Home-Start Reading is a small local charity working across Reading to support families with young children through challenging times.
Could you help a local family get through difficult times and thrive?
Home-Start volunteers visit families in their own homes for a few hours, once a week, to provide them with the support.
You’d help enable parents to develop the confidence, skills and community links they need for their children to flourish, through support, friendship and practical help.
If you’re a kind, empathetic person who’s good with children and can spare a couple of hours a week, this could be a rewarding opportunity for you. The training is mainly online and self-paced, but with three in-person sessions to consolidate the learning.
The next ones are coming up on April 16, 23 and 30l. If you’re interested, please get in touch with Marion on: 0118 956 0050 or email: marion@home-start-reading.org.uk.
Healthwatch Reading is the independent champion for people who use health and social care services.
It is here to make sure that those running services put people at the heart of care, with the purpose to understand the needs, experiences and concerns of people who use health and social care services and to speak out on their behalf.
It is looking for volunteers to help with community engagement.
You will play a vital role in ensuring that people across Reading are engaged, listened to, and provided with an avenue to share their views and experiences of local health and social care services.
Tasks include: Reaching out to different communities across the borough, Planning engagement activities with other volunteers and Healthwatch staff, Talking to and gathering the views of local people and reporting back to Healthwatch staff, and more.
Refugee Support Group’s mission is to improve the lives of Refugees and people seeking asylum, providing support, advice, promotion, awareness and facilitating integration for the local community.
Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of young learners from diverse backgrounds? The Refugee Support Group is seeking volunteers to support the work of their Homework Club, empowering children of asylum seekers and refugee families in their academic journey.
In your role, you will work collaboratively with staff at Refugee Support Group, a team of Homework Club volunteers and two Reading schools whose pupils are the facilitators of the academic activities for the children.
The Homework Club sessions are currently twice a week (Tuesdays and Thursdays) from 4 to 5pm at RISC in London Street.
Take a look at our brand new 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.
