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Welcome to this years Volunteering Fair at the University of West London.

The Volunteering Fair is organised by the Vteam and it aims to showcase short-term and long-term volunteering opportunities from over 35 organisations – meaning you can do as much or as little as you want so it fits around your schedule. It's a great way to share your skills and give back to the community .

Come along and feel inspired!

This is YOUR chance to network with various charitable and not-for-profit or-ganisations, find out about the fantastic volunteering opportunities they have on offer, how to apply and whether the organisation is right for you. This is YOUR opportunity to develop your skills, gain new experiences and en-hance your CV, making you more employable for the future! We hope you enjoy the fair and take advantage of this fantastic opportunity. The Volunteering Team Mariana and Ola

Age UK Ealing

Alzheimer's Society

Berakah Arts

Cancer Research UK

Carers UK

Citizens Advice Witness

Service

City Year UK

DKMS Foundation

Domestic Violence Inter-

vention Project (DVIP)

Ealing Carers Service

Ealing Festival

Ealing Mencap

Friends Café Ealing Hospi-

tal

Girlguiding

GoodGym Ealing

HealthWatch Ealing

Hestia

HGiving

LADPP—Latin American-

Disabled People’s Project

London Youth Games Force

Marie Curie

Mind in Ealing and Hounslow

OPEN Ealing

Orchid Cancer Appeal

Orleans House Gallery

Rainbow Trust

Resources for Autism

RNLI

RollaDome All Skate

Save the Children

The Scout Association West London

Thomas Pocklington Trust

UWL Peer Mentoring Service

Victim Support

Volunteer Link

Volunteering Hounslow

WellFound

West London Arts Scene

WORLDwrite

YMCA West London

Organisations attending the fair

Volunteering Fair 2017

Before attending the fair….

1. Have a look at the organisations attending the fair and decide if

you want to approach someone specifically about their opportuni-

ties.

2. Prepare your CV or any questions you might have so you can ask

them to one of our careers advisor.

3. Drop an email to the Vteam if you have any questions:

[email protected]

On the day of the fair…

1. Register at the Vteam desk in Weston Hall. This is essential for you

to receive more information from us about volunteering opportu-

nities.

2. Use this guide to plan your visit, explore the various organisations

stands and find out what they have on offer. Don’t be afraid to ask

questions!

3. Register your interest with the organisations. No obligation to

commit to anything. If you have any questions that you wish to ask

the Vteam about any organisations, just email the Vteam after the

fair.

The VTeam

After checking out all the organisations...

1. Drop the Vteam an email if you have any questions or wish

to know more about any of the organisations at the fair.

2. Get your CV, covering letter and/or application form

checked over by a careers advisor. You can also get help

with interviews!

3. Apply for the positions and wait to hear back from the or-

ganisations.

4. Fingers crossed you’ll get your volunteering opportunity

and start it as soon as possible!

5. Notify the Vteam of your volunteering to ensure you’re in-

vited to the VAwards 2017/18.

6. Ask the Vteam for your LogBook and record your hours. At

the end of April, don’t forget to submit your Volunteering

Logbook to [email protected] , so you can get your

Bronze, Silver, Gold or Platinum Award.

Age UK We provide a range of weekday services to help tackle social isolation & promote wellbeing & independence for old-

er people aged 50 + in the London Borough of Ealing such as Information & advice, Day Centres, Telephone Support

& Restore Plus Service.

Available opportunities:

Volunteer Befriender (Telephone & Home Visiting) (6)

Day Centre Helper Volunteer (3)

Applications Volunteer (Office based or Home Visiting) (6)

Volunteer Adviser (2)

Reception Referrals Volunteer (6)

Customer Service Volunteer (6)

Alzheimer's Society Our mission is to transform the landscape of dementia forever. Until the day we find a

cure, we will strive to create a society where those affected by dementia are support-

ed and accepted, able to live in their community without fear or prejudice.


Dementia support volunteers

Awareness raising volunteers

Campaigners

Fundraisers

Berakah Arts Berakah Arts is a charity using music to bring together people of different faiths in order to increase peace

and understanding. Our community choir, youth band and 'flag ship' professional band make music to

spread a message of peace to and for all.


Musicians/singer to join our youth band, Increase The Peace

Social media and PR

Help with photos and video clips

Citizens Advice Witness Service

The Witness Service offers free, practical and emotional support for wit-

nesses called to give evidence in criminal courts.


Court based volunteer roles

Outreach volunteer roles

Carers UK We connect carers so no-one has to care alone. Through volunteers we're reaching out in local communi-

ties and online.


Social Media Volunteering roles (infinite)

Media creation roles (10+)

Office admin roles (2-3)

City Year UK City Year is a youth social movement that seeks to reduce educational inequality and to boost the pro-

spects for young people.

Available opportunities

Volunteering Mentors positions

Domestic Violence Intervention Project (DVIP) We are a multi-award winning charity keeping women, young people and children safe from domestic

abuse. We deliver specialist services to help perpetrators stop being abusive, support victims & help young

people and children be safe in their homes.

Al-aman service for Arabic speaking communities

Children’s Therapy Team

Family Courts Team

Funding & Communications Team

Domestic Abuse Perpetrator Programme Team

Women’s Support Service

Yuva Young Person’s Project

DKMS Foundation

DKMS' key Mission is to increase the pool of lifesaving blood stem cell donors, as we believe that not one

single person suffering with a blood cancer should die because they are unable to find a matching blood

stem cell donor.

Cancer Research UK At Cancer Research UK we pioneer research to bring forward the day when all cancers are cured.

We are looking for shop assistants to help in our shops across

London. This is a varied role working with customers, helping to

process donated stock and fundraise for this amazing cause.

Most volunteers give a minimum of 2 hours a week but what-

ever you can give is very much appreciated.

Ealing Mencap Ealing Mencap are a local charity working with and for people with learning disabilities and their carers.


Support Workers

Ealing Carers Service

Ealing Carers Service provides information, advice and signposting for

unpaid carers across Ealing.

A carer is someone who cares for a friend or family member who cannot

cope without their support.

Ealing Festival Ealing Festival of Music is an annual competitive event for performers of all

ages, from 5-year-olds to gifted young adults from conservatoires and col-

leges. It takes place during April and May each year at a range of venues

around Ealing.


Stewards (3 or more)

Section leaders (2)

Good Gym Ealing GoodGym helps you get fit by doing good. We’re a group of runners that combines regular exercise with

helping our communities.

We need more volunteers for our group runs that happen every

Tuesday at 7pm. The number of people is unlimited and because

it's casual volunteering it's accessible to everyone. We are also

looking for more people we can pair with isolated older people in

the community.

Girlguiding We empower nearly half a million girls to be their best and face the challenges of growing up today. We’ve been do-ing that through adventure, friendship and fun for over 100 years.

Join our team of inspirational Leaders, provide occasional support, or simply share a skill or passion with girls in a

local unit - all while benefiting from the adventure and opportunities guiding has

to offer. Whether leading a unit, or helping out more casually, you'll run activi-

ties, games, projects and events that give girls the opportunity to discover their

potential. If you'd like to lead a guiding group, you'll be supported to complete

our Leadership Qualification, with training on everything from planning your pro-

gramme to child safety.

Friends Café Ealing Hospital

The Cafe is run by volunteers, so all profits go to the hospital We prepare and sell hot & cold food and

drinks and also provide buffets for meetings.


Food preparation

Serving customers

Till operators

Healthwatch Ealing

We are the independent consumer champion created to gather and represent the views of the public to

make sure that people's experiences of health and social care are taken into account by the service provid-

ers.


"Enter & View" volunteer role (10)

"Patient Experience" volunteer role (5)

HGiving We’re building a sustainable centre for our 35 orphans in Kenya. By building something sustainable, in-

vesting in people and creating opportunities we are able to make real change.


Volunteer Coordinator - UK (1)

Volunteer Coordinator - Kenya (2)

Admin Assistant (1)

Marketing Assistant (1)

Copy Writer (2)

Video Editor (2)

Hestia

We are a London charity, working together with adults and children in crisis to

change their lives at the times when they most need support.


Hounslow Hospital Discharge Service Volunteer (10 )

Marie Curie We’re here for people living with any terminal illness, and their families. We

offer expert care, guidance and support to help them get the most from the

time they have left.

We're looking for volunteers who'd like to collect at our collections, volun-

teer collection hosts and collection box coordinators.

The amount of positions varies from role to role and from postcodes.

London Youth Games Force GamesForce is the London Youth Games’ volunteer programme providing op-

portunities to be part of Europe's largest youth sports festival with over 33

sports events.

There are 3 main roles at our events: Sports, Events and Media. Volunteers

sign up to GamesForce via our website where opportunities are advertised to

sign up to.

Opportunities are ongoing throughout the year.

LADPP - Latin American Disabled People’s Project

Since 1989, LADPP has been providing services to Spanish and Portuguese

speakers, with a particular (but not exclusive) focus on those with disabilities


Supporting people at work

Providing English classes

Helping access healthcare or education.

Mind (Ealing and Hounslow) We’re Mind, the mental health charity. Mind in Ealing and Hounslow works to promote mental wellbeing in

our community. We do this through empowering people to lead positive and independent lives and raising

awareness about mental health.

Available Opportunities

Advice Group Facilitator

IT Group Facilitator

Receptionist

Support Volunteer

Open Ealing OPEN Ealing is an arts organisation; a focus for creative excellence, inclusion and aspiration. We run ex-

citing arts programmes by bringing artists, performers, art groups and residents together, promoting crea-

tivity and creating new opportunities

Looking for volunteers to assist in delivering specific projects and

assist with the marketing programme.

All positions will have a real impact on the business and help drive it

forward.

Over two thirds of vol-unteers aged between 16-24 see volunteering as a way of enhancing their career prospects

Over 70% of employers

believe that those who

have volunteered per-

formed better and are

more likely to be pro-

moted.

Rainbow Trust

Rainbow Trust provides emotional and practical support for

families who have a child with a life threatening or terminal

illness.

Orleans House Gallery Orleans House Gallery is based on the Riverside in Twickenham and provides arts for everyone, including

exhibitions, arts festivals, family education programme and partnership programmes with a wide range of

cultural organisations.


Study Room Volunteer (10)

Volunteer Guide (10)

Volunteer Exhibition Assistant (10)

Volunteer Gallery Assistant (10)

Orchid Cancer Appeal

Orchid is recognised as the UK’s leading charity working on behalf of anyone affected by or interested in

testicular, penile and prostate cancer including men, their families and friends, health and social care pro-

fessionals and employers.

Resources for Autism Resources for Autism is a charity that supports, children, young people and adults with autism and their

families. We provide services such as music and art therapy, play and holiday schemes, adult groups

amongst other services.

We are looking for great people to fill our volunteer home sup-

port positions , called Reach Out and we need around 20 peo-

ple.

RNLI The RNLI is the charity that saves lives at sea and on the river Thames through lifeboat search and rescue,

lifeguards, water safety prevention and flood rescue. We rely on vol-

unteers from operational crew to fundraising and education.


Community Safety

Community Fundraising

Community Events

Education

RollaDome All Skate

RollaDome All Skate, a Registered Charity, offers Roller skating throughout the UK, with everything from

first-time roller skating lessons, roller skating clubs with coached training sessions.


Administration

Project Management

Logistics

Finance

Sports Coaches

The Scout Association (West London)

Providing everyday adventure for young people aged 6 to 25 in the London Boroughs of Hammersmith and

Fulham, Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster.

Numerous positions either working directly with young people

delivering a fantastic and exciting programme or working mainly

with adults in supporting roles. There are also opportunities to

develop skills relating to business management, financial director-

ship, human resources, and company secretary and legal support.

Thomas Pocklington Trust Thomas Pocklington Trust is an organisation dedicated to improving the lives of people with sight loss, in-

creasing their confidence and independence and decreasing social isolation.


Up - support services users 1:1 on social and leisure activities.

Events and Activities - guide and support people at group activities

Telephone Befriending - give 20 mins a week to call a visually impaired person

Eye Clinic Volunteer - offer advice, signposting and emotional support to pa-

tients at Moorfields eye clinics

Save the Children

Our vision is a world in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development and partici-

pation. We aim to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children, and to achieve immediate

and lasting change in their lives.


Speakers

Campaign Champions

Cheer Team Retail

Christmas Jumper Day Promoters

UWL Peer Mentoring Service The UWL Peer Mentoring Service is looking for volunteers to meet, one-to-one, on a regular basis with a

student working in a year below them.


Student Mentors 50+

Victim Support

Victim Support (VS) is the independent charity for people affected by crime and traumatic events in Eng-

land and Wales.

Available opportunities: Looking for volunteers who play a wide range of vital roles within

Victim Support, providing emotional and practical support to peo-ple affected by crime, supporting our office teams with project

work or administration, and raising much-needed funds.

Volunteer Link Volunteer Link recruits volunteer befrienders to visit people who are isolated and lonely in the borough of

Ealing on a regular basis to provide companionship and emo-

tional support.


Volunteer Befrienders

Wellfound An international charity providing water and sanitation activities in Africa. WellFound provides a holistic

and comprehensive programme of activities for the remotest villages in Africa. Our work includes: Installing

Wells, Providing community latrines, Organising mar-

ket gardens, Promoting Good Health, ensuring equal-

ity

Opportunities available:

Fundraising

Event organisers

Volunteering Hounslow

Volunteering Hounslow is a council funded volunteer brokerage service operating in Hounslow, delivered

by Groundwork London.

Sign up with us to get informed and involved in as many op-

portunities as possible in the Hounslow Council.

Did you know….

Volunteering results in a

“helper’s high”, a power-

ful physical and emotional

feeling experienced when

directly helping others.

When recruiting,

80% of employers

value volunteering

on a CV

West London Arts Scene West London Arts Scene founded the Ealing Autumn Festival, a multi-arts fully-inclusive event based on

international, national and local talent. Partners with Ealing Libraries in extended exhibitions touring

throughout the borough and multifarious arts activities.


General events admin, potentially project management,

“Making Your Future”, a community photographic project.

(Assisting in 13 (some or all) workshops associated with “Making Your Future”: ad-

ministration, recruiting/engaging participants)

YMCA West London YMCA is the world's largest and oldest people's charity. Here in west London we have been part of

the community, supporting young people for nearly 150 years.


Housing projects

Property services

Children’s work

Youth programmes

Marketing and communications

Worldwrite WORLDwrite, is a UK based education charity. Our key project is a Citi-

zen TV station known as WORLDbytes for which we produce hard-

hitting and challenging political videos on newsworthy, global, domes-

tic and historical issues.

We need lots of volunteers interested in becoming citizen TV makers.

A keen interest in politics, history, news and debates will be helpful.

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