Latest Volunteer Roles for October
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Latest volunteer roles for October Volunteering is ‘rewarding and fulfilling’ - volunteering at Age UK Sheffield Visit our Drop-In: Monday – Wednesday 10am – 4pm What is the Volunteer Centre? We are part of Voluntary Action Sheffield and we help people wanting to volunteer and organisations offering voluntary roles to find one another. You can find out more about volunteering by contacting us: Visit our drop-in: Mon - Wed, 10am - 4pm Email [email protected] or Telephone 0114 253 6649 Facebook: @SheffieldVolunteerCentre Twitter: @VolunteerSheff Volunteer Centre Sheffield Would you like this updated list The Circle, 33 Rockingham Lane (off e-mailed to you every month? Division Street) Register on the Bulletin page on our Sheffield S1 4FW website – see address below... Visit our drop-in Only the latest roles are shown in this bulletin - we have nearly 400 more roles for you to explore: so come and speak with one of our Advisors at the drop-in (details above). If you are interested one of the roles listed, you can apply by using the contact details supplied. Search online Visit our website - www.sheffieldvolunteercentre.org.uk and click on start volunteering: you will be able to search through all volunteer roles and register. The New Beginnings Project The Volunteer Centre has a project to help to support refugees and asylum seekers into volunteering, as well as employment, education and mentoring. Phone us on 0114 253 6655 to find out more, or visit www.sheffieldvolunteercentre.org.uk/refugees-asylum-seekers Additional Help If you need extra help in looking for volunteer roles, please contact the Volunteer Centre for help and advice using the details at the top of the page or come to chat to one of our advisors at our drop-in. www.sheffieldvolunteercentre.org.uk Come to the Sheffield Volunteering Fair and find the perfect role for you! Monday 14th October 10am – 4pm Hallam Hall, Owen Building Sheffield Hallam University City Campus Howard Street, S1 2LX Meet with charities and organisations from across the city, looking for people just like you. Explore the hundreds of exciting opportunities available, from gardening to befriending, driving to fundraising – there really is something for everyone. Free event – everyone welcome The venue is fully accessible. We look forward to seeing you there! For more information about the Volunteering Fair, please contact Heather Endcliffe (Volunteering Co-ordinator) on 0114 2536649 or [email protected] The Sheffield Christmas Dinner, can you help? Volunteer to help make the Sheffield Christmas Dinner happen! It's a meal on Christmas day for care leavers aged 18-25 with nowhere else to be at Christmas. Volunteering involves coordinating volunteers, guests, food and entertainment. Email [email protected] for more information. Volunteer at the Volunteer Centre! Volunteer Advisor • You could be an Advisor at our Volunteer Centre drop-in in Sheffield city centre, and help others find out about volunteering and find the right roles for them. You could develop your customer service, communication and computing skills to help individuals into volunteering. Contact us at [email protected] or 0114 253 6649 to find out more, and see how you can become a volunteer with Sheffield Volunteer Centre! If you are interested in any roles in this Bulletin, you can contact the organisation(s), using the details provided, to find out more and apply. The Bulletin only includes the latest roles, not all roles. To search through all roles please visit www.sheffieldvolunteercentre.org.uk/start-volunteering, or come to our drop-in at the Volunteer Centre to chat with one of our Advisors. Our address is on the back page. Age UK Sheffield Digital Team Volunteer Do you have the skills and patience to join our Digital Team? We offer a unique service to our older clients making a home visit and taking the time to show someone how to use their phone/laptop/camera. Driver (Volunteer) Could you spare a few hours a week to collect donations for our new charity shops in Bradway and Abbeydale Road? Virginia Lowes, 0114 250 2850, [email protected] All Inc Trampolining Meetings Secretary Help us get back on track! You will organise our meetings so we can develop the club to more effectively enable people with disabilities to access our sport. You will arrange and minute our meetings and follow up the actions we decide upon. Elizabeth Clay, 07721027904, [email protected] Alzheimer's Society Telephone Support Volunteer S64 9JP You will make calls to people affected by dementia to ask how they are doing. You will provide information and enable people living with dementia to access support that will benefit them by connecting them to our services and advisers. Gail Curtis, 07889604291, [email protected] Bags of Taste Cooking Volunteer at fun and friendly project! S63 9BH Do you like to cook and chat? Here's an opportunity to help a leading food poverty organisation change the lives of its participants; perhaps even to learn some new recipes and skills! Dave Doyle, 07894440519, [email protected] Breast Cancer Care and Breast Cancer Now Bucket Collection Volunteers S1 2EX Bucket Collection Volunteers - Various one off dates this Autumn! Emily Beahan, [email protected] British Heart Foundation - The Moor Warehouse Volunteer Hillsborough S6 2BY We have new opportunities for warehouse volunteers in our Hillsborough BHF store, this is a great role if you want to keep fit and be active whilst helping to fund life saving research! Chris Whitehead, 0114 2245942, [email protected] British Red Cross Community Fundraising event volunteer S9 2RX The Sheffield fundraising team need confident, enthusiastic volunteers to help promote and encourage local people to take part in the Steel City Abseil on 26th October 2019. We are particularly keen to find people who will join us in visiting Sheffield businesses to encourage sign-ups and taking out flyers to our community hubs. Lucy Gray, 01142427381, [email protected] British Tinnitus Association Web Chat Volunteer S8 0TB If you want to help people with a health condition and gain experience with a national charity, this is the role for you! Emily Ducker, 0114 250 9933, [email protected] Broomhill Community Library Limited Library Assistant S10 5BR Working as part of a small team of volunteers staffing the public library at Broomhill. Dealing with queries from library users at the reception desk, on the phone or by e-mail. Using computers, photocopiers, scanners and printers. Using the internet for e-mail and information. Locating and shelving books. Creating displays and updating Noticeboards. 0114 273 4276, [email protected] Burton Street Foundation Trustee S6 2HH Join the board of trustees at Burton Street and help shape the future of this vibrant community organisation. Clare Mappin, 01142332908, [email protected] Canal and River Trust Volunteering on Sheffield & Tinsley Canal S9 2Fn Like working outside around nature & history? Explore the Sheffield & Tinsley Canal and make a difference. Tasks in helping to improve the canal include: painting, cut back vegetation, work on the Naburn work boat, maintenance on towpaths,conservation work & litter picking. Anthony Walker, 07483 146061, [email protected] Chula Accountant S6 We are looking for a volunteer with good knowledge of accounting and finance, who is willing to give their time to support Chula in managing our books, provide accountancy training to relevant staff and give advice with regards to financial laws and procedures. Artist/designer S6 We are looking for artistic and creative volunteers who are able to dedicate their time to provide training workshops in art, design, sewing and crafts for vulnerable girls and young women. The volunteer will support the girls through their learning as they independently design, create and market a product which advocates for gender equality and women's empowerment. Grant writer We are looking for a volunteer who has some experience in writing grant applications and organising fundraising events to help our charity in its early stages to raise funds to sustain our projects. By giving their time, this volunteer will help us to search for and apply for grants and funding opportunities that are relevant for our organisation. Sarah Godfrey, 07510722720, [email protected] Crisis Skylight South Yorkshire Cookery Classroom Volunteer Can you motivate & encourage adults to learn? You’ll support our cookery tutor in helping homeless people to learn how to cook healthily on a budget. You’ll support the learning & help set up & clean up. (Wednesday 3.45- 6.15pm at St Wilfrid's Place). Renting Ready Classroom Volunteer S10 2GB Help prepare & encourage homeless people to be able to rent their own property. You’ll support tutors at one of our renting ready classes: Mon 1.15-3.45 Target Housing, Sheffield; Tenancy Mentor Help people who have experienced homelessness to live independently and move away from homelessness. Provide mentoring support to enable them to sustain their tenancy and a listening ear. Driving licence and car required (mileage reimbursed), one day per week (during office hours); covering a geographical area in South Yorkshire to include Sheffield Emma Vizor, 0114 317 7304, [email protected] Development Education Centre ‘Hands-on' artefact box loans co-ordinator To improve the quality & uptake in of the 'Global Learning' scheme in local schools. The artefact boxes cover 50 country and topic-specific subjects. You will help to maintain and update the artefact boxes collection, and assist in marketing the project to local schools.. Jane Anderson, 0114 241 2750, [email protected] Friends of Manor Fields Park Member S2 1GF The Friends of Manor Fields Park are looking to recruit new members.