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ACE - Free Money!  (CV)

Do you have a great idea for a volunteering project but don’t have the funds to take it further? ACE can help you!  Your project can be about pretty much anything as long as it benefits the community in some way.

You can choose the issues you want to tackle and plan how you will do this. You might want to create a DVD to raise awareness of a particular issue or run an event to raise money for a particular cause. All you need is a good idea and a group of people aged 16-25 to take it forward.

Your group will work together on your project for two sessions a week over 12 weeks (these can be inside or outside term time) and receive assistance and funds from a dedicated support worker.

• Aged 16-25
• Team worker
• Dedicated to a particular cause
• Passionate about change

• HUU registration form and induction
• Application form
• Informal meeting

Holy Trinity Church (CV)

Holy Trinity Church in town is 700 years old and England’s largest parish church. The church attracts many visitors and volunteer guides are needed to welcome members of the public, conduct group tours (including some schools groups) and answer any questions they may have. Some visitors to the church may also need someone to talk to or pray with (volunteers only do this if they are comfortable with it).
This would be an ideal role if you have an interest in architecture or local history or just if you enjoy meeting new people.

Volunteers are needed from 10am to 4pm Tuesday to Friday and volunteers are asked to come in for 1½ hours a week for around 12 weeks.  You can volunteer term time only if you wish.

• Friendly and approachable
• Sympathetic to the ethos of the church
• Sympathetic to the different needs of visitors
• Warm-blooded - the church can get quite cold!

• HUU registration form and induction
• Information pack
• Informal meeting to discuss role
• On the job training and shadowing of existing volunteers.

HERIB - Hull and East Yorkshire Institute for the Blind (CV)

HERIB’s purpose is to help and support the needs of people of all ages with sight loss in the local area. There are lots of areas where students can get involved including:
• marketing the organisation and its services
• IT mentoring to help visually impaired people access computers
• befriending by phone, email or in person
• helping in sports and leisure (eg going out with the tandem cycling group).

The centre is based near Lidl on Beverley Road and transport will be provided if you need to go into the East Riding. Volunteering hours are flexible and generally fall Monday to Friday between 9am and 5pm. Volunteers are asked to give whatever time they can to help out and can volunteer term time only if they wish.

• Excellent communication skills
• Enthusiastic
• Patient
• Good interpersonal skills

• HUU registration form and induction
• Information pack
• Informal chat
• CRB check
• Induction
•  Training  (Volunteers can undergo free OCN-accredited training.)

St Andrew's Children's Hospice Charity Shop (CV)

St Andrew’s is a children’s hospice in Grimsby which provides specialist care for children (like Max, left) and young people with life-limiting conditions and illnesses. The emotional support the hospice gives to the parents during the child’s lifetime continues after the child dies. It is wholly dependent on voluntary donations and the income from its charity shops to provide this valuable service.
Volunteers are needed to help in the shop on Newland Avenue. Duties include keeping the shop tidy, sorting donated goods and serving customers. The shop is open Monday to Saturday and volunteers are asked to do one four hour shift a week for at least three months.  You can volunteer term time only if you wish.

• Good customer care skills
• Good communication skills
• Organised
• Friendly and approachable
• Trustworthy

• HUU registration form and induction
• Application form
• Interview
• Two references
• Shop induction.

British Red Cross (CV)

The British Red Cross is the largest humanitarian movement in the world and they don’t just do first aid. Volunteers are needed for the International Tracing and Messaging Service which helps reunite asylum seekers and refugees with their families and missing relatives.
You could also help people who have just come out of hospital and with fundraising for the valuable work the organisation does.

Training is given and volunteering takes place Monday to Thursday from 10am to around 2-3pm. Volunteers are asked to give three or four hours a week over a flexible period of six months (you can volunteer term time only if you like).

• Enthusiastic and motivated
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• IT skills
• Committed

•  HUU registration form and induction
• Chat with project coordinator to discuss the role and its responsibilities
• Application form
• Two references
• Interview
• Shadowing of existing staff and volunteers over a two week period

Apologies - this project is now full

Dove House Hospice (CV)

Dove House Hospice provides palliative care to adults with life-limiting conditions such as cancer and motor-neurone disease. To help enhance the patients’ quality of life volunteers are needed in all sorts of areas ranging from gardening in the hospice grounds to fundraising and marketing.

The Dove House charity shops help bring in the funds needed for the hospice and volunteers are also needed to help people in the shop on Bev Road and sort through donated goods in the warehouse - some will go to the shops and more valuable items will be sold in the eBay store.

Volunteering times are flexible and volunteers are asked to give whatever time they can spare.  You can volunteer term time only if you wish.

• Friendly and enthusiastic
• Able to work as part of a team
• Happy to get stuck in!
• An eye for treasure (warehouse volunteering!)

• HUU registration form and induction
• Application form (available from the office)
• Informal interview
• Two references
• Ongoing training (depending on the role)

Website Designers Needed! (CV)

Poppleton Community Railway Nursery (the horticultural kind) is looking for someone to design and build a website from scratch. It is a not-for-profit company which aims to use horticultural skills as part of the rehabilitation process, typically for adults who have suffered from a mental breakdown.

• IT skills
• Experienced website designer
• Willing to update finished site from time to time

• HUU registration form and induction
• Initial chat about website requirements

RSPCA Centre (CV)

The RSPCA Centre on Clough Road would welcome volunteers for a number of roles, including meeting and greeting, fundraising, helping on reception, events organisation and home visiting for potential pet adopters.  

There is also the possibility that volunteers may be able to do hands on work with the animals.  (However, as they are a small centre, they cannot always guarantee that volunteers will be able to do this.)

Volunteers should be available to help out for at least a couple of hours a week and can volunteer term time only if they wish. 

• Reliable and committed
• Passionate about animal welfare
• Previous experience with animals would be preferred if you hope to work with them

• HUU registration form and induction
• Application form
• Two referees
• Informal interview

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