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Berkshire Women’s Aid provides refuges for women who have suffered domestic abuse and their children.
We also provide an outreach service, work in schools & run sessions for perpetrators with the aim of stopping the cycle of abuse.
We are currently seeking new board members and are particularly looking for a woman* with lived experience of domestic abuse – either personally or as a third person for instance as a nurse or family lawyer – and also someone with housing management experience.
As a trustee you would be required to prepare for and attend six evening board meetings per year and, depending on expertise, you might wish to become a member of a sub-committee helping with particular projects or problems.
Induction, including visits to one of our refuges, is provided & out of pocket expenses are payable.
* This roles are exempt under the Equality Act 2010 pursuant to Schedule 9, Part 1 and therefore we can only accept applications from women.
Barkham Pre-School is a 50-year-old pre-school, looking for new Trustees to join us and help shape our charity for the future.
We care for children aged two to five, and support their academic and emotional well-being, to prepare them for school.
We are a committee run, pack away setting based in Barkham Village Hall. We are an inclusive and community-based preschool, which provides a range of learning opportunities through free flow play.
We typically hold a meeting once every six to eight weeks, or once per half-term.
The meeting is generally in the evenings and is held either in person in the Finchampstead / Barkham area or on Zoom. The trustees are responsible for the health and safety, financial, business, legal and fundraising aspects of Pre-School.
We are a close team and work together to improve and sustain our setting.
As well as general trustee, we also have the roles of Treasurer and Secretary available in the coming months which require more input.
Green ‘n’ Tidy’ provides a basic gardening service for elderly and disabled residents of Wokingham Borough who cannot maintain their own properties, do not have local family support and/or lack the financial resources to employ commercial companies.
This project does not compete with established gardening businesses as we are a charity and the team of volunteers provides basic gardening, including lawn mowing, hedge trimming and weeding, to vulnerable people in need.
Our teams go out six days a week (Mondays to Saturdays) and you can sign up to a regular day.
We are currently looking for more volunteers to join our teams, so if you like being outdoors, part of team and helping people in need, please get in touch now.
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 volunteer@wok-vol.org.uk.
