ASDAN Volunteering Qualification

North Nottinghamshire College are offering The ASDAN Volunteering Qualification starting Monday 15th September 2008 at The Crossing Church and Centre in Worksop from 9.30am-11.30am.This is a one year course with a recognised qualification. If you are volunteering and are interested in gaining a qualification please contact Lynn Barlow from Enable at the Crossing On 01909 496121 mobile 07875408357 or email lynnb@enable.uk.net

Latest Volunteer Opportunities

Action for Young Carers - Provides free and confidential support to children and young people 5 - 18 years who care for a family member at home.

Volunteer mentors required to provide one to one emotional support, guidance and encouragement for young carers.

Age Concern - Manton - Aims to support Manton and helping older people and their carers to maintain a quality of life through offering appropriate services for them. Day centre on Kingston Close, Manton, Mondays and Thursdays only.

Play games, talk to service users, serve meals, help on day trips. Pushing wheelchairs. Training available to all volunteers.

Age Concern Nottingham and Nottinghamshire - Advice and information service to over 50's. Help with welfare benefit check and completion of benefit application form on home visits. Also gives talks, holds surgeries and events in Bassetlaw. Main benefits - attendance allowance, DLA & Pension Credit.

Volunteers needed to visit people (over 50's) in their homes to give help completing benefit application forms. Must be mobile. Full benefits training and interview techniques given. Support from Age Concern coordinator.

Air Training Corp - 303 Squadron. Uniformed youth organisation for 13 - 18 year olds. Activities include outdoor pursuits, aviation studies, community work, sports, citizenship and leadership training.

Volunteers needed to give supervision to cadets' activities, teaching support, involvement with outdoor pursuits/Duke of Edinburgh Award/sports, community work.

Bassetlaw Citizens Advice Bureau — The CAB service helps people resolve their legal, money and other problems by providing information and advice and by influencing policymakers. All advisers have training and access to 11,100 page electronic information system. 

Requires Trustees Board members to provide support and advice to ensure the smooth running of the Bureau, up to six meetings per year. Also full generalist advisers (with training up to one year). Reception/clerical duties as well.

Bassetlaw Community Car Scheme - Community Car Scheme for people who cannot use public transport. Volunteer drivers use their own vehicles to transport around Bassetlaw. Travelling expenses paid.

Require volunteers with their own cars, to transport people to appointments, who for whatever reason are unable to use public transport.

Bassetlaw Fashion Services - Provides a bespoke clothing and garment alteration service for people with disabilities or special needs.

Volunteer pattern cutters for bespoke clothing required. Dressmakers/seamstress also required.

Bassetlaw Hospice - Situated in a peaceful location at the rear of Retford Community Hospital, the purpose built Bassetlaw Hospice of the Good Shepherd has been providing specialised care within the Bassetlaw Community for a decade. From In Patient Care to Hospice at Home, we provide a caring solution to suit you and your family.

Volunteers required to sit and chat to patients, help with driving or in the kitchen. Fundraising volunteers required to help at events or in the shop or tea bar. Drivers required to take patients into & home from hospice.

Bassetlaw MENCAP—Stephen House - Run clubs for adults who have varying degrees of learning disability and special needs. Club for adults on Thursday evening in Retford, Monday evening in Worksop. Gateway club - Retford, Valley Social club - Worksop.

Volunteers required to support people with learning difficulties and improve their quality of life through various activities. Volunteers must be over 18 and be prepared to have a CRB check. Mini bus drivers required.

Bassetlaw MIND - Supports individuals and their families within Bassetlaw who are experiencing mental health difficulties.

Volunteers required in the community to befriend and support individuals and their families.  Also volunteering within the centre, which offers social groups throughout the week.

Bassetlaw Activity Friends - Supporting older people who are involved in some physical activity to mentor other elders who are not. Covers a wide spectrum of activity from yoga to vigorous walking. To encourage and support older people to become more physically active.

Volunteers required to support older people who are involved in some physical activity to mentor other elders who are not. Covers a wide spectrum of activity from yoga to vigorous walking. Training given.

Bassetlaw Play Forum - Provides craft materials. Loans equipment and toy's. Provides training services and play schemes. Hires out major items of essential equipment suitable for community events.

Volunteers needed to serve in the Resource Centre, sorting scrap & resources including bulk buy, stock taking & stock rotation. Ideas for Activity & Craft Workshops. Helping the Community Resource Team to erect gala tents and other equipment. Committee members/officers required.

Bassetlaw Shopmobility - Bassetlaw District Council runs shopmobility as a free service. It provides mobility scooters and wheelchairs for people with permanent and temporary disabilities. The scooters and wheelchairs are available on a daily basis to give access to Worksop and Retford Town Centres.

Volunteers needed to help clients with scooters and wheelchairs. Taking bookings. Keeping computerised records. General administration. Making tea/coffee. Befriending the clients and assisting with their requirements.

Bassetlaw Studio Project - Specialises in arts by and for the community. This means professional and amateur performance and arts based training programmes for young people and adults who are socially excluded due to health or circumstances.

Clerical support, technical assistance, decorating/refurbishment, hospitality (i.e. meeting and greeting at events, showing people to seats etc). Waiting on tables in cafe, food prep etc.

Boundary Day Service (Social Services) - Mental Health day centre, providing group and individual support - social groups, acting groups, therapy groups. Also support with linking with community resources. Supporting social inclusion.

Supporting clients in group activities, e.g. craft, outdoor activities e.g. rambling. Staff member facilitates all groups. Some individual support for clients with particular disabilities or who are lacking confidence.

British Red Cross - Humanitarian Charity.

Therapeutic Care Massage to hands, arms, neck, back and shoulder after full training, to service users referred by hospitals, hospices, day centres etc.

Youth and Schools volunteers to deliver first aid awareness raising sessions in schools and delivering humanitarian education sessions in schools.

CAST (Cornerstone Angling Skills Training) - works with young people who are having difficulties learning in school and uses angling as a means of engaging these young people.

Volunteers to support the running of a fishing youth club.

Cerebral Palsy Sport - CP Sport engages children and adults with cerebral palsy and other disabilities in sport.

Volunteers required to marshal the Worksop Half Marathon in October each year, helping on the water stations, giving out goody bags, running tombola, thanking runners.

CSV/Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

Involves volunteers to promote social inclusion of people with or recovering from mental health problems.

Volunteers required at Bassetlaw Mental Health Unit to support member of staff in organising activities for in-patients, engaging them in conversation etc. and also to provide alternative therapies such as Indian Head Massage, Reflexology and hairdressing.

Community Service Volunteers - Finds people full time volunteer opportunities giving them a chance to learn new skills, improve job prospects and most importantly help others. A full-time placement can last between 4 and 12 months.

Volunteers to support young people, people with physical disabilities, learning disabilities, or mental health issues. Full time volunteers live away from home and are provided with accommodation and weekly allowances to live on.

Clowne & District Community Transport - Offers affordable transport for community groups on regular or occasional basis. Groups currently using our vehicles include sporting groups, schools, self help groups, nursing homes and special interest groups. All vehicles wheelchair accessible.

Drivers required to transport elderly, disabled and community groups on various outings, passenger assistants (minimum age 16) to push wheelchair passengers on shopping trips, seaside trips etc.

Doncaster & Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Trust- Provision of hospital healthcare for the community based upon multi-disciplinary team work between staff and patients and supplemented by volunteers giving the quality of time.

Escort visitors/patients around hospital, helping on the reception desk, in the hospital shop and in the clinical areas. Meeting and greeting visitors/patients.

DYNAH - Do You Need a Hand - Provides practical support to older people to help them remain independent in their own homes through gardening, decorating, minor repairs, furniture removal etc.

Volunteers required for various tasks, driving, gardening, clerical, shop volunteer, decorating.

ExtraCare Charitable Trust - Provides village communities, which enable people to enjoy active and independent lifestyles in their later years.

Volunteers required for Charity Shop; customer service, stock preparation, product specialists e.g. books, bric a brac, till operator. We can offer a supportive friendly environment, retail training and 25% discount off any sales.

East Worksop Tenants and Residents - Community activities. Meetings with Bassetlaw District Council and Nottinghamshire County Council. Management liaison with councillors and John Mann MP.

Secretary required. Committee members required, no one will be asked to do anything just participate at meetings. Meet every second Thursday of the month, other duties will depend on the volunteer.

Girls Friendly Society - Girls group open to all aged 6 - 16. Programme is created by the members and includes cooking, painting, games, crafts and dance.

Volunteers required to support and encourage our members in the activities they undertake during the session.

Greenacre Day Centre - Day service centre for adults with moderate to severe learning disabilities.

Volunteers required to walk with people to and from activities/work placements. Also supporting activities inside/outside of the centre alongside centre staff.

HETTY'S - Give confidential help and support to families/carers of drug/alcohol users. We provide one to one support; group support; telephone support; information and therapies to our clients.

Volunteers required to shadow support worker on visits to clients; helping to facilitate support groups; telephone support for clients. All these after relevant training. Prospective volunteers should ideally drive and be reliable. Also need empathy and understanding of issues around substance misuse.

Home-start, Bassetlaw - Gives support to families in their own homes. Children have to be 5 years and under.

Volunteers required to train and then give support to families in their own homes, helping to prevent family breakdown. All volunteers to have parenting experience.

Hope - 13 bed hostel for emergency accommodation, move on properties, housing advice service, day services in Worksop and Harworth, furniture project and clothes projects.

Volunteers required to help in the kitchens at the hostel and to provide a befriending service; office duties - filing, form filling etc; warehouse work, driving, customer service; shop duties.

Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) - Monitors all activities within HMP Ranby.

Volunteers required as board members to monitor prison activities, with particular regard to the respect, fairness and humanity afforded to prisoners. HMP Ranby is a category C male only training prison.

Larwood Sheltered Flatlets - Sheltered accommodation providing luncheon club on Friday's.

To help at luncheon club, serve meals, wash up. Clean and tidy appearance, to be able to work quickly so meals are served hot. Friday's 11.30am for approximately 2 hours.

Leukaemia Research - Dedicated exclusively to researching blood cancers and disorders including leukaemia, Hodgkins and other lymphomas and myeloma.

Volunteers required to raise funds with supermarket collections, street collections, setting up and/or staffing stalls at local events.
Organising and/or helping at fundraising events locally.
Event volunteers at sports events; handing out medals, water, marshalling etc

Literacy Volunteers - Help children of primary school age in local schools who are having reading difficulties overcome their problems and find that reading can be fun.

One to one help with reading for local primary school children, at schools, during school hours, term time only.

Lost Chord - Organises interactive musical concerts for dementia sufferers & other residents in residential homes and day centres throughout South Yorkshire. We visit same homes each month in order to build on responses achieved in previous successive months.

Volunteers to visit 1 session a week for an hour. Through the media of music song and dance they are required to help the musicians in their attempts to encourage the residents to interact with the music, using a variety of instruments to stimulate responses, singing along and simple dancing or swaying to music.

Mayflower Sanctuary - Assist the community by educating the public in pet welfare. Provide sanctuary for abandoned and abused dogs and cats. Helping families in difficulties who can no longer care for their pet. Re-home in caring homes providing social companionship.

Volunteers required to help with fund-raising. Clerical support. Dog Walkers and kennel helpers.

NACRO - Primarily a social inclusion based project that aims to work with young people deemed most "at risk". Through football the project is able to address issues such as alcohol and drug misuse, communication skills, leadership skills and health and fitness.

Volunteers assist in organised football coaching sessions for 8 - 18 year olds. Transport costs will be provided to volunteers. All volunteers will have the opportunity to attend relevant training and will get the opportunity to gain experience and qualifications.

North and East Notts Victim Support - Victim support aims to offer a comprehensive service to all sections of the community who has suffered a crime.

Volunteers contact people after a crime and offer free, confidential support and information. Advantage of being able to drive and have own transport. Visiting people in their own home. Liaising with coordinator. Volunteers to attend meetings - 6 per year.

North Notts Community Arena - Provides local people with leisure and community opportunities.

Volunteers to help with reception, basic admin, bar and kitchen duties, setting up and taking down of sports equipment, general housekeeping.

Nottingham Community Prison Chaplaincy - Works with prisoners coming to the end of their sentence and when back in their community, supporting with advice and mentoring through this transition period.

Volunteers required to meet prisoners while in prison. Work with client about goal setting, support individual as they leave prison and review meetings and progression. Maintain boundaries and safe working practice. Attend training programme and induction.

Nottinghamshire Bereavement Trust - provides a free phone helpline every evening of the year to give comfort and support to people suffering the pain of bereavement.

volunteers staff helpline one evening each fortnight. Introductory and ongoing training given. The helpline is switched to the duty volunteer's own home phone therefore suitable to anyone who is physically or visually challenged.

Nottinghamshire County Council, Sports Disability Unit - develops sporting opportunities for disabled people across Nottinghamshire.

Volunteers to give support, sports coaches, development officers at festivals or training camps.

Nottinghamshire County Council - D & VI Team - Visits Deaf and Blind people to help stop isolation and depression.

Volunteers would visit people in their own homes to read post, assist with bill paying, and socialization. Full repayment of expenses, comprehensive induction, training and full support.

Nottinghamshire Police - Provides security, advice & support and property marking equipment to businesses.

Volunteers to 'property mark' local businesses with Smartwater and Selector mark kits as advised by Nottinghamshire Police Business Crime advisors.

Nottinghamshire Royal Society for the Blind - Provides various services to visually impaired people of Nottinghamshire.

Volunteers wireless for the blind radio demonstrator - to deliver and demonstrate radio's for visually impaired people throughout Nottinghamshire. Also events assistants and people to distribute flyers at fundraising events to all areas of Nottinghamshire.

Nottinghamshire Unemployed Workers Centre - Provides welfare rights advice and debt counselling to hard to reach groups in North Nottinghamshire.

Volunteers required as Welfare Rights Advisors, Debt Advisors and Administrators. Potentially representing clients at tribunals, county court etc. Otherwise basic clerical tasks for a charitable company.

Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust - The NWT is the County's longest environmental charity with over 8000 members. The Trust works to protect and enhance the County's wildlife habitats and to make Nottinghamshire a better place for both wildlife & people. It cares for 67 nature reserves and liaises with farmers and landowners.

Wide range of volunteer opportunities, practical outdoor work, wardening and monitoring reserves.

Nottinghamshire Women's Aid - Supports women, children and young people who are/have suffering any form of domestic violence. Training and awareness sessions. Provides training and is committed to the support and development of volunteers. Drop in service, information events and activities.

Volunteers follow a thorough induction into all service areas: refuge, domestic violence and children's services, before specialising in the area of choice. We provide training and are committed to the support and development of volunteers.

NYAS - National Youth Advocacy Service - Adult befrienders for young people. Called Independent Visitors, adult volunteers give some time each week, or month, to befriend a child or young person who is looked-after by their local authority.

Befrienders for young people. Could include walking in the park, going to the cinema, or twice a year supporting young people at an important meeting where decisions are made about their future.

Parent Partnership Service - supports parents of children with special educational needs around problems with education by providing information and advice via a helpline, clarifying options, helping parents to be fully included in decisions about their child's education.

Volunteers to support a telephone helpline at Nottingham. Admin volunteers at Nottingham. Volunteer to support individual parents. Advisors at Drop-In sessions at various locations. Volunteers to help parents write letters and support at school meetings.

Princes Trust - A charity helping young people aged 14 - 30 to overcome barriers and get their lives working.

Volunteer mentors for young people.

Rampton Hospital - One to one befriending for male and female friendless patients in a secure hospital setting.

Volunteers from ethnic backgrounds are particularly welcome and also older volunteers. There will be training and evaluation. Male and Female volunteers welcome.

Retford Resource for Older People - Day centre for Older People, serving meal's and light refreshments, giving general information and guidance on local services, games and entertainment.

Volunteers to get involved in games, crafts etc. Helping to serve meals, washing up, taking orders for food.

RNIB - provides on-going support for blind and partially sighted people.

Volunteers for store collections, static media collections, IT home visitor, fundraising coordinator, talking book home support. To place collecting boxes, retrieve and count. Assist clients in their homes with IT support and choosing talking books.

Rufford Care Centre - Residential & Nursing Home caring for 100 service users including young physically disabled people and people suffering from dementia.

Duties to include befriending, participating in activities with the activity coordinator, assisting at meal times, however no personal care is expected.

Rural Bassetlaw Befriending Scheme – Provides one to one befriending, group activities and enables older people to be socially included, in order for them to retain a degree of independence and remain at home for as long as possible.

Volunteer befrienders, drivers, group activities.

Save The Children - Charity who work with vulnerable children in the UK and across the world to make their lives better.

Volunteers needed for various areas of the shop.

School Governor's One Stop Shop - Recruits and places School Governor volunteers to add value to the local schools in the most need.

Volunteer School Governors to attend meetings and strategic planning

Self Help Nottingham - Provides services including training, help with fundraising and mailing services to self help support groups, for people with long term conditions and disabilities.

Volunteer researchers required to carry out research with the people who use services for Older People across the county. To carry out simple face to face interviews, telephone interviews and form groups. Training given and expenses paid.

Support after Adoption - Offers advice, counselling and therapy for people who live in Nottinghamshire County and who are adopted/have adopted a child/are a birth mother, birth father or birth relative of someone who has been adopted.

Volunteer opportunities for people with links to adoption to help and support others in similar circumstances. Also driving and admin tasks. Variable other tasks to suit volunteer.

The Children's Society - Charity Shop

Volunteers to help in the shop at Retford. Retail, stock room processing, e.g. hanging, tagging, sorting etc. Shop floor - till, customer service.

The Crossing - Church, Community Centre and Cafe.

Reception desk volunteers and cafe helpers needed.

The National Trust - Conservation & Environment to places of historic interest and natural beauty for the benefit of all.

Gardening and garden stewards, assistance with events and event planning. Administration and reception help. Learning, including school visits & conservation centre. Assisting in the shop and general information assistants.

Tuxford Mine of Information - a resource centre offering ICT training and community car service. It is also a hub for several outreach centres and has audio/visual digital links to Bassetlaw Services. It is a police contact point and houses the Parish Council Office.

We would prefer at least a 2 hour commitment on a regular basis to cover reception duties. We need volunteer car drivers for the community car scheme especially Elkesley, Normanton & Tuxford. Newsletter & Befriending Scheme volunteers needed.

The Nottingham & Notts Advocacy Alliance

Works with adults who have learning difficulties and also adults who have mental health needs, helping them to speak out and have their voice heard.

Volunteer Trustees wanted to form the management committee which is responsible for the running of the organisation. Also Citizen Advocate volunteers to help and support vulnerable people to get information about services, health, welfare rights, etc.

Volunteering Nottinghamshire

Promotes and develops volunteering.

Volunteer Ambassadors age 50+ required to promote volunteering to older people in the Nottinghamshire area and attract them into volunteering. Visiting groups, clubs, or societies associated with older people to promote and encourage volunteering drawing on their own experience as a volunteer.

Worksop & District Credit Union - Community savings and loans scheme. Outreach posts in Manton, Harworth, Shirebrook, Langold Carlton, Creswell and Warsop.

Directors for management board with business skills required. (i.e. secretary, treasurer). People to assist with development and strategic planning.

Worksop and District Live at Home Scheme - provides emotional and practical support to vulnerable older people, enhancing their quality of life and prolonging their independence for as long as possible.

Volunteers required to drive older people to social activities, hospital appointments etc. Befriending in the day centre or in people's own homes. Helping to prepare meals/clear away at day centre. Making tea/coffee. Fundraising. Shopping and gardening for older people. Washing tea cloths etc.

Worksop Dolphins - Swimming for 7 - 18 yr olds for health/leisure and also competition level.

Volunteer swimming officials e.g. coaches, judges, time-keepers etc.

WRVS (in Bassetlaw hospital) - hospital shop and coffee shop.

Volunteers to serve in the shop, restocking shelves, etc. Coffee shop - serving customers with snacks and beverages, operating till and dishwasher.

WRVS, Home from Hospital Scheme - Provides short term low level support for 4 - 6 weeks at home to older and vulnerable people following a stay in hospital or a period of intermediate/ rehabilitative care.

Volunteers to prepare a persons home after discharge from hospital/care. To ensure a basic supply of food, receiving person home from hospital. Information advice and signposting. Assisted shopping. Support at outpatients appointments. Letter writing, form filling. Befriending.

WRVS, Emergency Services - Supports rescue workers/individuals and their families caught up in times of emergency, e.g. evacuation, scene of accidents.

Volunteers required to provide food and drink to evacuees/survivors and the emergency services and other voluntary agencies. Befriending. Clerical. Tabards provided. Further training available. Attending table top or live exercises, staffing information points at county shows.

Young Potential/V Project - Specialising in programmes that offer specific, consistent support to challenging teenagers in society. Bassetlaw initiative specifically designed for young people who want something different in their lives. Course covers life skills, education, health, sports.

Volunteer admin help. Mentors, drivers, help with events, fundraising, room support and parent support. V Project - soundproofing rehearsal rooms, fundraising for rehearsal rooms, painting and decorating, support at Centre Place, teas and refreshments, gardening. Designing a questionnaire, ticket sales for rock matinees and lighting for shows.