search for opportunities to volunteer in Sandwell
search for opportunities to volunteer in Sandwell
Due to the limited availability of school places, not everyone is successful in securing their child a place at their preferred school. When this happens, parents/carers have the right to appeal against the authority’s decision. School appeals are heard by an independent panel consisting of three individuals. As a panel member, you will read the case papers in advance of the hearing, actively participate in the appeal hearing and decide whether to uphold or dismiss the appeal. To ensure panels are inclusive, we are looking for people from all backgrounds with different experiences and skills. No qualifications or previous experience is needed as you will receive training and you will be supported by the School Appeals Clerks.
Minimum age: 18+
phone 07721 337716
Citizens Advice are looking for dedicated volunteer home library drivers to help us deliver library books to people across Sandwell who are unable to access libraries due to disability, illness, frailty, or full-time caregiving responsibilities. The role involves: At the beginning of the shift, pick up library materials from a designated library and drive these resources to a list of clients’ homes, ensuring the safe and timely transport of these resources. Follow a 4-6 weekly rota to drop off and pick up these resources (so the routes and clients are familiar to you). When you drop off the resources, if vulnerable clients look like they need support (we train you to identify this) you will inform our Coordinator who will undertake an assessment.
Minimum age: 18+
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Sandwell Youth Service are looking for volunteers to work alongside our youth work teams to provide fun, personal development and learning opportunities for young people aged 11-19 years and up to 25 for those with additional needs. We provide services and activities across the six towns in a range of settings including youth clubs, our mobile youth buses and through detached and targeted youth work teams. We reimburse pre-agreed expenses.
Minimum age: 18+
phone 0121 569 2899
Are you looking for an opportunity to create positive social change, meet new people and learn new things? MTW is looking for committed, motivated people to join the Board as Trustees, enabling even more people to benefit from music therapy. Each Trustee must: • Be able to make careful, strategic decisions based on the information they are given • Have a willingness to speak their mind and provide constructive challenge when needed • Work well in a varied team of people • Be willing to spend the time and effort needed to fulfil the role of Trustee • Understand and accept the legal responsibilities of being a Trustee We also want our Board to reflect the diverse community that MTW supports. We would particularly like to hear from you if you: • have a background in social care and/or safeguarding • have a background in music therapy or a related field • reflect MTW’s beneficiaries. For example: are you a disabled person? Do you have mental health needs? Are you a parent or teacher of a young disabled person, or a young person with mental health needs? Are you part of an adoptive family or do you work with children in care? Are you a carer for a person with dementia? Whether you’re an experienced Trustee or wanting to take up your first position at board level, we really want to hear from you! It is not necessary for you to have previous experience as a Trustee - training will be provided. We welcome applications from all backgrounds. Total time spent is equivalent to around 30 hours per year. Pre-agreed expenses can be reimbursed.
Minimum age: 18+
phone 01905 972567
Youth Healthwatch Sandwell want to find out what young people (aged 14 - 24 years) think about health and social care services. We need young people to help us listen to others and feed back information. We use this information to make positive changes to services. We also need help with our community outreach, social media, projects as well admin. work...so you could gain new skills and share your existing ones! We will reimburse pre-agreed expenses
Minimum age: 16+
phone 07885 214421
We are currently looking for enthusiastic volunteers to inspire young people in Sandwell to play tennis. Do you have a passion for tennis? Would you like to coach the next generation of tennis stars in Sandwell? Would you like the opportunity to run your own teaching sessions? Please get in touch ASAP
Minimum age: 16+
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Our mission is to support and inspire girls and young women. As an Activity Leader, you will create spaces where girls feel safe and valued, so that they can build strong foundations that will prepare them for life’s challenges. GFS Activity Leaders are people who want to help deliver fun and inspiring sessions to girls and young women, with the opportunity to lead on certain tasks. Some of our longstanding groups include elements of faith, however volunteers from all walks of life are both welcome and encouraged. We offer pre-agreed expenses, and our t-shirt to wear.
Minimum age: 18+
phone 07341 198 365
The Charity is currently looking for enthusiastic volunteers that can support with grant identification and application, to obtain valuable and needed funds for the Unit. There are free training courses available for you to develop new skills, boost your CV and support you in this role. These tasks can also be divided between volunteers, so why not come along with a friend and share the experience?
Minimum age: 18+
phone 07545199393
We are looking for volunteers who could act as translators for us, to accurately translate text from English into any of the languages listed below. Many of our service users don’t use English as their first language and rely on high quality translation to understand information. We are looking for volunteers who can accurately translate English text into any of these languages: Bengali, Arabic, Amharic, French, Albanian, Vietnamese, Romanian, Polish, Tigrinya, Punjabi, Urdu and Hindi. Agreed expenses will be reimbursed.
Minimum age: 18+
phone 07931 996252
We are looking for a volunteer with business, HR and finance experience. Fantastic Journeys is a growing social enterprise. We are accessing larger grants and winning contracts with statutory organisations. We have identified a need for more support to manage our finances and organisational structure. This support might include advice about: • finance accounting packages • fulltime vs freelance contracts • costs related to fulltime employees • writing and managing a business plan We would like a volunteer to join us to advise us in these areas. They could join us in an official capacity as a voluntary director. Or they could join us as a co-opted advisory member of the board of directors. Our hope would be that they could offer us 2-3 hours a month.
Minimum age: 18+
phone 07486 314677