Cerebral Palsy Alliance Volunteering Opportunities 2018
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Cerebral Palsy Alliance volunteering opportunities 2018 Opportunity Date & Cost Location No. Description of volunteering activity Time of vols January CPA Try-athlon Tuesday, 16th N/A Sydney – 2 The new CPA Mini Try-athlon Club is designed to get young athletes January Allambie Heights moving and developing their skills. Each participant sets their own challenge, and is supported to safely achieve their own goals. 8.30am – Cerebral Palsy 10.00am Alliance, 187 Tasks/Roles: Volunteers will assist in the running of the triathlon and with Allambie Road, timekeeping and helping with breakfast set-up. † Allambie Heights NSW 2100 CPA Try-athlon Saturday, 27th N/A Sydney – 4 The new CPA Mini Try-athlon Club is designed to get young athletes January Allambie Heights moving and developing their skills. Each participant sets their own challenge, and is supported to safely achieve their own goals. 8.30am – Cerebral Palsy 10.30am Alliance, 187 Tasks/Roles: Volunteers will assist in the running of the triathlon and with Allambie Road, timekeeping and helping with breakfast set-up. † Allambie Heights NSW 2100 February Parents Car wash Wednesday $350 Lake Macquarie – 6 This is an opportunity for volunteers to help parents who are busy, day 21st February Croudace Bay overwhelmed and in need of some pampering. This is a great opportunity 2018 to meet some of the families and clients. The Stuart Centre 9.00am – 61 Parklea venue Tasks/Roles: Having some fun washing parents and therapy cars, plus 3.30pm Croudace Bay have a tour of our regional office. † NSW 2280 Car wash day tbc $350 Sydney – 6 This is an opportunity for volunteers to have a tour of our head office site Allambie Heights and spend some time with clients from our day service program. 9.00am – 3.30pm Lifestyles CAS, Tasks/Roles: Having some fun washing our clients transport vans. Clients Cerebral Palsy love the interaction with volunteers! † Alliance, 187 † For all events where clients are present, Cerebral Palsy Alliance (CPA) staff will assist with any personal care or with mealtimes support. Opportunity Date & Cost Location No. Description of volunteering activity Time of vols Allambie Road, Allambie Heights, NSW 2100 Gardening day Date tbc $1050 Sydney – 4-6 Volunteers will work as a team and help tidy the gardens at our Ashfield Ashfield Accommodation House. (this event can be moved 201 Elizabeth Tasks/Roles: May include pruning, weeding, putting new mulch down, to another Street planting new plants/building a herb garden. † month) Ashfield NSW 2131 9.00am – 3.30pm March Kids Easter Party Friday 23rd $1000 Lake Macquarie – 12 Get in to the spirit of Easter and volunteer at our Therapy Centre Easter March Croudace Bay Party. There will be a disco, Easter egg hunt, arts and craft. Plus an opportunity for parents to socialise. The Stuart Centre 61 Parklea venue Croudace Bay Tasks/Roles: May include helping with the BBQ, arts and craft activities NSW 2280 and ensure the kids and parents have fun! † Kids Easter Party Wednesday $1000 Central Coast – 12 Get in to the spirit of Easter and Volunteer at our Therapy Centre Easter 28th March Tuggerah Party. There will be a disco, Easter egg hunt, arts and craft. Plus an opportunity for parents to socialise. 8 Teamster Avenue, Tuggerah Tasks/Roles: May include helping with the BBQ, activities, arts and craft NSW 2259 and ensure the kids and parents have fun. † Newcastle Regional 2nd,3rd or 4th $800 Newcastle Show Volunteers will spend the day accompanying staff and teens from our CAS Show March Ground Respite Service centre around the show and supporting some clients on the rides. Tasks/Roles: May include may assisting with pushing manual wheelchairs around the venue but for the most part, socialising with the teenage clients and ensuring they enjoy the day. † † For all events where clients are present, Cerebral Palsy Alliance (CPA) staff will assist with any personal care or with mealtimes support. Opportunity Date & Cost Location No. Description of volunteering activity Time of vols Football Camp Saturday 3rd N/A Sydney – 4 The Football camp is designed to encourage and develop the skills of March Narrabeen potential young athletes who are interested in football. Each participant is supported to safely achieve their own goal. 12.00pm – Sydney Academy 8.00pm of Sport, Tasks/Roles: Volunteers will assist with facilitating photographic portrait Wakehurst Pkwy, activity † North Narrabeen NSW 2101 Project Green Anytime in $650 Sydney – 6-8 Project Green is one of our ‘Social Enterprise’ initiatives. Project Green March (this Allambie Heights gives a person with complex support and communication needs the event can be opportunity to have a ‘valued’ role in a small business venture (growing, moved to Cerebral Palsy potting, marketing and selling herbs and funky succulents). The aim is for another Alliance, 187 each individual to be responsible for a section of the business process, month) Allambie Road, from the horticulture to the marketing, selling and accounting and more Allambie Heights, importantly they have a sense that they are contributing. 9.00am – NSW 2100 3:30pm Tasks/Roles: This event will see you contributing to the project by helping in the gardens, which may include weeding, pruning, harvesting alongside our clients. † Royal Easter Show Any day $850 Sydney - 6 Volunteers will spend the day accompanying staff and clients around the day outing during this Homebush Royal Easter Show. time March 23 – 3 April 1 Showground Rd, Tasks/Roles: Volunteers may assist pushing manual wheelchairs around 10:30am – Sydney Olympic the venue but for the most part, volunteers will be socialising with the 3:30pm Park, NSW 2127 clients and ensuring they enjoy the day. † Swimming Gala Sunday 11th N/A Sydney – 6 The CPA swim club is designed to get young athletes moving and Day March Narrabeen developing their skills. Each participant is supported to safely achieve their own goal. 2.00pm – Sydney Academy 5.00pm of Sport, North Tasks/Roles: Volunteers will assist in timekeeping and socialising with the Narrabeen NSW young athletes and their families. † 2101 Gardening day Date tbc $850 Sydney – Dee 8 Volunteers will work as a team and help tidy the gardens at our Grevillea Why Respite Home (this event can be moved Grevillea Cottage, Tasks/Roles: may include pruning, weeding, putting new mulch down, † For all events where clients are present, Cerebral Palsy Alliance (CPA) staff will assist with any personal care or with mealtimes support. Opportunity Date & Cost Location No. Description of volunteering activity Time of vols to another 14 South Creek planting new plants and general tidy up (each sites needs will be different) month) Road, Dee Why NSW 2099 9.00am – 3.30pm April Kids (12-18yrs) Thursday, 5th $1600 Lake Macquarie – 5 This program enables teenagers to learn basic skills of cooking. Will cooking workshop April 2017 Croudace Bay include menu planning, shopping and cooking a banquet meal for all. 9:30am- The Stuart Centre Tasks/Roles: Volunteers will assist clients with shopping by pushing those 2:30pm 61 Parklea venue in wheelchairs and helping to get items off the shelf. During cooking Croudace Bay participants are encouraged to work independently with volunteers as NSW 2280 coaches. † Meet the Knights at tbc $500 Wests Mayfield 1+ Spend the morning with clients at an open training session with the an open training Knights.. session Tasks/Roles: The volunteer will write down collate messages of support from the clients to the team and will give to a representative of the club on the day. † Spring Cleaning Date tbc $250 Sydney – St Ives 10 Volunteers will work as a team and help spring clean at the Community Access Service 9.00am – St Ives Community 3.30pm Access, 6 Stanley Tasks/Roles: may include washing walls, washing windows, dusting Street, St Ives furniture and a general tidy up, some light gardening may also be done. † NSW 2075 Northern Beaches Saturday 14th n/a Sydney – 6 This is a local 1-day Boccia competition, which attracts the best players Waves - Open April Wahroonga from the Sydney Metropolitan area. 8.00am – Knox Grammar Tasks/Roles: may include court set-up, facilitating timing devices 5.30pm 2 Borambil Street (timekeeping) and help with pack up at the end of the day. † (Could be NSW 2074 broken down into an AM and PM session) † For all events where clients are present, Cerebral Palsy Alliance (CPA) staff will assist with any personal care or with mealtimes support. Opportunity Date & Cost Location No. Description of volunteering activity Time of vols Gardening day Date tbc $850 Sydney - 4-6 Volunteers will work as a team and help tidy the gardens at our Granville Granville Accommodation Home (this event can be moved 6-8 Markey Street, Tasks/Roles: may include pruning, weeding, putting new mulch down, to another South Granville planting new plants and general tidy up (each site needs will be different). month) NSW 2142 † 9.00am – 3.30pm Youth Services: Date tbc $550 (tbc) Sydney (metro) - 4-6 Volunteers will engage with our young participants to support their full Teen & Young Various inclusion and optimal experience in a fun and social holiday activity. Adult Holiday School Program holidays Tasks/Roles: Activities may be centre based or out in the community. And support participants with varying physical ability. † May Parents Car wash Tuesday 23rd $350 Central Coast – 6 This is an opportunity for volunteers to help parents who are busy, day May Tuggerah overwhelmed and in need of some pampering. This is a great opportunity to meet some of the families and clients. 9.00am – 8 Teamster 1.30pm Avenue, Tuggerah Tasks/Roles: Having some fun washing parents and therapy cars, plus NSW 2259 have a tour of our regional office.