VSU OPPORTUNITIES & EVENTS
INNOVATIONS PROGRAMME
WHAT WOULD YOU DO TO MAKE LONDON A BETTER PLACE?
We’re looking for bright sparks who can run exciting community projects across London. This year, we've already supported 40 student activities, including:
- Science clubs in schools
- A recycling scheme for UCL halls of residence
- A fair trade fashion project for local children
- A befriending scheme for refugees
You’ll receive training, advice & support, and access to resources, plus the chance to gain the UCL Innovations Award.
To find out more, including more examples of what UCL students have been up to, visit www.uclunion.org/innovations.
Our next training sessions are:Tuesday 9th February or Thursday 25th February.
If you'd like to find out more - come in for an informal chat with the VSU. Email John Braime at j.braime@ucl.ac.uk
UCL INTER-HALL VOLUNTEERING CHALLENGE
REPRESENT YOUR HALL!
The Volunteering Services Unit are seeking students to be Hall Volunteering Leaders, to take part in our Inter-Hall Challenge. The challenge: organise two one-off volunteering events and recruit as many students from your hall as possible. Sounds daunting? Don’t worry, you’ll get lots of support and ideas from the staff at the VSU.
The winning hall will receive a trophy and funds for a party for their volunteers.
All participating volunteers will also receive a certificate from UCL to recognise their contribution, and get an invitation to the annual Volunteering Awards Ceremony.
Can you rise to the challenge? Contact us now for more information: Dee Davis, Volunteering Development Worker, e: d.davis@ucl.ac.uk tel: 020 7679 4119 (x34119).
SKILLS4 WORK
BOOKING NOW OPEN
UCLU has released the dates for it's new Skills4Work sessions - essential training that will help you in your volunteering and your career. All sessions need to be booked in advance via the online booking form at http://www.uclunion.org/volunteers/training.php Places are limited so early booking is recommended. The sessions include:
- First Aid (Basic Life Support)
- Making The Numbers Work – Budgeting For Events And Projects
- Presentations Survival Kit
- Effective Teaching
- Be Your Own Boss – How To Self-Manage
- Practical Project Management
- Making The Most Of Meetings
- Successful Team Working
- Creative Problem Solving
- Getting People On Board – Motivating And Influencing Stakeholders
- Organise Your Life – How To Get Things Done
- Believe In Yourself – How To Be Confident
- Effective Event Planning
- Marketing In Practice
- Don’t Be A Doormat – How To Be Assertive
- Networking A.K.A Schmoozing
To find out more, and to sign up, visit http://www.uclunion.org/volunteers/training.php
UCL MUSEUMS – OUTREACH BOXES TRAINING
Thursday 28th January
5.30 – 7pm
The VSU is teaming up with UCL Museums to offer training on use of their outreach boxes. What's an outreach box? It's a portable case containing some of the museums' collections. This includes material on biodiversity, art & design, citizenship, Ancient Greece, and a mixed box of materials that can be used for a variety of purposes such as discussions, reminiscence or creativity. There are about a dozen boxes in all, each with a different theme. The boxes can be used with many different groups - children, young people, older people, and more.
To book a space, or to find out more, email John at j.braime@ucl.ac.uk
ONE-OFF VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES
Contact Fiona at f.addison@ucl.ac.uk to find out more about any of the following one-off volunteering opportunities over the coming weeks.
Small Charities Coalition
‘Small Charities, BIG Questions’ Event
20th January 1600-2000
Euston
The Small Charities Coalition is holding an event called ‘Small charities, BIG questions’. The Small Charities Coalition aims to empower small charities to allow them to unleash their full potential while building a bridge between large and small charities.
We are seeking friendly volunteers to set up the venue, welcome the VIPs, usher them in and to serve food and drinks. We will require your services from 4pm till about 8pm, though the event does run longer and you are welcome to stay.
WORMWOOD SCRUBS CONSERVATION DAY
20th January 1400-1700
One off volunteer day to undertake practical nature conservation tasks on the Wormwood Scrubs local nature reserve. Activities will include either tree planting, scrub clearance or lizard habitat maintenance with hand tools.
CHILDREN’S HELPERS WORLDWIDE (CHW)
31st January 1400
Russell Square
Children’s Helpers Worldwide (CHW) supports locally run children’s organisations in less developed countries. We are trying to raise funds for a project at an under-resourced hospital in Romania. Funds are needed for simple things, like blankets, pyjamas, nappies and powdered milk for the babies, and for resources for a small playroom at the hospital. We are running a coin collection until 31 January 2010. We need volunteers to help by thinking of ways they could collect small change or encourage people to give their coppers. There will be a “coffee and cash-in” afternoon where volunteers can bring the coins they collected and meet others involved with the collection on 31 January 2010 at 2.00 pm at Russell Square.
WESTBERE COPSE CONSERVATION DAY
14th February 1200-1500
NW2
Get fit and improve the local natural environment. Activities include bird and plant surveying, cutting back bramble and other unwanted vegetation, litter picking, planting bulbs, seeds, shrubs and trees. We will provide hot mince pies and punch and discuss our work plans in a nearby volunteer’s house.
WILTON’S MUSIC HALL
Performance ushers and event assistants
East London
Various dates and times
Wilton's is a fabulous but crumbling old music hall which is being developed into a brilliant centre for cultural and artistic excellence, innovation and integration. Wilton's needs volunteers to help usher at their shows and if you volunteer as an usher you can watch the show for free!
NEW VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES
HOLY CROSS CENTRE TRUST
CAMDEN SHARES VOLUNTEER
Holy Cross Centre Trust is a community development charity based in Kings Cross. We are launching an exciting new project aimed at working across Camden with various partners. Camden Shares will be a community network for third sector organisations in the borough. The project is based on the principle of a timebank, where individuals receive reward for their time commensurate to the time they put in.
Volunteers are required to help shape the community offer and develop a ‘menu’ of rewards that will encourage volunteering and resource sharing across the network. Rewards will be developed from within the membership (trips, courses, classes etc) and from local partners such as leisure facilities and local places of interest. Volunteers will assist with contacting partners to build the rewards, either over the phone or face to face. The role may also involve working with local community groups to establish what rewards would interest them.
Volunteers must be enthusiastic and proactive. In return they will be part of establishing an exciting community development project across the borough. To find out more about how to get involved in this great new programme, email oliver.peachey@ucl.ac.uk
PROACTIVE CAMDEN
AMBASSADOR
We're looking for two students to be amongst the first ProActive Ambassadors, part of Camden's 2012 Legacy programme. This volunteer role involves encouraging members of the community to get more involved in active lifestyles, through sport and other healthy activities. If you've an interest in health promotion and/or active lifestyles and enjoy talking to people, then this might be the role for you. Full training will be given. Time commitment - 3 hours per month. To find out more, email John at j.braime@ucl.ac.uk before Friday 29th January.
THE ARBOUR
FEMALE ESOL CLASSROOM ASSISTANTS
We are looking for enthusiastic volunteers to help support the tutor with the delivery of integrated English and life skills training on the Arbour Women’s Project for a minimum of two hours per week in a fixed class. We have ten classes across the Borough of Tower Hamlets for newly arrived women and we help equip them with the skills and knowledge needed for their first year in the UK. If you would like more information about the project or would like to volunteer then please contact oliver.peachey@ucl.ac.uk
UCLU ONE DEGREE
VOLUNTEERS
The One Degree programme aims to raise the aspirations of failing students from deprived schools through an intensive learning programme, which will boost academic performance and promote self belief. We are seeking to recruit volunteers keen to make a tangible impact on the local community. We will be supplying all teaching material, training and no previous knowledge is required. It is important that our volunteers have strong interpersonal skills, and the ability to reach out to students from challenging backgrounds, becoming true role models.
The programme will be running on Saturdays from 1st March-15th April, and on full weekends from 16th April-31st May, at schools in Neasden. We are asking for volunteers to commit 6 days to the programme in total, spread across the three month duration. For more information, contact Madiha at: madiha.khan@ucl.ac.uk
INTOUNIVERSITY
STUDENT MENTOR
Would you like to make a real difference to a disadvantaged young person by helping them on their way to reach their potential? Be an IntoUniversity mentor and share your success with an aspiring young person aged between 10 and 18. Volunteers will be expected to meet their mentee at least once a fortnight during term-time availability.
Balancing academic, social and future activities you might be talking through a school project/ piece of coursework, playing board games or cooking something up in the kitchen or researching a course to study at university. You will receive training and support from mentoring staff throughout.
Come along and get involved at IntoUniversity- helping to support and inspire the next generation, whilst gaining valuable skills for yourself- and extra points on your CV! To begin you will need to attend a Training and Selection Day- there are sessions on January 23rd or 27th 2010. Simply contact oliver.peachey@ucl.ac.uk to find out more.
THE WINGS OF HOPE
OFFICE VOLUNTEER
Would you like to volunteer with a fun and proactive children’s charity working with over 100 schools across the UK to provide free education to hundreds of poor and orphaned children in India and Malawi? The Wings of Hope Children’s Charity are looking for volunteers to be based at their office in North London to assist with a wide range of admin, marketing and IT based activities on a flexible basis. Whether your strengths are in communication, administration, designing and maintaining website content, or motivating young people to take part in our student social enterprise scheme, we would love to hear from you! Please email oliver.peachey@ucl.ac.uk to find out more.
TOMMY’S
HEALTH CAMPAIGNS INTERN
We have an exciting opportunity for an intern within our Health Campaigns Team. This is an excellent opportunity for a student or recent graduate looking to gain experience in the health charity sector. Tommy’s is the leading UK charity in pregnancy health. Right now in the UK one in four women loses a baby during pregnancy or birth. We fund medical research into the causes of premature birth, stillbirth and miscarriage, and use these findings to develop health pregnancy interventions and publish research based pregnancy information.
The Health Campaigns Intern will provide administrative support for two new exciting health pregnancy campaigns and will gain valuable experience in stakeholder mapping and communication, internet research and developing databases. There will also be opportunities to participate in Organisational and Marketing Team meetings (when appropriate).
Tommy's is located in the City of London and is within 5 mins walk from Bank, Cannon Street, Monument and London Bridge Stations. The intern will work two half days per week for four months (with possibility of extension), deadline 25th January 2010. To find out more, please email oliver.peachey@ucl.ac.uk
OXFAM
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT CO-ORDINATOR INTERN
This role is in the Campaigns Department. The Oxfam London and South East Campaigns Team focuses on influencing regional political structures, supporting regional activism and building strategic alliances. It does this by raising the profile and understanding of Oxfam’s exciting campaigns (Climate Change Costs Lives & Health and Education For All), through regional media, community projects, special events and work with youth and schools. To find out more about this internship (2-3 days p/w for 6 months – deadline 25th January 2010) please email oliver.peachey@ucl.ac.uk
AGE CONCERN AND HELP THE AGED
MAJOR GIFTS CO-ORDINATOR INTERN
We are seeking someone with strong administration, communication and IT skills to support the Major Gifts fundraising team in a wide variety of roles. The role is geared to support the Major Gifts team in working towards their income targets and would provide excellent experience to any student wishing to work in the sector in the future. For more information about this role, please email oliver.peachey@ucl.ac.uk
GREENHOUSE
RECRUITMENT ASSISTANT
If you enjoy meeting new people, want to take responsibility for your own work and are looking to gain experience in recruiting and/or managing people then volunteer with Greenhouse as a Volunteer Recruitment Assistant. You will help to expand Greenhouse’s volunteer programme by taking responsibility for writing and placing volunteer role descriptions and adverts, keeping the current vacancies up to date and assisting with the entire recruitment process from application to training and ongoing management. You will need to speak and write English fluently; be organised, creative and professional with excellent people skills. This role will equip you with experience that will demonstrate to future employers your ability to communicate, manage your own workload, build rapport with others and work as part of a team. Contact oliver.peachey@ucl.ac.uk to find out more about this role.
UCL READ BOOK PROJECT
GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP OUTREACH VOLUNTEER
Are you interested in development issues, education or challenging injustice? If so, give something back to the Global Community by volunteering for Read Book Project UCL and help teach secondary school children about Global Citizenship. You will receive training to deliver workshops and you will learn all the presentation skills, teaching techniques and problem solving you will need. Read Book Project is a charity committed to sending disused secondary school textbooks to Tanzania and is also involved in fundraising and resource collections. If you are interested in delivering workshops please contact Think Global project leader Aditi at londonwest@readbookproject.org.uk for more information or if you are interested in more general volunteering positions please contact Natalie also at londonwest@readbookproject.org.uk.
INTERFAITH ACTION
TEAM LEADERS & VOLUNTEERS
Interfaith is recruiting young people to participate in and design community projects in their area. We are currently working with groups and individuals in Camden and Enfield and have had great success and lots of fun at volunteer day events at Highgate Cemetery and Lee Valley Park. To find out more, contact oliver.peachey@ucl.ac.uk
SAVE THE CHILDREN
EMERGENCY FUNDRAISER
Calling UCL superhero students! Whether you’re an individual or a group of friends - you can be an Emergency Fundraiser. We need you when an emergency strikes. When we launch an emergency appeal we'll ask you to raise money - and fast. The cash you raise will save children's lives in an emergency. We give families life-saving help when things are desperate, and then help them rebuild their lives. It’s as simple as that.
As soon as a disaster strikes, you’ll get a call to action. Whether it’s an earthquake, a cyclone, famine or war, one thing’s for sure: children’s lives are in extreme danger. Without quick help, many won’t survive the next few days and weeks. It's your chance to get together and raise money through holding a party, taking on an extreme sport for sponsorship or even just packing bags in your local supermarket. We will be here to support you and send you the materials you need to get your fundraiser off the ground.
Contact oliver.peachey@ucl.ac.uk to find out more and get involved. We can't wait to hear from you!
UCL MEDICAL SCHOOL
REAL HEALTH STORIES FILM COMPETITION VOLUNTEER
Volunteers needed to help with Reel Health Stories Film Competition. Everybody’s got a story to tell about healthcare, and Reel Health Stories, a film competition run by UCL Medical School, is giving North Londoners the opportunity to win prizes for short films about their health-related experiences. The best films will be used to teach students
about the patient’s perspective in medicine. Award-winning director Ken Loach (Kes, The Wind That Shakes the Barley, Looking for Eric), actor/director David Morrissey (Dr Who, State of Play, Don’t Worry About Me) and Prof Jane Dare, are amongst the judges. Films will be screened at The Rowan Arts Project ‘Big Day Out’ in July and at UCL in October. We need student volunteers to advertise the competition by putting up posters and handing out leaflets in January 2010. This is a very good opportunity to be involved in a community project and all students involved will be given a certificate of participation for their portfolios, as well as a special invite to the screenings. If interested please contact oliver.peachey@ucl.ac.uk
KNITTING @ FREIGHTLINERS FARM
WEDNESDAYS, 2-4pm.
Volunteers and/or participants required for a knitting group at Freightliners Farm (5 mins walk from Caledonian Road tube).
No knitting skills necessary, just a willingness to drink tea, eat cake and be friendly! Supplies provided. To find out more, email j.braime@ucl.ac.uk
BROOK
INFORMATION AND SUPPORT VOLUNTEER
Brook is the leading provider of sexual health services and advice for young people under 25. We have over 45 years of experience working with young people and have a network of services across the UK. Young volunteers (under 25) are needed to provide information, support and signposting to other young people on sexual health and relationships, via online enquiries and text messages. Contact oliver.peachey@ucl.ac.uk to get involved.
ACTION DISABILITY KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA
ACTIVE CHOICES VOLUNTEER
Action Disability Kensington and Chelsea (ADKC) provide support for people living with physical, sensory and hidden impairments. We are looking for outgoing, enthusiastic and sensitive volunteers to help our members to enjoy the social and leisure activities that non-disabled people take for granted - like going to the cinema, working out at the gym or visiting an art gallery. No previous experience needed. Full training and ongoing support provided. Volunteers give as much time as they choose and will not be expected to provide personal care. Those interested, contact oliver.peachey@ucl.ac.uk
RIGHT TO PLAY
STUDENT AMBASSADOR
This is a very exciting and flexible role for someone who wants to be creative and outgoing. Maybe you will arrange a weekly club night with proceeds going to Right To Play, maybe you’ll organise a rally, a conference, a sports day or a quiz, or maybe you have your own ideas. Either way, if you care about improving the opportunities for young people like you around the world then this is a position for you. Contact oliver.peachey@ucl.ac.uk to find out more.
OTHER ADS AND EVENTS
CHILDREACH INTERNATIONAL
CHARITY CLIMB
Hi, my name is Alice Bruegger and I am organising a Charity CLIMB to MOUNT KILIMANJARO for AUGUST 2010 (leaving on the 27TH) to raise money for Childreach International. I am hoping that as a group we will raise over £30,000 for this Childrens Charity, and in return Childreach will pay for all your expenses whilst on the trek (so you get to climb Kili for free)!! If you are interested in this AMAZING opportunity to raise thousands for charity, as well as summit Kilimanjaro, then please email me at alicebruegger@childreach.org.uk or find us on the facebook group - 'Summer 2010 Climb to Kilimanjaro!!!' I can then send you all the information pack about it with details of how to SIGN UP before all the places are filled!
Thanks,
Alice
a.bruegger@ucl.ac.uk
alicebruegger@childreach.org.uk
‘THANKS TO’ SOCIAL ENTERPRISE CHALLENGE
HAVE YOU GOT WHAT IT TAKES?
Learn how to run your own business, help your community AND win some amazing prizes! If you’re aged 18 or over and based in the London area, get involved in the Social Enterprise Challenge and get ahead! The Challenge:To find the unsung heroes in your community and get others to say thanks to them on ThanksTo.com. Over a 6 week period in February- April 2010 teams of 5-7 people will compete to find and champion the organisations and individuals who have really made a difference or done something great in their community. Each team will be assigned a successful entrepreneur as a business mentor to help them in the challenge.
The mentors will help to develop the entrepreneurial and business skills of the participants, as well as acting as an advisor to their group’s ‘mini-business’. The challenge is a unique and exciting introduction to the world of enterprise and entrepreneurship.
To find out more, visit http://www.thanksto.com/info/social-enterprise-challenge.html
INNOVATIONS PROGRAMME
WHAT WOULD YOU DO TO MAKE LONDON A BETTER PLACE?
We’re looking for bright sparks who can run exciting community projects across London. This year, we've already supported 40 student activities, including:
- Science clubs in schools
- A recycling scheme for UCL halls of residence
- A fair trade fashion project for local children
- A befriending scheme for refugees
You’ll receive training, advice & support, and access to resources, plus the chance to gain the UCL Innovations Award.
To find out more, including more examples of what UCL students have been up to, visit www.uclunion.org/innovations.
Our next training sessions are:Tuesday 9th February or Thursday 25th February.
If you'd like to find out more - come in for an informal chat with the VSU. Email John Braime at j.braime@ucl.ac.uk
UCL INTER-HALL VOLUNTEERING CHALLENGE
REPRESENT YOUR HALL!
The Volunteering Services Unit are seeking students to be Hall Volunteering Leaders, to take part in our Inter-Hall Challenge. The challenge: organise two one-off volunteering events and recruit as many students from your hall as possible. Sounds daunting? Don’t worry, you’ll get lots of support and ideas from the staff at the VSU.
The winning hall will receive a trophy and funds for a party for their volunteers.
All participating volunteers will also receive a certificate from UCL to recognise their contribution, and get an invitation to the annual Volunteering Awards Ceremony.
Can you rise to the challenge? Contact us now for more information: Dee Davis, Volunteering Development Worker, e: d.davis@ucl.ac.uk tel: 020 7679 4119 (x34119).
SKILLS4 WORK
BOOKING NOW OPEN
UCLU has released the dates for it's new Skills4Work sessions - essential training that will help you in your volunteering and your career. All sessions need to be booked in advance via the online booking form at http://www.uclunion.org/volunteers/training.php Places are limited so early booking is recommended. The sessions include:
- First Aid (Basic Life Support)
- Making The Numbers Work – Budgeting For Events And Projects
- Presentations Survival Kit
- Effective Teaching
- Be Your Own Boss – How To Self-Manage
- Practical Project Management
- Making The Most Of Meetings
- Successful Team Working
- Creative Problem Solving
- Getting People On Board – Motivating And Influencing Stakeholders
- Organise Your Life – How To Get Things Done
- Believe In Yourself – How To Be Confident
- Effective Event Planning
- Marketing In Practice
- Don’t Be A Doormat – How To Be Assertive
- Networking A.K.A Schmoozing
To find out more, and to sign up, visit http://www.uclunion.org/volunteers/training.php
UCL MUSEUMS – OUTREACH BOXES TRAINING
Thursday 28th January
5.30 – 7pm
The VSU is teaming up with UCL Museums to offer training on use of their outreach boxes. What's an outreach box? It's a portable case containing some of the museums' collections. This includes material on biodiversity, art & design, citizenship, Ancient Greece, and a mixed box of materials that can be used for a variety of purposes such as discussions, reminiscence or creativity. There are about a dozen boxes in all, each with a different theme. The boxes can be used with many different groups - children, young people, older people, and more.
To book a space, or to find out more, email John at j.braime@ucl.ac.uk
ONE-OFF VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES
Contact Fiona at f.addison@ucl.ac.uk to find out more about any of the following one-off volunteering opportunities over the coming weeks.
Small Charities Coalition
‘Small Charities, BIG Questions’ Event
20th January 1600-2000
Euston
The Small Charities Coalition is holding an event called ‘Small charities, BIG questions’. The Small Charities Coalition aims to empower small charities to allow them to unleash their full potential while building a bridge between large and small charities.
We are seeking friendly volunteers to set up the venue, welcome the VIPs, usher them in and to serve food and drinks. We will require your services from 4pm till about 8pm, though the event does run longer and you are welcome to stay.
WORMWOOD SCRUBS CONSERVATION DAY
20th January 1400-1700
One off volunteer day to undertake practical nature conservation tasks on the Wormwood Scrubs local nature reserve. Activities will include either tree planting, scrub clearance or lizard habitat maintenance with hand tools.
CHILDREN’S HELPERS WORLDWIDE (CHW)
31st January 1400
Russell Square
Children’s Helpers Worldwide (CHW) supports locally run children’s organisations in less developed countries. We are trying to raise funds for a project at an under-resourced hospital in Romania. Funds are needed for simple things, like blankets, pyjamas, nappies and powdered milk for the babies, and for resources for a small playroom at the hospital. We are running a coin collection until 31 January 2010. We need volunteers to help by thinking of ways they could collect small change or encourage people to give their coppers. There will be a “coffee and cash-in” afternoon where volunteers can bring the coins they collected and meet others involved with the collection on 31 January 2010 at 2.00 pm at Russell Square.
WESTBERE COPSE CONSERVATION DAY
14th February 1200-1500
NW2
Get fit and improve the local natural environment. Activities include bird and plant surveying, cutting back bramble and other unwanted vegetation, litter picking, planting bulbs, seeds, shrubs and trees. We will provide hot mince pies and punch and discuss our work plans in a nearby volunteer’s house.
WILTON’S MUSIC HALL
Performance ushers and event assistants
East London
Various dates and times
Wilton's is a fabulous but crumbling old music hall which is being developed into a brilliant centre for cultural and artistic excellence, innovation and integration. Wilton's needs volunteers to help usher at their shows and if you volunteer as an usher you can watch the show for free!
NEW VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES
HOLY CROSS CENTRE TRUST
CAMDEN SHARES VOLUNTEER
Holy Cross Centre Trust is a community development charity based in Kings Cross. We are launching an exciting new project aimed at working across Camden with various partners. Camden Shares will be a community network for third sector organisations in the borough. The project is based on the principle of a timebank, where individuals receive reward for their time commensurate to the time they put in.
Volunteers are required to help shape the community offer and develop a ‘menu’ of rewards that will encourage volunteering and resource sharing across the network. Rewards will be developed from within the membership (trips, courses, classes etc) and from local partners such as leisure facilities and local places of interest. Volunteers will assist with contacting partners to build the rewards, either over the phone or face to face. The role may also involve working with local community groups to establish what rewards would interest them.
Volunteers must be enthusiastic and proactive. In return they will be part of establishing an exciting community development project across the borough. To find out more about how to get involved in this great new programme, email oliver.peachey@ucl.ac.uk
PROACTIVE CAMDEN
AMBASSADOR
We're looking for two students to be amongst the first ProActive Ambassadors, part of Camden's 2012 Legacy programme. This volunteer role involves encouraging members of the community to get more involved in active lifestyles, through sport and other healthy activities. If you've an interest in health promotion and/or active lifestyles and enjoy talking to people, then this might be the role for you. Full training will be given. Time commitment - 3 hours per month. To find out more, email John at j.braime@ucl.ac.uk before Friday 29th January.
THE ARBOUR
FEMALE ESOL CLASSROOM ASSISTANTS
We are looking for enthusiastic volunteers to help support the tutor with the delivery of integrated English and life skills training on the Arbour Women’s Project for a minimum of two hours per week in a fixed class. We have ten classes across the Borough of Tower Hamlets for newly arrived women and we help equip them with the skills and knowledge needed for their first year in the UK. If you would like more information about the project or would like to volunteer then please contact oliver.peachey@ucl.ac.uk
UCLU ONE DEGREE
VOLUNTEERS
The One Degree programme aims to raise the aspirations of failing students from deprived schools through an intensive learning programme, which will boost academic performance and promote self belief. We are seeking to recruit volunteers keen to make a tangible impact on the local community. We will be supplying all teaching material, training and no previous knowledge is required. It is important that our volunteers have strong interpersonal skills, and the ability to reach out to students from challenging backgrounds, becoming true role models.
The programme will be running on Saturdays from 1st March-15th April, and on full weekends from 16th April-31st May, at schools in Neasden. We are asking for volunteers to commit 6 days to the programme in total, spread across the three month duration. For more information, contact Madiha at: madiha.khan@ucl.ac.uk
INTOUNIVERSITY
STUDENT MENTOR
Would you like to make a real difference to a disadvantaged young person by helping them on their way to reach their potential? Be an IntoUniversity mentor and share your success with an aspiring young person aged between 10 and 18. Volunteers will be expected to meet their mentee at least once a fortnight during term-time availability.
Balancing academic, social and future activities you might be talking through a school project/ piece of coursework, playing board games or cooking something up in the kitchen or researching a course to study at university. You will receive training and support from mentoring staff throughout.
Come along and get involved at IntoUniversity- helping to support and inspire the next generation, whilst gaining valuable skills for yourself- and extra points on your CV! To begin you will need to attend a Training and Selection Day- there are sessions on January 23rd or 27th 2010. Simply contact oliver.peachey@ucl.ac.uk to find out more.
THE WINGS OF HOPE
OFFICE VOLUNTEER
Would you like to volunteer with a fun and proactive children’s charity working with over 100 schools across the UK to provide free education to hundreds of poor and orphaned children in India and Malawi? The Wings of Hope Children’s Charity are looking for volunteers to be based at their office in North London to assist with a wide range of admin, marketing and IT based activities on a flexible basis. Whether your strengths are in communication, administration, designing and maintaining website content, or motivating young people to take part in our student social enterprise scheme, we would love to hear from you! Please email oliver.peachey@ucl.ac.uk to find out more.
TOMMY’S
HEALTH CAMPAIGNS INTERN
We have an exciting opportunity for an intern within our Health Campaigns Team. This is an excellent opportunity for a student or recent graduate looking to gain experience in the health charity sector. Tommy’s is the leading UK charity in pregnancy health. Right now in the UK one in four women loses a baby during pregnancy or birth. We fund medical research into the causes of premature birth, stillbirth and miscarriage, and use these findings to develop health pregnancy interventions and publish research based pregnancy information.
The Health Campaigns Intern will provide administrative support for two new exciting health pregnancy campaigns and will gain valuable experience in stakeholder mapping and communication, internet research and developing databases. There will also be opportunities to participate in Organisational and Marketing Team meetings (when appropriate).
Tommy's is located in the City of London and is within 5 mins walk from Bank, Cannon Street, Monument and London Bridge Stations. The intern will work two half days per week for four months (with possibility of extension), deadline 25th January 2010. To find out more, please email oliver.peachey@ucl.ac.uk
OXFAM
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT CO-ORDINATOR INTERN
This role is in the Campaigns Department. The Oxfam London and South East Campaigns Team focuses on influencing regional political structures, supporting regional activism and building strategic alliances. It does this by raising the profile and understanding of Oxfam’s exciting campaigns (Climate Change Costs Lives & Health and Education For All), through regional media, community projects, special events and work with youth and schools. To find out more about this internship (2-3 days p/w for 6 months – deadline 25th January 2010) please email oliver.peachey@ucl.ac.uk
AGE CONCERN AND HELP THE AGED
MAJOR GIFTS CO-ORDINATOR INTERN
We are seeking someone with strong administration, communication and IT skills to support the Major Gifts fundraising team in a wide variety of roles. The role is geared to support the Major Gifts team in working towards their income targets and would provide excellent experience to any student wishing to work in the sector in the future. For more information about this role, please email oliver.peachey@ucl.ac.uk
GREENHOUSE
RECRUITMENT ASSISTANT
If you enjoy meeting new people, want to take responsibility for your own work and are looking to gain experience in recruiting and/or managing people then volunteer with Greenhouse as a Volunteer Recruitment Assistant. You will help to expand Greenhouse’s volunteer programme by taking responsibility for writing and placing volunteer role descriptions and adverts, keeping the current vacancies up to date and assisting with the entire recruitment process from application to training and ongoing management. You will need to speak and write English fluently; be organised, creative and professional with excellent people skills. This role will equip you with experience that will demonstrate to future employers your ability to communicate, manage your own workload, build rapport with others and work as part of a team. Contact oliver.peachey@ucl.ac.uk to find out more about this role.
UCL READ BOOK PROJECT
GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP OUTREACH VOLUNTEER
Are you interested in development issues, education or challenging injustice? If so, give something back to the Global Community by volunteering for Read Book Project UCL and help teach secondary school children about Global Citizenship. You will receive training to deliver workshops and you will learn all the presentation skills, teaching techniques and problem solving you will need. Read Book Project is a charity committed to sending disused secondary school textbooks to Tanzania and is also involved in fundraising and resource collections. If you are interested in delivering workshops please contact Think Global project leader Aditi at londonwest@readbookproject.org.uk for more information or if you are interested in more general volunteering positions please contact Natalie also at londonwest@readbookproject.org.uk.
INTERFAITH ACTION
TEAM LEADERS & VOLUNTEERS
Interfaith is recruiting young people to participate in and design community projects in their area. We are currently working with groups and individuals in Camden and Enfield and have had great success and lots of fun at volunteer day events at Highgate Cemetery and Lee Valley Park. To find out more, contact oliver.peachey@ucl.ac.uk
SAVE THE CHILDREN
EMERGENCY FUNDRAISER
Calling UCL superhero students! Whether you’re an individual or a group of friends - you can be an Emergency Fundraiser. We need you when an emergency strikes. When we launch an emergency appeal we'll ask you to raise money - and fast. The cash you raise will save children's lives in an emergency. We give families life-saving help when things are desperate, and then help them rebuild their lives. It’s as simple as that.
As soon as a disaster strikes, you’ll get a call to action. Whether it’s an earthquake, a cyclone, famine or war, one thing’s for sure: children’s lives are in extreme danger. Without quick help, many won’t survive the next few days and weeks. It's your chance to get together and raise money through holding a party, taking on an extreme sport for sponsorship or even just packing bags in your local supermarket. We will be here to support you and send you the materials you need to get your fundraiser off the ground.
Contact oliver.peachey@ucl.ac.uk to find out more and get involved. We can't wait to hear from you!
UCL MEDICAL SCHOOL
REAL HEALTH STORIES FILM COMPETITION VOLUNTEER
Volunteers needed to help with Reel Health Stories Film Competition. Everybody’s got a story to tell about healthcare, and Reel Health Stories, a film competition run by UCL Medical School, is giving North Londoners the opportunity to win prizes for short films about their health-related experiences. The best films will be used to teach students
about the patient’s perspective in medicine. Award-winning director Ken Loach (Kes, The Wind That Shakes the Barley, Looking for Eric), actor/director David Morrissey (Dr Who, State of Play, Don’t Worry About Me) and Prof Jane Dare, are amongst the judges. Films will be screened at The Rowan Arts Project ‘Big Day Out’ in July and at UCL in October. We need student volunteers to advertise the competition by putting up posters and handing out leaflets in January 2010. This is a very good opportunity to be involved in a community project and all students involved will be given a certificate of participation for their portfolios, as well as a special invite to the screenings. If interested please contact oliver.peachey@ucl.ac.uk
KNITTING @ FREIGHTLINERS FARM
WEDNESDAYS, 2-4pm.
Volunteers and/or participants required for a knitting group at Freightliners Farm (5 mins walk from Caledonian Road tube).
No knitting skills necessary, just a willingness to drink tea, eat cake and be friendly! Supplies provided. To find out more, email j.braime@ucl.ac.uk
BROOK
INFORMATION AND SUPPORT VOLUNTEER
Brook is the leading provider of sexual health services and advice for young people under 25. We have over 45 years of experience working with young people and have a network of services across the UK. Young volunteers (under 25) are needed to provide information, support and signposting to other young people on sexual health and relationships, via online enquiries and text messages. Contact oliver.peachey@ucl.ac.uk to get involved.
ACTION DISABILITY KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA
ACTIVE CHOICES VOLUNTEER
Action Disability Kensington and Chelsea (ADKC) provide support for people living with physical, sensory and hidden impairments. We are looking for outgoing, enthusiastic and sensitive volunteers to help our members to enjoy the social and leisure activities that non-disabled people take for granted - like going to the cinema, working out at the gym or visiting an art gallery. No previous experience needed. Full training and ongoing support provided. Volunteers give as much time as they choose and will not be expected to provide personal care. Those interested, contact oliver.peachey@ucl.ac.uk
RIGHT TO PLAY
STUDENT AMBASSADOR
This is a very exciting and flexible role for someone who wants to be creative and outgoing. Maybe you will arrange a weekly club night with proceeds going to Right To Play, maybe you’ll organise a rally, a conference, a sports day or a quiz, or maybe you have your own ideas. Either way, if you care about improving the opportunities for young people like you around the world then this is a position for you. Contact oliver.peachey@ucl.ac.uk to find out more.
OTHER ADS AND EVENTS
CHILDREACH INTERNATIONAL
CHARITY CLIMB
Hi, my name is Alice Bruegger and I am organising a Charity CLIMB to MOUNT KILIMANJARO for AUGUST 2010 (leaving on the 27TH) to raise money for Childreach International. I am hoping that as a group we will raise over £30,000 for this Childrens Charity, and in return Childreach will pay for all your expenses whilst on the trek (so you get to climb Kili for free)!! If you are interested in this AMAZING opportunity to raise thousands for charity, as well as summit Kilimanjaro, then please email me at alicebruegger@childreach.org.uk or find us on the facebook group - 'Summer 2010 Climb to Kilimanjaro!!!' I can then send you all the information pack about it with details of how to SIGN UP before all the places are filled!
Thanks,
Alice
a.bruegger@ucl.ac.uk
alicebruegger@childreach.org.uk
‘THANKS TO’ SOCIAL ENTERPRISE CHALLENGE
HAVE YOU GOT WHAT IT TAKES?
Learn how to run your own business, help your community AND win some amazing prizes! If you’re aged 18 or over and based in the London area, get involved in the Social Enterprise Challenge and get ahead! The Challenge:To find the unsung heroes in your community and get others to say thanks to them on ThanksTo.com. Over a 6 week period in February- April 2010 teams of 5-7 people will compete to find and champion the organisations and individuals who have really made a difference or done something great in their community. Each team will be assigned a successful entrepreneur as a business mentor to help them in the challenge.
The mentors will help to develop the entrepreneurial and business skills of the participants, as well as acting as an advisor to their group’s ‘mini-business’. The challenge is a unique and exciting introduction to the world of enterprise and entrepreneurship.
To find out more, visit http://www.thanksto.com/info/social-enterprise-challenge.html