St Mungo’s is a charity dedicated to ending homelessness.
Volunteers play a crucial role in helping people recover from homelessness and the experience, skills and knowledge they bring make a real difference to the lives of people they work with.
Right now St Mungo’s are looking for a Polish Language Translation Volunteer.
In this role, you will help their teams build trust with clients, translating information for the street homeless population who has Polish as a first language.
Also, you will support face-to-face translations for our clients with Polish as their first language.
This will usually take place on a Wednesday morning at a Wellbeing Clinic from 10am-11.30am, but the project is flexible with this timing/day.
The League of Friends of Berkshire Hospitals is a Berkshire charity supporting staff and patients at the Royal Berkshire Hospital and Wokingham Hospital.
They raise money for projects to improve the experience for those receiving treatment, visitors, medical staff, and others who work at the hospital.
They are seeking a handful of volunteer waiters or servers to join them and help keep their kiosks running smoothly.
The times they require an extra hand will be between Friday and Tuesdays, 10am-5pm, the days and times can be discussed according to the applicant’s availability.
Tasks include: Serving cakes and drinks both hot and cold training will be provided, cleaning down of the kiosk at the end of the shift, stock rotation, setting up of the kiosk (this will involve a bit of lifting), money handling and more.
Enrych Berkshire is an organisation that provides people with disabilities extra support to help them to enjoy hobbies, interests and activities of their choosing.
It is recruiting a volunteer to support a member who previously suffered a stroke and lives near Reading West Station.
They would appreciate somebody to accompany them outside on short walks in the local area.
They use a wheelchair for any distance.
Alternatively, volunteers can assist them in the garden on small tasks such as light weeding while enjoying a chat.
Take a look at our Reading Volunteer Connect platform for details of these and many more opportunities to volunteer via our website, www.rgneeds.me. Want to get in touch? Drop us an email at volunteering@rva.org.uk or call 0118 937 2273.
