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Befriending scheme for people living with dementia in Derby
Alzheimer’s Society in Derby is piloting a volunteer befriending scheme for people with dementia. A volunteer will be matched one-to-one by similar interests, skills, etc. The service will be offered as soon as volunteers are available and any referrals will be considered. For further information contact Jean Eckman, Befriending Manager, Derby Office, Building 20, Mason’s Place Business Park, Nottingham Road, DE21 6AQ. Tel: 01332 208845; email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
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http://www.csv.org.uk/campaigns/csv-make-difference-day Saturday 30 October 2010
CSV Make a Difference Day is the UK’s largest single day of volunteering. Every year tens of thousands of people get together across the UK to make a difference in their communities. Try out volunteering or recruit volunteers for an activity! If you’re a charity or community group, help you to find volunteers in your local area. Over the past 14 years, two thirds of those who volunteered for the first time on CSV Make a Difference Day were still involved six months later. Tel: Freephone 0800 284 533 or simply email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
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Peer Mentors Wanted
The NHS wants to help older people be fit and well. If your group works with older people and you are aged 50 or over you could help people become fit and keep fit by being a peer mentor, supporting people to become involved in exercise. As a peer mentor you will: be trained with specific exercises; help older people in your community to keep fit; help older people to exercise in their homes; talk to older people on the telephone; and meet with other peer mentors. If you are interested in helping this project run by the University of Nottingham and Health Technology Assessment email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call 0115 846 6901 for more information.
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Volunteer Centres reach out to local groups! Volunteer Centres Derbyshire
Have a new Outreach Project aimed at connecting rural and sports groups with their local Volunteer Centres. Your group might use (or want to use) volunteers in a variety of ways, such as fund raising, administration or publicity. This project and your local volunteer centre can offer you free, informal and friendly help and support by: publicising your volunteering opportunities & attracting more volunteers; providing advice and information on volunteer management issues – e.g. assistance in putting together a volunteer task description, or a volunteering policy; inviting you to free training sessions, e.g. attracting/recruiting volunteers, support and supervision or local networking groups and workshops. There are two Outreach and Involvement Workers providing county coverage: Sam Tock for North Derbyshire, and Debbie Webster for South Derbyshire. They will help your group to harness and capitalise on the services available in your area. For more information about the project, or your local Volunteer Centre, contact Sam Tock: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , tel: 07925 558786 (North Derbyshire), or Debbie Webster: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ; tel: 0774 3494186 (South Derbyshire).
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Derbyshire Autism Services Group
Search for volunteers all over the County and City and are always seeking new opportunities to promote volunteering roles. Do you distribute a church or parish magazine and would you accept a volunteer advert in a forthcoming issue? Please contact Toni Shepherd, Volunteer Coordinator Tel: 01773 74122; Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ; Web: http://www.autismsupport.co.uk/. Also Toni would like to know of any local groups that might want a presentation about volunteering for the DASG.
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Recession induced redundancy and lack of paid opportunities for school and college leavers and graduates may lead to an increase in the number of people looking for short-term volunteer placements as a route to develop skills and get back to employment. To register your vacancies contact the volunteer bureau closest to you:-
Amber Valley: Elaine Broadhurst 01773 512076; www.ambervalleycvs.org.uk
Bolsover tel: 01623 747147, email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or see www.bolsovercen.org.uk
Chesterfield Links CVS Brian Morris tel: 01246 274844 email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Chesterfield & North East Derbyshire Volunteer Centre 35 Rose Hill, Chesterfield, S40 1TT tel: 01246 276777 website: http://beehive.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/default.asp?CI=SiteHome&ID=435&PageID=1765
Community Action Derby Volunteer Team Kate Richardson tel: 01332 227713; This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ; www.communityactionderby.org.uk
Derbyshire Dales CVS tel: 01629 812154 email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ; www.ddcvs.org.uk
Volunteer Centre Derbyshire Dales Ashbourne Business Centre, Dig Street, Ashbourne, DE6 1GF tel: 01335 348602 (Ashbourne Office) tel: 01629 810907 (Bakewell Office) email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ; www.vcdd.org.uk
Erewash CVS including Volunteer Centre tel: 0115 850 8860 email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ; www.erewashvoluntaryaction.org.uk/
High Peak CVS tel: 01663 735350 email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ; www.highpeakcvs.org/index.htm
Volunteer Centre Glossop and District Howard Town House, High St East, Glossop, SK13 8DA tel: 01457 865722 email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ; website: www.vcglossop.org.uk
Volunteer Centre Buxton & District 16 Eagle Parade, Buxton, SK17 6EQ tel: 01298 23970 website: www.buxtonvc.org.uk
South Derbyshire CVS Pam Wood tel: 01283 219761 email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ; www.southderbyscvs.org.uk/
Volunteer Centre South Derbyshire / South Derbyshire CVS 46-48 Grove Street Swadlincote, DE11 9DD
tel: 01283 550163 email:
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; website: www.sdvc.org.uk
North East, Links CVS Links Brian Morris tel: 01246 274844 email:
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If you want to look at work-related training opportunities your local Centre for Voluntary Service and the Groundwork Trust may be useful organisations to approach. Contacts: CVS Faith in Action chapter 4 page 20 ff Groundwork Trust http://www.groundwork.org.uk/ tel: 01246 570977……
Also if a longer term voluntary commitment such as being a charity trustee interests you go to www.trusteefinder.org.uk , http://www.reachskills.org.uk/ or www.do-it.org.uk
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Health and Social Care Network for Bolsover
All service providers for health or social care including sports groups, walking groups, healthy eating groups etc have the opportunity to work together or develop joint training. Funding will offer the chance to understand personal care, commissioning of services and collaboration. For information contact Lorna email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or tel: 01623 747147.
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Carers sitting service- Volunteer Management Board members
People interested in Health and Social Care and the needs of carers of elderly and other vulnerable adults are wanted. In particular those with experience in: Care and Support; Legal and Human Resources; Business Finance; Fundraising; Marketing and Publicity; Communications; Public Relations
Contact tel: 01773 873581 for more information.
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Creative Writing Tutor
Write from the Heart is a creative writing group for disabled people with 10 members attending on a regular basis. Successful fundraising means they have the opportunity to write a book of their work and seek a tutor to help with motivation and inspiration. Contact Liz at High Peak CVS tel: 01663 736426.
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WANTED 2CI (Community Computer Initiative)
A new social enterprise in its very early stages. Links helped this new social enterprise with business planning support. The main objectives are to offer real and supportive work experience to people disadvantaged in the labour market, and computers for low income households and charitable organisations with local computer support at an affordable price. At the same time the group will be recycling computers and endeavouring to source all that they use locally and ethically. The enterprise is looking for secure premises with good disabled facilities and transport links for a computer club. Sharing premises with another organisation will be fine as long as there are separate lockable areas to store computer equipment. The ideal location would be in or around Chesterfield town centre. The organisation is very keen to build mutually beneficial links with local groups, charities and social enterprises and would love to hear from anyone interested in working with them. Contact email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or tel: 01246 268777 or see www.2ci.org.uk.
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Christian Aid
Are in need of people to become specialist volunteers in the East Midlands. If you think you could be a volunteer teacher, speaker or a media volunteer visit www.christianaid.org.uk/getinvolved/volunteer or contact Ruth Beverley in the East Midlands office on 01530 417522.
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Get involved with vinvolved Derbyshire
vinvolved Derbyshire is a team that works with young volunteers. Their aim is to inspire 16-25 year olds across the county to get positively involved in their communities by matching them with their perfect volunteering opportunity and making it a cool thing to do at the same time. They can earn their nationally recognised vawards too. In order to increase the quality, quantity and diversity of volunteering opportunities that are available to young people vinvolved Derbyshire works closely with organisations to help them improve their youth volunteering programme. Youth volunteering can make a huge difference to organisations as well as to a young person so tel: 01457 890902 or email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to speak Cathryn or Jen about youth volunteering.
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Big Screen Opportunity to Advertise Volunteering
Local volunteer-involving groups have the opportunity to promote their volunteering opportunities on the Derby Big Screen. A maximum of five volunteering opportunities per month will be displayed on the Big Screen in the Market Place. Opportunities will be rotated each month to ensure that the public see a wide range of activities on offer. If you'd like your organisation and opportunities to feature on the screen then email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
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threesixty is the uk gap year with Oasis
It’s a year of bringing transformation to the whole community; emotionally, physically, socially, spiritually, environmentally; holistic-threesixty-degree-transformation. What might you do? Youth work, radio stations, mentoring, work with the homeless, football coaching, church planting, running gigs…You’d be part of an Oasis hub with solid, mind blowing training throughout the year. You can even do half your year abroad. Change your world - do threesixty. www.oasisuk.org/volunteering/threesixty
Attend a taste day, where you get to see and hear what Oasis does, meet people on threesixty and ask your questions. Check out www.oasisuk.org/volunteering/taste.
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