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Opportunities Newsletter
Current Opportunities Spitalfields City Farm • Admin & Research Volunteer – Filing, answering phone. Office management, project development – researching planning projects and fundraising. • Farm Volunteer – Working with the animals and working on horticultural projects. Age Concern • Befriender for elderly – visiting an elderly person for 1 hour per week, talking and listening and encouraging activities, go to shops or for a walk. Barnardo’s Retail Shop Retail Assistant - Sorting and pricing clothes and goods, working on the till, steaming clothes, tidying etc. Brooks Farm Horticultural Volunteer - Helping with the allotments in a nature garden, digging, planting and weeding. • Animal Welfare Volunteer - Feeding, grooming and looking after animals Crest Charity Shop Helper - Sorting, pressing clothes, serving customers and using the till. Befriender - Main aim is to provide a listening ear and company on a regular basis activities might include swimming, shopping or just a chat. Social Discussion Group Volunteers - Escorts, People to be collected to and from their homes and brought to the venue assisting with wheelchairs. Volunteer Helper - socialising and befriending with members. . Welcome Centre Befriender - Chat and interact with clients Kitchen Assistants – Help prepare and devise menus for lunchtime meals.. General Assistant - Cutting grass, cleaning grounds of rubbish, collecting donations, preparing dining room and many more duties. Laundry Assistant - Set washing going in the machines, hang washing on the washing line or in tumbledryer and pack away in client’s bags. Kitchen Cleaner - Cleaning crockery and using the dishwasher, tidy away clean cutlery making sure the kitchen is clean. Serving Hostess - Serving meals to clients, clearing away the food. • Receptionist – signing people in. Waltham Forest Council Befriender - To befriend the service users and take part in activities at a residential care home Advocate - Working at one of the Council’s respite centres. To be an advocate for service users for their meetings & reviews when a family member does not represent them. Gardener - To attend to the garden and pond at a Council’s residential care home Shop Mobility VehicleBooker - Assist elderly/disabled adults, keep wheelchairs & scooters clean & in good order. Shopping helper/escort - Assisting elderly and disabled shoppers in Walthamstow, help carry bags and using a wheelchair.. Forest Farm Peace Garden Gardener - To develop & maintain a community garden, planting & harvesting fruits and vegetables. Arts, crafts & design Working on mosaics, decorating, sculpture, publication materials. Quaker Social Action Homestore • Furniture Repairer – Repairing and transforming furniture. • Office Assistant – Reception and clerical tasks, taking down details of furniture, completing information on databases and dealing with the public. • Painter – Painting walls & floors. Forest Recycling Computer Recycling - Do you know about computers? Are you able to help restore computers so that they can be recycled to charities? You must have knowledge of computers & printers. Electrical Tester- To test/repair a wide range of domestic electrical items. Qualifications in electrical engineering or with sound knowledge required, a practical test is given at Interview. Driver’s Mate - To assist the collection driver on the route through East & North London, collection of bundled paper, toner cartridges and other office furniture for recycling. Office/Warehouse Assistant - Helping to sort & store stock collected, some basic computer work. Paint Sorter - Helping the recycling project to sort, log and catalogue paint donated Recycling Collection Helpers - The role would include helping with monitoring and clearing of some of the mini-recycling centres in the borough. General Helper at furniture Exchange Event - 10am-4pm every other Saturday, at various locations in Waltham Forest, helping set up and attending to stalls. Islington Music Forum Offering a range of theatre arts volunteer opportunities. If you enjoy drama, music, dance and theatre production then we can put you in touch with the Islington Music Forum volunteer co-ordinator to discuss their current projects. Careline Telephone Counsellor – Training provided to become a crisis telephone volunteer. Coping Through Football • Footballers – training leading to joining a football club, coaching and refereeing qualifications. Kenneth More Theatre • Wardrobe Assistant – Making Costumes, repairing costumes, hiring costumes to the public, general wardrobe assistance. • Bar Staff – Selling and serving drinks, operating till, clearing the glass washing machine, collecting glasses and bottles. • Front of House Staff – Selling programmes, coffees and ice-creams etc., manning doors, ushering, Metropolitan Police Volunteers Opportunities are working on the front desk in Police Stations. DIAL • Case Worker – helping people to complete forms for benefits. • Admin Volunteer – filing, answering the phone, telephone work. Waltham Forest Credit Union • Cashier Officer / Teller Admin Rain or Shine Walking Group Walk yourself fit with Leyton’s Rain or Shine Walking Group! Starting at the Score Complex, from 1pm until 2pm Available to all age groups Rain or Shine Walking Group Meeting Point: Score Complex 100 Oliver Road, Leyton, E10 5JY Tuesdays, 1pm Walking on Wednesdays Meeting Point: Langthorne Park Birch Grove, E11 4YG (Meet at the Park Building) Wednesdays, 11am. For more information please call Steve Embelton, Outdoor Sports Officer on 02084962607 or call Natalie Creary on 02085567351 Capital Volunteering - Is it for you? Are you a Mental Health Service User or interested in working in the field of Mental Health? Would you like to spend time helping others? Would you like to extend your experience and skills? Would you like to build your self-confidence and self-esteem? Would you like to socialise with others in a similar social situation to yourself? We can help you find a suitable volunteering opportunity and offer you support while you are attending that placement. You can volunteer for as much or as little time as you want! Register with us now.....Ring - Sue on 0208 988 6755 to make an appointment. Date of next Drop in: Wednesday 2nd July 2008 Volunteer Centre Waltham Forest Community Place 806 High Road Leyton E10 6AE Posted on 02 Jun 2008 by Dick Tapsall
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