TMG - Volunteering Opportunities

How can you help?

Listening: when no one else will listen, Samaritans will. It is extremely rewarding to offer support to people who don’t know how to cope. And good active listening skills can help in work and personal situations. All our branches are looking for more listening volunteers so that the next time a caller in distress rings Samaritans, we have a person available to answer the phone.

Publicity: manning our telephone lines isn’t enough. We need publicity officers to communicate our contact details in the local community. Then, people will know how to reach Samaritans when they need us most. Or maybe the branch is raising money by holding an event and wants to generate press coverage?  Are you interested in putting Samaritans on the map? Contact your local branch

Fundraising: money may not make the world go round, but it certainly helps to give Samaritans alive. We need new and creative ideas for raising money! And we need people to donate their time to help out at events and collections.  Could you be the money spinner we need?

Administration: even Samaritans branches have to pay an electricity bill! We need people to help perform the behind-the-scenes tasks that keep the branch operating efficiently. Maybe you could help manage the volunteer rota? This role needs a key person who wants to be known by every volunteer at the branch! Contact your local branch

As you can see there are many other ways that people can help Samaritans other than becoming a listening volunteer because each branch is like running a “mini” business.  People can develop their communication, managerial, mentoring and coaching skills by volunteering to help with the following:

• Branch administration
• Finance and book-keeping
• IT support
• In our shops
• Acting as a business mentor for a branch director
• Maintenance work e.g. branch redecoration or shop re-fit
• Researching the local community to identify the most vulnerable groups to reach out to
• Outreach work e.g. talking with teachers in local schools and governors in local prisons to organise talks/visits for our outreach team
• Organising a volunteer recruitment campaign and a caller awareness campaign for certain target groups

On top of all these ways that people can help Samaritans, there are a number of “one off” awareness and fundraising events that branches hold throughout the year.  Why not contact your local branch to see how you can help at one or two of these events?  Could be anything from helping out at a collection outside a supermarket to helping at a concert or donating a prize for a raffle.

With your help, the partnership can continue to help Samaritans reach many more young people through TMG magazines, exhibitions, new media and projects to help raise vital funds and increase awareness of Samaritans service.

Thank you for all your time, energy and support! 

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