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Fareham September 2017

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t the close of summer thoughts turn to the longer nights and colder months ahead and how we will be spending our time. It’s a great time to start a new volunteering activity and we have hundreds of roles to offer, at Volunteer Centre One Community, and those on these pages are just a few of them. To find out more please contact us on 023 8090 2458, volunteer@1community.org.uk, or look online at www.do-it.org. You can arrange to meet for a chat with staff to discuss the volunteering opportunities that might suit you, drop into our One Community shop, 55 Osborn Mall, Fareham Shopping Centre, from 18 September 2017. Alternatively, come to one of our regular outreach sessions (see below), or visit our stand at our: Community Connection Event Fareham Podium, Wednesday 27 September, 10am-2pm If you could spare an hour or two a week to visit an isolated person, we are recruiting volunteers for our Visiting Scheme across the boroughs of Fareham and Eastleigh. If you are interested please get in touch using the contact details above. You may also like to attend our Open Morning: One Community Visiting Scheme Information Session, Tuesday October 17, 10am-12 noon, Lakeside Centre, Lakeside Country Park, Wide Lane, Eastleigh SO50 5PE No obligation, just refreshments and information

One Community Outreach

One Community’s Pop-Up Shop 55 Osborn Mall, Fareham Shopping Centre

GRAND OPENING by Mayor of Fareham Cllr Geoff Fazackarley Monday 18 September, 11am Mayor arrives 11.30am Refreshments served—all invited Come and find out about One Community

Highlands Hub, 103 Highlands Road, Fareham PO15 6HZ, Thursday 7 September, 10am-12pm.

Stubbington Library, Stubbington Lane, Stubbington PO14 2PP, on the second Friday of every month 10am-12 noon (8 September).

Fareham Library, Osborn Road, Fareham PO16 7EN, on the second Monday of every month, 10am-12 noon (11 September).

Fareham Shopping Centre, Monday 11 September, 10am-4pm.

Portchester Library, West Street, Portchester PO16 9TX, on the second Wednesday of every month 10am-12 noon (13 September).

One Community Shop Opening, 55 Osborn Mall, Fareham Shopping Centre, Monday 18 September, 11am.

Community Connection Event, Fareham Podium, Wednesday 27 September, 10am-2pm.

Produced by Volunteer Centre One Community, 16 Romsey Road, Eastleigh SO50 9AL Tel 023 8090 2458

Community Connectors Volunteering in the One Community Shop One Community’s shop unit in Fareham Shopping Centre is a one stop shop for support, health awareness, volunteering opportunities and general information. We're looking for volunteers to talk to anyone who visits the shop and deal with enquiries. You will either direct them to the support that they need locally or register them for local volunteering opportunities.

We need volunteers with a welcoming nature and good people skills. You'll be best suited to this role if you enjoy helping people.

All training and support will be given. Shifts are from 10am-1pm or 1pm-4pm, Monday to Saturday.

Dog Trainer Assistants Volunteers are needed to assist dog owners who have Mental Health Conditions with the practical aspects of training their Guides for the Mind Dogs.

Helping them gain and utilise the skills to train their dogs in an array of behaviours in a range of environments, so their dogs can provide emotional support and help mitigate the disabling symptoms of their conditions. Volunteers will also help support, encourage and motivate owners as they undertake the Guides for the Mind Dog Training Programme, helping them to grow in confidence, skills and independence, so they are able to partake in everyday activities and achieve their goals in life. Tasks and Responsibilities include:  Training dog owners and dogs together  Demonstrating to dog owners techniques to teach their dogs to undertake an array of obedience tasks such as sit, down, stop, stay, under, walk calmly on a lead in pace with the handler, touch, target, food refusal and more in a range of environments  Guiding, mentoring, and encouraging owners as they perform training steps demonstrated by you to teach their dogs the necessary behaviours/skills and work their way through the Guides for the Mind Dog Training Volunteering Matters Page 2

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Programme Accompanying dog owners and their dogs to parks, shops, places that serve food etc. as they socialise and teach their dogs to feel comfortable and behave appropriately in such environment Observing dogs' body language to check they are enjoying training, comfortable with their environment & recognising signs of stress and adjusting the environment and or training to relieve it Observing dogs' physical conditions to check that they are being properly cared for Listening to and observing dog owners' behaviour and body language to help ensure that they are comfortable and not becoming overwhelmed or stressed in any way and if they are stopping training and helping them cope Seeking permission from proprietors to allow Guides for the Mind Dogs in Training on their premises Providing support for client-dog partnerships Completing work and progress forms for clients and their dogs Completing feedback forms about the project

One Community Visiting Scheme

Loneliness is an easily preventable killer. We need volunteer visitors to visit socially isolated people across the boroughs of Eastleigh and Fareham.

You only need to visit in your locality and you only need to commit to eight visits a time, so as a volunteering opportunity it fits easily around other commitments. Full training and support is given and mileage of 45p per mile is paid. This role is subject to a DBS check.

In just an hour or two you can make a huge difference to the life of another.

The Brickworks Bursledon

Swanwick Lakes Nature Reserve

Learning and Outreach Volunteer Bursledon Brickworks is looking to provide more family, school and adult activities at the museum.

Learning & Outreach volunteers will assist with delivering an outreach programme and help develop and deliver a fun and educational programme of activities linked to Bursledon Brickworks, which will tell the story of brickworking. The Learning and Outreach volunteers will be supervised and supported by the museum Learning Officer.

This role is subject to a DBS check. No unaccompanied under 18s

Sunday Event Day Helper The Brickworks has a special event Sunday once a month. Could you help in the cafe, with car parking or assisting the general public? Perhaps you could have a go at demonstrating brick making? Ideally event helpers should be people who enjoy meeting the public and are willing to put their hand to anything. The museum is open to the public 11am4pm on a Sunday from April - November.

Engineering Volunteer An engineering volunteer is needed to help maintain and run the historic steam engines at the museum, as part of a team, and to talk to visitors about them. The volunteer would need some knowledge of engines and working machinery, be able to work as part of a team, and have a commitment to safety.

Collections and Archive Volunteers Could you help care for and catalogue the fantastic collection of objects related to Bursledon Brickworks, brickmaking in Britain and other clay based industries, which are housed at the museum. It is a very varied collection, from chimney pots to photographs, bricks to books and spades to steam engines.

To make the collections more accessible to the public, and for research, help is needed with organising the objects, record keeping and collections care. Collections Volunteers will be supervised and supported by the Collections Manager.

The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust has opportunities for volunteers at Swanwick Lakes Nature Reserve (travel expenses are reimbursed).

Education Volunteer This role is ideal for someone with experience of primary school aged children. Volunteers can choose between: Facilitating a class of primary school children, 15-20 in number. This means working within the direction of the HIWWT using their workshop templates to educate, inspire and involve all members of the group – regardless of ability and age.

Various topics are used and all preparations are done prior to the day.

Assisting with a class – working with the children to complete their tasks as a team, monitoring the group and the individuals as well as laying out papers/equipment/ topics and helping to clear away.

The days run 8.30am-3pm and a debrief following the lesson is carried out between staff/volunteers.

Gardening Volunteer Within the Nature Reserve, adjacent to the education centre, is a small garden which some time ago would have been a cottage garden. A volunteer is needed once a week to come and look after it. Initially the volunteer may have to bring it back to health.

The gardening volunteer would need to be happy to work alone and regularly able to liaise with the reserve team to follow their vision for the area. All tools are provided and support given.

Flexible days/times. Over 18s only.

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For further information 023 8090 2458

Find all our opportunities on www.do-it.org

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Gate Volunteer for AFC Portchester AFC Portchester is looking for a friendly, outgoing person to work in the ticket booth on a First Team match day. You will need to be on the turnstile from 1pm on Saturdays until half time (3.45pm), and from 6pm for midweek games until half time at 8.30pm. The football club is looking for a responsible, mature person with good interpersonal skills.

Highlands Hub Helper More volunteers are needed at The Hub Community Centre in Highlands Road, North Fareham. The Hub runs a small community cafe with five internet stations and three small rooms for agency and charity hire. At present opening hours are Tuesday to Friday 9am to 4pm and Saturday 10am to 1pm.

The role would include manning the cafe/till, with full training and support provided. Should anyone have computer expertise there could be a role there too, keeping the computers running and helping customers with their IT needs.

volunteer@1community.org.uk

Website www.1community.org.uk

Registered charity number 1052978

Company limited by guarantee 3132524

Citizens Advice Bureau Fareham— Receptionists & Administration Support As the first friendly face the clients see you would be the first point of contact at Fareham CAB, where receptionists play an integral part in the provision of help to a wide variety of people, and assist and support the CAB advisers.

In addition to being the public face of the bureau, tasks include greeting clients, providing basic information and booking appointments.

There are also additional roles to these tasks that can be taken on if you are interested.

Volunteer Centre One Community Funded in Fareham by Fareham Borough Council