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Volunteer Application Form

This form is confidential and all statistics are treated for monitoring and evaluating purposes only.

Personal Details

Name: Address: Postcode: Telephone: Mobile:

D.O.B N.I Number E-mail: Status Legal: IL EEA Spouse Student British EU O R Family Visa Citize Citizen t member n h e r

When did you arrive in the UK?

Reasons for applying

Use this space to describe the reasons you are interested in volunteering. For instance: Are you looking for work experience? Would you like to develop other skills? Please also tell us how you know about LAWA.

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Areas / tasks preferred

Are there any particular aspects or areas that you would like to learn about or get involved with through volunteering?

Otherwise, please rate from 1 to 5 all of the following areas (1 = of greatest interest):

Housing & benefits (Advice) Community liaison Domestic Violence (Advice) Volunteer Coordinator Assistant Translation Fundraising Communication-social media Monitoring and evaluation Workshops Research Psychology Graphic design Filing support Children and young people Flyering and advertising Business Advice Events and Activities Coordinator English teachers

Languages

Native language:

Other Spoken Written language Basic Intermediate fluent Basic Intermediate Fluent 1.

IT Skills

None Basic Intermediate Advanced Internet Word Excel

PowerPoint Access

Availability

What is your minimum and maximum availability? Please note we ideally ask for a minimum of 3 months.

Start date: To:

Availability throughout the week (please mark with and ‘X’):

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday A PM A P AM P AM P AM PM M M M M M

Current Employment Situation

Part time Not working Student

Full time I am looking for Retired work

Volunteering Have you ever volunteered before? Yes No

Have you volunteered for another organisation in the Yes No last 12 months?

How did you find out about LAWA? (Please mark with an ‘X’)

Latin Market Leaflet / University Member or Poster former service user at LAWRS lawadv.org.uk Internet Church Word of Search mouth charityjob.co.uk Latin Volunteer Internship / American Centre Work newspaper Placement Other website: Radio Other Other – (which one?) organization state: name:

Personal Information – Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form Statistical monitoring

This form will be separated from your other application documents and will be used for monitoring purposes only

Age Group What is your age group? Please select. 20 – 30 years 51 – 60 years 31 – 40 years 60 years + 41 – 50 years Disability You’re disabled under the Equality Act 2010 if you have a physical or mental impairment that has a ‘substantial’ and ‘long-term’ negative effect on your ability to do normal daily activities. Do you consider yourself to be disabled? Yes No (Please select)

Ethic Origin Please note that these categories reflect those used in the 2001 Census. How would you describe your ethnic origin? (If you do not identify with any of the categories listed, please use the “other” categories). Please tick one box.

WHITE British Irish Other white MIXED White & black Caribbean White & black African White & Asian Other mixed ASIAN OR ASIAN BRITISH Indian Pakistani Bangladeshi Other Asian BLACK OR BLACK BRITISH Caribbean African Other black CHINESE OR OTHER Chinese Other ethnic group Don’t know/not sure Would rather not state LATIN AMERICAN Country:

Generation:

Religion/Belief Sexual Orientation How would you describe your How would you describe your sexual religion/ belief? orientation?

Christian Heterosexual Buddhist Gay/lesbian Hindu Bisexual Jewish Don’t know/not sure Muslim Would rather not state Sikh Other Gender None Female Don’t know/not Male sure Would rather not state

For these posts we need the details of two people who know you well (not relatives/ family); additionally, we will need to conduct a Criminal Records Check. It is our policy to seek these references and checks in order to protect the safety of our service users.

If you have been involved in criminal activity or passed a sentence, this does not mean that you cannot become a volunteer. An important part of this process is that all of your papers are in order; such as: passport, work permit, etc.

All the information given on this form is of a confidential nature. References –

Referee 1 Name Contact Detail Relationship

Referee 2 Name Contact detail Relationship

Please email your completed application form to: [email protected] (Alternatively you can post your application to Volunteer Coordinator, 18 Ashwin St, E8 3DL)

THANKYOU!