Local Fundraising groups – The Lullaby Trust

We are looking for dedicated, enthusiastic supporters to join us in forming local fundraising groups around the UK!

These groups will play a vital role in helping us raise awareness of The Lullaby Trust and our safer sleep messages across the UK to ensure that we meet our target of halving SIDS by 2020. Local Groups are in great position to engage with their local community and know how best to do this using their networks and skills.

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

Side by Side Telephone volunteer (16+) – Alzheimer’s Society Cymru

The base for this role is flexible & will be agreed with your role manager.  You could volunteer from home or in your local Alzheimer’s Society office.  The level of commitment for this role can be agreed based on your availability & will be discussed at your first meeting with the Side by Side Coordinator. This could be during afternoons, evening or weekends.

Why we need you…

As a Side by Side telephone volunteer, you will provide friendly, tailored conversations with people living with dementia. You will be connected with people based on their interests.  Your involvement will support people with dementia to feel less isolated & focuses on individual’s strengths to remain connected, feel valued & more confident.

Have you got what it takes to help people affected by dementia?

This role will suit you if you are…

•           Passionate about supporting, enabling & empowering people with dementia & have a committed, flexible approach. 

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

Marketing / Data Entry Volunteer – Storiel

Helping to create and implement a marketing plan for Storiel.

Tasks could change on a day to day basis, however, generally:

Interview the team ( Staff/ vols) and Suppliers/customers for the newsletter, using social media, discovering days of importance to the collection eg this day in history, being part of thinking up new marketing ideas, creating simple films, simple translation, researching to items as required

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

Visitor Experience Team Member – Storiel

Assisting the Front of House staff to enrich the visitor’s experience in Storiel. Supporting the day to day running of the Museum and Art Gallery. 

Tasks could change on a day to day basis, however, generally:

•  Welcoming visitors

•  Guiding the visitors to exhibitions

•  Crowd control

•  Answering visitor’s questions about the exhibitions at Storiel

•  Encourage the interactive use of games/ stories eg jigsaw, activity bag, app, history screens

•  Tidying and restocking shop

•  Helping visitors in the Tourist Information Point 

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

Book Club Volunteer (Welsh Speaking) – Welsh Centre for International Affairs

Wales for Peace is seeking personal accounts related to Wales' contribution to peace over the last century.  It is a little-known fact that Basque children fleeing the Franco regime were sheltered in Old Colwyn.  There is very little evidence of this by now and the idea of the Book Club is to read a novel based on this and other aspects of Welsh History with a group of adults in order to prompt accounts personal to them, their family and friends about this and other periods in history.  With the permission of the individual, these accounts can be recorded in a way agreeable to them and they will be included on our website. 

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

Accredited Volunteer – Epilepsy Action Cymru

Are you enthusiastic and capable of delivering presentations with confidence? Join our fantastic team of Accredited Volunteers and help raise awareness and understanding of epilepsy. 

You will deliver pre-booked epilepsy awareness sessions to interested groups and help us promote this service locally. Presentations will be delivered using PowerPoint (training will be provided). 

You must be confident in engaging with people and in making presentations. You should be able to present information clearly and with enthusiasm. 

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

Variety of Roles – Carers Outreach

Carers Outreach is an organisation that supports parents and carers over 18 years in North West Wales.

Volunteers are needed to help during Carers Outreach activity sessions. 

You will be supporting parents and children / young people with additional needs in these sessions. Activities include craft, playing and offering support and information. 

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

Media Volunteer – Epilepsy Action

To help raise awareness of epilepsy by sharing your personal experience with the media and through Epilepsy Action materials and web-based magazine and services.  This volunteering role is suitable for all ages. 

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

 

Local Services Volunteer – Epilepsy Action

You act under the direction of the Local Services Manager (LSM), assisting them with various tasks such as signing in attendees at an event and leaflet distribution. 

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

Coffee and chat/support group volunteer – Epilepsy Action

You will organize monthly informal group meetings at a regular venue. You will liaise with the venue and ensure a welcoming environment. From time to time, you will pass on helpful information on behalf of Epilepsy Action. You will be in contact with the Local Services Manager (LSM), keeping them informed and reporting back on attendance levels. This volunteering role is suitable for people aged 16+. 

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

EPP Cymru 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

Community Project Fundraiser – The 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.   

Do something different today and help us raise the profile of the Stroke Association in north Wales so that we can be there to support stroke survivors and their families.  Together we can conquer stroke!  This volunteering role is suitable for people aged 16+. 

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

Go Pink! BCAM Volunteer – Tenovus Cancer Care

We’re looking for you to give an hour, or more if you can, at a bucket collection near you to encourage people in your community to spare some change. We can buddy you up with your nearest collection or you can even organize your own.  Why not grab some family and friends to join in the fun and raise even more money?  If collections aren’t your thing, don’t worry! You can still have fun and fundraise with us! Why not arrange a ‘wear pink day’ or a ‘pink bake off’ at work or school?  You can dress in pink, or fancy dress, or sing a song – we just want you to have fun whilst raising as much money as you can. Remember, the more fun you have, the more people will feel encouraged to Go Pink, join in and donate!  This volunteering role is suitable for people aged 16+. 

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

Fundraising Group Member Bala – Tenovus Cancer Care

An exciting opportunity for you (and your friends) to help us launch a brand NEW Friends of Tenovus Cancer Care group in Bala. 

Our ‘Friends' fundraising groups come together to help raise funds & spread awareness of the work we do in their local community. We couldn’t do the work we do to support cancer patients & their loved ones without the wonderful support of our Friends of Tenovus Cancer Care groups.  Join us & bring your creativity, energy, & enthusiasm for fundraising to help support people. 

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

Caernarfon Great Daffodil Appeal fundraiser – 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

Volunteer Gardeners – UdevelopIT CIC

We are currently looking for enthusiastic, committed people to assist in the clearing and establishment of a large kitchen garden at the Vaynol Estate, Bangor. The area is currently overgrown so initial works will involve clearing the area and preparing it for planting.Previous gardening experience is no necessary but would be welcomed.

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

Fundraising Group Chairperson (18+) – Marie Curie

Fundraising Groups organise collections and fundraising events and encourage support for Marie Curie from the local community.

With your leadership, the group will make the most

of all fundraising opportunities in your local area. You will help to form a cohesive fundraising team who are focused on raising as much money as possible for Marie Curie Cancer Care.

What we need you to do:

• Help the Fundraising Group plan and organise a calendar of fundraising events

• Lead the group on all activities

• Encourage support for Marie Curie Cancer Care, forming and maintaining relationships with local supporters

• Recruit and welcome new members to the group when required

• Chair group meetings ensuring all points of view are considered. 

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

Charity Collection Tin Coordinator - In the Town or Village where you live– Marie Curie

You'll be amazed how much money is donated through collection boxes placed within the local community, and as a Collection Box Coordinator you will be responsible for your own network of boxes in your local area. Whether it s a local shop or leisure centre, the more boxes you can place and collect, the more money you will raise for Marie Curie.

As a Collection Box Coordinator you will visit existing sites a few times a year to swap full tins for empty ones and use your local knowledge to seek new locations. You'll also play a key part in the Great Daffodil Appeal in March, by helping to place and collect daffodil boxes. 

Whether it s a collection tin or daffodil box, the next step is counting and banking the donations and completing the necessary paperwork.  

This role is flexible and varied, so you can really make it your own. You can organize your time so that your volunteering fits around your life. 

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

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. 

All money raised locally is used locally to support the Marie Curie nursing service. 

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

Activity Session Assistant – Carers Outreach

Carers Outreach is an organization that supports parents and carers over 18 years in North West Wales.

Volunteers are needed to help during Carers Outreach activity sessions.  

You will be supporting parents and children / young people with additional needs in these sessions. Activities include craft, playing and offering support and information. 

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

Speak UP Supporter

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. 

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

Arthritis Care Wales Volunteer

Join our volunteer team!

Volunteer with Arthritis Care and be part of a team making a real difference to the lives of people with arthritis in Wales. You'll also learn new skills, have fun and meet new people...  

You can become a volunteer by contributing a couple of hours or more a month. As a volunteer, you can choose to get involved with one or more of our services, for example, providing information stands at a local venue, running activities for children, young people and families, promoting self-management skills and exercise, running a local support group or getting involved with our campaigning activities. 

About us... Arthritis Care is a UK wide voluntary organisation working with and supporting people who have arthritis. We provide a range of services, including publications, helplines, exercise activities, info points, children / family services, campaigning and peer support through local groups.  

Training and out of pocket expenses provided. 

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

Team Member - Helping people learn to use the internet – Citizens Online

Volunteers required to run 'drop in' sessions, where members of the public can call in with queries or problems using the basics of the internet, how to get online, use search engines, email and general everyday use. We are not looking for technical wizards, just people who enjoy helping others and have mastered everyday internet use. You will be part of a team giving a couple of hours in your community to answer general queries and offering assistance with basic problems that learners come across.

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

Volunteer Befriender / Peer Support – The Stroke Association

Befrienders and Peer Supporters offer support across our Life After Stroke Services.  They help to reduce social isolation and improve confidence and self-esteem of stroke survivors.

• Supporting service users on a 1:1 basis according to their individual needs either face to face, on the phone or online

• Supporting service users to achieve personal goals

• Supporting service users to become more independent 

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

Reserve Assistant – RSPB Cors Ddyga

We require volunteer help with habitat management and reserve maintenance on the North Wales wetland reserves which include RSPB Valley Wetlands and RSPB Cors Ddyga on Anglesey and RSPB Morfa Dinlle on Gwynedd. Tasks include controlling invasive non-native plants, hay cutting, fencing, track maintenance and nest-box building. This can be muddy work but is also very rewarding. We will be part of a cheerful team that meets weekly, and you get to work amongst some of the finest wildlife on Anglesey!

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

Shop/Retail Assistant – RSPB Conwy

Assist in the running of our shop, ensuring our visitors have a pleasurable and interesting time. Duties to include meeting the public, talking to them about our products, and advising on their purchases. Working on the till, replenishing stock and displays, pricing items and keeping displays clean, tidy and merchandised attractively. Offering the highest level of customer service at all times. 

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

Community Cafe Support Organiser – Stroke Association

Cafe Organisers offer support and advice to stroke survivors, families and carers at a local venue, where stroke survivors can buy their own refreshments and chat to their peers.  This helps to reduce social isolation and improve confidence and self esteem of stroke survivors.  They may arrange various activities at the venue or invite another person to come in to do craft work or give talks. 

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

 

Cafe Befriender – Stroke Association

Cafe Befrienders offer support and advice to stroke survivors, families, and carers at a local venue, where stroke survivors can buy their own refreshments and chat with their peers.  This helps to reduce social isolation and improve confidence and self-esteem of stroke survivors.  They may arrange various activities at the venue or invite another person to come in to do craft work or give talks. 

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

Guide Dogs Volunteer – Gwynedd Guide Dogs

We are looking for volunteers who want to support the owners of guide dogs in.

The purpose of the role is to support individuals and take their guide dogs for a walk on a weekly basis. The volunteers will take the dogs for about 45mins to an hour. This will allow the dogs to run free in a safe place.  You will receive training and support for this role. This role is suitable if you own a dog yourself or with experience of dealing with dogs or if you want the experience of dealing with dogs. 

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

Fledgling Outreach Volunteer Position – Fledgling Arts Collective Central

We are looking for Online Volunteers who will respond to our members in either a live chat (booked in advance) or via email messaging style.

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

Screening Engagement Volunteers – Public Health Wales

An exciting opportunity to raise awareness of the NHS screening programmes which include:

• Breast screening

• Cervical screening
• Bowel screening
• Abdominal aortic aneurysm screening
• Diabetic eye screening 

The role involves setting up information stands, attending health events and passing on key messages about screening within your local community. If you enjoy meeting new people, have time to spare and are passionate about promoting good health, why not become one of our Screening Engagement Volunteers? 

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

Funded Volunteering Overseas – Raleigh ICS

Should there be more to life?  Something more special? Something to make you feel you are actually making a difference? Something to take you places you’ve never been before?  Yes? Volunteer with Raleigh ICS.  ICS is a volunteering programme funded by the UK government. This means your flights, visas, vaccines, training, food, accommodation and travel are all covered.  We deliver ICS in Nepal, Tanzania and Nicaragua, we are currently looking for volunteers for 12 weeks next spring. 

What could I be doing?

On a Raleigh ICS placement, you could be working on one of two areas:

• WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) – Help improve people’s access & knowledge about safe water and sanitation

• Livelihoods - support young people & women to set up local businesses & build sustainable livelihoods

You’ll make a difference to rural communities, build your CV & develop transferable skills 

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