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Employment and Volunteering
Welcome to Employment and Volunteering! This category serves as your access point to information and resources, empowering you to elevate your skills and progress in your career within North Tyneside. Explore:
Training Courses: Discover tailored programs and workshops aimed at acquiring new skills and enhancing existing ones.
Career Development: Explore services and programs dedicated to supporting your career growth and advancement.
Volunteering Opportunities: Learn how you can contribute to making a positive impact in the borough.
Volunteering
Services
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Grow & Eat
What is Grow & Eat? Grow & Eat is a collaborative project by North Tyneside VODA with support from Public Health and Active North Tyneside. The aim of the project is to help communities in the North Tyneside area learn how to make more efficient use of their outdoor space, whether that is public or private, in order to grow food and improve their… >
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Volunteer Centre North Tyneside
There are so many benefits to volunteering – it’s a great way to give some of your time and skills for the benefit of others but also a fantastic way to learn new skills, meet new people, improve your CV and to have fun. There are a huge range of volunteering opportunities available in North Tyneside – from short, one off activities such as helpi… >
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Good Neighbours
North Tyneside VODA’s Good Neighbours Project has been active across North Tyneside for the last seven years; we support volunteers to carry out tasks typical of a ‘good neighbour’ for vulnerable residents at no cost. The Good Neighbours project focuses on practical support with shopping, picking up prescriptions and other some tasks su… >
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Volunteer with Age UK North Tyneside: Befriender
Make a new friend through our one-to-one befriending program. You will visit a lovely customer in their own home to have a cuppa and a chat on a weekly basis. Time Commitment: Varies, usually one hour per week plus travel time to and from the customer’s home.Location: Across North Tyneside, at the customer’s home. To apply, please call 0191 287 … >
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Volunteer with Age UK North Tyneside: Meeting Centres Volunteer
Meeting Centres are a local resource, operating out of community buildings, providing a welcoming and friendly support to people living at home with dementia – that is people with a diagnosis of dementia alongside their family/carers and friends network. As a volunteer, you would be a member of a team, trained in the Meeting Centre ethos to provid… >
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Volunteer with Age UK North Tyneside: Dementia Activities Volunteer
Activities may include cuppa clubs, activity or singing groups (e.g. craft, music, history, movement), excursion groups and peer support groups. All activities provide a safe, social space where people living with dementia and their carers can come to socialise and participate in an activity. They will include a chance to chat and have refreshment… >