The Watford and Three Rivers Refugee Partnership is looking for volunteers to carry out a range of roles.
We provide practical and emotional support to refugees, asylum-seekers and other vulnerable migrants in our community. Our services include befriending and casework, drop-in centre, education, financial support, provision of food and other necessities, and sports and social activities.
We are at an exciting time in our development – we are hoping to meet a growing need for our services by recruiting new volunteers. We have also just recruited our first paid member of staff.
This is an amazing opportunity to join a group of dedicated, kind and fun volunteers in a worthwhile and rewarding endeavour.
We particularly welcome applications from people from ethnic minority and migrant backgrounds, who are under-represented among our volunteers.
We take the welfare of our volunteers and beneficiaries extremely seriously. We are doing everything we can to make sure all our activities are Covid-secure and that our volunteers are fully trained and prepared for the tasks we ask them to carry out.
To find out more, please contact .
We are looking for several types of volunteer:
Role title
Role description
Approximate time commitment
Trustee, ideally with knowledge and experience of safeguarding
To govern and manage the charity alongside 5-6 other trustees. Safeguarding lead will help volunteers tackle potential safeguarding issues.
Trustees attend Committee meetings on a Monday evening once every alternate month. Safeguarding lead will need to be on hand most days to answer queries, which arise approximately once a week.
Secretary
To work with the Office Manager to ensure the smooth running of the charity.
4 hours per week.
Caseworkers
To help beneficiaries interact with other agencies such as social services.
4 hours per week. Weekday availability preferred but not essential.
Events Coordinator
To take the lead in organising fun social and sports activities and Christmas hampers for our beneficiaries.
8 hours per week in the run-up to events (approx. quarterly), not much required in between.
Technology Coordinator
To coordinate the provision of IT equipment and support to our beneficiaries.
4 hours per week.
Befrienders
To provide moral support and help our beneficiaries integrate into the community.
2 hours per week, depending on how many clients you befriend.
Food packing and delivery volunteers
To help pack and deliver food and other basic necessities to our beneficiaries.
4 hours per session, currently Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays on alternate weeks. You can volunteer for a session when you’re available.
Social and sports volunteers
To help at social and sports events we organise for beneficiaries.
6 hours approx. once a quarter. Social events are on weekends, sports events for children are usually on weekdays.
Drop-in volunteers
To provide signposting and advice to people who attend our drop-in clinics.
2 hours on a Tuesday and/or a Friday at 11.00-13.00. You can volunteer every week or at other intervals by mutual agreement.
Education volunteers
To help our beneficiaries learn English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) and other key skills.
4 hours per week. Weekday availability preferred but not essential.
Communications volunteers
To assist with promoting our charity and sharing information via newsletters, social media and other channels.
Last Updated: 20th January 2021 by wtrrp
Refugee partnership recruiting!
The Watford and Three Rivers Refugee Partnership is looking for volunteers to carry out a range of roles.
We provide practical and emotional support to refugees, asylum-seekers and other vulnerable migrants in our community. Our services include befriending and casework, drop-in centre, education, financial support, provision of food and other necessities, and sports and social activities.
We are at an exciting time in our development – we are hoping to meet a growing need for our services by recruiting new volunteers. We have also just recruited our first paid member of staff.
This is an amazing opportunity to join a group of dedicated, kind and fun volunteers in a worthwhile and rewarding endeavour.
We particularly welcome applications from people from ethnic minority and migrant backgrounds, who are under-represented among our volunteers.
We take the welfare of our volunteers and beneficiaries extremely seriously. We are doing everything we can to make sure all our activities are Covid-secure and that our volunteers are fully trained and prepared for the tasks we ask them to carry out.
To find out more, please contact .
We are looking for several types of volunteer:
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