Wokingham Today

VOLUNTEER CORNER

Don’t miss our volunteer fair

- With Helena Badger

HOME-START supports ordinary parents going through extraordin­ary times. Parents can feel exhausted and overwhelme­d by the stresses of family life, particular­ly if we have little support from family and friends when we need it most.

Are you a parent or do you have parenting experience?

Do you have 2two or three hours a week to visit and support a young family within the Wokingham Borough? Their next Volunteer Preparatio­n course is due to start Wednesday 23rd January, one morning per week for 10 weeks.

They also need people with personnel management, finance, fundraisin­g and IT experience to join their board of trustees.

In addition, common sense, flexibilit­y, time and an understand­ing of the pressures that families are under today are a must!

Volunteers will need to be available from 8-10 hours a month, attend meetings six or seven times a year and join one of several committees depending on skills and interests. 

ABC to Read recruit, train and support volunteers who work on a one-to-one basis with primary school children who are struggling with reading.

Volunteers will visit a local primary school on a weekly basis and works with children individual­ly seeing the same children on each visit, talking and reading and playing games with them. The volunteers are supported by a field worker who is available to provide ideas and act as a link between the charity and the school.

Their next training course is being held on Friday, January 25.

The Citizens Advice Bureau gives free, confidenti­al advice on every subject from debt, benefits, housing and employment, to law, immigratio­n and discrimina­tion.

It is independen­t and gives advice in an unbiased way.

Current volunteer roles in Wokingham include – Fundraisin­g, Training Support and Reception/

Admin.

Training will be held soon, so please get in touch if you are interested.

All of the three charities above will be attending our Volunteer Recruitmen­t Fair on Saturday, January 19, between 10am and 1pm, at Wokingham Town Hall, Market Place, Wokingham RG40 1AS.

They will be joined by many other local organisati­ons and voluntary groups as well, so if you are interested in volunteeri­ng locally, please join us!

Entry is completely free – come along and be inspired!

Please contact us at The Wokingham Volunteer Centre for more informatio­n– Tel. 0118 977 0749, email volunteer@wok-vol.org.uk or visit our website www.volunteerw­okinghambo­rough.org. uk to find out more and have a look at all the roles on offer.

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