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CALLING ALL
VOLUNTEERS
You will have seen in all manner of places
reports of the work volunteers are doing
for our community. Thank you. If
volunteering is something that you have
thought that you would like to do - either
now, or the future, the following local and
national organisations and initiatives are
looking for support. "Voluntary or
charitable services" are, legally a
"reasonable excuse" to leave your home
during lockdown.
• Reach Volunteering: Connects volunteers &
trustees to charities(reachvolunteering.org.uk)
• Give blood: 0300 123 2323 / (blood.co.uk)
• NHS volunteer responder: (nhsvolunteer
responders.org.uk). The NHS is looking for
Vacination volunteers, and local volunteers to
support mutual aid groups
• St John’s Ambulance: (sja.org.uk) needs
volunteer ambulance crew, first-aiders and
health professionals
• Royal Voluntary Service:Volunteers urgently
needed to support the NHS and local
communities (Royalvoluntaryservice.org.uk)
• Thames Valley Air Ambulance: register
interest in future volunteering opportunities
(wwwtvairambulance.org.uk)
Working With Animals
• The RSPCA (rspca.org.uk) is recruiting for
welfare volunteers, admin and laundry
helpers, drivers, animal foster carers and
more. It also wants to hear from furloughed
or unemployed people with project
management, HR, web and resourcing skills
• Blue Cross: (bluecross.org.uk)
• Dog walking: Sign up to volunteer to help
dog-owners in need. Be part of ‘Underdog
Unity’ which is a UK-wide network of vetted
www.pennandtylersgreen.org.uk
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and insured volunteers who support dogowning
neighbours in need. Underdog
International (theunderdog.org) can connect
you with people nearby who need a hand
Food & Supplies
• The Trussell Trust (trusselltrust.org) is
looking for volunteers to help at a food bank
or social media from home
• Food Cycle (foodcycle.org.uk) needs cooking
volunteers (no kitchen experience necessary)
to turn surplus food into meal parcels for low
income households and to hand them out
• Beauty Banks (beautybanks.org.uk) provide
toiletries to people in need, including
essentials such as hand sanitiser and tampons.
Outdoor Work
• Litter picking – see page 9 for details locally
• Good Gym (goodgym.org) is looking for
volunteers. Do good, get fit! A community of
runners that combines getting fit with doing
good. Partner organisations can request help
from DBS checked volunteers.
If you can’t or don’t want to
leave your house...
• Age UK (ageuk.org.uk), the NHS and Food
Cycle (both as above) are seeking volunteers
to make friendly phone calls to people
isolated at home
• Refuge’s National Domestic Abuse Helpline
(refuge.org.uk)
• Beam: Helps homeless people to find housing
(beam.org/volunteer).
• Reach Out : Mentoring young people
(reachoutuk.org) focuses on improving maths
and English skills for children in years 5 to 11
• The Access Project (theaccessproject.org.uk)
is looking for university students or graduates
to tutor 14 to 18-year-olds
Reminder: The copy deadline for the April &
May VV will be Monday 1 March. Please send
your letters, news, and photographs to
vvoiceeditor@aol.com. Cathy O'Leary VV Editor
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