June/July 2007 - London Borough of Hillingdon

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Advertisement Does your voluntary group work with young people? Is your group based in Hillingdon? Do you work mainly with young people resident in Hillingdon? www.third-avenue.co.uk If yes, you may be eligible for affiliation to Hillingdon Council’s youth service. Affiliation benefits include eligibility for capacity building assistance to help you to increase your membership and contact with young people, help with premises hire for special events and training assistance for your organisers and leaders. Hillingdon Council’s youth service is now accepting applications for affiliation for 2007. To apply, you can download an application form and further information from the Hillingdon Council website www.hillingdon.gov.uk/communityandliving/youthservice Existing 2006 affiliated groups can apply for capacity assistance now. Application forms and further information can be downloaded from the website. Alternatively, call Hillingdon Council’s youth service on telephone number 01895 277252 to request forms to be posted to you. Please note: organisations affiliated to Hillingdon Council’s youth service for 2006 must re-apply for affiliation in 2007. Youth Opportunities Fund and Youth Capital Fund Hillingdon Council has money available to be spent on projects that are initiated by young people for the benefit of the community or for the benefit of young people. Application forms and guidance notes are available from the council’s website www.hillingdon.gov.uk/communityandliving/youthservice or alternatively call Hillingdon Council’s youth service on 01895 277252 to request forms to be posted to you. 26 • June/July 2007
Time on your hands? volunteers Treasurer SAMS (Social Activities for Multiple Sclerosis) enable people with Multiple Sclerosis, their carers and partners to have access to recreation, leisure and social activities, educational pastimes and other activities that able bodied persons take for granted. A volunteer treasurer, who can work from home, is needed to monitor the accounts and give a treasurers report to the committee on a six weekly basis. Beauty therapist Harlington Hospice Association enhance the quality of life of those who use the hospice in Harlington and aim to provide the highest standards of professional individual care within a compassionate, safe, welcoming and supportive environment. The association need volunteer hairdressers, beauticians and manicurists to offer services to all patients. You will be required to work within the area and daycare areas while taking account of advice on health from nursing staff. For more information on these appeals call the Volunteer Centre Hillingdon on 01895 442730 Visitor centre assistant The Colne Valley Visitors Centre in Denham helps to protect and improve 40 square miles of countryside to the west of London.The visitors centre, whose role is to provide information about the many walks, parks and events in their area, requires a volunteer to assist the manager in the information centre and café in a variety of tasks. Support for young people Hillingdon youth offending service works in a supportive way with young people aged 10 – 17 years old, who have offended or are at risk of offending.The service requires a number of volunteers, including: • mentors to provide positive, nonjudgemental support and encouragement and assist the young person through the important transitions in their lives • appropriate adults to safeguard a young person’s rights, interest and welfare in the absence of their parent, guardian or social worker at the police station, to enable the police interviewing process to continue without delay • youth offender panel members to help deal with young people who commit crime by exploring the circumstances and the cause of their offending behaviours. Ruislip Police Station 5 years of successful volunteering 1 – 7 June is Volunteer Week, a fantastic opportunity to celebrate the contribution of volunteers and to acknowledge the contribution they make. Did you know that Ruislip Police Station is successfully supported by volunteers and has been for five years now? The 85 volunteers, who run the front counter and offer other support at the station from 10am to 5pm Monday to Saturday, are aged from 18 to 85 years old. Most are older people who have retired but still want to make a positive contribution to the community. Volunteers support the police station completely - answering phones, taking minor crime reports, dealing with minor traffic incidents, dealing with lost and found and providing excellent customer service. More major incidents are dealt with by police officers from Uxbridge, who visit the Ruislip station often, or at the larger police stations. Ruislip Police Station’s volunteer support saves many people a trip to Uxbridge and saves sworn officer time, leaving Volunteers, Roger Maxwell and Moira Punton cut the cake more police available to protect the community. Two Safer Neighbourhood Teams operating out of Ruislip Police Station are very supportive of the volunteers and the work they do. Roger Maxwell, who has been volunteering at Ruislip Police Station since the beginning, said “I have found volunteering interesting, satisfying and an enjoyable way of putting something back into society. I get more out of it than I could possibly put in. The comradeship and the feeling of belonging to a great organisation were the things I missed when I retired from my full time occupation. I now have all these and it is a good feeling knowing that I am helping the police in their difficult job”. Fact file • Ruislip Police Station has 85 volunteers, 26 of whom serve the front counter. • Over 38,000 people in Hillingdon say they regularly volunteer for at least two hours a week. • If that work were paid at £10 per hour, that would be a staggering £39.52million per year. volunteers June/July 2007 • 27
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