Volunteering in Sport

Interested in Volunteering in Sport? Find the latest opportunities in the Sport@VAL Bulletin
New opportunities in football and youth sport this month.
Do you need volunteers for your club? Find further information here on how to register your sports volunteering opportunity.
http://www.valonline.org.uk/i-need-volunteers
Joanne McCarthy
Sports Volunteering Development Officer
VAL
Helpline: 0116 257 5050
Telephone 0116 2574984
Voluntary Action LeicesterShire
9 Newarke Street, Leicester, [...]

Police & Crime Commissioner Appeals for Forum Volunteers

Leicestershire Commissioner’s Volunteer Forum – New panel places volunteers at heart of crime prevention and community safety work
Those who give their time as volunteers for community projects or organisations are being sought to become part of a new advisory panel which will influence the way policing is delivered in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
Police and Crime [...]

DMU Student Volunteering Week

De Montfort University Students’ Union are running their annual Student Volunteering Week from the 11th – 16th February.
Do you have any opportunities for a group of our students to take part in? In previous Student Volunteering Weeks our students have redeveloped gardens, painted murals, ran a befriending day at Age UK, ran an arts and [...]

Help L4A Make Life More Festive for Older People

As the festive season approaches, we start to think about visiting and getting in touch with family and friends.
It can also be a lonely time for many people including those living within care settings, such as residential or nursing homes, sheltered accommodation or in their own home, including people living with dementia and memory loss.
A [...]

Volunteers Needed for Prebend Gardens Clean Up Scheme

A weekly scheme to help transform and clean up a city park is on the lookout for more volunteers.
Local residents, along with staff and residents of the nearby Dawn Centre hostel, have joined forces with Leicester City Council’s parks services to tackle littering, dog mess and overgrown shrubbery at Prebend Gardens off London Road.
The Park [...]

Volunteers Needed to Promote Organ Donation

The Organ Donation team at Leicester’s Hospitals are looking for volunteers to promote organ donation in their community.
Organ donation within BME (black and minority ethnic) communities is becoming a serious public heath issue, as the need for transplants among BME people increases. According to NHS Blood and Transplant, 26% of people waiting for an organ [...]

Team V Needs You

Team V is a huge network of over 100 young people leading teams of volunteers to drive positive change in their communities through 3 brilliant campaigns.
This is where YOU come in! Team V Leicester City led by Kristina needs volunteers aged 16-25 to help tackle these campaigns. Support is needed for everything from photography [...]

Untold Stories – LGBT History Project for Leicester Needs Your Help

Untold Stories – the LGBT History Project for Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland needs your help!
If you are interested in learning how to interview or to preserve our LGBT memorabilia and can volunteer for 1 or more hours per week – WE NEED YOU!
Our next training evening is on either Thursday 27 September or 4 October [...]

Y-POD Seeks Volunteer Mentors to Support Young People

A special event is taking place on Wednesday 3rd October for people to find out about volunteering for a new Big Lottery Funded Project.Â
Launched in September, Y-POD is working with some of the most disengaged young people in Leicester city as they leave care or young offenders institutes.Â
Volunteer mentoring is an exciting opportunity for anyone [...]

Volunteer For Leicester Lyric Lounge 2012

Volunteers Wanted for Leicester Lyric Lounge Festival 2012.
Fancy being part of one of the biggest cultural events of the year?Â
The Lyric Lounge is a critically acclaimed festival of poetry and spoken word, that has been touring the region  for the last four years. On October 4th – NATIONAL POETRY DAY – the festival will be [...]

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