young people out on social and/or educational visits to locations in the community, e.g. museums and cinemas (all expenses will be covered)

-Attending training on safe living in the community and the home and promoting it to the young people during individual or group sessions

-Recording accurate notes after each activity or session and evaluating what went well and what could be improved upon

-With the support of your volunteer manager, helping to identify any potential health and safety risks from the activities and completing risk assessment forms

There is a comprehensive training package for this role, including:

-Safeguarding training

-Health and Safety & Risk Assessment Training

-Participation / Working with young people

-Safe Practice

-First Aid

This is an ongoing role which is offered following a successful interview. For the role to be valuable to both the volunteer and the service, you will need to be available to commit to volunteering for 2 hours per week during working hours.

Due to the nature of the role, we can only accept applications from those aged 18+

This is a role with ongoing availability and applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Once you have submitted your application, the Volunteer Coordinator will be in touch within 7 - 10 working days.

We will apply for an enhanced DBS check for successful candidates and will seek 2 references covering the last 5 years.

Please have a look at the role description, which explains more about the skills needed for this role and the activities involved.

How to Apply

Please fill in the attached application form and email it to SCARPA's Volunteer Manager, Betty Chivasa, at [email protected]

What is the Substance Misuse Mentoring Service?

Open Road and Essex CRC (Probation Service) work in partnership in Southend and Thurrock to deliver a Mentor Service for men and women with substance misuse issues. We train and support volunteer mentors to work with offenders during their period of rehabilitation. This service aims to improve personal outcomes for individuals and those close to them. The service contributes positively to the wider community – by reduced risk of re-offending, improved community safety and fewer instances of anti-social behaviour.

What do Volunteer Mentors do?

One-to-one support:

• Provide one-to-one support to offenders from a range of backgrounds and circumstances

• Act as positive role models, help raise the individual’s confidence and self-esteem, and support them in identifying and achieving realistic goals and aspirations

• Meet with offenders, usually weekly, at an Open Road Centre or in a community setting, helping them to re-integrate into society

• Accompany offenders to appointments if needed - the GP, Dentist, Jobcentre Plus, training and educational courses and job interviews

• Support offenders to attend appointments with substance misuse services

What skills are we looking for in a volunteer?

• Relate to the issues and challenges faced by service users

• Respect and understand the need for confidentiality

• Be an effective communicator & demonstrate good interpersonal and listening skills

• Identify and understand risk situations

• Be willing to undertake training and continuing development

• Be committed to the agreed hours allocated for the volunteer role

Where can I be a Volunteer Mentor?

Locations across Southend and Thurrock

How much time do Volunteer Mentors need to give?

A minimum of ½ day (or evening); up to a maximum of 3 days per week.

Full training and ongoing support provided; out of pocket expenses paid.

NB: due to the nature of the service this role is open to women only.

Assist with the running of Open Road Head Office (in Colchester, Essex) as follows:

• To prepare funding applications and undertake other appropriate fundraising activities as appropriate to the business needs.

• To assist the Digital Content Co-ordinator with Social Media updates, and creating a positive awareness of Open Road online.

• To establish new avenues of funding and maintain existing funding sources to include statutory and non-statutory institutions.

• To support the Senior Management Team with all aspects of fundraising, with particular focus on administration, completion of applications and research.

• To organise local fundraising events to generate new income.

• To obtain corporate funding in conjunction with the SMT.

• Any other duties as requested by the Finance Director, the Chief Executive and Senior Management Team.

• To gain the support of individual donors.

What skills are we looking for in a volunteer?

• Relate to the issues and challenges faced by service users

• Respect and understand the need for confidentiality

• Be an effective communicator & demonstrate good interpersonal and listening skills

• Be willing to undertake training and continuing development

Where can I be a Fundraising Support Volunteer?

Open Road Head Office in Colchester, Essex

How much time do Fundraising Support Volunteers need to give?

A minimum of ½ day; up to a maximum of 3 days per week.

Would you like the opportunity to make a real difference in supporting bereaved men in our community?  If so, we are looking for 4-6 volunteers who would like to come and help develop our Martlets Allotment - Plot 98

What will I be doing? 

• You will be helping to develop and maintain the plot, including repairing damaged structures, building raised beds and clearing areas in preparation for growing
• This is a new role and it is expected that tasks will be identified and develop as the project grows

Where? Wayfield Avenue, Hove, BN3 7LW and Weald Allotment - Plot 98

When? Initially for 2 hours per week on Tuesday mornings from 10.00 -12.00 and then monthly once the plot is established

Anything else I should know? You will need to have experience of gardening/allotment work and enjoy working outdoors. We will provide you with training, support and guidance in the role. We are able to pay travel expenses such as local bus fares and train tickets to help you access this volunteering role.

Sounds good, what do I do next? Apply Now and a member of the team will be in contact to give you a tour, introduce you to some of our wonderful team and tell you more about this role.

The new St Joseph’s Hospice Shop in Mare Street,  Hackney,  offers our volunteers a rewarding, creative and supportive environment and the chance to develop new skills. If you are interested in fashion or charity retail, or simply want to get more involved in your local community, then we would love to welcome you as a St Joseph’s Hospice Volunteer.

Our charity shops contribute significant funds to the Hospice to enable it to continue to support patients and their families across our catchment area. 

Volunteering in our shop you will get involved in a range of roles including:

• Serving customers, taking cash and providing good all-round customer service
• Sorting through donated items and pricing stock
• Visual merchandising and keeping our shops looking great
• Keeping the shop tidy, clean and well organised
• Interacting with the general public

You do not need to have worked in a retail environment or as a volunteer before.  It is much more important to us, that you are friendly, reliable and are able to commit to a shift.

In return, you will join St Joseph’s friendly and experienced team where you will receive:

• A warm welcome from St Joseph’s Volunteers and Staff.
• Gain transferable skills and experience in the retail and charity sector
• Full Training Provided
• Improve your CV
• Build your confidence
• Be immersed in a creative and supportive environment
• Do something you enjoy and believe in
• Add value to your local community

The hospice shops are now based at two sites, Mare Street and Well Street- we will try our best to allocate you to the shop of your choice but depending on allocation and availability, we may only be able to offer a role at the Well Street Shop instead.

The St Joseph’s Hospice Shop at 200 Well Street Hackney, offers our volunteers a rewarding, creative and supportive environment and the chance to develop new skills. If you are interested in fashion or charity retail, or simply want to become more involved in your local community, then we would love to welcome you as a St Joseph’s Hospice Volunteer.

Our charity shops contribute significant funds to the Hospice to enable it to continue to support patients and their families across our catchment area. 

Volunteering in our shop you will get involved in a range of roles including:

• Serving customers, taking cash and providing good all-round customer service
• Sorting through donated items and pricing stock
• Visual merchandising and keeping our shops looking great
• Keeping the shop tidy, clean and well organised
• Interacting with the general public

You do not need to have worked in a retail environment or as a volunteer before.  It is much more important to us, that you are friendly, reliable and are able to commit to a shift.

In return, you will join St Joseph’s friendly and experienced team where you will receive:

• A warm welcome from St Joseph’s Volunteers and Staff.
• Gain transferable skills and experience in the retail and charity sector
• Improve your CV
• Build your confidence
• Be immersed in a creative and supportive environment
• Do something you enjoy and believe in
• Add value to your local community
• Travel Expenses paid in Zones 1-6 in TFL
• Meal Expenses paid up to £4 after 3 hours volunteering.

Volunteer Opportunity: Volunteer – Friends in Need

Salary: Nil

Location: Slough

ABOUT BUCKINGHAMSHIRE MIND

Buckinghamshire Mind was founded in 1914 as Buckinghamshire Association for Mental Health. The charity is independent and responsible for its own governance and income generation. We are proud to be affiliated to national Mind (the leading mental health charity in England and Wales) and to play our part in a diverse network of over 140 other local Mind associations.

Buckinghamshire Mind shares National Mind’s vision: “We won’t give up until everyone experiencing a mental health problem gets both support and respect.”  It remains our mission to deliver high quality community-based services across Buckinghamshire and East Berkshire to reach out and ensure everyone with a mental health problem gets access to the help they need.

Working from offices in Aylesbury, Chesham and High Wycombe we provide high quality services to some of the most isolated and vulnerable members of society. Services include: wellbeing activity groups and peer support, older adults' dementia support, Safe Haven crisis service, befriending, community partnership outreach services, peer support in schools’ projects, employment support and counselling.

Buckinghamshire Mind has over 500 volunteers (including 400 peer ambassadors/mentors in schools and over 100 in befriending partnerships). These dedicated individuals support our passionate staff team alongside an active service user council, who all ensure our services are tailored to need and are of the highest quality.  Further information can be found on our website.

Volunteer Opportunity

Friends in Need is a friendly and welcoming peer-to-peer social support community for people to help each other with managing the effects of depression, anxiety, loneliness and isolation.

Our uplifting, fun and free of charge activities provide the opportunity to socialise and share experiences in a non-judgemental and completely confidential setting.

Our activities are based on the Five Ways to Wellbeing: To be Connected, Active, Notice, Learn and Give.

We run a range of activities in the Slough area during the day and evening, for example: workshops, talks, coffee mornings, wellbeing groups, singing, arts & crafts and try to plan an evening activity once a week along with a monthly trip. We also run activities in Windsor, Ascot, Maidenhead, High Wycombe, Marlow and Bracknell and hold joint activities and trips.

We are currently looking for supportive, passionate and enthusiastic activity volunteers to encourage creative ways of engaging people affected by depression, anxiety, loneliness and isolation across the Slough area. Any lived experience or empathy of mental health challenges would also be desirable. If you have any skills, interests or hobbies that you’d like to share and would work well as a group activity it would be lovely to hear from you. This can be anything from painting, walking, cooking, you name it.

Our activities are held at different locations in Slough and we tend to hire a room based on the activity. Current locations include Tesco’s Community Room, Home on the Highstreet and The Future Works in Slough Town Centre.

For an informal chat and further information about this opportunity please contact our office.