As well as being extremely rewarding, volunteering is an ideal way of developing experience in an area related to your career aims. The Careers and Employment Centre can help you identify the types of experience that may be useful to you.
If you would like to advertise your organisation to our students free of charge, please e-mail chopes@brookes.ac.uk or sholton@brookes.ac.uk
Events
Love Maggie's Day
In March, Maggie’s Centres are holding their first ever Maggie’s Day and we want YOU to be a part of it! Please join us on 26 March at 12 noon for Maggie’s Big Hug. Whatever you love – food, thrills, friends or the great outdoors – I hope you’ll do something for Love Maggie’s Day. Whether you climb mountains or bake cakes the money you raise will help support thousands of people facing cancer in your community. We are here to help you with any idea or challenge you set yourself. For more information visit www.maggiescentres.org. Maggie's Newsletter >>
ICYE Volunteering Abroad Information Day
For those who are interested in volunteering abroad with local NGO’s, ICYE-Volunteering Abroad is holding an information day on Saturday 20th March from 12-4pm and Saturday 17th April from 12-4pm. The information day is free to attend and is a fantastic opportunity for you to find out more about us, and for us to find out all about you, your skills and your experiences! ICYE Volunteering Abroad is an ethical volunteering organisation and we send volunteers to work in countries throughout Latin America, Africa and Asia for anything between 3 weeks to 12 months. For more information please contact Jenny Williams: Tel: 020 7681 0983 E-mail: international@icye.org.uk
For more Volunteer Events visit: oxfordhub.org/whatson
News
Gain Social Care Experience With Two Saints
Two Saints provide support to homeless people. We are looking for volunteers to complement our learning and activity programmes. We need versatile people to facilitate a range of sessions which might include: visual arts; creative writing; photography; multi-media; IT training; music; and reading groups. But we are always open to suggestions for innovative sessions. Sessions can be open ended, but others may be short courses of 6 to 10 weekly sessions. For more information please contact John Bennett at Lucy Faithfull House on 01865 243071, or email john.bennett@twosaints.org.uk
New Vacancy! Administration Assistant Needed!
Ace Centre Advisory Trust needs an admisistration assistant for a minimum of 6 hours per week, ideally 12 split over 3 days. To apply please e-mail Lena Curtis: Curtis@ace-centre.org.uk. More info >>
Raleigh Graduate Bursary Awards
Raleigh has over 300 Graduate Bursary Awards available for Volunteering Overseas. This initiative is aimed at recent graduates and final year students who are looking to develop key employability skills, explore new cultures and make a real difference to the world they live in Raleigh is able to offer those meeting the eligibility and application criteria the opportunity to join a 10 week expedition to either Borneo, Costa Rica & Nicaragua or India. You’ll work on much needed community and environmental projects plus undertake a challenging adventure phase. More info >>
LemonGrass Volunteering in Thailand
LemonGrass Volunteering is looking for enthusiastic volunteers to come to Thailand and teach English. No experience is necessary, just the determination to have fun and make a real difference to young people's lives. We offer a choice of exciting and rewarding projects throughout the year which start as little as £149 per person including accommodation. For more information visit www.lemongrass-volunteering.com
Football World Cup Trip with Sporting Opportunities
Coach kids sport in South Africa this summer or as part of a gap year and get the chance to go to the World Cup.
Choose the 14 week option starting 10 April 2010 or the 9 week option starting on 15 May and be part of the entire World Cup. Live with a fun group of sports mad people, coach sport to kids in the community, and watch World Cup matches in Port Elizabeth, hosting seven matches during your time there, including the 3rd/4th place play-off! Food, accommodation, transport and social events included. And you only have to pay a small £195 deposit to secure a place.
Check out our website for more international volunteer sports community projects. www.sportingopportunities.com
OMEGA Art Competition: "What is ME?"
ME (also known as CFS). Closing date: 31 March 2010. Prizes worth: £100. For more details see www.oxnet.org.uk/omega.
OMEGA AGM and Talk: XMRV, Mitochondria and ME: Are They Linked?
Saturday 17th April. 2.30pm - 4.30pm Regal Community Centre. Ridgefield Road. Oxford. by Norman Booth, recent co-author of a research article on mitochondria and ME. This will be a look at some of the exciting new developments in ME medical research. Visit www.oxnet.org.uk/omega.