Give your time to make a difference to the lives of older people around you

Posted on: 9 May 2012
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Age UK has local Age UK partners across the country, which run a huge variety of projects and services, and have a constantly changing variety of volunteering opportunities. Here are just a small selection of some of the opportunities that may be available:

• Activity Buddy (helping someone to become more physically active)
• Befriender (visiting someone who lives alone)
• Bereavement and loss visitor
• Events assistant
• Day centre helper (tasks could include serving meals to giving manicures)
• Driver
• Fundraiser
• Gardener
• Handyperson
• Information and advice worker
• IT coach
• Swimming monitor (helping at swimming classes)
• Trustee

This is a great opportunity for you gain new skills, enhance your CV and meet new people.

To find your nearest local Age UK partner use the interactive map or call on 0800 169 6565.

Improve your CV and get recognition for your volunteering. Choose the award that’s right for you.

Posted on: 3 May 2012
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Volunteer with TimeBank

Posted on: 26 April 2012
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Futures Together is a project that is currently running at TimeBank. It supports Muslim women to learn basic computer skills and get online.

This project offers women over 35 the chance to interact with younger generations and improve their English skills. The project takes place in London and has now been expanded to Birmingham with funding from The Allan and Nesta Ferguson Charitable Trust.

You will help someone to:

• Learn how to use a computer
• Send emails and use the internet
• Improve your English speaking skills

Would you like to pass on your skills?

We need young Muslim women aged 18-34 to help us deliver these workshops. If you can use a computer, send emails, use the internet and are free for two hours a week, you could make a BIG difference to another woman’s life.

If you would like to volunteer your help, we will provide training and you’ll be supported by the Project Coordinator. You could even learn to lead similar training workshops of your own.

So if you’d like to get involved or know someone who would benefit from the project please email info@futurestogether.org.uk or telephone the Project Coordinator Shaida Riaz on 07514 530285.

Fancy 3 weeks experience at GOOGLE, TIME OUT LONDON, IPC MEDIA, SOMETHIN’ ELSE, or CR-UK?

Posted on: 24 April 2012
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Cancer Research UK are currently running a campaign called ‘Go.Give.Gain’ which offers students the chance to win work experience with CR-UK or one of our four corporate partners:

• Google
• Somethin’ Else
• Time Out, London
• IPC Media

The competition is a fundraising exercise which runs until the 31^st May. In addition to the work placements we also have six awards for applicants that excel in one of the following:

• Innovation Award
• Cancer Research UK Awareness Award
• Networking Award
• Communication and Social Media Award
• Fundraising Award
• Best Group Award

All you need to do is come up with a fundraising idea that demonstrates your business skills while promoting Cancer Research UK and what we do. By taking part in the competition you will not only be raising vital funds for Cancer Research UK, but you’ll also be gaining invaluable experience for your CV.

You can run your fundraising initiative on your own or as part of a group, but all submissions must be made individually and you will be judged on the part you personally played in the project.

The placements are based in London with £100 a week travel allowance and a £4 daily lunch allowance and will take place between 1^st July and 31^st of August 2012.

If you’d like to be in with a chance of winning a work placement with some of the UK’s top graduate employers please have a look at our information pack and check out our website for fundraising ideas and tips.

Please send any enquiries to gogivegain@cancer.org.uk and good luck!

Ignite your career in PR

Posted on: 20 April 2012
By: Frances Gow
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The Career Development Centre has teamed up with Ignite to bring you a unique opportunity to meet high profile professionals in the PR industry.

Ignite is a national not-for-profit and inclusive organisation for public relations professionals, promoting cultural diversity within the industry.

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Volunteering for Stronger Communities

Posted on: 18 April 2012
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Are you interested in volunteering to improve your job prospects?

If you live in the London Borough of Islington and are interested in getting a chance to gain some valuable experience and learn some new skills, contact us now and we will find you a regular placement with a local community organisation.

We have a wide range of community organisations that need assistance, so whether you would feel more suited to office, manual, caring, driving or any other kind of role it is likely we can find something to suit you. Joining this project also gives you the option to access training seminars, IT skills training, careers advice and help with developing your CV.

To find out more about volunteering in this project contact Paul Stephenson at Voluntary Action Islington:

E: Paul.Stephenson@vai.org.uk
T: 020 7832 5804

Use your skills to help young people get back on track!

Posted on: 18 April 2012
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FutureYou utilises pioneering social networking technology, as well as a therapeutic framework, to engage with young people who are trying to get back on track. There are over 1,000,000 young people in the UK who are not in education, employment or training and trying to find their way in life – could you use your life experience to help them realise their potential? From the comfort of your PC and at a time that suits you, you can really help young people change their lives. It couldn’t be simpler.

The next London trainings will be taking place in our Crystal Palace offices on the following dates, and will run from 11am to 5pm:

• Tuesday 24th April
• Wednesday 2nd May
• Saturday 26th May
• Thursday 31st May
• Wednesday 13th June
• Friday 22nd June
• Saturday 23rd June
• Tuesday 3rd July
• Friday 20th July
• Tuesday 31st July

To get involved with one of these training dates please email (volunteering@thefutureyou.org.uk) us your name, mobile number, age, location and your chosen training date.

If you have any questions or would like to discuss the role further please do give us a call on 0208 768 2162.
We look forward to having you as a FutureYou Life Mentor!

Programme Leader – The Challenge Network

Posted on: 16 April 2012
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The Challenge is looking for Programme Leaders to oversee our intensive summer programme, overseeing a group of sixty young people, working both residentially and in the local community in London, West Midlands or the North West, over a period of three or six weeks.

The Programme Leader is responsible for both the overall running of the programme, and managing a dozen staff, working on all three weeks of the programme: a residential week where the young people undertake outdoor activities, a second residential week where young people learn key skills such as enterprise and media and a community week where the young people plan voluntary projects in their local area.

This role is suitable for an exceptional people manager with significant experience of working with young people. This is an extremely fulfilling and demanding position which involves managing a team of twelve staff and overseeing the pastoral care and development of sixty sixteen-year-olds.

Programme Leaders work for three or six weeks with The Challenge between June and September and are paid £1900 for each three-week programme.

For further information and to apply, please go to www.the-challenge.org/jobs.

Volunteer in Bosnia!

Posted on: 16 April 2012
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Would you like to volunteer with young people in Bosnia, working through art to help bring people together, with all your costs covered?

Firefly International is looking for 3 volunteers based in the UK aged between 20 – 30 to volunteer with our partner organisation Svitac in Brcko, Bosnia from June 15th 2012 – August 31st 2012.

The volunteers will work on either Music or Arts and Crafts programmes with young people from a variety of backgrounds, living in North East Bosnia. All costs will be covered (travel, accommodation and basic living expenses) as part of the Youth In Action European Commission programme.

More details:
You will organise and develop music and drama workshops and activities alongside local staff and volunteers. You will also work alongside local staff and volunteers to organise various events, festivals and music and arts camps, which will be held both inside and outside Brcko.
All of these activities aim to encourage communication and dialogue at a local level, between people of a wide variety of backgrounds and ethnicities in Brcko, Bosnia, and to give people in Brcko the chance to meet and work with people from outside of Bosnia. Due to Brcko’s special status as an ‘inter-ethnic district’ within an increasingly divided Bosnia and Herzegovina these workshops are all the more needed. While focusing on common projects rather than divisive issues the EVS volunteering project aims to emphasise and develop a sense of belonging to a wider European community, and at the same time explore complex issues surrounding conflict, national identity and nationalism.

No previous international volunteering experience is required. For more information on this excellent opportunity please email us at evs2012@fireflyinternational.org before the 1st of May 2012.

Reading Helpers Needed across England!

Posted on: 11 April 2012
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Volunteer Reading Help (VRH) is a national charity which provides literacy support for children aged 6 -11 in areas of deprivation across England. We work through 16 local branches in the North, Midlands, Greater London and Kent.

VRH reading helpers receive comprehensive training, ongoing support and resources including books and games. Many VRH reading helpers go on to become part of the school community. Some reading helpers discover a vocation and decide they want to work with children. For everyone, it is an opportunity to give something back to society and to inspire the next generation of readers.

Each of the 1,700 fully trained reading helpers gives 3 hours a week for a school year to help children, one-to-one, with their reading. Currently we are helping 5000 children per year and we wish to reach many more. We hope to create a nation of confident children, literate for life and we need your help to achieve this.

Person specification:

• Patient and encouraging
• Good listeners
• Able to work one-to-one with children at the child’s pace
• Good communicators
• Flexible and approachable
• Passionate about literacy

If this sounds like you, please use the VRH branch finder to check how this operates in your area. For more information on application process please click here.