April/May 2007 - London Borough of Hillingdon

Time on your hands?
volunteers
Temporary admin
and office assistant
The Red Cross in
Uxbridge are looking for
a bright, honest person
willing to help in their
busy office two weeks
before, during and for
two weeks after the Red
Cross Appeal Week,
which run from 6 May
2007.
The Red Cross aim to
give comfort and
independence to the sick
and people with disabilities
through the short-term
loan of a wide variety of
medical equipment.
You will be required to
help organise the loan of
equipment as well as help
in the office answering
phones, meeting members
of the public, collating and
distributing information
and counting money.
Training will be given.
Are you ‘Green
Fingered’?
Mead House Day Service
in Hayes works with
people experiencing severe
and enduring mental
health problems, aiming
to promote recovery and
social inclusion within the
community.
They are looking for an
enthusiastic ‘green fingered’
volunteer to work with
staff and mental health
service users in their
gardening group. Share
your Ideas, knowledge and
skills and watch the garden
and the service users grow
and develop.
The volunteer will need
to have a knowledge of
gardening, including
planting, pruning, looking
after plants and general
garden maintenance as
well as an understanding
of mental health
problems. Support will be
given to the volunteer.
Charity fundraiser
Iver Nature Study Centre
is a wildlife garden in Iver
where individuals and
community groups
irrespective of their age,
ability or background can
come and take part in
organised activities for
educational, environmental
or therapeutic purposes.
It is a partnership project
managed by the
environmental charity,
Groundwork Thames
Valley on behalf of National
Grid and Hillingdon
Primary Care Trust.
The centre is looking
for a volunteer fundraiser
to work with the centre
manager to seek out
fundraising and
sponsorship
opportunities.You will
need fundraising and
grant writing experience.
Translators and
interpreters
Refugees in Effective and
Active Partnership
(REAP) is an independent
organisation with the
main aim of empowering
refugees and asylum
For more information on these appeals call the
Volunteer Centre Hillingdon on 01895 442730
seekers to reach their full
potential and to enable
them to rebuild their lives
within the UK.
They are looking for a
community Interpreter
with basic to
intermediate level
interpreting and
translation skills for
people from refugee and
asylum seeking
communities.You will
need to be bilingual with
English plus one or more
other languages.
Extensive training and
the chance to gain a
qualification are available.
Shopping assistant
Volunteers are needed to
help out for a few hours
on a Wednesday from 10
to 1pm to supervise
Be bowled over
young adults with
learning disabilities whilst
they run a home
shopping delivery service
for the elderly and house
bound.
This is a great
opportunity to train
these adults to become
independent and to
support a much needed
service for the elderly
and house bound.You
would be required to
assist with taking the
shopping over to a
sheltered housing area
close to Uxbridge town
centre, walking through
Tesco and M&S while
they select the shopping,
assist with the exchange
of money and ensuring
that our clients had
brought the correct
items.
As the weather starts to improve, why not take the
opportunity to exercise outdoors and give bowling a
try? You don’t have to be of a certain age to get
involved and many clubs will offer free taster sessions
for beginners.
Bowling is a sociable way to get healthy and you don’t
even need to pay for expensive kits – just turn up in
comfortable clothes and flat shoes give it a go…the
gym can wait for another day!
Free open days are being held at Ruislip Bowls Club
in May and June. For more information contact them on
01895 630592.
www.first-avenue.co.uk
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