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Golden Oldies Singing Group, which meets
weekly at Farmborough, nr Bath is looking for a volunteer
willing to help make tea – one hour a week |
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Community Learning is looking for
volunteers who have aptitude and enthusiasm for Literacy and
Numeracy and a willingness to help others learn these
skills. |
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The Willow Tree Pregnancy Advice Centre
(Yate) wants to recruit a volunteer as Baby Equipment
Co-ordinator to match donated equipment with clients’ needs. |
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Volunteer Centre Yate is looking for
volunteers from the area of Dodington Parish and West Yate
to act as links between their community and the volunteer
centre – updating information, visiting community areas with
information; encouraging volunteering in local groups. |
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Yate Volunteer Centre is looking for
Community Link Volunteers to help raise the profile of
volunteering and connect local communities and community
groups to our services. We are especially looking for
volunteers who can work in West Yate, Dodington Parish, the
Sodburys and the areas surrounding Yate and Chipping
Sodbury.You will need your own transport but expenses paid. |
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Yate in Bloom wishes to recruit some
volunteers who can help take this project forward – they are
looking for people with project management, design skills,
publicity skills as well as people with a knowledge of
horticulture or simply enjoy gardening |
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Avon North Mencap needs befriending
volunteers to support families where a child has a learning
disability or to support an adult with a learning disability
by going out with them to the cinema or shopping for
example. |
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Yate & District Athletics Club is looking
for volunteers to help at various events through to the 11th
July – duties involve stewarding and helping with
refreshments |
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Community Learning, South Glos is seeking
volunteers with enthusiasm for life long learning in
community settings to assist adults with literacy and
numeracy. You should be willing to work in an individual and
group setting |
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Princess Royal Trust for Carers is looking
for volunteers to promote them locally and reach unsupported
carers. |
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Volunteers interested in community
radio may be interested in applying to GLOSS FM
– various roles
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Edward Jenner Museum, Berkeley
We have
new opportunities for several different types of role from
gardening to archiving. Please contact us for full details.
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The Children’s Society is looking
for
more people across South Gloucestershire who would be
willing to give talks to local groups about the work of the
Society and help to generate more interest and funds. No
special skills except the gift of the gab!
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Young People! The Avon & Somerset Constabulary
is looking for more young people from across its region to
take part in Forums every few months. Discussions help
identify and measure young people’s impressions of police
policy and opinions on crime and safety.
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Motor
Neurone Disease Association: Local Volunteers
You could volunteer locally by helping to design
newsletters, chairing meetings, managing finances, dealing
with correspondence, designing posters – whatever you can
do, share your skill
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Walking to Health Volunteers
Do you enjoy walking? Could you encourage others to increase
their fitness, by helping to lead walks locally? The South
Gloucestershire Walking to Health team is looking to recruit
more volunteers who can help devise, map and lead walks, as
well as provide support to other walk leaders. You don’t
have to commit to helping at every walk and if you prefer,
you can offer your services as ‘middle’ or ‘back’ markers
rather than front leaders. To volunteer for these roles, you
need to be a competent walker (about 4 miles) and enjoy it!
The team is looking for sociable, approachable people who
are confident at following route maps/instructions and can
attend training.
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Retired & Senior Volunteer
Programme (RSVP)
welcomes anyone who
is 50+ and interested in volunteering to contact them. They
work in a similar way to Volunteer Centres, matching people
to appropriate voluntary work and have specific interests in
community, schools, heritage and environment. They are also
looking for people to become volunteer organisers. |
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Penny Brohn Cancer Care:
we have a number of
opportunities available with this organisation (formerly
called The Bristol Cancer Help Centre). Opportunities range
from admin to information production, fundraising and
leaflet distribution. They are based in Pill – please ask us
for full details. |
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Enthusiastic Community Fundraisers
are being recruited by the Family
Centre for the Deaf – apart from the enthusiasm you should
have an interest in Deaf issues and lots of energy! The
Centre is also looking for a Fundraiser who has some
experience of applying to Trusts for Grants. |
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Meningitis UK
is setting up a team of
‘adhoc’volunteers to help with stewarding and collecting at
events. If you have a few hours to spare from time to time,
this is a great way to meet new people. |
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Breast Cancer Campaign:
there are lots of ways you can use
your skills to help this national charity at a local level –
be part of a regional fundraising group, take part in tin
collections, organiser events, be a spokesperson…contact us
for an application form |
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Emerson’s Green Village Hall
Village Hall staff are looking for
volunteers who are able to assist them at events and/or on
evenings when the Hall is open to the public. Tasks include
helping to set up an event, help during the event and with
clearing away. Urgent offers of help are needed for the
Christmas Fair on December 2nd when help is needed in Café,
Santa’s grotto and with community stalls. If you do not want
to help at events, the Hall welcomes other volunteers
willing to help with work such as leaflet distribution. |
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