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Book keeper for the Heathfield Magazine
The Heathfield Magazine need a volunteer book keeper! Can you offer a basic level of book keeping for about 10 hours a month to keep this vibrant magazines books in order? You would be part of the management committee and need to be able to draft a short financial report 6 times a year. A full role description is available for [...]
Co Editor Heathfield Magazine
Can you help chair the Heathfield Magazine? The Community Magazine for Heathfield, Old Heathfield, Broad Oak, Cade Street and Punnetts Town is a highly successful publication, which is produced monthly and is free to residents. The magazine is produced by Heathfield Benefice (the Anglican churches in Heathfield) and a committee of volunteers is responsible for editing the content, collecting advertising revenue, [...]
Sussex Community NHS – help our District Nurses
Can you help? Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust are looking for volunteers to help their District Nurses at Heathfield Community Centre. There are two roles available: Admin Support Volunteer for Heathfield District Nurses at Heathfield Community Centre. Tuesday or Fridays 9.30am - 12.30pm. Duties include: Filing Archiving Making up patient folders (putting care records into them in readiness to go into [...]
St Wilfrid’s Hospice Community Support Volunteers – can you help?
St Wilfrid’s Hospice are looking to recruit Community Support Volunteers who visit and befriend patients in their own homes offering a chance to talk, give respite and reassurance to families, laugh, reminisce and even play the odd game of scrabble! Is this something you could do? If you have a kind heart and enjoy spending time with people, then it’s a [...]
Social Prescribing comes to Heathfield
Did you know that GPs are trying to avoid prescribing drugs to those suffering from anxiety, depression, social isolation and loneliness in our community? This is being replaced with ‘social prescribing’. Volunteers in our area are helping people overcome their difficulties with activity and social interaction. There are countless different ways to help - from going to activity groups or just [...]
Do you have some time? Want to help?
We can find you the perfect place to volunteer Do you have time to spare? Would you like to be involved with people, help with animals, work outdoors? Join us in volunteering, make new friends and gain new skills. Volunteering can be a real boost for your mental health as well as benefitting those you are helping. Come in and chat [...]