Volunteering is a great way to learn new skills, improve your self confidence, meet new people and build your CV. We can help you to get involved in local community, charity and voluntary projects which will add to your experience of life and help you to develop valuable skills.
Volunteering MMU has a wide range of opportunities for students to get involved in. Here are some examples of opportunities which they can sign post you to.
EMERGE's ‘Fareshare’ programme ensures that fit for purpose food from the food industry is not sent to landfill by redistributing it to community groups working with disadvantaged people across Manchester.
We are looking for marketing assistants to help raise the profile of ‘Fareshare’ North West by designing marketing materials and developing the website; adding content to the website and blog as well as Twitter and Face book.
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Volunteers are required to raise vital funds and increase awareness of the services Victim Support provide in the community.
Tasks include:
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Volunteering opportunities exist in the Lyceum Youth Theatre, supporting the workshop leader. Volunteers will assist in the weekly workshops as well as the variety of performances staged regularly for family and friends. This a great opportunity for anyone wanting to gain experience of working with children in a community arts context, with a focus on age groups 5-7 years, 8-10 years, 11-13 years and 14-18.
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ReachOut! mentoring is based on the idea that ‘together we can’.
A mentor is someone who can be relied on to encourage, help and support a mentee in overcoming challenges, problems and barriers. In return for their time and effort, mentors also learn and gain experience in communication, interpersonal skills and time management.
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This opportunity will provide volunteers with experience of running an office for a busy community based arts cafe. Volunteers are required to support the back office which will involve computer work, filing, taking minutes of meetings, dealing with telephone enquiries and communication across the team. Training will be given as part of this volunteer programme.
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Volunteers are required to build and maintain relationships with young people by facilitating and supervising activities, games and discussion groups. Training will be given as part of this volunteer programme. Volunteers are expected to have a genuine desire to work with young people, to be motivated, enthusiastic and be committed to maintaining standards.
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Aidis are specialists in access technology. When volunteering for Aidis not only do you experience working in a busy technical support environment, but we promise to open your eyes to the way many disabled people access their computers. Aidis has a range of roles available to volunteers who are looking to develop their skills in an IT environment. Volunteers are currently required to work on the help-desk and will need to be confident users of Windows based programmes. Aidis provides full training in both access hardware and software.
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The Manchester Volunteer Sport Bureau is a Sport & Physical Activity Alliance project set up to provide a coordinated approach to volunteering in sport and physical activity across Manchester. The bureau is designed to support people from all backgrounds to have the opportunity to be trained and deployed as volunteers into key areas such as Sports Clubs, Sports Events, Community Activities and Schools.
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This opportunity provides volunteers with the opportunity to work with young people, helping to develop their leadership development skills whilst working alongside local artists, musicians and youth service providers. The school facilitates afternoons of free choice, offering projects ranging from sports, music, drama, art and debating groups. There is also the opportunity for volunteers to gain experience in mentoring and tutoring Key Stage 4 pupils.
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With such a diverse range of opportunities available, you can be sure we have something to meet your needs. So if you can give up a few hours a week and would like to do something for the good of the community whilst gaining valuable work experience, register and check out the opportunities available.