Community Action Fareham

Volunteering in Fareham

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Volunteering Awards 2010

The Mayor Cllr Ruth Godrich will present the awards in the Council Chamber on Thursday 8th April. 
The events in the last two years have been enthusiastically attended and been enjoyed by all.  The Mayor will hold a small reception in her parlour after the awards have been given.

please use the forms (Word or pdf) to nominate Volunteers.  Several criteria apply, please see (pdf) .  
Please make your nomination by March 12th

Organisations which recruit Volunteers can submit their Volunteering Opportunities to the database <click here>. held in the Volunteer Centre. 

People who offer time will be offered all the opportunities to select the ones they are most interested in finding out more about.  See a selection in this brochure <click here for brochure>.

What is the Fareham Volunteer Centre?

Fareham Volunteer Centre aims to link Volunteers with Voluntary Organisations. The centre has a large number of tasks on its waiting list and has links with over 40 organisations.

Potential Volunteers can look at the 'brochure" of Volunteering Opportunities. There is a job for everyone's skills.

Recruitment Process

After potential volunteers have expressed their interests they are asked to complete an application form. References are taken and a short interview is held.

For some voluntary posts further checks about suitability are undertaken.
Training

Many voluntary posts involve training, either before becoming a volunteer or as "in-service' training.

Support

Ongoing volunteer support can be arranged through the Volunteer Bureau, even when the volunteer is placed with another group.
WHAT DO VOLUNTEERS DO ?

The work varies enormously. It depends on the interests and abilities of the volunteer. Below are some of the more popular volunteering tasks.
  • Help in Charity Shops
  • Befriend the lonely
  • Visit the older persons
  • Help in luncheon clubs
  • Help at day centres
  • Provide information
  • Help with crèches
  • Help at baby clinics
  • Give clerical support
  • Do shopping for others
  • Provide transport
  • Drive mini buses
  • Do gardening
  • Help with youth groups
  • Train to be advisers or Advocates.
  • Help with flag days
  • Work on a committee to give the administrative support.
There are many organisations which are staffed and run by volunteers.  Many are specialised and do not fit in the descriptions above. Volunteering Opportunities are gathered into "Vbase" - use the search below to find out what sorts of things you could help with.
V Base quick search


or go to Vbase advanced search  (opens new window)
Volunteer Task Force

The Volunteer Centre co-ordinates a whole range of services for the community. This involves arrangements with volunteers who have "signed-up" for particular tasks. These include:-

.. Help with:-

  • Gardening
  • Shopping
  • Decorating
  • House Maintenance
  • Someone to visit you for a chat if you are lonely
  • Transport to the shops or hospital

If we have no volunteers we may be able to contact someone who is reported to give good service at reasonable rates.

 4 young volunteers mixing concrete for a path.

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Expression of Interest in Volunteering

Your Name:

Address: Postcode:

Daytime Telephone:   Evening Telephone:

email address:                                                                                                                         

Your Age:     Estimate of time available: hours

What sort of voluntary work would you like to do ?

Have you done voluntary work before ?

If yes what voluntary work have you done before ?

If you have a driving licence would you like to do some voluntary driving ?

Would you do minibus training then join the minibus driver "pool" ?

Would you be prepared to use your own car ?   (assuming insurance and expenses are in order)

We may have some volunteering opportunities to send to you for your consideration, alternatively one of our volunteer co-ordinators will contact you for a discussion about your interests.  

Some volunteering work involves contact with children or vulnerable people; therefore recruitment to such posts would be exempt from the requirements of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1979.  In such cases organisations will enquire about previous convictions, even if spent, and will request Disclosure (police checks) and references prior to involvement with the organisation.  A previous conviction will not necessarily prevent anyone from being recruited but due consideration will be given in the appointment process; more detail is given in the "Recruitment of Ex-offenders Policy".

CRB checks are conducted by asking you to complete and sign a disclosure application form - but this is at a later stage anyway.  

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Volunteering Application form

if you have a volunteering opportunity in mind then please download the application form and send it to the Bureau. 
Vol application form

 

For links about volunteering wider than Fareham

In Hampshire

   www.hampshirevolunteers.org.uk

   Phone: 0844 499 40 88

   Text to 07982 810 140

Various Volunteering Projects

    <Click here>

Nationally

     www.do-it.org.uk

 

 

Contacting us

If you would rather call in or phone

 

Tel 01329 223140 - Volunteer Centre is staffed in mornings only

 163 West Street, Fareham, PO16 0EF