January 2015, will soon be morning, at the Community Warm welcome leaving to return to her career Hub Cafe in Great Dunmow. We extend our warmest at Lloyds Bank. Members of the Coffee and welcome to the new Company mini Time Bank, Val Wendy-Jo has been a individual and organisation and Mary, warmly greeted dedicated worker with members who have joined everyone. Wendy-Jo spoke Organisations and Mini Time our Time Bank recently. about Time Bank and Pat and banks and a very loyal Susan brought along their member of staff, providing a Val welcomes a new member laptops to search the list of great deal of experience. current volunteering The Time Bank team will help Thank you Wendy-Jo, and opportunities. you to get the most out of every success for the future! your volunteering activity and Time Together make sure that it all runs Wendy-Jo Atter ‘Time together’ coffee smoothly. mornings give us the They identify volunteering Wendy-Jo says... opportunity to: opportunities, match skills to “I have enjoyed working with needs, complete health and Thank you for your Time Bank. It has been very safety checks, undertake risk support of Time Bank rewarding to see the difference assessments and in the case Explain how the Time Bank and achievements the of groups and organisations, exchange process works volunteers have made. Best produce a plan for the day, wishes to you all. Keep up the Discuss what you would which is used to brief the good work!” like to do or, any help that volunteers. you may need For more information contact: Seek your feedback, for example, what is working well and what could be Time together improved? Our next ‘Time together’ On 10 February the Time Bank Fond farewell coffee morning will take team held their first successful in Saffron Walden, during ‘Time together’ coffee Wendy-Jo Atter, who has Volunteers Week, in June. worked for Time Bank since Opportunities Craft Gardening The group of Time Bank volunteers who run the ‘Coffee and Company’ befriending service are Spring is here and the flowers are beginning to looking to introduce craft opportunities to these bloom; we have a variety of gardening sessions, which take place on Thursday mornings opportunities for our green fingered volunteers between 10.30 and 12.30 at the Uttlesford and, if you need assistance with general Community Hub Café, on the Stortford Road in gardening we have some volunteers happy to Great Dunmow. help with this too.
Warm welcome We extend our warmest welcome to the new individual and organisation members who have joined our Time Bank recently. Val welcomes a new member The Time Bank team will help you to get the most out of your volunteering activity and make sure that it all runs smoothly. They identify volunteering opportunities, match skills to needs, complete health and safety checks, undertake risk assessments and in the case of groups and organisations, produce a plan for the day, which is used to brief the volunteers. For more information contact: Fond farewell Wendy-Jo Atter, who has worked for Time Bank since January 2015, will soon be leaving to return to her career at Lloyds Bank. Wendy-Jo has been a dedicated worker with Organisations and Mini Time banks and a very loyal member of staff, providing a great deal of experience. Thank you Wendy-Jo, and every success for the future! Wendy-Jo Atter Wendy-Jo says... “I have enjoyed working with Time Bank. It has been very rewarding to see the difference and achievements the volunteers have made. Best wishes to you all. Keep up the good work!” Time together On 10 February the Time Bank team held their first successful ‘Time together’ coffee morning, at the Community Hub Cafe in Great Dunmow. Members of the Coffee and Company mini Time Bank, Val and Mary, warmly greeted everyone. Wendy-Jo spoke about Time Bank and Pat and Susan brought along their laptops to search the list of current volunteering opportunities. Time Together ‘Time together’ coffee mornings give us the opportunity to: Thank you for your support of Time Bank Explain how the Time Bank exchange process works Discuss what you would like to do or, any help that you may need Seek your feedback, for example, what is working well and what could be improved? Our next ‘Time together’ coffee morning will take in Saffron Walden, during Volunteers Week, in June. Opportunities Gardening Spring is here and the flowers are beginning to bloom; we have a variety of gardening opportunities for our green fingered volunteers and, if you need assistance with general gardening we have some volunteers happy to help with this too. Craft The group of Time Bank volunteers who run the ‘Coffee and Company’ befriending service are looking to introduce craft opportunities to these sessions, which take place on Thursday mornings between 10.30 and 12.30 at the Uttlesford Community Hub Café, on the Stortford Road in Great Dunmow.
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