Volunteers Week celebrates its 40th anniversary this year starting on Monday June 3rd and we want you and your organisations to come together with us to recognise and reward the people who give up their time to help make Halton & St Helens a vibrant community and encourage new people to get involved.
Throughout the week we want to bring to life the value of volunteering by sharing stories of your volunteers – why they volunteer; the impact of sharing time, skills and knowledge. There’s no better way of recruiting new people than by asking your own volunteers why they do what they do. If you can get them to share a little film or image then send them over to us so we can include them in our social media feeds.
Come and join us at our recruitment events across Halton and St Helens – we’re getting out and about in to our communities and we want you to come with us to tell local people about the great work you do and the fantastic ways they can support you as a volunteer. It will also be a great way to network and collaborate – find out about the different services, activities and support on offer. If you’re interested in joining us on our recruitment days get in touch volunteer@haltonsthelensvca.org.uk.
We are running Volunteer Recruitment events:
Wednesday 5th at The World of Glass in St Helens - 10am to 4pm - to book a space for your stall / information contact Gill Ellison gellison@haltonsthelensvca.org.uk
Wednesday 5th & Thursday 6th at Widnes Market - 9am - 4.30pm (set up from 8.30) - to book a space contact David Roberts - volunteer@haltonsthelensvca.org.uk
We'd like as many groups and organisations to join us in showcasing the variety of volunteering roles our residents can get involved in and will be promoting the events to our partners across both boroughs.
If you would like to come along to promote your project at either location, bring some pull up stands and information leaflets etc. and just hang out with us please get in touch.
It will be a good opportunity to interact with the public, and meet with us and other local projects.
We also want to say “Thank You” and are holding a Quiz Night for volunteers across Halton & St Helens on Tuesday 4th June at St Maries from 7pm to 10pm (approx.) All teams must be a maximum of 6 players and have at least one volunteer. We’ll provide the refreshments and the quiz itself and you can bring a tipple if you want to.
Need help raising a full team? We can help you partner with another organisation – just let us know how many want to take part. Booking is essential – telephone 01928 592405 or email volunteer@haltonsthelensvca.org.uk.
If you want us to promote your activities and celebrations or want to know more about what we’re doing please get in touch with the Volunteer Centre volunteer@haltonsthelensvca.org.uk
To join in with the national week and find some cool resources to use visit https://volunteersweek.org/