Volunteering

If you have opportunities for volunteers which you would like to advertise on this website please contact admin@mentalhealthsupport.co.uk

Volunteers give freely of their time and expertise in order to make a difference. Volunteering can help you:

Make important networking contacts
Learn or develop skills
Gain work experience
Build self-esteem and self-confidence
Improve health
Help you meet new people
Feel needed and valued
Make a difference in someone’s life
Express gratitude for help you may have received in the past from an organisation
Whether it is important to you to solve a community problem, advance a worth cause or to develop as a person, volunteering offers many benefits in appreciation for the gift of your time and expertise.

Volunteers are people from all walks of life, all ages and stages. What they have in common is the desire to make a difference in their community – and in their own life – by giving of their time and expertise.

Current Opportunities

Website/Newsletter Contributor
Research and write articles and stories, source images or take photographs, provide technical IT support to the website coordinator, share IT skills with other contributors.

Facilitator/Tutor
Run an activity or class based on the skills you have to share with service users. Gaining invaluable experience for self development and helping to increase the self esteem/confidence in service users.

Fundraiser/Awareness Raiser
This is if you would like to organise a fundraising event to help a local charity, whether by doing a table top sale or sponsored physical activity. Or raise awareness of mental health by attending events, public speaking and information stalls.

New Horizons’ Ebay Project/Fundraiser

Volunteer role description

As a volunteer on this project you be involved in maintaining and running the New Horizons’ Ebay shop under the direction of New Horizons’ staff.

The Ebay shop sells products made by the New Horizons’ Art & Craft group for example - scarfs, hats, jewellery, paintings etc. There may also be scope in the future for selling donated goods as income generation for New Horizons.

The role would include-
• Taking photos of products
• Listing items for sale on Ebay
• Tracking sales on Ebay
• Sourcing other market places for sales eg fundraising events

Skills that we are looking for-
• Photography
• IT
• Marketing

New Horizons’ Website & Graphic Design Project
Volunteer role description

The role of volunteer would be to manage a design brief under the direction of the New Horizons’ web site coordinator.
Typical activities may include:
With the website coordinator meet clients to discuss the business objectives and requirements of their job as well as helping to interpret the client's business needs and undertaking the work required.

Skills that we are looking for-
• Photography
• IT
• Graphic design
• Web design and development
• Marketing

New Horizons’ Website & Graphic Design Project
Office Assistant-volunteer role description
The role of the volunteer in this office would be to answer telephone calls, assist with paper work as well as sending paper and electronic mail. The role could also include meeting and greeting clients/customers of the project.
Skills that we are looking for in the volunteers – IT and communication (written and oral)

Call us on 01685 881113 and speak to Claire or email us for further information at: claire.gore@newhorizons-mentalhealth.co.uk

Virtual Volunteers - Wanted

We need Virtual Volunteers to help us with the web site. If you want to research and write articles and stories, source images or take photographs, provide technical IT support to the web site co-ordinator, or share IT skills with other contributors, contact us.

It doesn't matter where you are, as everything can be done by email. Make a difference and join our team!

If you have a few hours to spare each week, why not join our team? Email us for further information at:admin@mentalhealthsupport.co.uk

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