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Volunteer at a Day Care Centre:
Age Concern, Heathfield and
Hurst Green
Duties include serving teas, coffees and
lunches, assisting in activities such as quizzes
and bingo, and chatting to clients. There is the
opportunity for the willing volunteer to
organise their own activities if appropriate.
Heathfield: Tuesday afternoon
Hurst Green: Thursday all day.
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Toe Nail Cutting:
Age Concern, all across East Sussex
Older people often experience difficulty
reaching their feet so cutting toe nails can
become a problem. After training, volunteers
carry out simple toenail cutting in client's
homes or in designated venues. More complex foot
care is never undertaken.
Volunteers should be reliable, honest, patient
and responsible with good listening skills.
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Home from Hospital:
Age Concern, all across East Sussex
Volunteers visit people in their homes after
their discharge from hospital in order to offer
practical and emotional support for a short term
(4-6 weeks). You may have to do some shopping,
collect prescriptions or other light tasks
making the client's life a little easier.
Volunteers need to be trustworthy and reliable
with good listening and communication skills.
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Befriending Volunteers:
Age Concern, all across East Sussex
Volunteers befriend older people living alone in
their own homes in order to provide
companionship for a specified period of time.
They assist older people in something of their
choosing which will make their life more
pleasurable or grant them a greater degree of
independence. Examples could be joining the
local library, trips to the shops, restoring
contact with lost friends.
Volunteers need to be trustworthy and reliable
with good listening and communication skills.
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Volunteer with the Fire Service:
Fire Service, Heathfield
To provide advice and support on Fire Safety.
Days and times to be decided.
You agree the number of hours per week.
Up to 6 positions available per team.
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Respite Care:
Red Cross
Respite care for vulnerable adults.
Light shopping, befriending, helping filling in
forms. CRB check. Must be 18+.
Any day/evening.
2 hours every week.
2 or 3 positions available.
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Reading onto CDs:
Talking Newspapers,
Heathfield
Reading onto CDs so blind people can
listen to the news.
2-4 hours per week.
2+ days per month, Monday-Friday mornings.
Up to 5 positions available.
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Mail Collation:
Talking Newspapers,
Heathfield
Mail collation and post outs.
2-4 hours per week.
2+ days per month, Monday-Friday.
Up to 5 positions available.
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Cafe (15+):
Heathfield Youth Centre
Drop in and information for older
young people.
Friday evenings.
6.00pm - 9.00pm.
1 position available.
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Junior Youth Club:
Heathfield Youth Centre
Help and support young people.
Training given.
Thursday evenings.
6.00pm - 9.00pm.
2 positions available.
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Senior Awards Night:
Heathfield Youth Centre
Help and support young people as
they work towards awards.
Tuesday evenings.
6.00pm - 9.00pm.
2 positions available.
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Information Drop In:
Heathfield Youth Centre
Give advice and support to young
people of any age.
Monday afternoons.
3.30pm - 5.00pm.
1 position available.
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Support Army Cadet Unit (18+):
Heathfield
Willing to support Army Cadet unit.
You do not have to be an Army person. Will be
CRB checked.
Regular Wednesday evenings.
2 hours a week.
1 or 2 positions available.
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Room Steward:
Batemans, Burwash, National
Trust (NT)
Information sharing, security.
4 hours per month, volunteering during
afternoons.
1-2 positions available.
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Be a miller:
Batemans, Burwash, National
Trust (NT)
Yes. That's right!
Train to be a proper miller, working a mill,
producing flour and showing the public how it is
done.
3-4 afternoons per month.
1 position available.
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Assistant Drama Workshop Leader:
Act on It, all across East
Sussex
Working with "Act on It" in schools and youth
clubs. Will be CRB checked.
From September.
3 days per week.
1 or 2 positions available.
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Buddying with Barnado's:
All across East Sussex
Buddying a disabled person aged 14-19. Training
and support given. Expenses paid.
Must be 18+.
Any time of day. You must be prepared to do
this for 1 year.
2 hours per week.
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Youth Action Team vinvolved:
All across East Sussex
Want to organise events, campaigns, promote
youth volunteering?
Then join our Youth Action Team.
Lots of fun, expenses paid.
Any number of days per week.
Any number of hours per week.
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Set up your own project!:
All across East Sussex
Your idea, your own project.
Get support from vinvolved-eastsussex.
Set it up.
Give us a
call.
Any number of days per week.
Any number of hours per week.
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Fantastic training courses:
Furniture Now
Fantastic training courses designed
to cater for under represented groups. Learning
takes place in small groups in workshop based
classes.
- Decorative painting level 2
- Decorative painting level 1
- Interior design level 1
- Jewellery making level 1
- NVQ & work skills - throughout the year.
Training courses.
For 12 weeks.
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Kerbside pick up service:
Furniture Now
Hard work. Providing furniture for
those on low income. Transport paid for and
lunch to £2.50 per day.
Monday - Friday
1 day a week.
1 position per day available.
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Office and sales:
Furniture Now
Providing furniture for those on low
income. Transport paid for and lunch to £2.50
per day.
Monday - Friday
1 day a week.
3 positions per day available.
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Warehouse removals:
Furniture Now
Providing furniture for those on low
income. Transport paid for and lunch to £2.50
per day.
Monday - Friday
1 day a week.
3 positions per day available.
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Be an Ambassador:
Chestnut Tree House
Children's Hospice
Be an Ambassador in your
area/college. Raise awareness and fundraise.
Suitable for individuals of groups.
You choose the day(s) and time(s)
You choose the number of hours per week
www.chestnut-tree-house.org.uk
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Project assistant:
Heathfield
Changing estates heritage project
assistant. Includes research into 20th Century
housing, a bit of Archaeology, online museum. A
varied opportunity. Will be CRB checked.
Evenings.
2 hours every other week.
Any number of positions available.
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ITV Fixers:
East Sussex
Major media campaign, giving 16-25
year olds the opportunity to produce a short
film about a problem they believe needs
'fixing'.
Click here to read more...
or visit:
www.itvfixers.com
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