Short-term Host – Cultural Exchange Weekends – Host Uk

 

Make the world a little friendlier! Spend a weekend with an adult international student, learning about their culture, showing them your local area and inviting them to experience your own home life.

 

Volunteer hosts invite students to stay so the student can experience ‘real’ Britain, away from university and heavy tourism, and so the host can meet new people and learn about diverse cultures from around the world.

 

Choose how often you host, how many people you invite (individuals, pairs or families) and if you would like to meet someone from a specific country. Students and hosts will be matched on interests and availability by a Regional Organiser who will also help you sign up.

 

There are no specific expectations from a host visit, other than the student should be made to feel part of your family for the short time. For further information, contact Mantell Gwynedd on 01286 672626 or volunteer@mantellgwynedd.com

Short-term Host – Cultural Exchange Days – Host UK

 

Make the world a little friendlier! Spend a day with an adult international student, learning about their culture, showing them your local area and inviting them to experience your own home life.

 

Volunteer hosts invite students to visit for a day so the student can experience ‘real’ Britain, away from university and heavy tourism, and so the host can meet new people and learn about diverse cultures from around the world.

 

Choose how often you host, how many people you invite (individuals, pairs or families) and if you would like to meet someone from a specific country. Students and hosts will be matched on interests and availability by a Regional Organiser who will also help you sign up.

 

For further details, contact Manell Gwynedd on 01286 672626 or volunteer@mantellgwynedd.com

Short Term Host (Christmas) - Host Uk

Give the gift of Christmas! Hundreds of adult international students studying in the UK will be facing a lonely Christmas on a University campus. You can welcome one or two students into your home for four days at Christmas, learn about their culture, show them your local area and traditions, and invite them to experience British home life.

 

There are no specific expectations from a host visit, other than the student should be made to feel part of your family for the short time. Hosts can show their local area, visit friends, attend local events, or just spend time chatting. This is not a tourism opportunity for the student and hosts are not expected to act as ‘tour-guides’.

 

So, if you’d like to enjoy an unusual and rewarding activity, meet new people and travel the world on your sofa, get in touch with HOST.  This is a one off event between 24th – 27th December 2016.  For further details, contact Mantell Gwynedd on 01286 672626 or volunteer@mantellgwynedd.com

Sport & Play Instructor - Balkans Expedition Autumn 2017 – World at Play

 

This is an international opportunity for those aged 18 or over to join the World At Play team on an 8 week expedition to the Balkans and make a real difference to the lives of disadvantaged people:

 

Eight volunteers along with a Team Leader run developmental play and sport sessions at our partner organisations in Croatia, Bosnia, Kosovo and Serbia.

 

All Volunteers receive full training as Play Leaders.

 

You will get first hand experience in an international development charity.

 

You will explore a region beyond the tourist trail and have one of the most unforgettable experiences of your life.

 

Our next expedition will leave in September 2017

 

Volunteers are asked to fund raise up to £700 towards costs.  Bursaries are available and assistance towards fund raising can be given (all money fundraised goes towards costs).  For further information, contact Mantell Gwynedd on 01286 672626 or volunteer@mantellgwynedd.com

Exhibition Volunteer - Hidden Now Heard project – Mencap

 

Are you keen to help more people understand what life was like for people with a learning disability living in long-stay hospitals in Wales?

 

If you are a creative person or someone looking for creative experience, wanting to make a difference in your local community, wanting an opportunity to work as part of a team, or wanting to learn more about learning disability history, then this could be the perfect role for you!

 

As an Exhibition Volunteer, you will be supporting the Hidden Now Heard project to design, create and manage a temporary exhibition, which will be capturing what life was like for staff and patients who used to live and work at long-stay hospitals/institutions.

 

The exhibition will be looking into Bryn y Neuadd hospital in Llanfairfechan, with the exhibition taking place at the brand new Storiel Museum, in Bangor.

 

You will help to design the exhibition, and then present the exhibition to any visitors once the exhibition is live.  This role is suitable for people aged 16+.  For further information, contact Mantell Gwynedd on 01286 672626 or volunteer@mantellgwynedd.com

Community Project Fundraiser – Stroke Association

 

Are you looking for a flexible and exciting opportunity?  Do you need a project that will count towards your volunteer hours for a Welsh Baccalaureate qualification or Millennium Volunteers scheme?  If so then this might be the ideal opportunity for you!

 

Join the Stroke Association and volunteer for us by planning, hosting and evaluating your own fundraising event.  This volunteer placement will allow you to develop event management skills and help you to learn how to make the most of your resources and relationships that you have with other people in your local community.    Interested?  Contact Mantell Gwynedd on 01286 672626 or volunteer@mantellgwynedd.com for more details.

Supermarket Collectors - Marie Curie

 

We are actively seeking to appeal to individuals or groups of people to volunteer an hour or two of their time to come along to our Great Daffodil Appeal, Summer and Christmas collections which are run across the area in the local supermarkets and busy high streets.

 

Collectors would be advised of our available dates and venues and commit to a time and place that suits. 

 

All the materials needed to take part in the collection are made available at the collection site, including a collection tin/bucket, daffodils or stickers, and a collectors tabard and hat. 

 

The collector is then required to stand in a designated spot, and make themselves available to receive donations from passers by in return for a Marie Curie daffodil or sticker.

 

For further information, contact Mantell Gwynedd on 01286 672626 or volunteer@mantellgwynedd.com

Rhododendron Clearing – Y Dref Werdd

 

This opportunity is a one – off event on the 28th October 2016.  For further details, contact Mantell Gwynedd on 01286 672626 or volunteer@mantellgwynedd.com

Bethesda Beaver Scout Leaders and Section Assistants – Scouts Cymru

 

Come along & join the team of this newly established Beaver Scout section and make a real difference to the 6 - 8 year old girls & boys in the Bethesda area.This is a bilingual group and we are particularly keen to involve more Welsh speakers. You don't need previous Scouting experience. Volunteer opportunities are flexible, to suit you. Scouting is about getting outdoors, having fun and making new friends, it's a great opportunity to enhance your CV and make a contribution to the lives of young people and your local community.  For further information, contact Mantell Gwynedd on 01286 672626 or volunteer@mantellgwynedd.com

Charity Shop Assistants – Wales Air Ambulance Shop (Bangor)

 

Sorting out donated stock.

Pricing and steaming clothes

Using the till

General shop duties

 

This role is suitable for people aged 16+.  For further information, contact Mantell Gwynedd on 01286 672626 or volunteer@mantellgwynedd.com

Fundraiser – Wales Air Ambulance

 

Volunteers required to help with selling merchandise at local shows/events, supermarket collections and street collections.  Times vary to suit volunteers.  This role is suitable for people aged 16+.  For further details, contact Mantell Gwynedd on 01286 672626 or volunteer@mantellgwynedd.com

Shop Assistant – Wales Air Ambulance (Tywyn)

 

Assisting with general shop work  - operating the till, keeping the shop clean and tidy, looking after the stock serving customers.  This role is suitable for people aged 16+.  For further information, contact Mantell Gwynedd on 01286 672626 or volunteer@mantellgwynedd.com

Shop Assistant – Wales Air Ambulance (Caernarfon)

 

Assisting with general shop work  - operating the till, keeping the shop clean and tidy, looking after the stock serving customers.  This role is suitable for people aged 16+.  For further information, contact Mantell Gwynedd on 01286 672626 or volunteer@mantellgwynedd.com

Local Support Volunteer – YHA (Youth Hostel Organisation)

 

Building and maintenance work.

Gardening - planting flowerbeds, painting fences, trimming hedges.

Numerous one off events planned between October and February.  This role is suitable for people aged 16+.  For further details, contact Mantell Gwynedd on 01286 672626 or volunteer@mantellgwynedd.com

Speak Up Volunteer – Age Connects North Wales Central

 

To support and encourage vulnerable older people to have the confidence to speak up for themselves in  residential and nursing homes. To encourage resilience and self-esteem and to encourage self advocacy skills. To support older people to have their needs, rights and wishes upheld.  This role is suitable for people aged 18+.  For further information, contact Mantell Gwynedd on 01286 672626 or volunteer@mantellgwynedd.com

Education Volunteer - The Red Squirrel Trust

-Giving talks to groups to empower them to become involved

-Attending events as a spokesperson

-Teaching how best to protect red squirrels

-Reinforcing the importance of recording squirrel sightings

-Advising how people can get further involved

-Attending events

-The role of education volunteer does not require all of the above responsibilities to be performed, you can choose which ones you would like to perform and when.

 

For further information, contact Mantell Gwynedd on 01286 672626 or volunteer@mantellgwynedd.com

Grey Squirrel Control Volunteer - The Red Squirrel Trust Wales

 

Assisting with setting grey squirrel traps

Assisting with grey squirrel eradication

Responding to grey squirrel sightings

Recording data on red squirrel captures

 

This opportunity is suitable for people aged 18+.  For further information, contact Mantell Gwynedd on 01286 672626 or volunteer@mantellgwynedd.com

Red Squirrel monitoring volunteer– The Red Squirrel Trust Wales

 

-Monitoring and recording squirrel sighting

-Setting Camera traps

-Monitoring camera traps

-Erecting supplemental feeding stations

-Monitoring and recording feeder activities

-Ensuring biosecurity measures are in place

-Please note as a Red squirrel monitor you do not need to perform all of these activities, you can pick and choose which ones you would like to perform. You are required to attend a training event prior to performing these activities by yourself.  This role is suitable for people aged 18+.  For further information, contact Mantell Gwynedd on 01286 672626 or volunteering@mantellgwynedd.com

Street and Store Collectors – RNIB

 

Can you join us for a couple of hours to raise funds for RNIB at your local Tesco store over the next couple of months?

Store collections are a fun and sociable way to help make every day better for people with sight loss.

 

What Will You Be Doing?

Help with bucket collections; Being the face of RNIB Group; Raising Awareness of RNIB Group.  For further information, contact Mantell Gwynedd on 01286 672626 or volunteer@mantellgwynedd.com

Bardsey Island Volunteer - Bardsey Island Trust

We are looking for volunteers who would like to spend a minimum of one week on Bardsey Island in the period between March 2017 and October 2017 to help with a range of ongoing projects and tasks.Tasks include: maintain, clean and manage the visitor accommodation and facilities; painting and decorating; General island maintenance tasks (path clearance, building maintenance, dry stone walling, gardening etc.)  . For further information, contact Mantell Gwynedd on 01286 672626 or volunteer@mantellgwynedd.com

Great Daffodil Appeal fundraiser (Caernarfon) - Marie Curie

Marie Curie are hosting a number of collection events in the area as part of their Great Daffodil Appeal. Events will take place in various supermarkets and high streets. To make these collections a success, we rely on people coming forward to volunteer and hour or two to stand with the daffodil trays and a collection tin to raise funds which will go towards supporting local Marie Curie nurses.  For further information, contact Mantell Gwynedd on 01286 672626 or volunteer@mantellgwynedd.com

Fundraising Group Member; Porthmadog and surrounding area - Marie Curie

 

Fundraising groups can be great fun, and provide you with a real opportunity to make a difference in your community. Working closely with the rest of the group, Fundraising Group Members will actively engage in the organisation of collections and community events in the geographical area covered by the Fundraising Group.  For further information, contact Mantell Gwynedd on 01286 672626 or volunteer@mantellgwynedd.com

Volunteer Tutor– EPP Cymru

 

EPP Cymru is an NHS initiative delivering free courses for people living with long term health conditions and carers.  It helps people to learn new skills to improve their quality of life.

 

We are constantly looking for people to join our team of volunteer tutors to run our courses in the community.  All volunteers need to have personal experience of living with a long term health condition or of being a carer and must complete a 6 week course as a participant prior to training.  Training to deliver the course is provided and out of pocket expenses will be reimbursed.  For further information, contact Mantell Gwynedd on 01286 672626 or volunteer@mantellgwynedd.com