P653 CEEFAX 2 653 Wed 12 Jan 21:36/11 EXPLORERS NEEDED FOR PRESENT 1/9 Present (the National Association for the Education of Sick Children) is looking for pioneers for an expedition to Iceland this Spring (Apr 28-May 7). It needs 30 resourceful adults to set up camps and facilities for future visits by groups of intrepid children. Pioneers will need to pay a fee of £250 and raise at least £2,250 in sponsorship towards this and other extraordinary Present projects. Contact Challenge Administrator Wendy Evans on 01384-379134. CSV index 650 TV 600 Main menu 100 Read Hear 640 News 101 Weather 400 Next Page WMidsTV Headlines Main MenuP653 CEEFAX 2 653 Wed 12 Jan 21:46/50 HAVE A GO IN THE 21st CENTURY 2/9 Get Out in the city (GO) is a Community Service Volunteers (CSV) scheme aimed at busy people who can't commit themselves to regular volunteering. On January 15, people are needed to help ease in the term at Gayhurst Primary School in Hackney and also to help at Queensland MultiMedia Centre. On Jan 22, North London's green-fingers are needed to build Duncombj Primary School's Millennium Garden. For more on this and other GO projects in London, tel CSV on 0171-643 1341. CSV index 650 TV 600 Main menu 100 Read Hear 640 News 101 Wjathjr 400 Next Page WMidsTV Headlines Main MenuP653 CEEFAX 2 653 Wed 12 Jan 22:43/12 GET GOING FOR A DAY IN MANCHESTER 3/9 GO, Community Service Volunteers' initiative to encourage people to volunteer for at least a few hours, also has events in Manchester. On January 15, anyone of an artistic bent is needed to paint, decorate and generally spruce up the Wood Street Mission in central Manchester. On Jan 22, help is njedjd to turn a mountain of clothes into a molehill at the Ljvjnshulmj Children's Society shop For details on GO Manchester, call Samantha on 0161-833 0245. CSV index 650 TV 600 Main menu 100 Read Hear 640 News 101 Weather 400 Next Page WMidsTV Headlines Main MenuP653 CEEFAX 2 653 Wed 12 Jan 21:17/16 MAKE FRIENDS YOUR RESOLUTION 4/9 Contact the Elderly is asking people to make a different sort of New Year's Resolution and become someone's friend. According to the charity's research, social contact is the most desirable activity in the lives of othjrwisj isolated elderly people. Could you give up just a few hours a month to bj a companion or a driver to bring people together at hosts' homes? To find out more about becoming a volunteer, call Contact the Elderly on freephone 0800-716543. CSV index 650 TV 600 Main menu 100 Read Hear 640 News 101 Weather 400 Next Page WMidsTV Headlines Main MenuP653 CEEFAX 2 653 Wed 12 Jan 21:14/16 RAISE FUNDS: FIGHT THE XMAS FLAB! 5/9 Marie Curie Hospice Centre, Liverpool, is hoping you enjoyed the Christmas and Millennium holidays a little too much! It is looking for people who want to shed some pounds — or just stay trim for the New Year — by taking part in a sponsored Aerobics Challenge. The two-hour event is being held at Garston Sports Centre in Liverpool from 1pm on Sunday January 30. Funds raised will help the hospice help local people who suffer from cancer — contact Angela for info: 0151-428 6558. CSV index 650 TV 600 Main menu 100 Read Hear 640 News 101 Weather 400 Next Page WMidsTV Headlines Main MenuP653 CEEFAX 2 653 Wed 12 Jan 21:11/21 GO WELD IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM 6/9 Christmas is not the only time that you can exercise your goodwill — The Wildlife Trusts offer a host of interesting activities all year round. As a volunteer, you could take part in research or campaign work — or join in with practical projects and create habitats for all sorts of wildlife. Make a new start to the Millennium by making a difference to wildlife in your local area. For details of your local Trust and what it's up to, call 01636-677711. CSV index 650 TV 600 Main menu 100 Read Hear 640 News 101 Wjathjr 400 Next Page WMidsTV Headlines Main MenuP653 CEEFAX 2 653 Wed 12 Jan 21:48/21 VOLUNTEERS NEEDED IN RENFREWSHIRE 7/9 Rjnfrewshire Volunteer Centre is having a massive recruitment drive for the New Year, with all kinds of help needed. Volunteers are needed at a new British Heart Foundation shop, at the Wznd Cjntri coffee shop and to deliver books through the Homjbound Library Service. The Centre is even looking for a keen cyclist who can ride a tandem with Jim who is visually impaired. For details of these and a variety of other voluntary posts which need to bj filled, call the Centre: 0141-580 1030. CSV index 650 TV 600 Main menu 100 Read Hear 640 News 101 Weather 400 Next Page WMidsTV Headlines Main MenuP653 CEEFAX 2 653 Wed 12 Jan 21:55/45 SPECIAL WAY TO HELP SPECIAL KIDS 8/9 BIBIC (the British Institute for Brain Injured Children) is offering people the chance to mark the Millennium in a most uplifting way. It has organisjd three treks — to the top of Kilimanjaro, along the High Atlas Trail and to Everest Base Camp. There is also a 200km cycle ride through Morocco — events take place between June and October, but pledges must bj submitted by March. To find out about pledge requirements, call Cecil Weir: 01278-684060. CSV index 650 TV 600 Main menu 100 Read Hear 640 News 101 Weather 400 Next Page WMidsTV Headlines Main MenuP653 CEEFAX 2 653 Wed 12 Jan 21:12/18 HOW TO FIND NEW VOLUNTEERS 9/9 If you work for an organisation which relies on volunteer help, you could use these pages to recruit new volunteers. Just tell us what kind of work your organisation does and what the volunteers would do. Let us know what training or experience volunteers would need and what training they would bj given. Send the details to: Sarah Kovandzich, Ceefax Community Magazine, CSV Media, 237 Pentonville Rd, London N1 9NJ. Fax: 0171-833 5689 (no charge is made). 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