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Action Earth  Environmental Day - Tuesday 30th March

Volunteers needed for a great day of conservation at  Houghton le Spring Cemetery.  Volunteers are needed to help out on Tuesday 30th March 10.00am - 3.00pm.  All volunteers attending will be advised to wear strong boots or shoes and refreshments throughout the day will be provided.

Charity Bike Ride  - Thursday 13th May

Volunteers are needed to help with a sponsored charity bike ride.  The bike ride is available to riders aged 16 - 25 years and will begin at Hetton Country park from 10.00am to 4.00pm and cover a distance of 38 miles mostly off road.

The route will take us from Hetton to Ryhope, Hendon, Roker, Seaburn, back North Sunderland ( town End Farm etc )  under A19 past Nissan to Washington, Eighton Banks to Ayton Washington to  Bournmoor to Rainton Meadows and back to Hetton Park.

There will be a refreshment stop half way  and all volunteer riders need to raise a £5.00 entry fee which will go to charity.

Everyone receives a certificate and refreshments and volunteers are also needed to support riders, marshals,  etc.

The Rainbow Trust looks after families who have either a seriously ill, or terminally ill child.  It helps in two ways.  There is a respite house in Hexham where families can go for complete and spend quality time together.  There are also family support teams where helper go into family's homes to help.

The charity is not government funded and therefore it is essential that funds are obtained by arraigning events such as Supermarket collection, Football match collections, time and distribution collection etc.

The have an charity abseil at the Vermont Hotel in Newcastle which is over the twice the height of the famous Tyne Bridge on Sunday April 25th and are looking for volunteers to help out with the event on the day as well as participate in the Abel. 

Volunteers taking part in the Abel will need be reasonably fit and wear comfortable warm clothing.  A £25 registration fee is required and volunteers will need to raise a further £75 in sponsorship money.  The event will begin at 9.30am in the morning. 

Wearside First Credit Union

Wearside First is a non-profit making financial institution aimed at reducing exclusion and delivering services for local community organisation and for anyone who lives or works within the City of Sunderland

The currently require a volunteer to carry out the role of Counter Clark.  Within this roles volunteers will help to provide information on the credit union and promote a positive image to the credit union to existing and potential customers. Process deposits and withdrawal via the computerised system, reconciling the till, answering the telephone, basic administration duties and taking banking to the bank. 

Volunteers need to be aged 16 plus have good communication and team working skills along with attention to details.  They will also need to have basic numeracy and literacy skills and some experience of cash handling.

All volunteer will undergo a CRB check and be asked to provide to references.

Sue Ryder Care supports people with specialist palliative, end of life and long-term neurological care needs.  Each year we provide 4 million hours of care to people living with cancer, multiple sclerosis, Huntington's disease, Parkinson's disease, Motor Neurone disease, stroke and brain injury.

This charity shop based at Fulwell operates to help raise funds for the Sue Ryder Foundation to provide specialist care.  They currently require volunteers to assist in various roles

Clothing Preparation Volunteer is required to help with sorting and steaming of clothes for display in the shop. Volunteers don’t require any special skills as training will be provided and opportunities exist to be trained in NVQ’s in Retail and Customer Services. Volunteers are expected to attend for 2-3 hours each week for a minimum of 6 months.

Gift Aid Data Entry Volunteers are required to engage with customers and to pass on information about the charity and to assist with the recording of gift aid for eligible donations.  Volunteers should be sociable with good communication skills. Numeracy and literacy are essential, together with an eye for detail. Volunteers are expected to attend for 2-3 hours each week for a minimum of 6 months and again NVQs in Retail and Customer Service can be arranged.

AV Festival 10 Volunteer Information

AV Festival 10, the biennial international festival of electronic arts, including visual art, music and film, returns next year and will take place over 10 days from 5 to 14 March 2010 across the urban centres of Newcastle, Gateshead, Middlesbrough and Sunderland. The programme is curated around the theme of energy and includes over 20 new commissions, 20 exhibitions, 30 performances, 10 film screenings and 3 conferences.

The Festival occupies some of the region's most outstanding cultural venues including mima (Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art), BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art and Tyneside Cinema. In addition, new works have been commissioned for landmark buildings including the Civic Centre Carillon Bell Tower, Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens and the north tower of the iconic Tyne Bridge in Newcastle. The theme of energy is examined from different perspectives, ranging from kinetic, sound, light and electromagnetic energy to the spiritual and human.

We are looking for motivated and enthusiastic volunteers from across the whole region to get involved with all aspects of the festival. The success of the festival depends on the astounding support of the volunteer team.

We’re looking for volunteers...

with a wide range of skills and experience

from all backgrounds , at least 16 years of age

who are able to commit to a minimum of 5 shifts, ranging right up to the whole festival

who are enthusiastic, committed and flexible

have an interest in culture and the arts

know the North East region

who are confident, outgoing and friendly

We will provide festival volunteers with...

Induction and Training, support from the volunteer coordination team, some food and travel expenses, v volunteer closing party.

AV Festival Volunteering Tasks

Here are just some of the tasks you will be able to get involved with as a festival volunteer, if you have a particular interest in one area of the festival or experience you think is relevant, please let us know and we will do our best to match your skills and experience to your role as a festival volunteer.

Event assistance Taking responsibility for festival hospitality, ticketing, ushering, invigilation and assisting the festival team at previews, openings and VIP events

Artist liaison Looking after festival artists and VIPs

Documentation Photographing, blogging, filming and podcasting festival events

Market research Conducting audience research

Marketing assistance Promotional support, e-marketing and social media support

Technical assistance Helping with the installation and running of exhibitions and events

Administration Supporting the festival team in the day-to-day operations of the festival

Nightstop North East helps young people who are in immediate housing crisis by providing safe accommodation in the homes of volunteers called "hosts." Initially for one night, we also help young people to look at their longer term housing options with the help of an experienced project worker.

They currently require volunteers in the Sunderland area to help out in two different roles.

The first is a volunteer host who will provide a room in their home for a homeless young person to stay in overnight as a safe alternative to sleeping on the streets. They will also provide breakfast and an evening meal. Volunteers will liaise with the Project Team on a regular basis and attend periodic reviews and training.  To become a volunteers for this role you should have a basic understanding of young peoples issues with an ability to relate to young people on a one to one, non judgmental basis. You will also need a spare room available for young propel referred by the Scheme at short notice. Volunteers will be prepared to participate in training when required.

The second is volunteer drivers who will provide transport for the young people using the service to enable them to access the accommodation.  The driver will meet the young person at a pre arranged meeting point and on arrival at the host's home, introduce the young person to their host.

Volunteers for this role will require a full current driving licence with permission to drive motor vehicles in the UK, the use of a mobile telephone during volunteering hours, the ability to relate to young people on a one to one, non judgmental basis and the time to spare up to two evenings per week.

Wanted – Passionate people to help Victim Support with new initiative!

Most people are aware of Victim Support, but ask someone what we do and you will often meet blank looks. People often don’t know we are a charity who needs vital funds to support a range of services that positively impact communities throughout the country. We are therefore looking for volunteers to help us to increase local knowledge and raise those much needed funds.

These new volunteers will assist us in reaching into communities by helping us to shape our fundraising focus. We need motivated, enthusiastic and fun people who can help us take our ideas and grow them into community events, therefore bringing in the support and awareness we require. We need people who have a passion for making a difference, can be very well organised, are articulate and can be innovative in their approach. If this sounds like you – you can help us to create and organise a calendar of events, be an ambassador by engaging with community groups, create e-letters and other marketing material that shout’s about what we do and inevitably help us to sustain, enhance and grow a service that supports on average 1.5 million victims and witnesses of crime per year.

Volunteers wanted to light up wall

WEARSIDERS have the chance to help light up Hadrian's Wall.

Organisers are looking for 500 people to help create the lights, which will stretch from one side of Britain to the other.

Each of the volunteer illuminators will be part of a small team responsible for lighting one of the 500 individual points of light that will be placed at 250m intervals along the route of the 84-mile long Hadrian's Wall Path National Trail on March 13.

The first of the lights will be illuminated at Segedunum Roman Fort at Wallsend, North Tyneside, and each of the other lights will then be lit in sequence with the line of light reaching Bowness-on-Solway on the Cumbrian coast about an hour later.

The NSPCC require volunteers to help with fundraising days at B & Q stores across Sunderland and Washington on Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th April. Volunteers will be required to stand at the entrance with an NSPCC collecting bucket and smile brightly at shoppers for an hour, or however long you can give, collecting donations from shoppers and handing out stickers to those who donate.  Just an hour of your time could raise a considerable amount of vital funding for the NSPCC and our services such as ChildLine, where it costs us £4 to answer a call from a worried child.  1 in 3 calls is going unanswered because we lack funding – please give up just an hour or more of your time to help us be there for more children.

(B&Q at Deptford, Sunderland, B&Q at Ryhope Road, Sunderland, B&Q at Armstrong Industrial Estate, Washington)

Volunteering with the Driving Service

Volunteer drivers using their own cars are needed to transport older people who will be using the Volunteer Centres Driving Service (for full info clivk here).

Drivers must be in good health, have fully comprehensive insurance a clean driving license and be ed 22 years plus with 5 years driving experience.  All out of pocket expenses will be reimbursed.