Volunteer Telford

Bicycle repair

Volunteers needed to work alongside the Community Development Worker on a NEW project within the Army Welfare Service in Telford.  This project is the AWS Donnington Youth Forum and is aimed at young people aged 10-16 years.

The team is looking for enthusiastic and motivated volunteers to work with young people aged 10 years+ who have parents/carers who work in the military (or have previously served or who are reservists)

The main focus of this work is to look at what youth provision or activities they would like to see in the area and help to shape services. 

This will be the beginning of the work- then going into providing what provision is planned.

Likely to be a Wednesday 5.30-7.00pm.  Project due to start in September 2024

The Circle of One befriending project offers social support for residents in Donnington and surrounding areas who are isolated, feel lonely, want this to change and wish to receive befriending support.

What you will do:

Tasks include:

Provide medium/long term befriending support with a clear focus on connecting individuals with their community.

Visit the client regularly at an agreed time, date and location.

Build a reliable, trusting, honest and enabling relationship.

Support individuals to build their confidence, self-esteem and extend their social networks by connecting with their community e.g. attending a community activity, engaging in a course or spending time outdoors.

Time commitment:

30 minutes up to 3 hours as and when needed by mutual agreement.

Location: 

Within Donnington and surrounding areas.

Benefits:

Increased confidence and self esteem

Access to training

Progress to new opportunities

Getting involved with your local community and making a difference

Develop new skills and make new friends

Improve own emotional and physical health

Training: 

Compulsory training will be provided.

Telford & Wrekin Council is advertising for more volunteers to join the Independent Appeal Panel dealing with primary and secondary school admissions and exclusion reviews. It is a requirement that the Local Authority’s School Admission Authority provides arrangements for appeals against decisions not to allow a child to attend a school or regarding a decision to exclude a child from a school within Telford and Wrekin.

The role

Admission panels comprise of three members to hear and determine appeals by parents who are not happy with the decision made about their child’s school placement. The panel is independent of the education authority and draws on a pool of lay and independent members to sit on particular appeals. This is an essential role that provides impartiality of decisions for parents and children in Telford and Wrekin.

Membership of the panel comprises of:

- People who have experience in education, who are acquainted with educational conditions in the local authority area, or who are parents of registered pupils in school. This can include current or previous head teachers, teachers, governors or parents

- Lay people, someone without personal experience in the management of any school or provision of education in any school except as a school governor or in another voluntary capacity.