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Volunteers & Staff
On this page you will find the following information:
*
Youth Volunteering -
How to get involved
* Youth Volunteering - What’s in it for
you?
* Getting
involved & volunteering opportunities
* Benefits of volunteering
* Volunteering appreciation
* Volunteering appreciation
- Volunteer of the Month Gallery
* Current newsletter
* Archive
* Staff
* Staff - Staff vacancies
Welcome to the Volunteers & Staff pages of
our
website. Read
on to find out more about great
ways to get involved
at TVYP.
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To find out about the many different volunteering
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opportunities
and
benefits for
young people,
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go to
Youth Volunteering.
* If you are not a young person and would like
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to know more
about
volunteering at Teme
*
Valley Youth Project, go to
Getting
involved &
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volunteering opportunities.
* To read about the many benefits of
*
volunteering, go to
Benefits of Volunteering
* To find out about volunteer appreciation,
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social events, awards
and accreditation,
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go to
Volunteering Appreciation.
* Why not have a look at the
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Volunteer of the Month
Gallery?
* To find out all the latest news and
*
information from TVYP, check out
the
Current Newsletter.
* For past newsletters, photos and event
*
information, you can go
to the
Archive.
* If you would like to find out more about the current staff team
at Teme Valley Youth
*
Project, and staff vacancies, go to
Staff.
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Youth Volunteering - How to get involved
There are some great ways of getting involved in everything that TVYP has to offer. Most of our club members are also volunteers and help in all kinds of ways at the Centre. You can do as little or as much as you want!
Here are some of the ways young people currently volunteer at TVYP:
First & Seconds:
First & Seconds help to run all youth club sessions at TVYP. Two people (the First and Second) do some basic checks around the Centre before the start of each session. They also set up the refreshments, computer and games and clear away at the end. The ‘First’ is also responsible for the keys during the session. Firsts & Seconds get paid volunteer expenses each time they do these tasks.
Youth Committee:
The Youth Committee at Teme Valley Youth Project is really important and plays a vital role in all workings at the Centre, from hiring staff to programme planning and fundraising. Members must attend a meeting on the first Tuesday of every month and get the chance to decide what trips, events and activities happen. They organize and enjoy a residential and can access some opportunities before other club members to say thanks for their help and to help them do a good job.
Peer Promotion Team:
Just what it says on the tin! Peer Promoters are young people who go out and about to local festivals and events, with support from staff, to promote TVYP to other local young people. In 2007, the team helped to design their own mobile youth zone and T-shirts, and each received accreditation for the work they did, and a free T-shirt to keep!
Organising an event / project:
If you have an idea for an event or project then TVYP can help you make it happen! Whether you want to be part of a bike maintenance workshop; host a cult movie night for your mates; set up a chess tournament - or anything else you can think of! - We will help you to apply for funding, plan, and make your idea a reality.
Here are some other ways you may want to volunteer at TVYP:
Fundraising; making displays and using I.T. equipment; gaining valuable
experience by lending a hand in the office; tidying up; cooking; D.I.Y;
gardening – and almost anything else you can think of!
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What’s in it
for you?
* Certificate of Volunteering – This is
presented each year at the TVYP AGM, and states
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how many hours you spent
volunteering over the past year, and what tasks you
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undertook. This
looks great in your school Record of Achievement book; on your C.V.; on
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a job or college application form; or will count towards a Duke of
Edinburgh Award or
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other nationally recognized award.
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Social events – Barbeques, trips out, residential trips, activities and
fun events. Most
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things are offered free or at a greatly subsidised
rate.
* The chance to be put forward for regional and national volunteering
awards
* Making new mates
* Feeling appreciated and respected
* Helps you feel more confident
* Opens up new avenues for careers and hobbies
* It’s Fun!
To read about more of the benefits of volunteering, go to
benefits of volunteering
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Getting
Involved & Volunteering Opportunities
Volunteering is at the very heart of Teme Valley Youth Project
and our
VIPs (Volunteers in Partnership and Very Important
People) are what make
the Youth and Community Resource
Centre tick.
Anyone
can volunteer at Teme Valley Youth Project, no matter
what your age,
interest or experience.
At TVYP
we are really proud of the fact that we can tailor
volunteering
opportunities to suit the individual’s interests,
skills and needs, from
being a Trustee to serving tea!
To give
you a few ideas about what you might like to do,
here is a list of our
current vacancies:
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Any Skill Volunteer
To work with young people improving
confidence and self
esteem by encouraging new skills. We can often work
a project to fit the skills of volunteers. We would particularly welcome
interest from people with practical DIY, maintenance and
carpentry knowledge.
* Assistant to the Project Manager.
If you can give a couple of hours a week on
a regular basis, this could be the role for you. The opportunity would
involve typing, filing, and general office help for the Project Manager.
* DIY / Maintenance Support
To do
small DIY tasks around the grounds and building of TVYP as and when they
arise.
* Fundraisers
Anyone
with experience in this area is welcomed. Whether you have a talent for
writing funding applications, or would like to organise a coffee
morning, raffle or car boot sale.
* Gardeners
People to
help maintain our garden and keep it looking fresh and colourful. No
experience necessary.
* Healthy Heart ambassadors
Health
professionals and people interested in heart health to raise awareness
about the programme of events for TVYP’s
Year of the Heart
* I.T.
Support
General
day-to-day maintenance and setting up of the computers in the UK Online
centre
* Promoters
To
represent TVYP at local events and community gatherings, and promote all
the things TVYP can offer young people and the wider community. Also,
required are people to put up posters where they live and give out
flyers to friends and neighbours.
* PR / Publicity support
To help
write articles and press releases, and help with general marketing and
publicity of TVYP
* Receptionist
To
welcome Centre visitors, answer phone calls and help with the day to day
running of the office at TVYP.
* Trustees
From time
to time Teme Valley Youth Project requires Trustees on its Board.
Applicants should have a keen interest in young people’s issues and the
aims and objectives of the charity. At the moment, we would welcome
applications from young people to be Youth Trustees (must be over 18 and
under 26) and candidates (all ages) with expertise in either Legal
or Finance.
* Youth
Committee:
The youth committee currently has vacancies for a Secretary, Treasurer and Vice Treasurer. To be a youth committee member, you must be aged 14-25 and a member of TVYP. Go to Young people.
Other
ways to get involved:
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Join the Friends of Teme Valley Youth
Project (Click
here
to find out more)
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Host a fundraising event on our behalf.
This could be a coffee morning at your own home,
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a sponsored walk or a
community event – anything you like!
* Make a donation / loan – We often make requests for plants, cakes and
items for display
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at events. To find out how to make a monetary
donation, Click
here.
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Attend community events hosted by Teme
Valley Youth Project. (Click here to see
what’s
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coming up soon) Many of the
community events we hold at TVYP are run by young
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volunteers, who are
able to learn, and put into practice, many life skills, at these events.
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The more visitors we get, the better the experience for them!
You can volunteer as little or as much as you want; regularly or as a one off – it’s up to you. We try to be as flexible and helpful as possible when looking after the needs of our volunteers.
If you
would like to find out more about volunteering, or getting involved at
TVYP, contact us and speak to the
Voluntary Programme Development Worker
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People
volunteer for many different reasons. Here are some of the great
ways
you can benefit by volunteering:
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Accreditation.
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At TVYP we keep a record of all the volunteering people do - down to
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the
last minute! We offer in-house accreditation, and can set you up on a
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nationally recognised volunteering programme, if desired.
* Companionship / making new friends
* Confidence building and great for your self esteem
* Support from the Voluntary Programme Development Worker and other
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staff members
* Good for your health and well being
* Learn new skills
* Open up new opportunities and challenges
* Pass on your own knowledge and skills
* Social events - We hold several events for volunteers throughout the
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year including
afternoon teas, volunteering ‘Blitzes’ and barbeques
* Warm feeling inside - which comes from helping someone / doing
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something good for the community
* Work experience / looks good on your C.V. / references
To read
about more of the benefits of volunteering, go to
Youth Volunteering ‘What’s in it for
you?’
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Accreditation:
TVYP keep detailed records of all the volunteering done at, and on behalf of, TVYP. We make certificates for all our young volunteers once a year, detailing how many hours volunteering they have achieved over the past year, and what they did. And we make special mention of our community volunteers, who can also receive a certificate if they wish.
The Voluntary Programme Development Worker is happy to enrol volunteers on a national volunteering scheme if desired.
Appreciation:
We really appreciate the valuable work our VIPs (Volunteers in partnership and VERY Important People) do at TVYP. We like to say THANK YOU as much as we can, by sending cards, putting on social events and keeping volunteers informed about what’s going on at TVYP.
Awards:
In 2007, some of our young volunteers received well deserved regional recognition for the volunteering they do at Teme Valley Youth Project.
Neil Goulding, Sam Bruce, Andrew Evans, Michael Pierzynowski and Laura Dufort collectively won third prize at the Herefordshire Volunteer of the Year Awards for individual volunteering efforts across a wide range of areas from cooking to fundraising and organising events. They received certificates and a cheque for £25.
Laura, Neil and Sam also received Good Citizen Awards from the West Mercia Constabulary, with Sam going forward to a finalist’s gala presentation in October at which he was presented with a cheque for £50 and a pen set.
Andrew received a Young Champion Award from Herefordshire Council for Voluntary Youth Services (HCVYS) for tirelessly volunteering over a number of years at TVYP. Zoe Williams was short listed for an award in the Pride in Herefordshire Awards. And finally, the 2006/7 Youth Committee received a certificate congratulating them for the contribution they have made to the youth group and the wider community from the Nationwide Building Society Awards for Voluntary Endeavour.Back To Top
Volunteer of the Month
Gallery
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Teme Valley Youth Project has one full-time
worker - the Project
Manager who is also the Company Secretary, and
part-time
staff of an administrator (10hr.p.w.), a paid part-time
cleaner
(10hr.p.w.), a Youth Programme Development Worker
(30 hr.p.w.),
a Youth Worker (20 hr.p.w.), three to five
session workers (3-6hr. p.w.),
a Centre Development
Worker (20 hr.p.w.) and a Voluntary Programme
Development Worker (21hr.p.w).
We offer a supportive environment within an
enthusiastic and skilled
team of youth and
community development workers, Trustees
and
volunteers.
We encourage career development and
provide professional supervision and
mentoring to progress personal development.
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