Volunteers Newsletter Number One

Annabelle Murray ( ViH Volunteer Coordinator)

We are really thrilled that our schoolwork placement volunteer Nina has been inspired to take her role one step further and has signed up to do the Teignmouth Seafront Park Run on the 23^rd September to fundraise for our charity!

There is a number of us that are going to do it alongside her – walking, running (or staggering! in my case) to support her great efforts for our community.  If you would like to come along and be part of the team, please contact Annabelle (volunteer coordinator) or ring the office and let us know.  We will be meeting on the Den at 8.45am for a briefing, with a prompt start at 9am.

Most importantly, let’s all help Nina reach her target of £500 – here is the link to make your donation, or if technology is problematic, you can drop off your donation in an envelope to the office marked ‘Nina’s Park Run’.

Thank you for your support and well-done Nina for making this all happen!

Here is the link:

TotalGiving™ – Teignmouth Park Run – Park Run for ViH – Volunteering In Health – Fundraising Page

 

 

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

28TH SEPTEMBER

2-4PM BITTON HOUSE

We are really excited about our AGM because it is a celebration of everything our volunteers have achieved in the community over the last year.  That is why we want all our volunteers to attend!  We are passionate that you can all see the bigger picture of our charity – how together you are making a massive difference in our locality.

The AGM is being held on 28^th September from 2 – 4 pm at Bitton House in Teignmouth.  We will be serving refreshments and there is a really interesting program that our Manager has been working on to keep everyone engaged.

There is paid parking outside Bitton House, or you can grab a parking spot for free on the avenues about 3 minutes away.

We would love to hear from you if you are planning to come, this will help us with planning seating and refreshments.  If you would like to help out behind the scenes in the kitchen or serving the tea please let us know.

To RSVP:

Please contact the office on 01626 771695 or email annabelle.hulbert@volunteeringinhealth.co.uk

or follow this link to make an instant RSVP

https://forms.office.com/e/h2vdL4aE6b

BINGO NIGHT

28TH SEPTEMBER 7PM

TEIGNMOUTH RUGBY CLUB

This promises to be a night of fun after the AGM in the afternoon!  We are just non stop at ViH!

We have 40 spaces still available.  Each book is £10 which should last you the whole night and there are opportunities to buy raffle tickets for some great prizes.  It goes without saying that all proceeds go to ViH!

The last Bingo Night we held we raised £650, helping to boost our community projects.  So, there is every good reason to get your lucky hat on and make your way to Bingo Night.

If you would like to reserve spaces for you and your friends,

please follow the link below:

https://forms.office.com/e/5r6Yn3qd12

or ring the office on 01626 771695

or contact jeannette.osmond@nhs.net

QUIZ NIGHT

ViH are having a fundraising Quiz Night, it will be on the 4^th November.  If you are a whizz at general knowledge, holding useless information in your brain for just this sort of event, or are an absolute genius – walking encyclopaedia… you can’t miss this event!

Over the last year ViH have been rolling out a training program for our volunteers, which has proven to be really beneficial to staff and volunteers alike.  (Watch this space because we are going to have some really engaging and challenging training opportunities coming your way for 2024.)

In the meantime, we are really focused to ensure that ALL our volunteers have completed our essential core training – so far 80% have – so this post is for the rest of you!  By the end of January we want everyone to have completed our essential core training – the clue is in the name ….‘essential’… so we are giving you plenty of time to get this date in your diaries so that we can have 100% of our volunteers all on the same page and delivering a top quality ‘safe’ service to the community.

This is ONLY for volunteers that have NOT already done the core training this year.  If that’s you please follow the link to reserve your space and ask questions:

This is another way ViH want to help our volunteers get together to connect, share and stay engaged, building a strong volunteer community.  You can come for the whole time or drop in – make a cuppa and come along.  Just save this newsletter or copy and add the link to your calendar, then you can click the link on the day, and as if by magic you shall be connected to your wider volunteer community!

(OK … I know that the wifi might drop off, the screen might freeze, the link might seem not to connect… but give it a go it might just work!  One rule – no throwing computers out of the window at the end!!)

Here are the links – save the ones that apply to you.  I’ll look forward to seeing you there :

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