Have you thought about volunteering but haven't made that first step?
Sarah Schmitz, House Steward at A la Ronde, the quirky 16-sided National Trust property near Exmouth, is seeking volunteers to join the friendly team.
“A la Ronde is a unique house with a fabulous story to tell. Becoming a volunteer here will give you opportunities to learn new skills or share your own life skills with us. We are looking for room guides, people to help in the shop and visitor reception, as well as fundraisers to sell raffle tickets which fund conservation at the property."
Animated Exeter is looking for sociable, fun-loving volunteers to help with this year's vibrant and diverse festival!
If you love animation and helping organise events, there are some great volunteering opportunities you may love to be involved with. Perhaps you have a specialist skill that would be of great benefit to the team, for example technical or photographic knowledge.
The festival offers workshops, screenings, careers advice, exhibitions and much more, with a hugely varied audience of families, schools, students, animation enthusiasts and industry professionals....
Wildlife charity volunteers have given more hours than ever before.
Volunteers at Paignton Zoo Environmental Park and Living Coasts in Torquay gave more than 26,000 hours during 2013 - equivalent to nearly 3 whole years, 155 weeks or more than 1,000 full days.
For the year ending in October 2013, 166 volunteers gave 26,074.5 hours – 1,932.25 more than in 2012.
Volunteer Coordinator Neil Thomas-Childs is full of praise for all the volunteers at both sites: “The support from our volunteers is very much appreciated as, without their time and dedication, much of what...
The newly-formed East Devon Countryside Volunteers (EDCV) are having a positive impact on their local environment AND improving conditions for wildlife and nature lovers into the bargain!
The EDCV was established in September last year to assist with the practical management of East Devon District Council’s nature reserves. Working at a range of locations throughout the district, the group is already making a great difference.
Under the guidance of Nature Reserves Ranger Nathan Robinson and Nature Conservation Officer Steve Edmonds, volunteers have been working hard to...
An Exmouth Hospiscare shop is looking for creative and energetic people to join its team of hard working volunteers.
Volunteering is a great way for people, especially school leavers and college students, to gain some work experience and learn a wide range of skills to add to their CV’s for future employment.
The charity shop, situated in the Magnolia Centre, Exmouth, is currently manned by a friendly team of 12 volunteers aged between 30 and 82.
The team is now looking for people to fill a variety of different roles within the shop.
Would you be willing to tell us about your experience? We are looking for people to take part in research to understand their experience of having a suspected medicine reaction. We have had a good response to date and should like to contact some more people before we close this study at the end of June.
You can help by taking part in an interview. We are looking for people aged 18 and above to discuss with us their experience of having a suspected medicine reaction. This reaction may have happened either while taking the medicine or after stopping it and should have been recent,...
The biggest event on the Exmouth Lifeboat Fundraising Team’s calendar, the lifeboat station Open Day will take place on Sunday 18 August this year. Situated on Queens Drive, the event will be held between 10am and 4pm.
Dedicated volunteers are currently busy organising stalls, raffle prizes and making produce to sell in order to raise money towards the launch and recovery vehicle appeal. As the new Shannon-class lifeboat is due early next year, this will be an opportunity to raise a large chunk of the £90,000 remainder needed for the vehicle.
Stover Country Park, near Newton Abbot, has held a special thank you barbecue for its volunteers to celebrate ten years of receiving the Green Flag Award.
Volunteers work hard throughout the year alongside the Country Park Rangers and contribute over 6,000 man hours per year to help maintain the park, its habitats and wildlife.
The 114 acre site, which is owned and managed by Devon County Council, has made it a decade of achieving the prestigious status after retaining it for 2013/14.
The annual award, handed out by environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy,...
Two of Devon’s top volunteer groups have received the Royal seal of approval this week as they were honoured with the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service.
The Tavistock and District Outdoor Education Forum (TDOEF) and The Dawlish Gardens Trust were amongst 117 groups in the UK to receive the prestigious accolade, which is the highest award given to volunteer groups and has a status equivalent to the MBE.
They were selected from 270 groups nominated by members of the public who have seen the difference that volunteers have made to the lives of others or witnessed the...
