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ValueYou – Free Discount Cards for Long Serving Volunteers

ValueYou is a charity which provides free discount cards to long serving volunteers who have volunteered over 100 hours within the past 12 months. The card is free and is a way of saying ‘Thank you’ to volunteers for their hard work.

The ValueYou initiative started in London, where it currently runs in eighteen Boroughs with more than 650 independent high street businesses taking part. There are a wide range of independent businesses offering discounts, such as cafes, hair & beauty salons, book stores and much more, which offer a minimum of 10% discount to cardholders, and several businesses that offer discounts of up to 25% off on online purchases.

Volunteers can use our online application forms if they volunteer for a registered charity, a hospital, school, library, parks service and some non-registered charitable organisations: To apply, you will need to provide the email address for the person that manages your volunteering to use the online application form. If you don’t have this email us at coordinator@valueyou.org .

Our initiative partners with local independent businesses who want to give by offering a discount to our volunteer members. Membership is free of charge, and our work helps to encourage people to shop locally and support small businesses. We first launched the scheme in Ealing in February 2014, and we’ve steadily been adding new areas to where our services are being offered.

For more information or to apply, visit www.valueyou.org or contact us on coordinator@valueyou.org .

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Let Furloughed Charity Staff Volunteer for Their Own Organisations

Baroness Tyler and 14 cross-party members of the House of Lords have written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer seeking urgent clarification of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to allow charity employees to volunteer for their organisation Find out more.

 

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Community Care – Fulham Volunteer Network

Please see the following message from Ross at Community Care:

“Community Care is borne out of St Eth’s and is a local-to-Fulham volunteer run network, with a mission to provide a safe door-door delivery service for those in self-isolation during COVID-19. Since mid-March, our team of over 300 volunteers have successfully delivered hundreds of shopping runs to those in isolation, but we want to do more.

Now we have officially extended our service to support all key workers, including NHS staff, teachers and more, with the support of our MP Greg Hands.

Please help share our message. If you are a key worker or self-isolated, or know someone who is, let’s make sure no one goes without during COVID-19.

For more information on how to get involved, donate, or to get help, please visit our website
www.communitycarelondon.com

It’s ok to ask for help. Our own members have utilised our service, and by doing so, have supported the governments ‘stay at home’ campaign.

For those who would prefer to shop for themselves, we have developed a list of all other local delivery services.”

 

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WAND UK Social Media Volunteer Role

Where: Kensington & Chelsea / Hammersmith and Fulham / Westminster

Role tiltle: Social media Volunteer

Commitment: 3- 4 hours a week

Women Association for Networking & Development is a small charity based in the Greenfield area and is actively working in a number of London boroughs, currently running regular activities and supporting over 400 vulnerable women, disadvantaged young girls and families in Kensington & Chelsea, Hammersmith & Fulham and Westminster. Our aims are to empower women to become agents for their own change, increase visibility for disadvantaged young girls, and raise awareness of their struggle for equality in our communities in London. Read more

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Could you Volunteer Some time to Help a Young Person?

As you can imagine, with schools closed, Spark! has cancelled all work experience and employability events until further notice for the safety of our students, work experience hosts and volunteers – we know thousands of young people will miss out! However, it’s not all sad news, the team are creating some virtual activities and we need your help to get it going.

We are currently looking at supporting young people’s careers education virtually. Would you or a colleague be willing to volunteer and help a young person achieve their ambitions? This may include conducting a virtual mock interview or mentoring a young person.

If so, please email us to volunteer <mailto:info@sparklondon.org?subject=Virtual%20volunteering>  and pass our details on to colleagues looking for volunteering opportunities, or if you’d like to have a chat please call to find out more on 07852470177.

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Volunteering

Both the local authority through the H&F Community Aid Network (www.lbhf.gov.uk/hfcan) and the NHS offer volunteering opportunities, or you may have a local Mutual Aid Group that you could contact to help our nearby residents (https://covidmutualaid.org/).

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How Can Bishop Creighton House Help You During Covid-19?

Working alongside the rest of the voluntary and charity sector in Hammersmith & Fulham at this time, Homeline at BCH is offering support through its staff and local volunteers to residents who don’t have friends or family close by to help them.

Professionals can refer residents in need of support with loneliness or shopping support to us.  Email homeline@creightonhouse.org

Ways we can help you:

  • Volunteers can make regular friendly phone calls two or three times a week where an older person can ask for help if you need it. Staff follow up these calls daily.
  • Volunteers can do shopping for older, vulnerable people.We will take payment (where possible) over the phone later based on a receipt.
  • Volunteers can collect urgent supplies or prescriptions
  • We can provide useful local information about what support is available
  • Staff can make referrals for further support if needed

Call 0207 385 9689 option 1/ email homeline@creightonhouse.org

Ways residents can help us:

Volunteer with us

We are still looking for local volunteers who are willing and able to go out to do a small shop for an elderly neighbour. We also need volunteers with the internet and a phone who can log into a cloud database and make telephone befriending calls on a weekly basis for us.

Email jradusinovic@creightonhouse.org to enquire about volunteering with us.

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Healthwatch H&F: Job Vacancy & Volunteering Roles

Healthwatch Hammersmith & Fulham is now recruiting for a permanent Operations Manager to lead the delivery of the service. Click here.

Healthwatch Hammersmith & Fulham is the independent champion for people who use health and social care services. We exist to ensure that people are at the heart of care. We listen to what people like about services, what could be improved and we share their views with those with the power to make change happen.

Healthwatch Hammersmith and Fulham is also looking to establish a Shadow Committee of local people to help lead and guide our workplan. We are looking for individuals with local knowledge, experience, and a real passion for helping local people get the best out of their local health and social care services.

You will be responsible for helping to guide the future of Healthwatch Hammersmith and Fulham and establishing the basis for building a large local membership from all communities entitled to health care in the Borough. Healthwatch Hammersmith and Fulham needs strong leadership to enable it to make a real difference.

We expect the Shadow Committee to complete its work in 3-6 months after which it will hand over the new long term Healthwatch Hammersmith and Fulham Committee. We would expect there to be a considerable overlap between the membership of the Shadow Committee and the future arrangement.

Please see the role or the permanent committee member as an example of key tasks and responsibilities here.

If you are interested in joining the Healthwatch Hammersmith & Fulham Shadow Committee please email marzena@healthwatchhf.co.uk or call 0203 8860 830 to request an application pack.

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Volunteering Matters

Do you currently have volunteers who aren’t able to do what they usually do for you? If so, and they’re able to, Volunteering Matters are coordinating the volunteering efforts of the sector and are asking for yours and their help. Find out more and sign up.

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Volunteers Still Needed for West London Business Support Helpline!

West London Business has launched a dedicated business support helpline to field queries from local businesses that are struggling to navigate support from government and banks, as well as siginificant business change.
Our evolving resources at coronavirus.westlondon.com, in tandem with the knowledge from a team of skilled and experienced home-based volunteers, are supporting business in the sub-region like never before.

We’re still recruiting volunteeers looking to make a real difference in supporting your local business community and provide business leaders with the information they need to make informed decisions at this testing time. If you have experience suitable for any of the roles below and have time to help from home, please contact us today.

Business Support Volunteer (front-line)
Are you an experienced business professional who can help answer business owners/ managers queries over the phone? Find out more

**NEW** Business Support Volunteer (second-line)
If your talents are better suited to aiding follow-up queries and support, we’re looking to bridge the gap between the Information & Research Volunteer team and the Front Line support volunteers. Find out more

Volunteer Information & Research Officers (Limited vacancies remain)
Are you able to help us identify and interpret the details of the latest government support in this fast-moving crisis? Find out more

 

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