Volunteer Telford

Luv2MeetU and HFT are a charity working with adults with learning disabilities and or autism to provide a fulfilling and engaging life to ensure the best possible experiences and individual requirements for the people we support.

Luv2MeetU (part of the HFT charity) are starting an exciting new programme of face to face and virtual events based at the HFT Forbes Close supported living housing.

We are looking for volunteers to help support any events involving cooking/baking or helping the people we support to learn how to cook or bake and support them in making their own meals.

We will work with you depending on the time you have to give to ensure you benefit too, either with something special for your CV, training or just knowing that you are helping immeasurably to enhance the lives of the adults we support.

It would be an invaluable skill that the adults we support could learn to make them feel full filled and independent. You could help them create a birthday cake for a friend, bake cheese straws and scones on a cooking event or simply help them prepare a healthy lunch.

To support the Family Group Conference (FGC) service in promoting the voice of the child, helping them prepare for the FGC and supporting them during the FGC meeting.

The Family Group Conference Volunteer Advocate scheme aims to provide volunteer opportunities that meet the needs of both the service and the young people and families we work with. The volunteer opportunities are varied and interesting.

Hold a number of preparation sessions with the child, young person or vulnerable adult, to explore how they feel about attending the FGC, their views on the current situation and identify what they would like to discuss with their family at the FGC.

Attend the FGC meeting to support the child, young person or vulnerable adult to help them express how they feel about the situation and be part of the planning process.

If the child, young person or vulnerable adult chooses not to attend then the ambassador will need to attend on their behalf and discuss their views and wishes with the family.

Brookside Community Fridge with support from Stirchley and Brookside Parish Council and Brookside Central CIO have launched Telford’s first Community Fridge.

The aim of the Community Fridge is to enable residents and businesses to share surplus food and for anyone to help themselves to quality food that would otherwise be wasted.

Volunteers to drive to and pick up food donations from local businesses – this will ensure the community fridge remains full.

Tasks

• Respond to requests from our Big Local Team.
• Be able to drive and collect food donations from local shops.
• Deliver food donations to Brookside Community Fridge.
• Respond to requests from Big Local.
• Adhere to Policies and procedures set out by Big Local.
• Volunteers will work off-site picking up food surplus from local suppliers.
• Volunteers will be working alone so will adhere to the lone working policy and will complete a risk assessment with staff member.
• Volunteers will carry food stuff to Brookside Community Fridge.
• Regular evening pick- up sessions Monday to Thursday evenings (Times in line with shop timescales (Usually 2 hours before shop closes).
• Early pick up of food stuff from stores (07:00am- 09:00am).
• Drop food to Brookside Central early mornings (09:00am onwards).

Are you interested in the development of Adult Social Care in Telford and Wrekin?

We are looking for volunteers to join our Making It Real Board, which gives local people a really important opportunity to have their say about social care services locally and to influence the way these services are developed.

Members of the board meet once a month for a couple of hours to have discussions and share their knowledge about adult social care, including the opportunity to:

- Provide feedback to decision makers

- Bring and share powerful stories and experiences

- Network in a positive way with other people who have an interest in social care

- Inform policies and influence local services

- Test the accuracy and readability of public documents before they are published