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Hestia
At Hestia we support adults and children in times of crisis.We deliver services across London and the surrounding regions, as well as campaign and advocate nationally on the issues that affect the people we work with.Last year we supported 15,238 men, women and children.
Description

We are looking for volunteers to join our team of Together Network Champions! At Hestia we believe that our service users have lived experience and insights, talents and strengths which enrich our services. To be able to deliver and design services for people in crisis, it is a crucial that we involve those who we support. To have a voice, share their views, insights, and suggestions. This allows us as an organisation to provide a service which is continuously developing and transforming to meet people’s needs.

Duties
  • Involvement in the planning and facilitation of activities, delivery of the service, recruitment and induction of new volunteers and colleagues in the service
  • Attend community meetings and provide opportunities to add to the agenda.
  • Support staff with confidence building workshops
  • Encourage and motivate service users to register as a volunteer
  • Attend external meetings, presentations and activities alongside the staff team
  • Take part in audits which assesses the physical environment of services
  • Share your experiences which can be included in tender submissions as part of added value and provide take part in tender and bid interviews
  • Promote the annual survey with other service users, gather feedback and share with the Together Network Team
  • Promote Hestia’s complaints process
Who will the volunteers be working with?
Service Users, Other Volunteers and Staff.
Training
You will have a dedicated Supervisor to support in your role.

Time commitment

Flexible-Ongoing
Application deadline

This organisation is one of our community partner organisations.

Like all volunteer recruiters we work with, they have signed up to our service standards, agreeing to abide by our policy on partnership working to keep you safe and supported whilst you volunteer.

You’ll never be out of pocket for volunteering through us – with in-London travel expenses to and from your volunteering guaranteed.

In addition, the team here at Students’ Union UCL Volunteering Service is here to support you throughout your volunteering journey – you can get in touch with us at any time.