COMMUNITY - VOLUNTEERING

  • Volunteer Bureau




  • Martlets Hospice

Martlet House in Bannings Vale is a sheltered housing scheme for active
retired people. BT has donated a computer system for the use of residents
of the scheme and also retired people living in the area. We now need volunteers
to help everyone learn to use the computer and 'surf the net' If you are
able and willing to help please contact the manager, Lesley, on 01273 309179
or email lesley-jay_cornell@tiscali.co.uk

  • Brighton and Hove Samaritans

Dubarry House, Nr Hove Station
Telephone: 01273 772277

The Samaritans provide confidential emotional support to any person who is suicidal or despairing. We are available on the telephone 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

NEW VOLUNTEERS ALWAYS NEEDED
We currently have 120 volunteers providing a round-the-clock telephone helpline for distressed and suicidal callers.
A 4-stage process leads to being invited to
become a volunteer at Brighton & Hove Branch:
• Application form
• First interview
• Selection Day
• Preparation Class

No special skills needed just an open mind and an ability to listen. We do not counsel or give advice and we are all very much 'ordinary' people.
APPLICATION FORMS and information can be
obtained by telephoning 01273 772277.
FIRST INTERVIEWS for potential new volunteers, lasting for about an hour, are conducted at the Samaritan Centre in Hove.
SELECTION DAYS, following the first interview, are also held at the Samaritan Centre, approximately once a month.
PREPARATION CLASSES for new volunteers are run twice a year in the spring and autumn - two weekends a fortnight apart.

  • The Peacehaven and Telscombe Volunteer Bureau

The Peacehaven and Telscombe Volunteer Bureau covers an area from East Saltdean to Newhaven.

It provides a wide range of help, from befriending, help from hospital, a grass cutting scheme and the charity shop in Longridge Avenue, Saltdean.

Volunteers help with shopping, transport and a whole range of other services.

If you wish to join the organisation which is a registered charity please come along to meetings on the third Friday of every month at the clinic.

It is dependent on outside sources and will soon be open to non-volunteering members at a cost of £5 for individuals and £10 for organisations

If you could help at all please telephone Linda Beckman on 586685

  • The Martlets Hospice

18 Longridge Avenue, Avenue, Saltdean BN2 8LH
(Four other shops around Brighton)

Each shop raises valuable funds for the work of the Hospice in caring for local patients and their families in the Brighton area as far as Ringmer. The Martlets offer symptom control, respite and terminal care to adult patients for whom curative treatment is no longer possible. The ability of our shops to support the Hospice depends on the generosity of the public in donating stock, the loyalty of our customers and the hard work of our many volunteers, who work both at the counter and behind the scenes at our shops.

VOLUNTEERS ALWAYS NEEDED
If you have a few hours to spare each month and are reasonably fit, then why not consider helping at our shop.

No retail experience is necessary, as training will be given. We also need drivers and helpers for our home collection and clearance service and to deliver stock to our shop. Interested?

Ring Carolyn the Manager on 306200
Open 10.00 am - 4.30 pm Mon-Sat Vol's needed for shifts 10.00 am - 1.15 1.15 pm - 4.30 pm

  • Neighbourhood Watch

Help create a safer environment to live in here in Saltdean. By working closely with the police we can make a difference. We need more Neighbourhood Watch schemes in Saltdean and Rottingdean.

Such schemes aim to:

  • Reduce oppertuinity for crime to occur
  • Make life more difficult for oppertuinist criminals
  • Enhance communication with the police
  • Build up community contact and spirit

Neighbourhood Watch is free, you are not expected to patrol the street, and you may qualify for cheaper home insurance if you are part of a registed scheme.

Are you an active retired person or someone who can help?

To register your interest please contact Geoff Bentham Tel.665933 or Julia Wyorn Tel.665711 who will advise you how to set up a scheme.

For more information go to http://www.brighton-hove-nwa.org/