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Volunteering for Lyndhurst Community Centre

Benefits of volunteering

Volunteering is one of the most rewarding things you can do

And thinking about how you want to benefit from volunteering is a good start to finding an opportunity that’s right for you.

  • Gain confidence
    Volunteering can help you gain confidence by giving you the chance to try something new and build a real sense of achievement.
  • Make a difference
    Volunteering can have a real and valuable positive affect on people, communities and society in general.
  • Meet people and make friends
    Volunteering can help you meet different kinds of people and make new friends.
  • Be part of a community
    Volunteering can help you feel part of something outside your friends and family.
  • Learn new skills
    Volunteering can help you learn new skills, gain experience and sometimes even qualifications.
  • Take on a challenge
    Through volunteering you can challenge yourself to try something different, achieve personal goals, practice using your skills and discover hidden talents.
  • Be appreciated
    by individuals in your local community whose lives your volunteering benefits
  • Have fun!
    Most volunteers have a great time, regardless of why they do it.

Volunteering Opportunities

There are many ways you can volunteer at Lyndhurst Community Centre:

  • Join our Reception Team
    Support our Admin team during our busiest times, helping with general enquiries about the Centre and its activities as well as taking preliminary details for bookings.
  • Join our “What’s On” Delivery Team
    Once a month, collect an agreed number of copies of our “What’s On” magazine and deliver them to a particular rod or road(s).
  • Join our Library Team
    Help staff the Library at agreed times, issuing books and receiving returns as well as fielding queries for books not currently available.
  • Join our Events Support Team
    Help staff set up and supervise and clear up after events at the Centre.
  • Join our Site Improvement Team
    Help our caretaking staff with refurbishment projects, perhaps re-decorating rooms or, if you are confident, helping with small construction projects.
  • Join our Kitchen and Catering Team
    Can you spare time to help cater for events or help clean up the kitchen afterwards?
  • Join our Youth Club Team
    Come along on a Friday afternoon to help supervise or run activities at our Youth Club for 11-13 year olds.

Training and Induction is provided for all the roles.

If you are interested in becoming a volunteer at Lyndhurst Community Centre, please fill in our expression of interest form:

Volunteer Application Form

Alternatively contact us to discuss your skills and interest on 023 8028 2267 or email admin@lyndhurstcomm.org.

 


Data Privacy Notice

The Community Centre and the Library are owned and managed by a registered charity,
Lyndhurst & District Community Association (“The Association”).

What data we collect:
Name, email, postal address, telephone number.

Why we collect your data and how we use it: To enable the Association to communicate with you about your volunteering role, about events where help is required and general information about the Community Centre and Library, including a newsletter.

How we collect your data: Requested on expression of interest form.

How long we keep your data: While the volunteer is actively part of the volunteer team.

How you can control the data we keep: You can request we remove your data from our records at any time by contacting admin@lyndhurstcomm.org or speaking to the Centre Manager.

Do we share your data? We do not share your data with third parties outside the Community Centre unless you give us your permission to do so. Our email lists are held securely on a third party mailing server which adheres to GDPR legislation and are only available to Community Centre staff and Trustees in accordance with your communication choices.

How you can make a complaint about how we use your data: If you have any problems with how we use your data, please contact us. Alternatively, you can find more information about data protection regulations and how to make a formal complaint from the Information Commissioners Office at www.ico.org.uk For further information, please read our Privacy Statement.

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Lyndhurst Community Centre
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Lyndhurst
SO43 7NY

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