Hello and happy April, Spring is here at last and with any luck we’ll be getting less rainy days in the near future, if only so I don’t have to keep cleaning up after muddy dog paws. But I’ll stop there before I go onto a longer rant about the weather, we’re here to talk Volunteering!! There are still plenty of opportunities to find in Tamworth, so let’s go through a short list of roles!
Tamworth Street Angels
The Street Angels are still seeking more Volunteers to help them out on Friday and Saturday nights around town, they do not expect you to help them every Friday and Saturday night of course! Even if you can only help out once a month, that’s fine and they would appreciate the extra help.
They also are looking for Festival Angels to help them at an event! Click the links below to find out more.
Statfold Narrow Gauge Museum Trust Ltd
Guard Volunteer
Here at Statfold, we are looking for volunteers who are enjoy being chatty and friendly with public. These persons are critical to operating of our railway as you will be ensuring they are safe on their trips around railway and on our platforms. Guard Volunteer position is social position where there are high levels of interaction with people.
No prior experience or knowledge required; we will give you all training you require. There is a rules test and practical assessment when you have finished your training. You will be fully supported in this role by our Railway team.
Gardening Volunteer
Here at Statfold, we are looking for volunteers who are enjoy being outside and can help create and maintain garden and plant areas around site.
No prior experience or knowledge required, we are look for people who are just willing to get your hands dirty to help us create some green spaces around our Railway, Stations and Museum area. Once spaces are created, we will be looking for support with sowing, planting, weeding and growing plants and general garden maintenance.
If you are an experienced gardener, we would love to hear from you as we are looking to develop our planters and green spaces around our site and we need some help with starting off!
Citizens Advice, Trainee Volunteer Generalist Adviser
We are looking for trainee volunteer generalist advisers to join our advice team to support people across Tamworth. You will be trained to give advice to clients across channels including face-to-face and telephone.
Young Enterprise, Classroom Volunteer
Class Mentor volunteers support young people to develop their financial and enterprise skills within our one-day school-based programmes. The volunteers role in the team is to help to facilitate a group of young people across varied age groups to undertake pre-designed tasks, and share their own experiences to help bring the activities to life.
Staffordshire Children’s Centres, Session Support
Planning activities, supporting children in a friendly environment, assisting children, playing with the children.
There are many more roles available on our search engine however! Please take a look here to see for yourself!
And if you’d like to discuss what other options might be out there or have any questions, I will be at the Tamworth Library on Thursday the 25th holding drop in sessions for anyone to come and chat! Hope to see you there!
I wish everyone the best of health, back again in May!
Mitchell Dodd
