Community Action Hinckley & Bosworth

We have many opportunities for volunteering, below are details of just some of them. If you have interest in any of these, please contact Aimee Packwood, District Volunteer Advisor, Voluntary Action LeicesterShire on 07977 015674 or email aimee.p@valonline.org.uk

Community Volunteers at the Community Houses
Have you considered volunteering at your local Community House? Please click the link to find out how to contact your local Community House at Barwell, Earl Shilton or Wykin, then give them a call or drop in to have a chat about how you might be able to get involved.

Barwell, Earl Shilton, Wykin

Shopmobility

Hinckley Shopmobility offers anyone with a mobility problem the use of a Scooter or Manual Wheelchair. It aims to help people to do their shopping, use the amenities of the town centre and enjoy its surroundings or just to take in the sights with freedom and ease during the day.
Duties include answering the phone, welcoming new members, preparing membership forms, taking details, arranging hire of the equipment, showing people how to use the scooters, greeting returning users and returning equipment to store.

Great Meeting (Unitarian) Chapel

Helping Hands
Helping Hands is a new project to help and assist those experiencing food poverty. This may be due to lack of income due to ill health or many other causes. Volunteers are needed to staff the drop in sessions and bag up food parcels.
Advice Centre
The GM Advice Centre offers FREE debt advice to clients who come to us with financial difficulties. Volunteers are needed to help with giving advice, helping people to fill in forms, negotiating with organisations etc.
Parent and Toddler Group
Volunteers are need to help run parent and toddler groups, setting up, organising drinks time etc as well as offering additional support to parents. Volunteers will be needed from 9am-12pm on Mondays and/or Thursdays.
Clockwise Credit Union
Volunteers are needed to give information about the credit union service, and help people to access it. This will involve helping people to fill in forms for membership, savings and loan applications.
Full training is given.
Children’s group
To work with children aged 7-11 in a church environment, offering an open and progressive community for children to experience and build spiritual or religious understanding.

Contact the Elderly

By volunteering with Contact the Elderly you can find enjoyment and fulfilment in helping to make a real difference to the lives of older people who are otherwise isolated from family and friends.

Once a month, normally on a Sunday afternoon, each older guest is collected from their home by a volunteer driver, and taken to a volunteer host’s home, where they join a small group for tea, talk and companionship. The group is warmly welcomed by a different host each month, but the charity’s drivers and older guests remain the same.

Drivers collect the same older person/s each month and take them to a different local host’s home where they all enjoy an afternoon tea party. We ask our drivers to commit to three to four hours one Sunday a month and to contact their elderly passenger/s a few days before the monthly gathering to make sure they know when they are going to pick them up.

Hosts provide a warm welcome and a simple afternoon tea lasting between two to three hours for six to nine older guests and their drivers (three to five drivers). We ask hosts to commit to one or two tea parties a year – more if they want.

Coordinators organise the monthly group outings by liaising with the hosts and the drivers so that everyone is clear about the time, date and place. After the drivers have been called by the coordinator, they in turn contact their older guest/s.

Castlmead Hospital radio- Hinckley

Volunteers are needed to help to run Castlemead hospital radio. Volunteers will have the chance to get involved in any areas of radio production that they are interested in, such as preparing programmes, presenting, providing company for presenters and producers or being a gopher.

Hinckley Club for Young People
Volunteers are needed to help at a youth club for young people aged 8-19. The club runs 6 days a week from 6pm-9.30pm on weekdays, and 12-4pm on Saturdays. Volunteers are needed to help with or lead sessions in arts and craft, drama, music, etc and teach the young people. The role is flexible, and if volunteers have a particular interest then they can teach that. This is a great opportunity for anyone wanting to get experience working with young people or in teaching.

Headway charity shop- Hinckley
Headway (the brain injury association) are looking for volunteers to help with the running of their shop on Station Road in Hinckley.

Volunteers are needed to help with sorting stock donations and preparing them for the shop floor; steaming and hanging clothes; serving customers at the till point; and the keeping store tidy and displays fresh.

Redgate Animal Sanctuary- Markfield

Volunteers are needed to help with animal care, including dog walking, and mucking out. We have a range of animals from hamsters to horses so if you love animals this is the place for you!

Pensioner's Action Group- Hinckley
The Pensioner’s Action Group are looking for a Treasurer, Fundraisers and Campaigners:

Are you passionate about the welfare of older people? Do you enjoy meeting people and talking about issues? If so you can make a difference to the lives of older people throughout the UK, by campaigning to improve their welfare.

The Pensioner's Action Group campaigns on issues such as pensions, NHS reforms, and benefits; through collecting signatures, lobbying MPs, attending meetings etc. Volunteers are needed to help with these campaigns. Tasks could include writing letters to MPs, manning stalls in shopping centres to collect signatures for petitions, or attending events.

This is a great opportunity for anyone who enjoys meeting new people, and would like to support campaigns to improve the welfare of older people.

Volunteers are needed to assist with, or organise fundraising events to support the work of the Pensioners' Action group. The group campaigns on issues that affect older people, and funds are needed to keep this vital work going. Volunteers are needed to help with events such as coffee mornings, and/or to organise their own events to raise money. A volunteer treasurer is also needed to look after the finances of the group.

Poppy Appeal

Volunteers are needed to volunteer for 2 hours in November selling poppies in Hinckley to raise money for the British legion.

The Leicestershire Youth Offending Service works with young people who are at risk of offending, or have offended. Our work aims to prevent and reduce offending by assisting young people to make positive decisions whilst promoting responsible citizenship and enabling them to move away from criminal activity.

We need Volunteer Drivers to assist in the transporting of young people to enable them to attend offence reduction programmes, appointments, etc. Young people also get involved in other activities, e.g. working to gain Youth Achievement Awards, aiming to maximise their chances of succeeding in the future. However, some are less able to get involved due to practical barriers such as transport restrictions, which prevents a young person from participating.

As a Volunteer Driver you would have the opportunity to be a positive role model, building a professional rapport with and helping young people to achieve their goals and fulfil their potential within in the community.

The Leicestershire Youth Offending Service provides travel expenses, an Induction Training Programme and on-going support for volunteers.

Volunteers will need:

To be reliable
Good communication skills and the ability to relate to young people
Your own vehicle with business insurance and MOT (where necessary)
A full, clean, UK driving licence

Acceptance on to this project is subject to satisfactory references and criminal records bureau checks.

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Home Office Furnishings Available News/Events Community Development Community Services Carers Volunteering New Opportunities VOICE About Us Contact Us Useful Links Community Search Search Search For:	» Community Action Hinckley & Bosworth» Volunteering» New Opportunities We have many opportunities for volunteering, below are details of just some of them. If you have interest in any of these, please contact Aimee Packwood, District Volunteer Advisor, Voluntary Action LeicesterShire on 07977 015674 or email aimee.p@valonline.org.uk Community Volunteers at the Community Houses Have you considered volunteering at your local Community House? Please click the link to find out how to contact your local Community House at Barwell, Earl Shilton or Wykin, then give them a call or drop in to have a chat about how you might be able to get involved. Barwell, Earl Shilton, Wykin Shopmobility Hinckley Shopmobility offers anyone with a mobility problem the use of a Scooter or Manual Wheelchair. It aims to help people to do their shopping, use the amenities of the town centre and enjoy its surroundings or just to take in the sights with freedom and ease during the day. Duties include answering the phone, welcoming new members, preparing membership forms, taking details, arranging hire of the equipment, showing people how to use the scooters, greeting returning users and returning equipment to store. Great Meeting (Unitarian) Chapel Helping Hands Helping Hands is a new project to help and assist those experiencing food poverty. This may be due to lack of income due to ill health or many other causes. Volunteers are needed to staff the drop in sessions and bag up food parcels. Advice Centre The GM Advice Centre offers FREE debt advice to clients who come to us with financial difficulties. Volunteers are needed to help with giving advice, helping people to fill in forms, negotiating with organisations etc. Parent and Toddler Group Volunteers are need to help run parent and toddler groups, setting up, organising drinks time etc as well as offering additional support to parents. Volunteers will be needed from 9am-12pm on Mondays and/or Thursdays. Clockwise Credit Union Volunteers are needed to give information about the credit union service, and help people to access it. This will involve helping people to fill in forms for membership, savings and loan applications. Full training is given. Children’s group To work with children aged 7-11 in a church environment, offering an open and progressive community for children to experience and build spiritual or religious understanding. Contact the Elderly By volunteering with Contact the Elderly you can find enjoyment and fulfilment in helping to make a real difference to the lives of older people who are otherwise isolated from family and friends. Once a month, normally on a Sunday afternoon, each older guest is collected from their home by a volunteer driver, and taken to a volunteer host’s home, where they join a small group for tea, talk and companionship. The group is warmly welcomed by a different host each month, but the charity’s drivers and older guests remain the same. Drivers collect the same older person/s each month and take them to a different local host’s home where they all enjoy an afternoon tea party. We ask our drivers to commit to three to four hours one Sunday a month and to contact their elderly passenger/s a few days before the monthly gathering to make sure they know when they are going to pick them up. Hosts provide a warm welcome and a simple afternoon tea lasting between two to three hours for six to nine older guests and their drivers (three to five drivers). We ask hosts to commit to one or two tea parties a year – more if they want. Coordinators organise the monthly group outings by liaising with the hosts and the drivers so that everyone is clear about the time, date and place. After the drivers have been called by the coordinator, they in turn contact their older guest/s. Castlmead Hospital radio- Hinckley Volunteers are needed to help to run Castlemead hospital radio. Volunteers will have the chance to get involved in any areas of radio production that they are interested in, such as preparing programmes, presenting, providing company for presenters and producers or being a gopher. Hinckley Club for Young People Volunteers are needed to help at a youth club for young people aged 8-19. The club runs 6 days a week from 6pm-9.30pm on weekdays, and 12-4pm on Saturdays. Volunteers are needed to help with or lead sessions in arts and craft, drama, music, etc and teach the young people. The role is flexible, and if volunteers have a particular interest then they can teach that. This is a great opportunity for anyone wanting to get experience working with young people or in teaching. Headway charity shop- Hinckley Headway (the brain injury association) are looking for volunteers to help with the running of their shop on Station Road in Hinckley. Volunteers are needed to help with sorting stock donations and preparing them for the shop floor; steaming and hanging clothes; serving customers at the till point; and the keeping store tidy and displays fresh. Redgate Animal Sanctuary- Markfield Volunteers are needed to help with animal care, including dog walking, and mucking out. We have a range of animals from hamsters to horses so if you love animals this is the place for you! Pensioner's Action Group- Hinckley The Pensioner’s Action Group are looking for a Treasurer, Fundraisers and Campaigners: Are you passionate about the welfare of older people? Do you enjoy meeting people and talking about issues? If so you can make a difference to the lives of older people throughout the UK, by campaigning to improve their welfare. The Pensioner's Action Group campaigns on issues such as pensions, NHS reforms, and benefits; through collecting signatures, lobbying MPs, attending meetings etc. Volunteers are needed to help with these campaigns. Tasks could include writing letters to MPs, manning stalls in shopping centres to collect signatures for petitions, or attending events. This is a great opportunity for anyone who enjoys meeting new people, and would like to support campaigns to improve the welfare of older people. Volunteers are needed to assist with, or organise fundraising events to support the work of the Pensioners' Action group. The group campaigns on issues that affect older people, and funds are needed to keep this vital work going. Volunteers are needed to help with events such as coffee mornings, and/or to organise their own events to raise money. A volunteer treasurer is also needed to look after the finances of the group. Poppy Appeal Volunteers are needed to volunteer for 2 hours in November selling poppies in Hinckley to raise money for the British legion. The Leicestershire Youth Offending Service works with young people who are at risk of offending, or have offended. Our work aims to prevent and reduce offending by assisting young people to make positive decisions whilst promoting responsible citizenship and enabling them to move away from criminal activity. We need Volunteer Drivers to assist in the transporting of young people to enable them to attend offence reduction programmes, appointments, etc. Young people also get involved in other activities, e.g. working to gain Youth Achievement Awards, aiming to maximise their chances of succeeding in the future. However, some are less able to get involved due to practical barriers such as transport restrictions, which prevents a young person from participating. As a Volunteer Driver you would have the opportunity to be a positive role model, building a professional rapport with and helping young people to achieve their goals and fulfil their potential within in the community. The Leicestershire Youth Offending Service provides travel expenses, an Induction Training Programme and on-going support for volunteers. Volunteers will need: To be reliable Good communication skills and the ability to relate to young people Your own vehicle with business insurance and MOT (where necessary) A full, clean, UK driving licence Acceptance on to this project is subject to satisfactory references and criminal records bureau checks.
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