Fareham Community Action, volunteering & volunteer bureau

Fareham Community Action

Volunteering in Fareham

Volunteering Awards 2009

Volunteer-involving groups in Fareham are invited to nominate volunteers to receive an award from the Mayor of Fareham, Councillor Ernest Crouch. An evening presentation event will be held at the Civic Offices in Fareham on Thursday 26th March 2009. Nominations must be received by Friday 13th February 2009. Click for more details.

The gift of voluntary activity is the key element which builds neighbourhoods and communities. A recent survey showed that over 50% of people in the country are volunteers. Volunteering can be in any form or shape. It is a Gift of Time, Enthusiasm and Commitment. Many people prefer to work together in organisations for a common purpose. This is where Fareham Community Action hopes to help....

Organisations which recruit Volunteers can submit their Volunteering Opportunities to the database <click here>. held in the Volunteer Centre.

People who offer time will be offered all the opportunities to select the ones they are most interested in finding out more about. See a selection in this brochure <click here for brochure>

What is the Fareham Volunteer Centre? *Fareham Volunteer Centre aims to link Volunteers with Voluntary Organisations.* The centre has a large number of tasks on its waiting list and has links with over 40 organisations. Potential Volunteers can look at the 'brochure" of Volunteering Opportunities. There is a job for everyone's skills.
		Recruitment Process After potential volunteers have expressed their interests they are asked to complete an application form. References are taken and a short interview is held. For some voluntary posts further checks about suitability are undertaken.
Training Many voluntary posts involve training, either before becoming a volunteer or as "in-service' training. Support Ongoing volunteer support can be arranged through the Volunteer Bureau, even when the volunteer is placed with another group.
WHAT DO VOLUNTEERS DO ? The work varies enormously. It depends on the interests and abilities of the volunteer. Below are some of the more popular volunteering tasks.
	Help in Charity Shops Befriend the lonely Visit the older persons Help in luncheon clubs Help at day centres Provide information Help with crèches Help at baby clinics Give clerical support		Do shopping for others Provide transport Drive mini buses Do gardening Help with youth groups Train to be advisers or Advocates. Help with flag days Work on a committee to give the administrative support.
There are many organisations which are staffed and run by volunteers. Many are specialised and do not fit in the description s above. In those organisations there are often many different roles. If you want to see some of the many different groups in Fareham please click below.

Volunteer Task Force The Volunteer Centre co-ordinates a whole range of services for the community. This involves arrangements with volunteers who have "signed-up" for particular tasks. These include:- .. Help with:- Gardening Shopping Decorating House Maintenance Someone to visit you for a chat if you are lonely Transport to the shops or hospital If we have no volunteers we may be able to contact someone who is reported to give good service at reasonable rates.			Y

Expression of Interest in Volunteering

Your Name:

Address: Postcode:

Daytime Telephone: Evening Telephone:

email address:

Your Age: Estimate of time available: hours

What sort of voluntary work would you like to do ?

Have you done voluntary work before ?

If yes what voluntary work have you done before ?

If you have a driving licence would you like to do some voluntary driving ?

Would you do minibus training then join the minibus driver "pool" ?

Would you be prepared to use your own car ? (assuming insurance and expenses are in order)

We may have some volunteering opportunities to send to you for your consideration, alternatively one of our volunteer co-ordinators will contact you for a discussion about your interests.

Some volunteering work involves contact with children or vulnerable people; therefore recruitment to such posts would be exempt from the requirements of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1979. In such cases organisations will enquire about previous convictions, even if spent, and will request Disclosure (police checks) and references prior to involvement with the organisation. A previous conviction will not necessarily prevent anyone from being recruited but due consideration will be given in the appointment process; more detail is given in the "Recruitment of Ex-offenders Policy".

CRB checks are conducted by asking you to complete and sign a disclosure application form - but this is at a later stage anyway.

Spam Preventer

Please input this code below, it will not send without it:

Please press the send button to send your information .

Volunteering Application form

if you have a volunteering opportunity in mind then please download the application form and send it to the Bureau.
Vol application form

For links about volunteering wider than Fareham

In Hampshire

www.hampshirevolunteers.org.uk

Phone: 0844 499 40 88

Text to 07982 810 140

Various Volunteering Projects

Nationally

www.do-it.org.uk

Contacting us

If you would rather call in or phone then please click her for full details.