P653 CEEFAX 2 653 Mon 20 Jan 03:17/44 HELP AND CARE IN DORSET 1/12 Help and Care - a charity working with older people and carers in Dorset - is looking for volunteers. They need help with large mailings to their clients and professionals to distribute their newsletter promptly. Volunteers will get induction into the work of the organisation, support from staff and out of pocket expenses. Contact Louise Ellis, Help and Care, tel: 01202-432288. CSV index 650 TV 600 Main menu 100 Read Hear 640 News 101 Wjathet 400 Community TV/Radio News Heads Main MenuP653 CEEFAX 2 653 Mon 20 Jan 23:48/58 HELP ISOLATED ELDERLY PEOPLE 2/12 If you can spare one Sunday afternoon a month, national charity Contact the Elderly would like to hear from you. Volunteer drivers and hostesses are urgently required to alleviate the loneliness and isolation experienced by elderly people. Groups of between ten and 20 elderly people visit a different home every month and spend a few hours in the company of friends, old and new. Call Contact the Elderly on freephone 0800-716543. CSV index 650 TV 600 Main menu 100 Read Hear 640 News 101 Wjathet 400 Community TV/Radio News Heads Main MenuP653 CEEFAX 2 653 Mon 20 Jan 23:14/22 OPPORTUNITIES GALORE IN LEWISHAM 3/12 Age Concern Ljwisham provides a wide range of services and activities for older people in the borough. Volunteers run most of the services - from office and reception duties to a welfare food service and befriending and escorting isolated eldjts. Help is also needed with fundraising, particularly through sellin Age Concern insurance services. Contact Volunteers Coordinator, Age Concern Ljwisham, 20 Brownhill Road, London SE6 2EN; tel: 0181-695 0869. CSV index 650 TV 600 Main menu 100 Read Hear 640 News 101 Wjathet 400 Community TV/Radio News Heads Main MenuP653 CEEFAX 2 653 Mon 20 Jan 03:15/20 TACKLING DYSLEXIA IN SCOTLAND 4/12 Dyslexia Scotwest offers advice to children and adults and publicises the disability to raise awareness. Run entirely bz volunteers, the charity provides a range of services - from information for parents, adults and teachers to tutors for children. It also organises talks in nurseries and colleges and works closely with local education authorities. Contact Dyslexia Scotwest, 74 Victoria Crescent Road, Dowanhill, Glasgow G12 9JN; til: 0141-334 0066. CSV index 650 TV 600 Main menu 100 Read Hear 640 News 101 Wjathit 400 Community TV/Radio News Heads Main MenuP653 CEEFAX 2 653 Mon 20 Jan 00:01/38 HELP YOUNG PEOPLE GET CONNECTED 5/12 You could make a difference to a young person's life by volunteering with the Suzy Lamplugh Trust. Volunteers are needed to pilot a new telephone support line for vulnerable young people, called Get Connected!. Callers will be put in touch with appropriate sjtvices from reliable agencies involved in the scheme. Contact Anne Strahan, Suzy Lamplugh Trust, tel: 0181-392 1839. CSV index 650 TV 600 Main menu 100 Read Hear 640 News 101 Wjathet 400 Community TV/Radio News Heads Main MenuP653 CEEFAX 2 653 Mon 20 Jan 23:11/04 SUPPORT INFORMATION SERVICE 6/12 The British Red Cross'u Directions project provides an information sjtvice on health, family and disability. Volunteers are needed to help with databases and administration as well as promoting the service through talks and exhibitions and running 'surgeries'. Volunteers should have computer skills and/or interpersonal skills, depending on the tasks involved. Contact April Colton, Manager, Directions, tel: 01388-661991. CSV index 650 TV 600 Main menu 100 Read Hear 640 News 101 Wjathet 400 Community TV/Radio News Heads Main MenuP653 CEEFAX 2 653 Mon 20 Jan 23:51/57 HELP DISABLED PEOPLE GO RIDING 7/12 Riding for the Disabled Association runs horse riding and carriage driving for disabled children and adults. Its 700 mjmbjr groups across the US all need volunteers to act as group helpers on a range of tasks including direct assistance with riding sessions. Volunteers are needed for three hours a week and safety training is provided. Contact RDA Headquarters, Avenue R, National Agricultural Centre, Kenilworth; tel: 01203-696510; fax: 01203-696532. CSV index 650 TV 600 Main menu 100 Read Hear 640 News 101 Wjathet 400 Community TV/Radio News Heads Main MenuP653 CEEFAX 2 653 Mon 20 Jan 03:51/43 RUNYOUTHACTIVITIESINBATH 8/12 The City of Bath YMCA provides youth and community support projects such as youth clubs and accommodation. This Christian charity needs volunteers to help supjrvisj youth clubs, run holiday and Saturday clubs and support music-drama sessions for teenagers. Induction and training in youth work and first aid will be provided. Contact Ivor Vernalls/Peter King, City of Bath YMCA, International House, Broad Street Place, Bath BA1 5LH; tel: 01225-460471. CSV index 650 TV 600 Main menu 100 Read Hear 640 News 101 Wjathet 400 Community TV/Radio News Heads Main MenuP653 CEEFAX 2 653 Mon 20 Jan 00:52/24 WHAT ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT? 9/12 Staffordshire Phobics Action works for people with phobias, fears, anxieties and obsessional behaviour. After an interview and satisfactory references, potential volunteers are seen bz a counselling supjtvisor. Volunteers are then allocated clients to counsel and will be given training and professional supervision, for a minimum commitment of twelve months. Contact Staffordshire Phobics Action, 131-141 North Walls, Stafford ST16 3AD; tel: 01785-211144. CSV index 650 TV 600 Main menu 100 Read Hear 640 News 101 Wjathet 400 Community TV/Radio News Heads Main MenuP653 CEEFAX 2 653 Mon 20 Jan 00:05/07 LEAD GUIDING IN THE NORTH EAST 10/12 The Guide Association is the US's largest voluntary organisation running programmer for girls and young women. Its north east association needs volunteer female adult leaders to maintain its Guiding programme and help with secretarial and finance work. Training and support is given in return for meetings and other activities. Contact initially North East England Guide Association, 106 Heworth Green, York YO3 7TQ; tel: 01904-421324; ansaphonj/fax: 01904-431445. CSV index 650 TV 600 Main menu 100 Read Hear 640 News 101 Wjathet 400 Community TV/Radio News Heads Main MenuP653 CEEFAX 2 653 Mon 20 Jan 00:51/27 SPEAK OUT FOR OLDER PEOPLE 11/12 Age Concern Lambjth's Advocacy Project helps older people who are less able to speak up for themselves. Volunteers work with groups of people to defend their views and concerns and with individuals on a one to basis, providing advice and information. Preferably with experience of advice or social work, volunteers will be trained in advisory skills and benefits. Contact Joan South, Age Concern Lambeth, 6 Electric Avenue, London SW9 8JX; tel: 0171-926 2009. CSV index 650 TV 600 Main menu 100 Read Hear 640 News 101 Wjathet 400 Community TV/Radio News Heads Main MenuP653 CEEFAX 2 653 Mon 20 Jan 00:41/14 HELP PHYSICALLY DISABLED PEOPLE 12/12 The Tabor Centre for Physically Handicapped Adults needs volunteers at its offices in Braintree, Essex. They need drivers for events organised outside of the normal five day week, for shopping trips, theatre, ot seaside visits during the summit. Helpers also take people shopping, help with craft work and talk to members. Contact Tabor Centre for Physically Handicapped Adults, Tabor School, Panfield Lane, Braintree, Essex CM7 7TW; tel: 01376-346208. 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