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VOLUNTEER CORNER: As seen in Wokingham Today of July 21

by Helena Badger
July 21, 2022
in Featured, People, Wokingham
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Do you have some spare time on a Wednesday morning?

Do you have good IT skills and excellent communication skills?

The Wokingham Transport scheme is a scheme is looking for a new Desk Coordinator based in their offices in Wokingham Town Centre. run from the Wokingham Volunteer Centre and provides transport mainly for the to hospital, the doctors, dentist and physiotherapy appointments.

We also provide transport for social trips such as shopping, lunch clubs and other social activities.

Drivers will be called on an ad hoc basis and they then help the clients get to and from their desired destination and in most cases, help them to attend their appointment. We are looking for a volunteer on Wednesday mornings to take telephone requests from clients for transport to essential medical appointments, shopping and social trips and to enter all the booking into the CATTS booking system, to liaise with volunteer drivers to allocate the drives effectively.and to update the system whenever necessary regarding any changes to client/drivers situations. Training will be provided on the CATTS system.

Time Commitment is 9.30am-1pm on Wednesdays, plus possible other ad hoc cover for holidays and sickness if possible.

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Essential skills; Good IT skills, excellent communication and an empathy for elderly or other clients with health problems. Volunteer travel and parking expenses can be claimed.

Based Wokingham Town Centre. Long-term commitment needed due to the training involved.

Me2Club supports children and young people with additional needs and disabilities across Wokingham and the surrounding areas to take part in activities. Our young people want to attend weekly clubs, but their additional needs and disabilities can make it difficult for them to take part in activities that you may have taken for granted like swimming lessons, Beavers, football, Brownies and more.

The level of support our children need varies, due to the range of additional needs they have.

By becoming friends with one of our young people you can help them overcome their barriers to be included.

The children to attend activities all around the Wokingham Borough and in Reading. You will need to travel to and from the activity each week via public transport or other transport methods e.g. lifts, car, bike and we will reimburse any cost incurred.

Our next training course is taking place on Wednesday, July 27, between 9am and 5pm in Woodley.

Please get in touch ASAP if you are interested.

Over The Wall is a charity that helps children, young people and their families, living in the UK, reach beyond the boundaries of their health challenges to discover a world of mischief, magic and new possibilities.

We do this by providing free of charge, transformative activity camps throughout the UK. We create an inclusive environment where children and young people can be themselves, thrive and grow.

Teammates are an essential part of camp, supporting campers throughout their time at Camp, building fantastic relationships whilst encouraging and inspiring and empowering campers as they complete camp activities.

Campers will be divided into teams based on age groups you will also be part of a team of other amazing Volunteers supporting Campers in a wide range of activities, including archery, arts and crafts, discovery, sports and games and encouraging them to reflect on what they have achieved in evening Cabin Chats.

You will also look after the day-time and night-time needs of the Campers in their accommodation. Training is provided both before and at camp to ensure you have all the information you need for camp to be a great experience for you and the campers.

We have multiple camps throughout the year, we are currently looking for volunteers for our Southern Summer Camps based at St Mary’s College in Ascot running from July 22-24, and August 15-19.

We require volunteers to commit to the whole of camp, we will provide full training, uniform, meals, accommodation and loads of fun.

These are just a few roles on our books. Please visit our website www.volunteerwokinghamborough.org.uk to find out more about volunteering and have a look at all the roles we have to offer. If you would like to get in touch with us, please call 0118 977 0749 or email [email protected].

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