Neath Port Talbot CVS were delighted to receive the Investing in Volunteers Award at a celebration held at Neath Port Talbot CVS on 12th December 2008, chaired by Mrs Margaret Thorne CBE DL.
A range of speakers attended the celebration including Mrs Gwenda Thomas AM, Deputy Minister for Social Services and Mr Derek Vaughan, Leader of Neath Port Talbot Council
The Investing in Volunteers Award was presented to Neath Port Talbot CVS by Mr Mark Bendon, Senior Grants Assessor, WCVA for the volunteer schemes that it manages including the Social Services Volunteer Scheme, the Independent Visitors Scheme and the Enablers Project.
Jill Harding, Assistant Director at Neath Port Talbot CVS spoke about the volunteering schemes. She highlighted the enormous and invaluable contribution made by all the volunteers and gave thanks to the funders including Neath Port Talbot CBC, Hillside and the Children and Young People’s Partnership.
The Social Services Volunteering Scheme, links individuals as befrienders or places them in Social Services settings.
The Independent Visiting Scheme based at Hillside Secure Unit, Neath provides volunteers to ‘visit and befriend’, those children and young people who have little or no contact with their families or the contact is of poor quality.
The Enablers Project which aims to provide volunteers who have experience of caring for a child or young person with disabilities, with parents and carers in similar circumstances. The volunteers have a real understanding of the circumstances faced by the individuals they are linked with.
Volunteers Melanie Morgan, Nigel Cram, Steve Dunn and Margaret Jones spoke at the event highlighting some of their experiences and the enjoyment they had had by volunteering. They also gave thanks for the support that they had received from Gaynor Pickin, SSVS Volunteer Development Officer at Neath Port Talbot CVS.
For further information, please contact Gaynor Pickin 01639 631387 e-mail info@nptcvs.org.uk
Cyngor Gwasanaeth Gwirfoddol Castell Nedd Port Talbot
Mae Cyngor Gwasanaeth Gwirfoddol Castell Nedd Port Talbot yn cefnogi’r gymuned leol drwy ddarparu amryw o wasanaethau gan gynnwys cyngor a gwybodaeth, hyfforddiant, gwasanaethau cymorth ymarferol, canolfan wirfoddolwyr a thrwy helpu i ddatblygu mentrau newydd. Ar hyn o bryd, mae 40 o wirfoddolwyr sy’n cyflawni amryw o rolau fel cyfeillio a gweithio gyda grwpiau mewn gwasanaethau gofal dydd.
Ar hyn o bryd mae Cyngor Gwasanaeth Gwirfoddol Castell Nedd Port Talbot yn rhedeg 4 prosiect gwirfoddoli, sef Cynllun Gwirfoddoli Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol - mae’n cynnig cyfeillio un-i-un ar draws y gwasanaethau cymdeithasol; Cynllun Ymweliadau Annibynnol - 2 brosiect sy’n cynnig cymorth un-i-un i blant a phobl ifanc sydd heb gysylltiad neu heb fawr o gysylltiad ag aelodau o’u teulu ac, yn olaf, Prosiect Galluogwyr - cyfeillio un-i-un ar gyfer rhieni i blant sydd ag anableddau dysgu.
I gael mwy o wybodaeth, cysylltwch â Gaynor Pickin ar 01639 631387 neu drwy’r e-bost info@nptcvs.org.uk
