Volunteer Telford

Work Coaches and business mentors wanted!

We are looking for volunteers to deliver business modules and to create and deliver content around starting your own business and wellbeing on a voluntary basis.

My Sighted Guide is a service we offer that allows volunteers to become sighted guides. You will undergo training and learn to safely guide someone with sight loss, navigating environments and building self-confidence and increasing social interaction; whilst maintaining dignity and promoting independence.

What does sighted guiding involve? 

- Provide sighted guide assistance on a regular basis to people living with sight loss – you will be matched with a suitable partner.

- Agree on when and where you will provide the sighted guide, as part of a mutually agreed activity plan.

- You must undertake all elements of My Sighted Guide training (approximately two days).

- Always maintain professional boundaries and adhere to safeguarding procedures.

- Approx.3 hours per week but variable per needs of individual. 

The Leegomery Community Centre is looking for volunteer cleaners to clean our building before, during and after user groups etc and to prepare for the next groups attending the Centre.

Cleaning materials and supplies are provided and located at the Centre. A cleaning schedule is provided and duties include: Cleaning the floors, doors, touch points, toilets, sinks, tops, window sills, emptying rubbish bins and cleaning them and any other areas etc. that are required.

We endeavour to keep the Centre clean and tidy at all times and to do this, we need help from a team of volunteers to ensure that our members/users/customers have the best possible experience at the Centre and know that we take tidiness and cleanliness very seriously to operate safely.

Organisation aims and objectives

To provide a safe environment for the people in our community to use our facilities and take part in activities within our Community Centre.  To provide a safe, friendly environment for our Centre Users, Employees, Leaseholders and the General Public.

Role Description

We ask cleaning volunteers to undertake the following tasks:

Interact with Leegomery Community Centre Staff and contribute to the smooth running of service

Cleaning all areas required within the Leegomery Community Centre (cleaning schedule will be provided)

Help with Stock control and ordering

Provide a friendly, helpful and professional service to customers using the centre.

Any other cleaning duties as required.

Experience of prior cleaning is beneficial.

The role of Marketing and Social Media volunteer will be to assist the staff in promoting challenging perceptions, volunteering and other activities.

Developing Challenging Perceptions social media presence with a particular focus on:

Keeping our social media channels updated

Encouraging others to comment on our posts and share them with others

Increasing the numbers of people following our posts on our own website and on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.

Promoting sessions

Setting, working towards, and reporting on social media objectives and targets.

Undertaking one of the following projects:

Leaflet and poster distribution: Monitoring, coordinating and helping with the distribution of our promotional leaflets and posters by our staff, members and supporters and identifying new opportunities for leaflet distribution.

PR: Writing a press release every two months (three in total) with a view to obtaining media coverage; responding to any resulting media interest, and working with Community Farm staff to obtain the necessary information, photographs and interviews if required.

Another project: If you have a particular area of knowledge or an interest area you would like to pursue, you are welcome to propose a project for you to undertake.

A knowledge of the charity sector and funding within it.