Volunteer Profile Lisa Faulkner

Where do you volunteer? NOW Group

What inspired you to get involved? I was interested in working with adults

with learning difficulties as a full time pro-fession. It also would give me the experi-ence to apply for other jobs in the future.

What does your volunteering involve?

I volunteer in Fandom and Job Club. I helped create an environment and or-chestrate activities to help adults with autism form social bonds and I helped

facilitate participants completing job appli-cations.

What do you enjoy most about

volunteering and what has been your highlight?

I enjoyed developing a positive space for the participants to gain social support and

support to keep positive during job searching.

Why would you encourage others to

become a Millennium Volunteer? It gave me the skills I needed to gain em-ployment as a job coach and helped in-

crease my confidence in my skills.

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Spring 2018 | Bangor/North Down

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Air Ambulance NI Volunteers We fundraise for and manages the

helicopter operations of NI’s Helicop-ter Emergency Medical Service. We

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event volunteers, collection box co-ordinators, volunteer ambassadors and many more. If you have some

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Youth Worker Volunteer

Role Purpose: To work alongside the Project Work-ers and part-time staff in the running of the Youth Centre and its various

programmes. Make sure any activities are set up and ready to run, keep a record of young people attending, assist the leader-in-charge with the running of

specific activities http://bit.ly/2E6UNzZ

First Connect Volunteer

Volunteers will provide support to older people to help them access

new opportunities and services that they consider best enhances and sustains their wellbeing and inde-

pendence. No previous knowledge or experi-ence is required to access this role

as tailored training is provided. http://bit.ly/2D4Zr4o

Volunteer Social Media Promoter Fledgling Arts Collective Central are looking for someone who is as pas-sionate as we are about the amaz-ing benefits the arts can have on

mental health. We are looking for a Volunteer So-

cial Media Promoter to help grow our membership base and online com-

munity.

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Homework Club NICRAS

Give up just 1 hour each week and support young people from the refu-gee and asylum seeker community to realise their potential. NICRAS

Volunteers can assist young people aged 5-10 and 11-15 with homework support on Tuesday and Wednesday

evening. http://bit.ly/2zrYnES

Saturday Study Support NICRAS

Work with young people from the Refugee and Asylum Seeking com-munity aged 15+ to meet their full

potential in upcoming exams. Give a few hours on a Saturday morning

from 10am to 1pm. Assisting young people with one to one support and tailor made needs based support.

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NI Admin Support

Would you like to help others while learning valuable skills? We need

you to join our friendly administrative team within RNIB to help with a vari-ety of admin tasks. You will gain ex-perience in using and updating data-

base, talking to customers via phone, and general admin tasks.

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Wednesday Lunch Club

Every Wednesday, through Septem-ber to May, BCM runs a lunch club for approximately 40 older people

from the Greater Belfast area. The Club is run by volunteers who help prepare the food and arrange the

entertainment.

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Awareness & Activities Volunteer Crohn’s and Colitis UK have teams

of volunteers based around the country raising awareness of

Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Coli-tis – two of the main forms of Inflam-matory Bowel Disease (IBD). Sup-port us in our fight to see a world in which people’s lives are not limited

by Crohn’s and Colitis! http://bit.ly/2A35DYD

Community Support Volunteers (16+)

Positive Futures is the leading local charity supporting people of all ages

who have learning disability, ac-quired brain injury or autistic spec-trum condition. The children and young people we support in our Families Services love to get in-

volved in whatever’s going. http://bit.ly/2xYPSAi

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What employers say about volunteering...

Volunteering has a real impact on the creation of the student community.

Those that are involved enhance their student experience and feel they are truly part of something special. Volun-

teering offers people the chance to develop valuable employability skills, make new friends, learn new skills,

showcase a talent, or begin the jour-ney to a wonderful career, but most importantly, as a University that is

committed to impacting positively on the world around it, it allows our staff and students to make a difference.

Queen’s University Belfast

Job opportunities are relatively rare in our organization, but when they arise in the admin/events de-partment there are a lot of applica-

tions and event experience is something that really sets suc-cessful applicants out from the

rest. Programmes like Millennium Volunteers and other opportunities taken through Volunteer Now pro-

vide invaluable experience that can help young people stand out

and be successful in their applica-tions.

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