Category: Latest News
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Galloway’s Visual Impairment Awareness Training
Galloway’s are providing Visual Impairment Awareness Training to professionals, volunteers, carers, friends and family. Galloway’s kindly delivered this training in two sessions to attendees at Volunteer Centre Sefton Volunteer Coordinator’s Forum and local volunteers. They provided some top tips for organisations working with volunteers with a visual impairment: If you are interested in attending the…
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Volunteer for Community gardens in Sefton
Volunteering in community gardens in Sefton can be a great way to get involved with your local neighbourhood, learn new skills, and help improve the environment. Sefton has a number of community gardens that welcome volunteers, so there are plenty of opportunities to get involved. Community gardens can have a positive impact on their area…
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Sefton CVS Ukraine Support Initiative
Volunteer Centre Sefton together with Sefton CVS have launched the Ukraine Support Initiative. This two-point project is designed to help Ukrainians living in Sefton to feel more connected to the borough through the use of digital devices and volunteer placements enabling them to improve their health and wellbeing, gain UK work experience, UK references, English…
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The difference volunteering can make: from Formby to Ukraine and back again
Read about how a group men from Formby drove over 1,450 miles to Ukraine and back again six times.
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First-time volunteer experience: Cherish Centre, Southport
Find out how a first-time volunteer got on volunteering with a loneliness charity over the festive season.
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Brighter Living Partnership Telephone Befriending: John’s Story
My name is John, 59, and I’m a Telephone Befriender with the Brighter Living Partnership, based in Southport. Find out more about John’s story…
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Side by Side Volunteer Case Study
William is a 78-year-old male who was diagnosed with Vascular Dementia in 2019. He also has the condition of COPD. He maintains good mobility and enjoys walking and particularly potting around in his shed. He is friendly and sociable and enjoyed being a part of a bowling group but is no longer able to attend.…
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Befriending and Companionship volunteers needed throughout Sefton
Loneliness is considered one of the biggest health challenges in the UK. In 2022, 49.63% of adults (25.99 million people) in the UK reported feeling lonely occasionally, sometimes, often or always. Chronic loneliness has also risen by 1.1% to 3.8 million since 2020, indicating that loneliness levels have not returned to pre-pandemic levels. Loneliness doesn’t…
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Volunteer Celebration Event 2022 – Meet the Community Groups & Organisations!
Find out more about the organisations recognised at our Volunteer Celebration Event for #VolunteersWeek 2022. If you’re interested in volunteering click here to find out more about the latest volunteer roles across Sefton. Wheels for All Wheels for All is a nationally recognised programme that embraces all children and adults with disabilities and differing needs,…
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Volunteer Good News Story: Community Within Communities
People volunteer for many reasons and can get a lot back from it, whether that’s to make new friends, improve or gain skills or give back to their local community. During Volunteers’ Week 2022, Volunteer Centre Sefton is sharing good news stories from volunteers across the borough. Here is Community Within Communities Volunteer Researcher’s story.…
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