New Arundel Museum’s vacancies for volunteer stewards

The Arundel Museum Society is recruiting stewards to add to its existing team of volunteers, especially for weekends, as the new museum will be open seven days a week.

Morning sessions for stewards are from 9.50am-1pm and afternoons run from 1-4 pm.

For more information on these and other volunteer vacancies, contact Derek Moore, Arun Volunteer Centre co-ordinator, telephone 01903 731223, e-mail [email protected] or call in at the centre on the ground floor, Bradbury Centre, 1-5 St Martin’s Lane, Littlehampton, from 9am-4pm on Mondays and Thursdays and 9.30am-4.30pm on Wednesdays.

Age UK West Sussex, based in Littlehampton, needs more volunteers for its Good Neighbours scheme, to support vulnerable and isolated older people through weekly visits to their home, enjoying social time over a cup of tea. There is a minimum commitment of two hours per week and any out-of-pocket expenses will be paid.

Littlehampton Social Club for the Blind and Partially-sighted is appealing for car drivers to collect one or two members, take them to the club and return them home afterwards. General helpers are also needed to help out during the club meetings, on a Tuesday afternoon in Littlehampton. Drivers are requested to use their own vehicle and a mileage allowance is paid.

St Barnabas House hospice, at Worthing, has opportunities for volunteers to serve as Community Companions, offering additional practical support to patients and carers in their own homes.

This help is to encourage and support independent living, which in turn leads to increased well-being for the patients.

Volunteers need to be willing to learn new skills, some requiring training which will be provided, and to have excellent communication and listening skills, as well as being reliable and good time-keepers, and physically able to carry out allocated tasks.

They should be able to accept people as individuals and respect their differences, and have the ability to empathise with the client, and demonstrate well-developed coping strategies, and be flexible to work on their own or as part of the team.