Volunteer Telford

Our lottery team head out and about to wedding fairs and events to promote our celebration and wedding favours.

This year we’re hoping to attend more events and make connections with venues, wedding planners and bridal shops, so are looking for friendly and enthusiastic volunteers to join us.

Supporting our friendly and proactive lottery team, you’ll help set up our stand, chat to customers and help spread the word about these wonderful favours.

Whatever you bring to the table, however often you can help, volunteering with Scouts can change young people's lives.

No previous experience with young people? No problem.

Whether you'd like to help out week-after-week or whenever-you-can, we provide training, learning opportunities and cups of tea – every step of the way.

We need help with planning programmes, youth leadership, administration, behind-the-scenes support, equipment & site maintenance, trusteeship & adult leadership, communications & publicity, and more.

With 13 Groups across Shropshire Severn and Teme Scout District alone, we'll always be able to find an opportunity near you!

Benefits of volunteering with Scouts:

- Learn valuable skills and experiences for the future
- Make friends and meet people
- Try new things and challenge yourself
- Improve your mental and physical wellbeing
- Get outdoors and get stuck in
- Positively impact your community
- Create vital opportunities for young people
- Make memories that'll last a lifetime

To help keep our website and social media up to date. If you have skills in this field get in touch.

We use Facebook, X, Instagram, Mastadon & LinkedIn, with a website on Wordpress

If you are good at putting together visual media, for the web including event posters and regular content, please get in touch.

This role is done mostly from the volunteers own home, in their own time. Occasional face to face meetings with rest of volunteers – maybe on Zoom or F2F.  Time volunteered is in correlation with skill of the volunteer, but there needs to be a regular, at least weekly input and monitoring of same.

You will need to attend our 3 main events:  a seedswap, a plantswap and a harvest event during the year and take photos.  Each event held on a Saturday.

Attending our monthly business/social meetings, once a month, first Tuesday of each month in the evening.

Location:

In their own home and business meeting in the Cock Hotel Wellington.

Benefits:

Advancing their own knowledge, training from the wider Transition network.   The knowledge they are helping their community.  Social interaction.

Training:

Attending our business meetings to get a familiarity of what we do and our concerns and interests.

Online seminars are available from the wider Transition network and gives a wider view.

NYAS is a leading children's charity who provide advocacy and legal representation to children and adults when important decisions are being made about them.                                               

Could you volunteer and make a difference to a young person in care?

An Independent Visitor is a positive adult role model who provides support and friendship to a young person in care. 

You will enjoy fun activities together which will give the young person unforgettable memories and experiences.  Your consistent friendship will help the young person raise their aspirations, learn new skills, build self-esteem, confidence, and resilience. 

We are looking for fun, reliable, and enthusiastic volunteers from all different cultures, backgrounds, and experiences.  

Children and young people who are looked after need an adult who has time to spend with them, take them on activities and be someone they can talk to and trust.  You can fit your visits in around your own time and work commitments.                                                                                  

As part of the recruitment process you will need to complete an application form, interview, enhanced DBS check, references and digital risk assessment. 

We offer a full support package including induction training, online mandatory training and one to one support by your IV Coordinator throughout your volunteer journey.