Volunteer Corner
Reading Voluntary Action
ENRYCH Berkshire is a registered charity that provides support to people with a disability, helping them get access to leisure, social and learning activities.
Currently they have a member who would appreciate somebody to help her in her garden.
She is limited to how much she can do, so having a volunteer that can do some of the more physical tasks would be incredibly useful.
Someone that is friendly and happy to chat would be brilliant to help with building her confidence.
In the future, as confidence builds, she would like the idea of somebody assisting her to go out to enjoy the fresh air in her wheelchair.
Shift Youth and Community (SYC) is a small Christian charity that works primarily in South Reading.
They base themselves in local communities and work with churches, schools and other agencies to provide the best opportunities for young people and communities to find their purpose and their voice.
All of their staff are volunteers and they are looking for another volunteer to join the team as an administrator, for 6-8 hours per week.
The role will include event management, policy development, human resources including record keeping, immigration record keeping and recruitment.
The role will require the person to be a self-starter who can maintain and manage the tasks with minimal oversight.
Induction and training will be given, as will regular supervision.
Reading Blind Aid Society was formed in 1883, and then changed to Reading Association for the Blind in 1926.
It has supported the sight impaired people of Reading ever since.
Right now they want a volunteer with a great understanding of IT that’s also familiar with Wordpress to help maintain and update their website.
You will be helping visually impaired people, their families, volunteers and other organisations keep up to date with the activities at Reading Association for the Blind.
Volunteers will be provided with material to put on the website and as you gain experience you can create your own content.