This
page will feature requests for volunteers from organisations and
projects looking for help on a one-off or short term basis.
| Organisation’s
name: |
Amadudu
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| Dates: |
n/a
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Amadudu is a women's project offering respite and
support to women and their children fleeing domestic violence.
We are looking for trainee teachers / teaching
assistants who are willing to volunteer to work with children aged 11 -
14 years supporting them with their homework.
Due to the nature of our project we would actively
encourage women from BRM communities to offer their services.
- Must have experience in delivering afterschool
activities / homework classes
- Must be reliable, flexible and able to work
creatively with children and committed to provide a quality service.
Expenses will be reimbursed - this will not affect
Social Security
For more information contact Tola Lee on 0151-734 0083
| Organisation’s
name: |
BEN
- Motor and Trades Benevolent Fund
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| Dates: |
n/a
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Founded in 1905, BEN is the occupational benevolent
fund for employees past and present (and their dependants) from the
motor, cycle, motorcycle, commercial vehicle and agricultural
engineering industries, plus all their associated trades, organisations
and industries.
Our job is to provide the best possible service to those in need who
are connected to our industries' and it is our volunteers who make this
possible.
BEN undertake a diverse range of activities and because of this we
believe that whatever your background, ability and availability we have
an opportunity to suit you. We also believe that you'll find
volunteering for BEN both challenging and rewarding. Knowing that you
are helping to make a difference to the lives of people connected to
our industries will make you feel great.
BEN is a national charity, which means that we have opportunities
available all over the UK, so wherever you live there will be an
opportunity to suit you. Check out the website to see how you can get
involved.
Website:
www.ben.org.uk
| Organisation’s
name: |
Bluecoat
Gallery |
| Dates: |
Literature Festival at the Bluecoat 9 - 19 October 2008
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Enthusiastic Volunteer needed at
the Bluecoat
If you are interested in the arts and want to get experience or simply
play a part, there are fantastic opportunities to volunteer at the
Bluecoat.
As part of our team of volunteers, you will learn new skills and gain
experience of how an arts centre works. You’ll also get to meet
interesting like-minded creative people, and work with artists and
participants.
- Literature Festival at the
Bluecoat
- 9-19 October
The Bluecoat will hold its first literature festival this autumn with
ten days of live literature events, featuring authors from Liverpool,
the UK and beyond. Events will include readings, discussions, book
launches, signings, workshops, children’s events and much more. The
Bluecoat will be the perfect setting for those who wish to immerse
themselves in the world of books and meet authors for all tastes.
Get involved in an exciting arts
space in Liverpool and play your part in the city’s year as Capital of
Culture.
If you are interested, please pick up an application form from Tickets
and Information at the Bluecoat or contact
recruitment@thebluecoat.org.uk
| Organisation’s
name: |
Cancer
Research UK |
| Dates: |
n/a
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Help us with your
time and skills
Want to use your time and
talent to help Cancer Research UK?
Then join our team as a volunteer!
Charity volunteering can be a lot of fun and is a great
way to make new friends. It could also help you to learn new skills and
gain valuable work experience.
- help out in a Cancer
Research UK shop
- raise money in your
local area
- help run one of our major
events.
To get a real sense of what volunteering at Cancer
Research UK would be like:
- read what
our volunteers say about their experiences.
- look at our questions
and answers section.
- read our expectations
page to see what you can expect from us and what we expect of our
volunteers.
Go to
www.cancerresearchuk.org for
further information.
| Organisation’s
name: |
Encams
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| Dates: |
The Big Tidy Up - September 2008
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What is The Big Tidy Up?
This September
Keep Britain Tidy
is launching
The Big Tidy Up,
its first national clean up campaign in 8 years.
T
he Big Tidy Up campaign will
encourage communities to get together and clean up their local
area. The campaign is open to all, with groups, individuals and
businesses working together to get their community clean.
How do volunteers register for The Big Tidy Up?
Log onto the
Big Tidy Up
website
www.thebigtidyup.org, once
registered you will be sent a tidy up kit containing posters, stickers,
tabard bibs and badges. The kit will also contain a brochure with
guidance for volunteers to run a safe and effective tidy up.
What happens next?
Every registered group will be asked to return to the website and
record how many bags of rubbish they have collected. This will appear
on the site as a growing barometer, providing an overall national
picture of how much rubbish has been cleared.
Natalie Forrester, Marketing Co-ordinator, ENCAMS, Elizabeth House, The
Pier, Wigan WN3 4EX
Tel: 01942 612 645
E-mail:
natalie.forrester@encams.org
Wesbite:
www.encams.org
| Organisation’s
name: |
Macmillan
Cancer Care
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| Dates: |
Various dates throughout
2008
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Macmillan Cancer Support
improves the lives of people
effected by cancer. Activities include: planning and organising
national and
local events, researching the local community, providing support for
committees
and volunteers, providing appropriate materials and recognition for 3rd
party
fundraisers.
Volunteers would provide
administrative support, help
at national and local events, including
supermarket collections and bag packs, sell raffle tickets, count cash
and take
donor calls.
Help kick start your New Year resolutions
and sign up to run for Macmillan!
Here are just some of the runs coming up in your area!
| Adidas Women's 5k
Challenge |
7 September 2008 |
Liverpool
10K
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5 October 2008 |
Santa Dash
|
7 December 2008 |
All
you need to do is register for the runs and contact our team, we can
then provide you with everything you need to raise money for Macmillan
including sponsorship forms and running t-shirts/vests.
Other Ways to get involved
and Help Macmillan Cancer Support
- Place
collection tins in local shops, pubs etc and empty them from time to
time.
- Join
a
fundraising group or start a new fundraising group. Our groups raise
over £7 Million annually for people affected by cancer.
- Cheque
Presentations: for confident people who can represent Macmillan at a
variety of events and thank them on our behalf.
- Turn
your hobbies and ideas in to fundraising events!!!
We
would like to organise a Dragon Boat Race, Bathing in Beans
contest
and a Women's Truck Challenge in 2008, if you can help organise any of
these events or would like more information please get in contact.
No
expenses available. Disability access issues - dependant upon
particular event
venue.
If interested
please contact:
Loren Slade
Various
locations (as required)
Tel:
01925 846746, Email: LSlade@macmillan.org.uk, Web: www.macmillan.org.uk
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| Organisation’s
name: |
Merseyside
BioBank
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| Dates: |
July & August 2008
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Volunteer fieldworkers required to survey for nationally rare
orchid
- Are you interested in field ecology and botany?
- Would you like to gain
some valuable experience and field skills this summer?
If the answer to these questions is “yes!”, we are looking for
enthusiastic volunteers to help us locate the rare Dune Helleborine
orchid on the Sefton Coast during July and August 2008.
The objective of the survey
Dune Helleborine (Epipactis dunensis) is a nationally rare, endemic
plant for which Britain has an international responsibility. It is
largely confined to sand-dunes in Northwest England and North Wales.
The Vascular Plant Red Data List for Great Britain treats Dune
Helleborine as “Data Deficient”. A survey in 1992 confirmed the Sefton
Coast as a site of major importance for Dune Helleborine, but there are
indications that populations have undergone considerable changes since
then.
Volunteers duties
The timing of the survey in July and August will coincide with the
flowering period of the Dune Helleborine –the best time to look for and
identify it. We need volunteers – in teams of two – to search our study
areas on the Sefton Coast.
Click on the icon to download an information sheet in pdf format:
Interested?
If you are interested in getting involved, please contact Helen Greaves
at Merseyside BioBank:
| Organisation’s
name: |
Royal
National Lifeboat Association |
| Dates: |
Sunday 30th November 2008
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RNLI
Reindeer Run '08 Volunteer
Role Scope
and purpose
The RNLI runs
its own fundraising 10km / 5km fun run on Sunday 30th Nov 08 at
Knowsley Hall, Merseyside. Volunteers will be required to act as
marshals around the course, set up and derig the start / finish /
signage, supervise the water / food / tea & coffee areas and act as
general information points for participants.
Role
Functions
Provide
direction and encouragement to ensure all runners complete the correct
course, setup and derig the course and signage to ensure that the route
is clear to all, provide refreshments to runners and spectators,
supervise the parking area and any additional activities eg childrens
games. Volunteers may also be needed to act as Santa / Elves on
the day, supervise the reindeers and even dress up as a Reindeer for
photos!
Health and
safety responsibilities
To be
responsible for your own health and safety and that of others with whom
you volunteer with, by reporting all potential and actual health and
safety matters including accidents using the correct procedures.
Hours
required
9am-1pm on
Sunday 30th Nov 2008, plus one pre-event briefing session.
For further
details please contact
Lisa Rutter,
Regional Events Manager - North, RNLI, 18 Half Edge Lane, Eccles,
Manchester M30 9GJ
Tel: 0161-7878779
e-mail: lrutter@rnli.org.uk
| Organisation’s
name: |
Sefton
Resource Centre |
| Dates: |
Summer 2008
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We are a Sefton Social Services department who provide Support Care and
Holiday playschemes for children with severe disabilities. we need
volunteers to help out during our holiday playschemes preferably aged
16+. All volunteers will receive training. will be CRB checked by us
and also receive expenses for travel and lunch.
If you are interested please contact us on 0151 330 5860 and ask to
speak to Karen Offarrell
Click to open the poster in Adobe pdf format:
| Organisation’s
name: |
World
Firefighter Games 2008 |
| Dates: |
24th August - 3rd
September 2008
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The world Firefighter Games is a biennial competition
in which Firefighters and their families from all over the world
compete in numerous and varied sporting events.
The Liverpool World Firefighter Games 2008 will be held
from the 24th August- 3rd September 2008. The Games include a variety
of sports, some serious, some not so serious and whilst the emphasis is
on participation, competition its fierce and the last times the Games
were held in the UK (Sheffield) two British national records were
broken.
It is an international sporting event in its own right, initiated by an
American entrepreneur and a committee of international Firefighters in
1990. Since its launch, the initiative has been more and more
successful and has had a growing impact and following. This is the 10th
Games and previous hosts include big cities like Las Vegas, Sydney and
Paris, usually attracting in the region of 5000 competitors.
The participation of volunteers in the delivery of these Games is
essential. It would not be feasible to hold these games without a major
involvement of volunteers to provide much of the help and support
required. It a fundamental requirement of the Games that there must be
a lasting legacy for the people of Merseyside. One of the most
important ways of delivering this is through volunteering. Consequently
the recruitment of volunteers will not be confined to just sports
enthusiasts but to the whole of the community with people from all
marginalised groups being actively sought as volunteers. There will be
a particular focus on encouraging young people from all over Merseyside
to take part.
However before we begin to recruit Games volunteers I need to build a
volunteer management team.
I need to recruit 6 Volunteer Coordinators to help me manage the
volunteer participation in the Games. The roles require some commitment
i.e. to see the role through to the delivery of the Games in Aug/Sep
2008. Initially only a few hours per week will be required but that
would increase as the Games approached.
I have enclosed a brief Overview of the Games and a Role Description of
the Volunteer Coordinator. There will be training provided in volunteer
management that will give the participant an equivalent of an NVQ level
3. This would be a valuable addition to the CV of any aspiring people
manager.
- Click the icon here for the Overview in PDF format
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- Click the icon here for the Volunteer Coordinator
Role Description in
PDF format
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- Click this icon for the Transport Volunteer Planning
and Policy Supervisor role in PDF format
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- Click this icon for the Transport Volunteer HR
Supervisor role in PDF format
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In addition,
The WFG08 Charity Fund will be running some major charity
events and we need some volunteer help. The role would suit
anyone wishing to gain experience in event management. The role will
work along side an experienced event a manager and fundraiser and the
experience gained would be extremely valuable to anyone thinking of a
career in that field. The person would also get to attend some really
special events and meet a lot of people and maybe including a celebrity
or two! Also we will be paying expenses.
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- Click the icon here for the Assistant Charity Event
Manager Role
Description in PDF format
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- Click this icon for the volunteering poster in PDF
format
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- Click the icon here for the latest newsletter in PDF
format
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Contact: Dave Roscoe, Charity and Volunteer Participation, World Fire
Fighter
Games - Liverpool 2008
Tel: 0151-707 9137 - Mob: 07930 991828