 Each year brings with it new resolutions and if your new year’s resolution in 2010 is to become more involved in your community then help is at hand.
The Volunteer Centre at Community First New Forest is putting on a programme of initiatives across the New Forest. Designed to show people how they can become involved in volunteering, Community First New Forest will be running a number of events over the coming months.
These range from volunteer recruitment roadshows and informal drop in sessions at local libraries to pre-arranged one to one meetings.
As well as being a great way to get involved in the community, volunteering has also been shown to give a number of other benefits.
These include meeting new people, developing an interest in new things, learning new skills and increasing knowledge. Volunteering even helps people to develop their CV and can in some cases even lead to paid employment.
Community First New Forest will be holding two roadshows; one in Totton and the other in New Milton.
The first takes place at Totton Christian Centre on Wednesday 10 February and the latter at New Milton Community Association on Wednesday 17 March 2010. Informal drop in sessions will be taking place at the libraries in Hythe on 14 January and 11 March, New Milton on 27 January and 31 March and in Fordingbridge on 2 February.
Volunteer Centre Co-ordinator, Hazel Dyson, at Community First New Forest is hoping to reach as many people as possible throughout the area.
Hazel says, “We want anyone who is interested in volunteering to come along. People can have an informal chat and there is no obligation if they don’t want to take things further.”
Hazel added “There’s nothing to lose but if you’re looking for a challenging, rewarding and fulfilling experience then volunteering may well be for you”.
There are numerous volunteering opportunities on offer in the New Forest from working with children or animals to driving a minibus.
Whatever your interests and whether you have a little time or a lot then in Hazel’s experience people can find something to suit them.
She concludes, “Whether you want to improve your CV with new skills, meet new people or just feel good about yourself then the Volunteer Centre can link you up with a volunteering opportunity that could change your life for the better”.
For further information about any of the volunteering events planned contact Hazel on 01425 482773 or vol.bureau@cfnf.org.uk
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