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Time Banking Tameside
Time Banking Tameside is an exciting new project that
enables you to use those skills available in your community for free - all
you have to do is offer the skills you have in return.
More information...
Free Training for Volunteers
Train to Gain gives the opportunity to unlock hidden
potential, remove stigma and further qualify the existing workforce. Train
to Gain is primarily aimed at employed individuals but it’s recognised that
there is a community of unpaid volunteers who perform similar tasks to those
of an employee and where these volunteers are identified within a workplace
they should be afforded the same access to vocational learning through Train
to Gain as an employee. More information...
GMPA Volunteering Information Sessions
From 6pm on Monday 22nd March Greater Manchester Police
Authority are holding an information session in the Salford Suite at Salford
Civic Centre, Chorley Road, Swinton, for those who are interested in becoming
a GMPA volunteer. If you are interested in attending please
email to confirm attendance.
Alternatively, phone on 0161 793 2920. To find out more visit
their website
Into Employment
Volunteering can be a great stepping stone back into employment,
see how Lin and Stacy
got back into employment after volunteering.
Job Vacancies
Why not put your experience volunteering to use in paid employment? We're now
advertising selected job opportunities working in the local voluntary and community sector.
Latest opportunities and more information...
One-off Volunteering Opportunities
Currently available one off voluntary opportunties
How volunteering can help you back into employment
Lin denidni is the Community Development Worker for Tameside & Glossop Mind,
Lin first started with Mind as a volunteer before becoming a member of staff in
2007.
What inspired you to become a volunteer?
I had worked in education for quite a few years and then had a break, after
a few months at home I decided I wanted a change and was interested in volunteering
it was at this point I approached Volunteer Centre Tameside to look at my options.
What duties did your role include as a volunteer with Mind?
I started as a Social Club Volunteer, my duties included talking to people who came to
the club, organising and going on trips and organising different activities within the
centre. I also volunteered as a Duty Worker, conducting interviews and giving information
to people on their initial visit to the centre.
What training and support did you receive whilst volunteering with Mind?
I received a 30 hour induction and attended different training events, which ran one
day per month. I also attended a counselling course at Tameside College.
What experience and skills do you think you gained as a volunteer?
Through volunteering with Mind I have developed my listening skills and have learn’t
a great deal about mental distress.
What would you say to other people who are thinking about volunteering?
I really enjoyed every minute of volunteering and have met some great people who I
wouldn’t have met if I hadn’t volunteered.
