Volunteer Telford

We are a Christian charity that collects unwanted usable tools, refurbishes them, sorts them into trade tool kits and sends them to the developing world for livelihood creation.

Tool Ambassador Volunteers

The main role of a Tool Ambassador is to be our first contact in their local community. Our Tool Ambassadors are the people that members of the public contact to donate tools.

Our Tool Ambassadors collect the donated tools, load them into boxes (easy to get from supermarkets), and store them ready for one of our vans to collect. They then arrange with their local Van Manager for them to be collected by a TWAM van

What are we looking for?

Tool Ambassadors need to be enthusiastic about what we do and the transforming power of tools. Many people donating tools do so following bereavement, so we need sensitive people willing to stop and talk, rather than rush off. In others words, kind and friendly people!

What will you be do?

Members of the public will contact you via email or phone.

We will give you a TWAM email that goes on our website and will only give out your phone number to people who ring our office (because they may not use email).

You can then arrange to either pick the tools up from them, or have them dropped off at your house, whichever you prefer.

You will then need to store them until the TWAM van comes to you to collect them. This can either be on a rota basis, or when you ring  your named Van Manager to ask for a collection.

Many collectors also promote themselves in local magazines and notice boards.

What difference will you make?

This is an incredibly rewarding role as you get to meet the general public and share with our story with them. Many are so grateful that we are taking their tools rather than seeing them go to landfill. You’ll get a real buzz from many of the collections.

Volunteer benefits

You’ll be joining a great team and will enjoy the visits from the TWAM Van Teams and the invitations to volunteer days. You will also receive a TWAM polo-shirt and fleece.

To help keep our website and social media up to date. If you have skills in this field get in touch.

We use Facebook, X, Instagram, Mastadon & LinkedIn, with a website on Wordpress

If you are good at putting together visual media, for the web including event posters and regular content, please get in touch.

This role is done mostly from the volunteers own home, in their own time. Occasional face to face meetings with rest of volunteers – maybe on Zoom or F2F.  Time volunteered is in correlation with skill of the volunteer, but there needs to be a regular, at least weekly input and monitoring of same.

You will need to attend our 3 main events:  a seedswap, a plantswap and a harvest event during the year and take photos.  Each event held on a Saturday.

Attending our monthly business/social meetings, once a month, first Tuesday of each month in the evening.

Location:

In their own home and business meeting in the Cock Hotel Wellington.

Benefits:

Advancing their own knowledge, training from the wider Transition network.   The knowledge they are helping their community.  Social interaction.

Training:

Attending our business meetings to get a familiarity of what we do and our concerns and interests.

Online seminars are available from the wider Transition network and gives a wider view.

Opportunity for volunteers to work with an already established team of volunteers and Parish Council members, to run the Donnington & Muxton Youth Council.  Role will involve helping to arrange and run activities for the young people, attend team meetings and help with fund raising

No Panic provides online and telephone support for all those whose lives are affected by anxiety disorders. 

We are looking for caring, sympathetic and understanding individuals to volunteer on our helpline.

You will be required to go through our training which is an hour a week for 8 weeks and commit to a 3 hr shift each week.

We provide a lot of ongoing support for our volunteers and there is the opportunity to progress to mentoring.

This vacancy is ideal for anyone, particularly   those who have experienced anxiety and want to give back to the community and those who have a bit of extra time to dedicate to the cause.