Volunteer Telford

Telford & Wrekin Council is advertising for more volunteers to join the Independent Appeal Panel dealing with primary and secondary school admissions and exclusion reviews. It is a requirement that the Local Authority’s School Admission Authority provides arrangements for appeals against decisions not to allow a child to attend a school or regarding a decision to exclude a child from a school within Telford and Wrekin.

The role

Admission panels comprise of three members to hear and determine appeals by parents who are not happy with the decision made about their child’s school placement. The panel is independent of the education authority and draws on a pool of lay and independent members to sit on particular appeals. This is an essential role that provides impartiality of decisions for parents and children in Telford and Wrekin.

Membership of the panel comprises of:

- People who have experience in education, who are acquainted with educational conditions in the local authority area, or who are parents of registered pupils in school. This can include current or previous head teachers, teachers, governors or parents

- Lay people, someone without personal experience in the management of any school or provision of education in any school except as a school governor or in another voluntary capacity.

Arleston Community Centre in Wellington is a trustee and volunteer led facility in the heart of the community of Arleston. We hire space to a wide range of community groups and organisations, along with individuals looking to hire event space.

We are looking for more volunteers to support with Booking & Administration of the centre.  We are completely self-funding and income from our hirers allows us to succeed.

Wellington orbit are looking for Cinema Steward volunteers.

Role:

- Checking tickets

- Escorting people to seats

- Helping in servery as required

- Using a App on a Tablet to scan tickets

- Talking to customers

- Upselling what we are and have here

Cinema Steward shifts are around 1 hour around the start of the performance times so

11 am show will be 10.30 – 11.30

2.30pm show will be 2.00 – 3.00

7pm show will be 6.30 - 7.30

5 days a week but we will be increasing to 7 day screenings at the end of September 2021

Location: 

Wellington Orbit  1 Station Road, Wellington TF1 1 BY

Benefits:

Being part of a great team

Increasing confidence

Learning front of house

Customer service and barista skills.

Training: 

No training is needed prior to starting but an interview and a trial shift would be required.

We are a Christian charity that collects unwanted usable tools, refurbishes them, sorts them into trade tool kits and sends them to the developing world for livelihood creation.

Tool Ambassador Volunteers

The main role of a Tool Ambassador is to be our first contact in their local community. Our Tool Ambassadors are the people that members of the public contact to donate tools.

Our Tool Ambassadors collect the donated tools, load them into boxes (easy to get from supermarkets), and store them ready for one of our vans to collect. They then arrange with their local Van Manager for them to be collected by a TWAM van

What are we looking for?

Tool Ambassadors need to be enthusiastic about what we do and the transforming power of tools. Many people donating tools do so following bereavement, so we need sensitive people willing to stop and talk, rather than rush off. In others words, kind and friendly people!

What will you be do?

Members of the public will contact you via email or phone.

We will give you a TWAM email that goes on our website and will only give out your phone number to people who ring our office (because they may not use email).

You can then arrange to either pick the tools up from them, or have them dropped off at your house, whichever you prefer.

You will then need to store them until the TWAM van comes to you to collect them. This can either be on a rota basis, or when you ring  your named Van Manager to ask for a collection.

Many collectors also promote themselves in local magazines and notice boards.

What difference will you make?

This is an incredibly rewarding role as you get to meet the general public and share with our story with them. Many are so grateful that we are taking their tools rather than seeing them go to landfill. You’ll get a real buzz from many of the collections.

Volunteer benefits

You’ll be joining a great team and will enjoy the visits from the TWAM Van Teams and the invitations to volunteer days. You will also receive a TWAM polo-shirt and fleece.