Latest Solo Employee Volunteering Opportunities
April 2013
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Opportunities
for Individuals
Who & where?
What’s Required?
Teams
Mentors for Young People (Bath and the Surrounding Area)
Mentoring Plus is a local charity making a big impact on young people’s lives.
Young people (12-17) in BANES referred to Mentoring Plus may have been
involved in petty crime or anti-social behavior, be at risk of exclusion from
school or struggling with education or behavioral issues.
A young person is matched with an adult mentor for a year, and they meet
once a week during arranged activities or on their own. Mentors chat, listen,
and offer attention and positive feedback. They might offer insights into work
and adult life, or just be a reliable, discreet adult to whom a young person can
offload. Mentors receive full training and ongoing support.
The simple act of consistently turning up for positive one-to-one interaction
has profound impacts on troubled young people, building self-esteem and
helping reduce later issues. It also helps mentors build their own listening and
co-operation skills, learn communication and influencing techniques, and
understand young people better.
What attributes are needed? Personal warmth, commitment, and an ability to
engage with people and listen without judgment. Successful adult mentors
can be any age over 18, male or female, from any background and lifestyle,
and need no previous experience. They need enough resilience to deal with
temporary difficulties, and they need to be reliable, for a young person who
may lack other reliable adults in their life.
Volunteer Centre
Bath & North East Somerset
Bath Central Library
The Podium
Bath BA1 5AN
01225 338015
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Contact:
Who & where?
[email protected] Tel: 07815564726
Charity wants help producing an Annual Review – something that
is funky and different (Bath)
What’s Required?
Objective
Help us prepare this year’s annual review which is visually interesting and
communicates the strongest message, of our achievements and our financial
accounts in the manner prescribed by The Charity Commission.
Description
Annual Reviews communicate the organisations achievements and future
plans to funders, partners, beneficiaries and supporters. It is often the first
contact a funder will have with our organisation. A professional annual review
will help our organisation make a great first impression, but we want
something that’s a bit different and stands out!
Contact:
[email protected] Tel: 07815564726
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Who & where?
What’s Required?
Avon Fire & Rescue (Red Cross) Keynsham
The service provides vital support to people following fires, floods, etc. The day to
day service delivery is operated on a rota-basis and involves highly trained volunteers
providing practical and emotional support using a customised vehicle and a variety of
resources who have a number of regular tasks that we would love to use employee
volunteers for. These include sorting through stock, kitting out our vehicles, and
helping with some of our promotional activities.
In particular, approx every 3 months, we have a stock-check session where we go
through our large stocks of clothing, toiletries, etc. All our clothing is donated to us, so
needs to be sorted, packaged, etc ready for issue to those who need it.
This would be carried out under the supervision of either a staff member or one of our
lead volunteers, so no prior training would be necessary, and as this is normally done
in daytime it would suit employee volunteering.
Contact:
Who & where?
What’s Required?
[email protected] Tel: 07815564726
Charity wants help producing a Facebook Landing Page (Bath)
We appreciate Facebook is a free and easy way to stay in touch with a host of
stakeholders. This project is designed to greet users with a friendlier hello and
encourage them to 'like' our organisation.
Deliverables
 Facebook landing page design and code in agreed format.
Volunteer Centre
Bath & North East Somerset
Bath Central Library
The Podium
Bath BA1 5AN
01225 338015
[email protected]
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Contact:
Who & where?
What’s Required?
Projects Steps
 We will complete the design brief and provides the designer with style guide
(for colour, font direction) as well any visual art to be used
 Our charity and the professional agree upon promotional text and the call to
action
 Professional drafts 2 – 3 visual concepts. Our charity picks one to take
forward to iteration
 We test the facebook landing page for one week and measures impact
 The professional and our charity review metrics and agree upon any changes
 Our charity and professional conduct final handover meeting whereby we
receive the code and visual designs in the original electronic format
[email protected] Tel: 07815564726
The Bath Air Training Corp (opposite Victoria Park Bath)
The Bath Air Training Corp who enable young people to gain BTEC qualifications in
engineering, public services, music and aviation. They are currently seeking an
individual or team to assist them with their IT challenge, is this something you are
able to support them with? The opportunity: Requiring all their computer equipment
to be linked via wi-fi to enable for powerpoint presentations using youtube etc for
linking to gain video input to briefing /lessons. So are you an IT expert he would like
to support a worthwhile charity. This opportunity may suit a small team or an
individual.
Contact:
Who & where?
What’s Required?
[email protected] Tel: 07815564726
Writhlington School Enterprise Academy – Radstock
Writhlington School Enterprise Academy has an opportunity for people to inspire
the next generation of business people. The purpose of the Academy is to give 6th
formers a step up in terms of their future options, career and business aspirations. It's
very well set up and organised around learning outcomes. One of the topics is around
CSR and business, so are you someone who could inspire the young people our
future? If so let us know Writhlington School Enterprise Academy have an
opportunity for people to inspire the next generation of business people. The purpose
of the Academy is to give 6th formers a step up in terms of their future options, career
and business aspirations. It's very well set up and organised around learning
outcomes. One of the topics is around CSR and business, so are you someone who
could inspire the young people our future? if so let us know .
Contact:
Who & where?
What’s Required?
[email protected] Tel: 07815564726
Charity would Like Some Case Study Composition – Bath and the
Surrounding Area
Seeking someone who can help us compile some case studies
Description
Volunteer Centre
Bath & North East Somerset
Bath Central Library
The Podium
Bath BA1 5AN
01225 338015
[email protected]
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Personal stories have a powerful role to play in communicating values, purpose and
impact to a range of stakeholders.You can use stories in our annual review, online,
newsletters, marketing and bid applications.
Deliverables
3 – 5 short case studies (no more than 250 words) that communicate core messages.
The case studies should be formatted as agreed.
Projects Steps
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Contact:
Who & where?
What’s Required?
The professional and our charity review current case studies and consider what’s
working and what isn't.
The professional reviews materials and ask questions about what stories lay beneath
our organisations work (e.g. if the organisation works with young carers, is there a
story about an inspirational relative?)
Professional creates story outline for first case study.
The professional creates 3 -5 stories that incorporates values and core messages
into the story
The professional makes necessary changes to the draft based on the feedback and
deliveries 3 - 5 compelling case studies.
[email protected] Tel: 07815564726
Bath Gateway out and About (Bath)
Information brochure designer opportunity for Bath Gateway Out & About which
is a local charity that is striving to help and support people with learning disabilities by
providing them with opportunities, inclusion and independence, so that they can play
a fuller role in the community. They are an active non-profit organisation which offer a
number of support groups for their members and their families in Bath. They have an
opportunity for someone to design a new up to date modern information brochure
which will be used to encourage more members to join and therefore benefits from
having fun, also for encourage funders to support them.
Contact:
Who & where?
What’s Required?
[email protected] Tel: 07815564726
The Keynsham-based community project, Community@67
(Keynsham)
MAKE A DIFFERENCE - BE A MENTOR! The Keynsham-based community
project, Community@67 is looking for mentors for a new mentoring scheme to
help change the lives of young people in the local area. Mentors will help young
people to access employment, education or training and to make positive changes
to their lives by meeting regularly with the young people selected and covering a
variety of subjects to help them access employment as well as to raise their selfesteem.
Mentoring@67 is an activity-based, one-to-one mentoring programme which is
committed to making a difference to young people aged 18-25. Mentoring@67
Volunteer Centre
Bath & North East Somerset
Bath Central Library
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Bath BA1 5AN
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placements are unique and varied, and aim to match mentors to their mentees
based on interests and similarities. You do not require set qualifications (but you
do need to be at least 18 years old), you simply need to be able to support the
mentee to learn, grow and develop. Mentoring has been recognised as being key
to engaging with young people and helping them build their confidence, skills and
development on an individual basis. Mentors generally deliver a minimum of one
session per week over the course of a year; each session is a minimum of one
hour. Free training is provided for mentors and successful applicants will also
need to be DBS checked.
Contact:
Who & where?
What’s Required?
[email protected] Tel: 07815564726
Timebank Plus (Twerton)
Timebank in Twerton a small friendly organization which offers people in Bath
and the surrounding areas opportunities for volunteering in their local community
through an exchange of time and services. They have an exciting volunteering
opening to join their committee as a Treasurer, so if you have financial skills which
you are looking to share with a local charity this may be for you.
Contact:
Who & where?
[email protected] Tel: 07815564726
Book Bugs make a difference to a young boys life could you ? (
Pilot in Paulton)
What’s Required?
An exciting opportunity to be part of a pilot scheme in Paulton and you only have
to commit to one hour a week. Book Bugs links male volunteers with nurseries
and primary schools to encourage and help 3-5 year-old boys to engage with
books and improve their reading abilities. They are recruiting volunteers in the
Paulton Area to spend one hour a week in term times to work with early year’s
nurseries and schools to increase the confidence and skills of boys as readers by
encouraging a love of books. Training will be provided so you are fully equipped
to participate in the weekly sessions
Contact:
Who & where?
What’s Required?
[email protected] Tel: 07815564726
Industry Mentors Programme at Bath Spa University
The scheme has been running at the University since 2009 and aims to develop
opportunities for students to receive expert advice, guidance and access to
business practices from businesses and organisations in their chosen field. It
raises a student's sights and broadens horizons in terms of career or learning
goals, whilst also developing knowledge, skills and personal qualities that are
valued by employers. For more information contact: Stephanie Winnard,
Volunteer Centre
Bath & North East Somerset
Bath Central Library
The Podium
Bath BA1 5AN
01225 338015
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Enterprise and Employer Liaison Coordinator, Bath Spa University, Telephone:
01225 876211 or visit http://www.bathspabusiness.com/enterprise/industrymentors-programme/
Contact:
[email protected] Tel: 07815564726
Who & where?
What’s Required?
Kosmicare UK a non-profit community project
IT help: Kosmicare UK a non-profit community project organization that started in
2009.
Kosmicare UK is a service dedicated to assist people who are undergoing difficult
drug experiences at festivals and music events.
We are a team of volunteers, composed of a great variety of individuals, each of
whom has their own skills, experiences and capabilities regarding drug related
harm reduction. We include: Youth/ community workers, psychiatric nurses, drug
workers, counselors, complimentary therapists, chemistry students and more. All
are chosen for their personal festival experiences, professional training, life
experiences and their friendly approachable manner and dedication.
Every year the number of volunteers is growing, evolving and changing. We need
IT help: I have used excel spreadsheets to keep all the personal data for the
volunteers, but it has come to the point when my file system is not good enough to
find info when I need it, I need to learn how to keep all the information we have for
easy access and updating.
If anyone could help me please, to understand Database and to organize my files.
And maybe mail-merge too. I used to know all this back in 2004 but the years
erased my memory. I'll be very grateful if someone can assist me on this task.
Contact:
[email protected] Tel: 07815564726
Who & where?
What’s Required?
Charity would like someone to produce an E-Newsletter (Bath)
We would like someone creative to help us with our E-Newsletters
Description
We realise that E-newsletters provide a cost-effective method to stay in touch with
supporters and donors. But to be effective they must be timely and well thought
through.
Deliverables (we are seeking someone creative who can)
Produce 3 - 5 e-newsletters containing
 Basic guide including style and suggestions for basic layout and delivery
format
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Recommendation for content
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Timeline - including seasonality
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A plan for creating future content
Projects Steps
Initial meeting to identify the purpose of the e-newsletter and its target audiences.
Volunteer Centre
Bath & North East Somerset
Bath Central Library
The Podium
Bath BA1 5AN
01225 338015
[email protected]
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Consider the resources and the distribution list to determine the e-newsletter
format(s) (e.g. Mail Chimp) and the most cost-effective e-newsletter distribution
and mailing service.
Our charity will provide key information to the professional who begins to draft the
template
The professional drafts copy for the e-newsletter
The professional delivers a final template and an editable e-newsletter to the
charity with final recommendations for future distribution.
Preferred Professional Prerequisites
 Experience with e-newsletters
Contact:
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Experience with e-newsletter platforms
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Experience developing messaging for an organisation
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Excellent writing skills
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Eye for design
[email protected] Tel: 07815564726
Volunteer Centre
Bath & North East Somerset
Bath Central Library
The Podium
Bath BA1 5AN
01225 338015
[email protected]
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