Volunteers
What is volunteering?
Volunteering is when people freely choose to contribute their time, energy and skills to benefit others in the community. It can be undertaken in a charity, a voluntary group, an informal community group or any not for profit group such as schools, hospitals and day centres. Volunteering is never paid but you should be offered reimbursement for out of pocket expenses such as travel and car parking costs.
Volunteering is open to everyone
Everyone can volunteer. Whatever your interests, abilities or disabilities, no matter where you live, whether you’re employed or unemployed, young or old and whether you have a lot of time or a little to give, there will be something useful for you to do to make a difference.
Benefits of volunteering
There is so much to gain from volunteering:
It can help to:
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update your skills
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develop new ones;
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increase your confidence;
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get you out of the house and meet new people,
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provide work experience,
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look good on your CV,
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provide references,
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give something back to the community and make you feel useful.
Most of all, we want you to enjoy your volunteering.
How to Volunteer
You can contact the Volunteer Centre for more information by telephone, email or letter. If you prefer, we can offer you a friendly one to one informal chat to assist you with making the best choices.
All our volunteering opportunities can be viewed on the website www.do-it.org.uk and a selection can be viewed in the Hereford Journal weekly volunteering column or on our monthly posters which are distributed to 70 main sites around the county.
Alternatively please download our monthly opportunities below, contact Angela,Claire or Anne on 01432 343932 or email:volunteer@herefordshireva.org
