Citizens Advice Flintshire - National Volunteers' Week

2023 marks the 39th year of Volunteers' Week, when Citizens Advice Flintshire joins thousands of charities and voluntary organisations recognising the contribution volunteers make across the UK.

With this year’s theme of ‘Celebrate and Inspire’ we hope to encourage people to be the change that we want to see and get involved in volunteering whichever way works best for them.

The contribution of volunteers is often unseen and unrecognised by many, visible only through the incredible impact of their volunteering, so we're taking the time during Volunteers' Week to celebrate their efforts and all they contribute to our local community. The voluntary sector has never been more important.

Citizens Advice Flintshire laid on a special ‘Thank You’ buffet and get-together on Thursday, June 1st at our Connah’s Quay offices.

Learning Support & Admin Co-ordinator, Sophie Fitzgerald, commented on the event: "We invited volunteers currently working with us as well as our latest recruits, who are undergoing training at the moment. Because they often work just a day or two a week, a lot of our volunteers have never bumped into each other and this is an opportunity for them to meet up and share experiences".

CEO, Salli Edwards was on hand to personally meet all our volunteers and Advice Supervisor, Sara Jones, thanked everyone for their continued commitment and contribution throughout the year.

Thanks largely to a grant from the WCVA, we’re recruiting Volunteer Assessors and are hoping to hear from local people interested in helping Flintshire residents deal with a range of issues. The problems we help with are mainly debt, benefits, energy, employment, discrimination etc.   

We welcome inquiries from anyone who feels they have transferable skills, life experience and time they could offer to help support and advise local people towards finding solutions to a wide range of problems.

Additional to Volunteer Assessor, we are looking for a Volunteer Database Administrator, where accuracy is key.

Volunteers play an extremely valuable role in the free and confidential service we provide to our clients; in recognition, we will offer full training and do our utmost to provide a friendly and supportive environment in return.

Initially, we’re looking for people to work out of our Holywell & Deeside office and anyone interested in finding out more about the opportunities for volunteering should email: 

training@flintshirecab.org.uk 

...or telephone Sophie, our Learning Support & Admin Coordinator on:

01352 706841