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Manchester Neighbourhood Care Groups Association
Start Date: 31 Oct 2007
The Neighbourhood Care Groups Association consists of seven individual schemes working collectively to meet the needs of older people in South Manchester. The Neighbourhood Care Groups Association aims to sensitively deliver a friendly, fair and safe service supporting older people using volunteers to provide social contact and general support within the homes of older residents in communities in South Manchester. The Neighbourhood Care Groups Association will support both! the needs of volunteers and older people involved with the Neighbourhood Care Groups Association schemes by providing volunteers with appropriate resources to deliver general support and ensure the safety of those using support services.
What do we do?
Weekly phone calls to people who are house-bound, driving, visiting, lunch clubs and classes, caring for Carers, wheelchair pushing, odd Jobs, emergency shopping
Why Volunteer?
A volunteer can hope to receive:
A CRB check free of charge, specialist training when appropriate, a comprehensive induction pack explaining exactly what is involved, support from the individual care groups as well as other volunteers,
specialist support when required, a sense of community within the organisation, a safe and welcoming working environment which nurtures and develops your skills, unforgettable experiences, opportunities to work alongside dedicated health care professionals, a chance to make a difference to someone's life.
An information day has been arranged for 31st October, the Britannia Hotel on Palatine Road in Northenden. Please register in the usual way and more information will be sent to you.
A CRB check will be necessary for this volunteering opportunity.
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Refugee Action - Advice Volunteers Needed!
Start Date: 01 Nov 2007
Manchester Office
Are you....
Enthusiastic about supporting asylum seekers?
Keen to develop your advice & information skills?
Interested in contributing to the work of a major national refugee charity?
If your answer is “yes” to all the above questions, then Refugee Action would like to talk to you about our volunteering opportunities. We are currently looking for volunteers to help support the work of our busy advice service, which provides vital support to vulnerable asylum seekers across Greater Manchester.
There are 2 roles available:
1. Telephone Advice Line Volunteer
You'll provide advice and information over the phone to asylum seekers across Greater Manchester. This volunteer-led service has been helping asylum seekers since 2001.
2. Face-to-face Advice Volunteer
This exciting and busy new volunteering role involves giving advice and information to asylum seekers who access our daily advice service alongside our experienced advice team.
Minimum time commitment: 1 full day per week (this could be 2 half days) + volunteer meeting every 2 months We provide induction and training and will refund out-of-pocket travel and food expenses.
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CALL - Cancer Aid & Listening Line
Start Date: 01 Nov 2007
CALL is a local charity providing emotional support and home-based practical help to people living with cancer, their carers and families. All services are delivered by trained volunteers who are managed by a team of professional staff based in offices throughout Greater Manchester.
CALL was set up as a telephone help-line in 1982 and has since continued to grow and develop new services. The help and information telephone line operates from 7.30pm to 10.30pm every evening and is available for anyone who has concerns about cancer and other life threatening illnesses.
CALL requires volunteers to give home-based emotional support and practical help. Services are tailored to each individual, but they could include:
Listening and befriending: talking through difficulties and concerns
Respite sitting, allowing carers time to themselves
Practical help such as shopping, dog walking etc
Driving and support for a hospital appointment or treatment
Social activities, days out, coffee mornings, relaxation sessions
Group support
Information about local services and support networks
All services are provided free of charge.
CALL provides all volunteers with a 3 day training course (to be completed before volunteering
commences) and out of pocket expenses. A CRB check is required for this opportunity.
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The New Children's Hospital Appeal - Collection at Old Trafford
Start Date: 11 Nov 2007
Please note the change of date. This event will now take place on Sunday 11th November and not Saturday 10th November.
Calling all Manchester United Fans!!
Sunday 11th November 2007
Collectors needed...at Old Trafford!!
Come and show your support for the New Children's Hospital Appeal and cheer on the team by helping them raise much needed money in a collection at Old Trafford during the match on Sunday 11th November.
Prior to the event there will be a tour of Old Trafford plus basic training for all those who register early.
The New Children's Hospital Appeal is a £20 million appeal raising money for Manchester's New Children's Hospital which is being built on Oxford Road. It will be the biggest children's hospital in the UK when it's built in 2009.
All monies raised will ensure that when the new state of the art hospital opens in 2009 it will have the best equipment for diagnosis and treatment, as well as parental accommodation so parents can always stay close to their child.
Refreshments will be provided throughout the day and travel expenses will be reimbursed up to value of £5.
So come on get cheering, get collecting!!
Apply in the usual way!!
Thanks for supporting The New Children's Hospital Appeal!!
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Child and Adolescent Support Team
Start Date: 17 Nov 2007
The Romania Appeal was originally created in 2003 in order to provide the children at the Casa Luminii Centre with the one-to-one attention volunteers can provide whilst at the centre, as well as funding for long term projects. Another aim was to provide volunteers with the life changing experience to see how empty and desperate the children's lives would be without the centre. Since 2004 we have managed to raise just over £55,000, which has enabled the existence of a Family Home and is contributing towards the new Respite Care Home.
Nearly 300 volunteers ha! ve now been to the centre in Romania and 2006 has been another incredible year as it has seen the beginnings of the Respite Care Home and the start of the Intensive Interaction
Outreach Programme. Many of the volunteers who go to the centre find their experience so amazing they go to the Centre as much as they can, and raise much more than the £300 we ask for. As a result, in
October 2004 the charity was able to adopt 14 orphans and give them a permanent loving home and family for life.
The Appeal is run largely voluntarily. Through the Romania Appeal you can get front line work experience with children with special needs and give the children joy and happiness just by playing with them. Join our dedicated community of volunteers to get experience in your field and help those in desperate need!
There are 8 trips a year, which are between 9 and 16 days long and all training will be provided.
For more ! information please visit the CAST website www.cast-uk.com or a! ttend th e information day on 17th November. Please register in the usual way and more information will be sent to you.
A CRB check will be necessary for this volunteering opportunity.
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Lifeshare
Start Date: 24 Dec 2007
Lifeshare uses volunteers to help deliver its services to the homeless and disadvantaged people in Manchester. We provide a twice weekly outreach service to the homeless with an emphasis on young male sex workers. We also run a weekend breakfast project and a Christmas project, which is a temporary day centre over the December holiday period.
Currently Lifeshare are recruiting volunteers to help run the temporary day centre over the Christmas period. The project runs from 24th to 29th December inclusive, and you will need to attend one of the induction training sessions, which are to be held on December 1st, 5th and 8th. We are also asking for a minimum commitment of 2 shifts.
Please note that available spaces for Christmas day morning fill up very quickly.
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UEFA Cup Final 2008 Manchester
Start Date: 08 May 2008
Wednesday 14th May 2008
City of Manchester Stadium
UEFA and the LOC (Local Organising Committee) require approx. 200 Volunteers to work full time in various roles between the 8th and the 15th May 2008
Roles
Drivers (80) Transport Co-ordinators (10)
Meeters and Greeters (30) Welcome Staff (25)
Media Assistants (20) Signage Assistants (10)
Office Assistants (5) Miscellaneous (20)
All drivers must be 21+ and have no more then 3 points on their licence.
Most roles are at the stadium but some will be based at the Airport and in the City Centre.
We require flexible Volunteers who can commit to all days (most will be Monday 12th to Thursday 15th May). Experience of other events and knowledge of Manchester are required for most roles. Enthusiasm and a positive, helpful attitude are key to all roles.
All Volunteers will be kitted out with Official uniform (t shirts, rain jacket, cap), provided with meal vouchers and travel expenses for their working location and be invited to a Thank you event in the stadium.
If you are interested, please register in the usual way stating which role you would prefer. Places are limited and successful applicants will be invited to attend an Open Evening before Christmas where more information will be provided. Interviews will be held after Christmas.
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