TRUSTEE WITH THIRD SECTOR EXPERIENCE

 The Dowager Countess Eleanor Peel Trust [DCEPT] supports: 

      i.         charities which support older people and people who have ‘fallen on evil days through no fault of their own’; and 

     ii.         medical research and training. 

Annual grants totalling approx. £530k per annum are currently distributed equally between general grants and medical grants, principally to charitable organisations and medical/health researchers in the North West of England.

The DCEPT Trustees are seeking to appoint a new Trustee with current or recent experience in the third/charitable sector, preferably in Lancashire or Cumbria, either as a senior employee or as a Trustee/non executive. 

We would particularly welcome applications for this position from women and/or people of colour. Colleagues recently retired from involvement in the third/charitable sector would be welcome to apply.

I would be very grateful if you could help us to publicise this opportunity within your local networks and draw it to the attention of any potential appropriate candidates.  

The Trustee Role Description and Person Specification can be downloaded at https://peeltrust.com/vacancies/ . I am also attaching the Role Description and Person specification below.

Further details of the Trust are available on our website at www.peeltrust.com.

Applications, comprising a letter of application and a brief curriculum vitae and the names of two referees should be sent to the Secretary, Dowager Countess Eleanor Peel Trust, at secretary@peeltrust.com by 5pm on July 12^th 2024.

For informal enquiries about the position, please contact Professor Maggie Pearson, Chair of DCEPT Trustees at maggie.pearson@peeltrust.com, who would be happy to hear from potential candidates and discuss the position.

Volunteering

Can you use your experience to help others?

ICANN are looking for people just like you across Lancashire, including Blackburn with Darwen and Blackpool, to volunteer with them.

They have a range of roles, including a Volunteer Advocate and a Community Engagement Volunteer.

You can find all information about volunteering with them, as well as filling in an expression of interest form, here.

Posts open until advised.

Caritas Care are recruiting volunteers aged 10-20 for our current national youth violence reduction project. The project is youth-led with young people carrying out research and delivering social action projects in local communities. We are looking for 15 volunteers (Changemakers) to help with delivery of the social action in Preston and surrounding areas.

Please see attached poster for more info.

Reading Coach 

Read Easy UK is a registered charity that works through affiliated local groups to provide one-to-one reading coaching to adults, using trained volunteers. 

As a volunteer Reading Coach, you will receive two one-day training sessions. Reasonable expenses are  available for the sessions with your Reader when you begin your work. 

Personal qualities required to be a Reading Coach:
● an ability to talk and listen to the person you coach in a patient, positive, encouraging
and purposeful way;
● a non-judgemental attitude and a positive respect for others, regardless of abilities,
ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation or age;
● an ability to focus on your Reader and his or her needs;
● an ability to work alone, seeking support when necessary;
● a willingness to work within the guidelines and policies of the project
● reliability and consistency;
● an ability to handle disappointment;
● a commitment to maintaining confidentiality;
● willingness to undergo an Enhanced DBS check, if required;
● the ability and confidence to work on a computer and access documents online, or the
willingness to learn to do so.

If you think that this role is for you, please email prestonrecruitern@readeasy.org.uk for more info. 

Closing date: Open to applications until further notice.

Co-ordinator

Hours: TBA

Responsibilities

● Help interview new Coaches when recruited and shortlisted by the Volunteer Recruiter.

● Enrol and assess new Readers, using the resources provided.

● Match Readers with Coaches, make introductions, and help them organise their reading sessions which will take place in one of the venues provided by the Management Team.

● Visit your reading pairs to monitor progress and provide support if required, presenting certificates on occasion.

● Work collaboratively with any other Coordinators in the group.

● Contribute to Coach meetings (typically every 8 weeks) run jointly by the Management Team, Literacy Specialist and Coordinator, where volunteers discuss their experiences and receive further support.

● Keep records, provide the Management Team with written reports and submit expenses for payment regularly.

Details and info: Email prestonrecruitern@readeasy.org.uk

Closing date: Open until advised. 

Publicity Officer

Hours: TBA.

In this role you will:

● lead by using social media effectively to raise awareness and publicise your group; and

● be instrumental in raising awareness by giving talks, putting up posters and talking to people generally about Read Easy.

Details and info: Email prestonrecruitern@readeasy.org.uk

Closing date: Open until advised. 

Reading Volunteers needed for primary schools

The charity Schoolreaders is looking to find local people to volunteer in primary schools across Preston to support children with their reading and comprehension.  Currently 1 in 4 children are leaving primary school unable to read to the expected level and we are supporting schools to help improve this statistic.

Our volunteers go into a school once a week for an hour or two during term time (holidays can be taken during this time) and listen to children read individually.  They help with the child’s reading, their comprehension and also their enjoyment and social skills as often these children have no one to read to apart from school staff.  

Our volunteers must be over 18 and have good written and spoken English and be willing to have a DBS check carried out by the school. 

If you would like to find out more about becoming a Schoolreaders volunteer please go to the website

https://www.schoolreaders.org/ or contact Michelle Bailey, Northern Volunteer Recruitment Coordinator at m.bailey@schoolreaders.org

Cadet Leader (volunteering role)

All details via this link.

Open until advised

Cadet Leader • Lancashire Volunteer Partnership (lancsvp.org.uk)