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Making a donations, vouchers and volunteer
applications.
difference Find out more about these and
other volunteering opportunities
Volunteers provide vital support to home is looking for volunteers by contacting Volunteer Centre
organisations in Swindon and the to help residents with a range of Swindon on 01793 420557 or
people they are working with. activities including fish and chips , email: info@swindonvolunteers.
Services available to voluntary Warehouse help: The RSPCA are in pub lunches and games afternoons. org.uk
groups, public bodies urgent need of reliable, enthusiastic Representatives needed: The Visitors are welcome to drop in
and local businesses volunteers to assist with sorting Alzheimer’s Society is looking for at 1 John Street, Swindon from
and distributing stock in their local representatives to engage Monday to Friday, 11am to 3pm.
q Conference & meeting room hire Greenbridge Warehouse. They are with external organisations and See more at: www.do-it.org
in Central Swindon starting from also looking for people to help agencies, local forums, alliances l Volunteering Fortnight takes
only £65 per day as drivers’ mates to assist with and at awareness-raising events. place from 1 to 12 June and Involve
q Printing/photocopying services collections and deliveries. Office work: Swindon Foodbank Swindon, the employee volunteering
starting from only 5p per sheet Retail offer: Swindon Cat’s is looking for an office person network, will be hosting an event
on Monday 6 June from 1pm at the
q DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service) Protection shop has a range of roles with Excel, Word and data input DeVere in West Swindon for both
skills for about two mornings each
including cleaning items, steaming,
ID checking service for Volunteers/ pricing items and till work. week. You will be undertaking a businesses and charities.
Voluntary bodies starting from Care home support: The MHA Care range of tasks including processing www.involveswindon.co.uk
£12 & for Employees/Companies
starting from £68 Use VAS for all your business needs
For more information contact
our reception team on Voluntary Action Swindon (VAS) is been providing a cooked breakfast from £65 per day
01793 538398 or the Council for Voluntary Service to those in need for over 20 years. l Printing/photocopying services
VAS helps to administer a large
starting from 5p per sheet
(CVS) who have been supporting the
[email protected] voluntary and community sector for number of projects. These include: l A DBS (Disclosure & Barring
www.vas-swindon.org over 80 years. VAS offers advice and l The Swindon Sports Forum - a Service) ID checking service for
committee of dedicated volunteers
volunteers/voluntary bodies starting
Supporting a wide variety of other services. from local sports clubs who from £12 and for employees/
It provides support to voluntary
voluntary groups groups and organisations who in work on behalf of the sporting companies from £68.
in the community turn provide services to some of the community in Swindon l Equipment hire of projectors and
laptops from as little as £5 per day
most vulnerable people in Swindon. l Equalities activity promoting the
for over 80 years A typical beneficiary of VAS views of the wider community on l Hot desk facilities which include
support is Big Breakfast + who have equality and access issues a computer with internet access for
l Involve Swindon - a network of £20 a day. This includes free use of

West Swindon and Lydiard Tregoze companies, statutory bodies and small meeting rooms and access to
voluntary organisations working
a shared printer.
Church Partnership together to encourage employees Through VAS you can reach and
to give their time and develop their engage with the 1,100+ voluntary
Please join us in worship on Sunday mornings skills through volunteering sector audience via a weekly
Westlea Church, Westlea School: 10am l Swindon Fundraisers Network - newsletter. Job opportunities can
a network for anyone involved in be advertised in this, and on the
St Mary’s Lydiard Tregoze fundraising for Swindon charities social media sites for as little as
- the church in the park: 10am l Swindon Community Centres £50.
Support services include all the
Holy Trinity, Shaw: 10.30am Network - a support network above as well as free funding
for those who run village halls,
Toothill Church: 10.30am community centres or church halls. governance advice, along with
For details of these and our other services To help sustain their service they training courses to support service
call the Partnership Office on 01793 874221 offer to businesses and public delivery.
Email: [email protected] Website: WSwinlyd.org.uk bodies in Swindon: Contact 01793 538398 or info@
l Conference and meeting room vas-swindon.org
Anglican • Baptist • Methodist • United Reformed Church hire in Central Swindon starting vas-swindon.org

St. John’s Haydon Wick

On Thames Avenue
next door to
Morrisons
Contact:
Revd Raymond Adams
Tel: 634258
Sunday 9am Traditional communion service
Services 11am Eventful, contemporary worship
with children’s groups meeting
www.stjohnshaydonwick.org.uk
Open to all, serving tea, coffee, cakes & light lunches
Fridays and Saturdays: 10am - 2pm
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