Opportunities For You!!

Added on: 25/07/2007
In: Volunteering

You can gain an extra two days' holiday per year... If you volunteer for a registered charity at any time during the week or at the weekend you can claim up to two working days back.

Here are some options available to you:

1.
With : St James The Less
What : Homeless Shelter
Where : Vauxhall
When : Thursdays
6.30pm-9.30pm
Worth : ½ day
Doing : Joining the existing team of volunteers. Helping to set up tables, serve food, wash up, clear tables etc.

2.
With : City Gateway
What : Centre Insight Tours
Where : Your Centres
When : Anytime!
Worth : ½ day
Doing : At least 3 City Gateway staff bring a group of up to 15 trainees to your offices for a tour around the different departments, with a focus on meeting people in those departments where there are entry-level jobs.

3.
With : City Gateway
What : Employability Talks
Where : E1, London
When : Anytime!
Worth : ½ day or 1 day
Doing : One or a small group of MLS staff join City Gateway in Spitalfields for one of their employability workshops to talk to their trainees about important skills and jobs in our business.

4.
With : City Gateway
What : Work Placements
Where : Your Centres
When : Anytime!
Worth : 1 or 2 days
Doing : One or more trainees, who have been trained and mentored in Employability Skills by City Gateway staff and have been specially selected, come on placements with one of your departments to work at a basic level.

5.
With : City Gateway
What : Mock Interviews
Where : Your Centres
When : Anytime!
Worth : ½ or 1 day
Doing : We receive CVs for a group of trainees who have been trained in Employability Skills and they come to the centre to be interviewed for a job they are actually or potentially applying for, giving feedback at the end.

All you need to do is send a letter from the charity on their headed paper to Julie Rose and these two days will be added to your yearly annual leave total. These need to be requested in the usual way on a holiday request form. If you already have links with a Charity you can apply to organise charity days there too...
If any of these options appeal to you then please email info@ethosmls.co.uk and let us know.

Small steps do make a difference...