Volunteer Cambs! Come and have a look.
Hello! It’s Amy here and I’m going to tell you about a new website which I think you will find useful when looking for voluntary work. I think that a volunteer platform is needed because it shows what opportunities are out there (which people might not know about otherwise). There are other websites (but the ones that I know of are not easy to use and it takes a long time to find volunteering roles that are specific to what people are interested in).
You can access this new platform by typing www.volunteercambs.org.uk into your browser. There are lots of opportunities on this website and the first thing to do is to click on the Volunteers bit where it asks you if you’re looking for volunteering opportunities (and you click on the bit that says More Information).
Next you’ll see a page that says For volunteers and Ways to Find Opportunities. Then you’ll get a chance to create your account and do the quiz and search for a match. Doing the quiz is a great way to find out what kind of voluntary roles might suit you best and will show some opportunities that you might be interested in. You can do the quiz again or change your search by choosing a different cause or activity that you’re interested in (if you don’t see anything that suits you the first time).
I know this looks like a lot of instructions (but I’ve done this myself and it only takes a couple of minutes). I especially like the way this website is so colourful and eye catching! I like the size of the font (not too big, not too small). It’s great that it shows how volunteering has helped people and how they’ve benefitted from volunteering (which might inspire others). Have a look at all these volunteer stories and just think that one day it could be you writing your own blog!
Volunteering is such a great opportunity to help others and feel better and proud of yourself! It’s great that we finally have a special website for our county which everyone can access and find fantastic ways to get involved!
If you still don’t know what you‘d like to do, or you haven’t got much time to offer, then do have a look at the Volunteer Pool and Emergency volunteering sections; you might want to register your name in the general pool and charities that match with your particular interests can get in touch directly and tell you about new and exciting opportunities as soon as they need volunteers! And if you sign up in the emergency section, you’ll be able to help the community when they need it the most, (just like during the pandemic when people were helping their neighbours through mutual aid groups)!
You might want to ask for help if you have difficulty with reading or need any kind of support with using the volunteer platform. You can contact Ellie if you need extra support and you can’t find the right opportunity in Cambridge or contact Rima for Fenland. You can email them at [email protected], [email protected] . And if you have any questions about the website you can email [email protected]
Let us know how you get on!