West Volunteer Vacancies
2015
CARITAS CARE is looking for volunteers for
The Bridging the Gap which provides advice and
support to vulnerable elderly people with hearing loss.
Some volunteers go on home visits or provide a
service at an outreach drop in session in either
Millom,
Cockermouth,
Egremont,
Keswick,
Maryport, Whitehaven, Wigton, Workington which
take place monthly. Volunteers can help people to use
new hearing aids, fixing broken hearing aids,
exchanging NHS batteries, demonstrating telephone,
door bells or loop systems. Contact Hugh Stirling
on 01228 595937.
CADAS is looking for Volunteer Board Members to
oversee its finances and support the organisation's
growth. The Board meets
every two months on
a Tuesday (during the day) - meetings alternate
between Barrow and Carlisle. They work to help
improve peoples' lives by helping them tackle and
overcome problems with alcohol and drugs.
Contact Carol Eland on 07765 258256.
Chrysalis in Wigton is looking for volunteers to
support adults with learning disabilities. They have
volunteering opportunities in specific activities for
example gardening and growing, pottery, retail,
music, catering, drama, arts and crafts as well as
providing support for people with a learning
disability. Contact Angela Beale on 016973
44751.
SPEECH AFTER STROKE SCHEME is looking for
volunteers to support people who have had a stroke
by offering weekly home visits in West Cumbria. They
also need volunteers to support their Lunch Groups
which meet monthly and they enjoy a meal together.
The groups meet Wednesdays in Allerdale and Millom
and Thursdays in Copeland. Volunteer drivers are
also needed to transport clients and in particular for
their Cockermouth group. Contact Alison Tams on
01900 705082.
THE NORTHERN FELLS GROUP are looking for
Volunteer Drivers in the Caldbeck area. Contact
Judith on 01768 800350.
Age UK West Cumbria have a wide range of
Neighbourhood Care Independence Volunteering
Opportunities. Contact Alison Wood on 08443
843 843.
THE
CUMBRIA
INDEPENDENT
CUSTODY
VISITING SCHEME needs new volunteers to join the
panel who visit detainees held at Workington and
Whitehaven Police Stations. Unannounced visits to
Police Custodies are made every week, in pairs, to
check on the welfare and well-being of people who
are detained; to ensure that their rights are observed
and that they are looked after appropriately.
Commitment approximately is once a month. Closing
date for applications 27 February 2015. CONTACT
JOHN ASKEW ON 01768 217734.
CUMBRIA LEARNING NETWORKS are looking for
Volunteers to help in their museums to support
working with children and young people on their
learning programmes which could be family activities,
school sessions, creating loan boxes (boxes of
objects), guided tours, front of house or anything
related to ‘learning’ in its broadest sense. Contact
Heather Tipler on 016977 2849 or 07871 403 787.
BRITISH RED CROSS is looking for volunteers for
their Care in the Home Service. Their health and
social care work offers valuable time-limited support
for individuals vulnerable to crisis whether they're
recovering from an operation, need a wheelchair or
just need help coping around the house. Contact
Brenda Allan on 01539 721504.
YOUNG CUMBRIA - WEST, works across Allerdale
and Copeland and are looking to recruit more
volunteers. The majority of their work is within youth
clubs and tends to be evening work; they deliver both
generic youth work and targeted youth support
services to young people aged 11 - 19 years old.
Contact Vicky Simonds on 01946 599248.
CHILDREN’S SOCIETY is looking for charity shop
volunteers for their shops in Whitehaven and
Cockermouth. Can you spare a few hours a week to
help out at either shop? Contact Katrina Lees on
01900 826513.
CITIZENS ADVICE CUMBRIA needs an enthusiastic
individual willing to take on the role of Chairing – and
providing leadership to – the vital Citizens Advice
Consortium for Cumbria. The post is voluntary and
will involve some travel to Bureau locations across
Cumbria, for which travel expenses are reclaimable.
Contact Judith on 01768 800350.
Contact Cumbria CVS on 01768 800350 or
email: [email protected] for other
volunteering opportunities