Full Time Volunteering
Volunteer - Change lives
What is volunteering all about
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What would I actually do as a Volunteer?
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CSV volunteers support a wide variety of people, including children with disabilities, adults with mental health problems, young offenders and homeless people. Take a look through this brochure to see the range of tasks that volunteers carry out.
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How long can I volunteer for?
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The choice is yours. You can volunteer for any time between four months and a year.
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What Qualifications do I Need?
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None. At CSV we believe that everybody has something to offer as a volunteer. Whatever your skills or experience, if you make the commitment we will offer you an exciting volunteering activity in Britain.
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Can I Choose Where to go?
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We cannot promise to match you up with a particular activity. We'll send you where help is most needed. However, we want you to enjoy your time as a volunteer, so we do our best to take your interests into account.
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Do I have to Pay?
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No. In fact, your accommodation, food and travel costs are all paid for while you are a volunteer .... and you get a weekly allowance .
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What Kind of Support Will I Get?
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You'll have plenty of back-up. There will be a local supervisor, who'll be on hand for practical help, advice and training. You will also have a named volunteer director at CSV to call if something comes up that you can't discuss with your supervisor. Of course, we'll help you to meet any other CSV volunteers living nearby .
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What Will I Get Out of Volunteering?
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Our volunteers tell us how much they gain, such as valuable work experience, the chance to develop skills, to live independently, to build up their confidence, to explore a different way of living - and have a lot of fun.
Interested
1.APPLY
Use the enclosed form or via our website www.csv.org.uk or phone Tina on 01495 750333
2.MEET
We invite you to an interview you can't fail. You find out about CSV. We find out about you so that we can match you with a project that most needs your help.
3.START
Once you get to your project we'll ensure that you have all the support, back-up and advice you need to get the most out of volunteering.
Founded in 1962, CSV is the most exciting volunteer organisation in Britain. Each year CSV involves over 100,000 people who devote around 4 million hours to volunteering.
YOU MUST BE 16- 36 years. Whatever your skills or experience, if you make the commitment we will offer you a challenging volunteering activity in Britain that has most need of your energy and abilities.
YOU CHOOSE. Live away from home for any time between 4 - 12 months whatever suits you.
CSV WILL HELP YOU VOLUNTEER Full Time whether your're making the most of your gap year, looking for work experience or considering a change of career.
IT'S free to volunteer. Your food, accommodation and travel are paid for while you volunteer .......... plus you get a weekly allowance of £26.50.
"CSV will mature you, you'll have a great deal to offer employers, you'll have real experience in quite challenging situations, you'll have learnt a lot and may have had a very good time along the way!"
Juliet Stevenson, star of the film, Truly, Madly, Deeply and award winning TV series The Politician's Wife, spent a year as a full-time volunteer at a hostel in London for young adults with disabilities in 1974.
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CSV is a company limited by guarantee registered in England under no. 1435877 and is a registered charity no. 291222.
CSV would like to thank its volunteers, partners, clients and photographers for their kind support in the producation of this publication.