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  • Farleigh Hospice logo

    Farleigh Hospice Volunteering Roles

    Farleigh Hospice

    This opportunity is ongoing, with no end date.

    The volunteer roles within Farleigh Hospice are as diverse as the volunteers themselves. Volunteers play a vital role in everything we do at Farleigh Hospice.

    Volunteer Roles include:

    •  Shop Assistant
    •  Volunteer Gardener

    For more information about the currently available volunteer roles and the application process, please click the ‘Apply’ button.

    • Your CampusChelmsford
    • InterestsEnvironment, Retail, Sport and Recreation
    • FrequencyOn-Going
    • Problem-solving
    • Self-Management
    • Team Work
    You need to be logged in and registered.
  • InterAct logo

    Interact Volunteering Roles

    InterAct

    This opportunity is ongoing, with no end date.

    At InterAct we deliver support where it is needed most – in the heart of the community. Our work is challenging, but extremely rewarding. Volunteers are crucial to the work we do – bringing a fresh perspective and much needed resource.

    Volunteer Roles include:

    • Garden Volunteer
    • Group Activities Volunteer 

    For more information about the currently available volunteer roles and the application process, please click the ‘Apply’ button.

    • Your CampusChelmsford
    • InterestsBefriending and Mentoring, Children and Youth, Disability, Environment, Sport and Recreation
    • FrequencyOn-Going
    • Self-Management
    • Social Responsibility
    • Team Work
    You need to be logged in and registered.
  • Sanctus Homeless Charity logo

    Sanctus Volunteering Roles

    Sanctus Homeless Charity

    This opportunity is ongoing, with no end date.

    Sanctus is a vital charity which feeds the growing number of homeless, hungry and vulnerable individuals in our city. We run a free café offering breakfast, hot and cold drinks, snacks and a cooked homemade lunch. We are also able to help by offering 1:1 support and counselling, group sessions, training courses and a range of enrichment activities including a Book Club, Music Club and Allotment Project. Sanctus have a key team of invaluable volunteers ranging from students to trained service users, professionals and other members of the local community. We need people to help in a variety of front line services

    Sanctus Volunteering Roles include:

    • Volunteer Café Assistant – Supporting in the homeless day centre, completing tasks such as food preparation, cooking, serving, washing up, cleaning and sorting donations.

    • Allotment Volunteer – Supporting at Sanctus’ local allotment, helping to maintain the site and grow fruit and vegetables which will be used in Sanctus’ café meals.

    • Food Collections Volunteer – Collecting food donations from local businesses and delivering them to the Sanctus café.

    For more information about the currently available volunteer roles and the application process, please click the ‘Send me application details’ button.

    • Your CampusChelmsford
    • InterestsFood, Homelessness
    • FrequencyOn-Going
    • Communication and Literacy
    • Self-Management
    • Social Responsibility
    • Team Work
    You need to be logged in and registered.
  • Lawford Mead Primary School logo

    Learning Support Assistant Roles

    Lawford Mead Primary School

    This opportunity is ongoing, with no end date.

    This role will be to assist teachers and support learners in lessons at any time during the school day.

    Roles are available for different ages on different days - 

    Nursery assistant - Mondays to Fridays 8.30 to 12.00 or 12.15 to 3.45 (or all day)

    Early Years assistant (Reception classes, 4-5 year olds) - Mondays to Fridays 8.30 to 12.00 or 1.00 to 3.30 (or all day) 

    Supporting English and Maths in Key Stage 1 (Years 1&2, 5-7 year olds) - Monday to Fridays, 8.30 to 12.15 (welcome to stay all day)

    Supporting English and Maths in Key Stage 2 (Years 3-6, 7-11 year olds) - Monday to Fridays, 8.30 to 12.15 (welcome to stay all day)

    Supporting foundation subjects (science, art etc) in Key Stage 1 or 2 - Mondays to Fridays 1.00 to 3.30

    For more information and how to apply, click the 'Send me application details' button.

    • Your CampusChelmsford
    • InterestsBefriending and Mentoring, Children and Youth, Education, Music, Drama and Creative Arts, Race and Religion
    • FrequencyOn-Going
    • Application of IT
    • Communication and Literacy
    • Intercultural Awareness
    • Numeracy
    • Problem-solving
    • Project Management
    • Self-Management
    • Social Responsibility
    • Team Work
    You need to be logged in and registered.
  • IntoUniversity Clacton logo

    IntoUniversity Mentor Roles

    IntoUniversity Clacton

    This opportunity is ongoing, with no end date.

    At IntoUniversity, we believe that providing better education for all is the key to unlocking the potential in every young person, and the bedrock upon which we can improve society. We are on a mission to help widen access to higher education across the UK, and we need your help to keep us moving forward!Our mentoring scheme matches you with a young person, who you will meet with virtually for a one-hour session a month, helping them to explore their future and develop their social skills. Not only a great opportunity to build your CV, mentoring gives you the chance to inspire real change. In 2021, over 65% of our school leavers progressed to higher education, compared to 28% from similar backgrounds. Your role as a mentor is fundamental to that success, so now’s your chance to get involved and change a young person’s life!

    For more information about the currently available volunteer roles and the application process, please click the ‘Apply’ button. This programme is ongoing and can continue into the Summer and the next academic year.

    • Your CampusCambridge, Peterborough, Distance Learner, Chelmsford, London, Online and At Home
    • InterestsBefriending and Mentoring, Children and Youth, Heritage/ Museum's, Education, Students Union/University
    • FrequencyOn-Going
    • Application of IT
    • Communication and Literacy
    • Emotional Intelligence
    • Intercultural Awareness
    • Numeracy
    • Problem-solving
    • Resilience
    • Self-Management
    • Social Responsibility
    • Team Work
    You need to be logged in and registered.
  • Free Rice logo

    Free Rice Volunteer

    Free Rice

    This opportunity is ongoing, with no end date.

    Free Rice is an online microvolunteering quiz which is owned by and supports the United Nations World Food Programme.

    Expand your general knowledge whilst donating for a fantastic cause. You can answer questions on a variety of topics including French, the English Language or Science!

    Simply pick a catagory of questions, answer as many questions as you can, and for every correct answer you collect, you will donate 10 grains of rice for the World Food Programme.

    This opportunity is perfect for a spare 5 minutes, so get answering questions now!

    Simply head to freerice.com to get started, or download the app onto your phone to play on the go.

     

    • Your CampusCambridge, Peterborough, Distance Learner, Chelmsford, London
    • InterestsEducation, Environment, Food
    • Frequency5 Minute Volunteering, On-Going
    You need to be logged in and registered.
  • Post Pals logo

    Post Pals Volunteer

    Post Pals

    This opportunity is ongoing, with no end date.

    Post Pals, the charity helping you to ‘Post a Smile on a Sick Child’s Face’ by the sending of cards, letters, emails and little gifts to seriously ill children and their siblings in the UK. It couldn’t be easier for anyone of any age to get involved, requires no commitment and costs only a stamp and 5 minutes of your time.

    Three simple steps to brighton a sick childs day.

    1. Click on ‘Find Pals’, select a child and read their page

    2. Send a cheerful card, letter, email, or even a little gift to the child via the address on their page

    3. Sit back and know that a child's day will be brightened because of YOU

    • Your CampusCambridge, Peterborough, Distance Learner, Chelmsford, London
    • InterestsArt and Design, Befriending and Mentoring, Children and Youth, Disability, Family
    • Frequency5 Minute Volunteering, On-Going
    You need to be logged in and registered.
  • Alzheimer's Society Essex logo

    Alzheimer's Society Volunteering Roles

    Alzheimer's Society Essex

    This opportunity is ongoing, with no end date.

    There are lots of great ways to support Alzheimer's Society, but our volunteers make a special difference for people affected by dementia.

    Volunteering Roles include:

    Side by Side Telephone Volunteer - Are you interested in supporting people living with dementia, enabling them to feel less lonely? If you are, and you feel confident using the telephone and enjoy talking with people, then this role could be for you. As a Side by Side Telephone Volunteer you’ll be regularly contacting people living with dementia, chatting with them about their interests and listening to what they want to talk about. By listening to people living with dementia, taking time to understand their needs and concerns, and helping them with their questions, you’ll enable them to feel less isolated, better informed and more confident.

    • Your CampusChelmsford
    • InterestsBefriending and Mentoring, Elderly, Health
    • FrequencyOn-Going
    • Communication and Literacy
    • Emotional Intelligence
    • Resilience
    • Self-Management
    You need to be logged in and registered.
  • Alzheimer's Society Essex logo

    Gamechanger App Volunteer on your smartphone - only 5 minutes a day for a month!

    Alzheimer's Society Essex

    This opportunity is ongoing, with no end date.

    Gamechanger is an app you can download on your phone and and play brain games for 5 minutes a day for a month - to help aid research into how the brain works. Researchers hope that if they can learn more about how the brain works - through how we interact with our smartphones - they can spot the very early changes in the brain of people with Dementia. Log on at https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/research/play-your-part/gamechanger and start playing!

    • InterestsElderly, Health
    • Frequency5 Minute Volunteering
    You need to be logged in and registered.
  • British Red Cross logo

    Shop Volunteer

    British Red Cross

    This opportunity is ongoing, with no end date.

    The Red Cross is non-political, and non-religious, and non-discriminatory and this enables it to work where others cannot. As a retail volunteer, you will be trained to do some or all of the following: preparing stock for sale (checking quality, tagging, hanging, steaming, cleaning), assisting customers on the shop floor, and usiing the EPOS till. What exactly you will do on each visit depends on what we have received in and we can never determine that - so expect the unexpected!

    • Your CampusCambridge
    • InterestsFundraising, Retail
    • FrequencyOn-Going
    • Business and Commercial Awareness
    • Communication and Literacy
    • Emotional Intelligence
    • Intercultural Awareness
    • Negotiation and Influencing
    • Problem-solving
    • Resilience
    • Self-Management
    • Team Work
    You need to be logged in and registered.
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