Opportunities

In January 2009, the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) named Adecco as their official recruitment services provider of choice.  As the exclusive provider of permanent and temporary workers, Adecco will support LOCOG in sourcing talented individuals for a range of positions between now and 2012. The Official website Jobs For The Games is now live and recruiting

Organisation: England Netball Youth Advisory Group

AIMS:
to recognise the countless number of young volunteers in netball. It aims to provide you with opportunities,ideas and rewards to help you on your leadership and volunteering journey. No matter what your role in netball, we want you to Get Involved and Get Recognised.

It's time to share your passion with other young people, so register now and get volunteering!'

Who is it for?
It's for every young person aged 12-25 actively volunteering in netball; whether as a coach, official,committee member, event helper, school team helper...the list is endless!

What are the benefits?                                                                             You'll get rewards once you've completed 10, 25, 50, 100, 200 and 400 voluntary hours in netball.

Kendal Arts International the organisation responsible for the Lakes Alive Cultural Olympiad programmes across Cumbria occasionally have volunteer vacancies.  Find out more, including contact details on their website here

The 2012 School Games is taking place in London between the 6th and 9th May 2012. The location of the event will be at ExCel, Old Loughtonians Hockey Club and Barking RFC on 6-8th May, and at the Olympic Park on Wednesday 9th May 2012. 12 National Governing Bodies of Sport are involved in the event, these are: Athletics, Badminton, Cycling, Fencing, Gymnastics, Hockey, Judo, Rugby Sevens, Swimming, Table Tennis, Volleyball and Wheelchair Basketball. We estimate that around 1657 athletes will participate in this event across the 12 sports and an event of this size will require 400+ volunteers to support the delivery of this event.

Next year there will be 24 Kids of Steel events happening around the county, and yes, it's coming to Cumbria.

On Tuesday 15th May 2012 Workington Leisure Centre will play host to the successful Tata Kids of Steel Event.  This is the British Triathlon tool for engaging with schools. The children's events are now in their sixth year, with approximately 800 children due to take part in the event at Workington in May.

This unique series sees the British Triathlon Federation partnering with its long standing sponsor and now Corporate Partner, Tata Steel, in delivering a fun and healthy day for school children between the ages of 8 and 13 complete a mini triathlon.

The event needs a team of around 50 volunteers to help out on the day. Volunteers will be responsible many different key tasks including:

Box Carrier

Cycle Marshal

Drinks Station

Registration

Run Marshal

Transition

British Triathlon would like to invite you all to volunteer at the event.  The date start time is at 8.30am and it will finish at approximately 4pm.

The event has never happened in Cumbria and to make sure that it returns in 2013 it needs to be as successful as possible and without key partners and volunteers, such as yourselves, this won't happen.

If you would like to help volunteer on the day, please download the volunteer application form and send it through to:

Michelle Scott

Regional Programme Manager

Triathlon England

Northumberland, Cumbria, North Yorkshire, Durham,

Tees Valley and Tyne & Wear

Mobile: +44 (0) 7834 542 086

Email: michellescott@triathlonengland.org

You can also contact Michelle for more information.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to support the Penrith & District Junior Football League.

FA Charter Standard League, The Penrith and District Junior Football League are offering a budding journalist an opportunity to gain some experience whilst supporting the grassroots game.

A PRESS OFFICER, with an interest and knowledge of football is needed for the new season to cover and report on a fixture each week on a Sunday morning or afternoon.

This could be a student, a semi-retired person or someone who would like to gain experience in media journalism.

If this opportunity interests you, please contact the League Chairman, Colin Hodgson on 07876403442 or Helen Aitchison on 07918 083637 or Helen.Aitchison@CumberlandFA.com

Expenses and a nominal fee is available for the right person.

Cumberland FA's Girls Player Development Centre is giving local coaches the opportunity to become involved in a National coaching programme through the Girls Talent Development Structure.

The Player Development Centre (PDC), based in Penrith for girls within Cumberland is one of 28 licensed Centres across the country. Trials took place in November to select girls at Under 11, 13 and 15 to follow a 15 week training programme. Training takes place on Monday evenings.

The FA Player Development Centre is part of The FA's player pathway and bridges the gap between grassroots football and The FA Centre of Excellence programme. Players involved in the PDC have been selected from grassroots clubs in Cumberland and continue to play and train with their local clubs in addition to the PDC programme.

Cumberland FA PDC is looking for an enthusiastic coach who would like to get involved in supporting the girls pathway whilst also committing to developing their skills through a varied Continued Professional Development (CPD) programme.

Interested coaches should hold the following minimum qualifications:
The FA Level 2 Certificate in Coaching Football
FA Youth Award Module 1
FA Youth Award Module 2 (To be completed as part of individual CPD)
Up to date Emergency Aid and Safe Guarding Children Certificates
Valid FA CRB Check
Hold The FA Coach Licence or be willing to join the scheme

For further information please contact Helen Aitchison, Girls and Women's Football Development Officer on 01900 872310

Cumbria Rugby Football League are looking for volunteers for a new programme.  The opportunities would be to plan, promote and assist the delivery on one of Cumbria's 10 week 'Play Touch Rugby League' programmes. More information on the programmes can be found at www.playtouchrugbyleague.co.uk.

More information about the Volunteer opportunities including the types of roles and how to get involved here>>

Race for Life have 2 events happening in Cumbria in July they are looking for volunteers to support, they are:

• Cartmel Racecourse - 1st July
• Carlisle Sheepmount Stadium - 15th July

Volunteers can sign up to help at the event on our website www.raceforlife.org/volunteer or by calling 08716 412272 . There are a number of roles to fill on the day including helping in the finish area, marshalling the route or helping in the admin tent. Volunteers can also get involved with helping to promote the event in their local area and can sign up as a pre-event volunteer.  

On Friday 22nd, Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th June 2012, Windermere will host the British Gas Great North Swim, which will feature elite races with some of the world's top open water swimmers and plans to see up to 1,000 mass participation swimmers complete a two mile open water course on the Friday and up to 9,000 swimmers complete a one mile open water course over the Saturday and Sunday. The British Gas Great North Swim is the largest event in the 2012 British Gas Great Swim series of five events in the UK.

There are opportunities for individuals to volunteer on this event as Marshals. Safety of Great Swim participants is paramount at these events and therefore we are hoping to recruit a good number of responsible individuals to work in a variety of roles, alongside our event crew, with varied levels of responsibility.

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All Marshalls will receive a packed lunch and refreshments throughout the day and an event top which they must wear on the day and can keep afterwards. Clubs, groups and organisations providing volunteers will receive £15 per marshal (invoices must be submitted post event).

If you are interested in being involved in, please contact us on volunteers@greatswim.org for more information.

2 posts Ref: CumLDO(South) and CumLDO(West)

Starting salary, non-negotiable, at £20,000 per annum plus employer's contribution to pension plan and mileage expenses.
This project is scheduled to run for 3 years with an individual on a one year contract renewable annually based on satisfactory performance

A full driving licence is required for this role.
You will need a car that is suitably insured and that you are able to use for work. Mileage will be paid to cover expenses.

The Scout Association is a world leader in youth development and adventurous activities. Active in 216 countries and territories we have a global membership of over 28 million, with half a million members in the UK.  The Association aims to provide adventure and challenge for young people 6-25 and for the 100,000 adult volunteers who make Scouting happen.

There are 2 vacant posts for a Local Development Officers in Cumbria. The focus of the roles is to work with local Leaders and Commissioners in the development, regeneration and expansion of Scouting; to fulfil this general brief within the Project Areas. 

South Cumbria - based in the Ulverston/Grange area
West Cumbria - based in the Workington/Maryport area

We are looking for someone with excellent communication and presentation skills, strong project management and organisational skills and the ability to work independently as well as part of a team. Knowledge or experience of the following issues: rural communities, urban communities, minority ethnic communities, schools, local authority youth and community service, partnership projects would be an advantage.

Please contact the County Secretary by email marion.dixon@inspira.co.uk or write to: Cumbria Scout Office, c/o Inspira, 124 Highgate, KENDAL, LA9 4HE for an Application Pack. 

The closing date for applications is noon on Thursday 31st May 2012

Please ensure in your application form that you provide a statement as to why you believe you are suitable for the role and what you believe you could bring to the post. Ensure you address the points in the person specification (as attached in the relevant job pack).

Interviews will be held in Cumbria on Saturday 30 June 2012.

Please note that if you have not heard from us by the interview date please assume that your application has been unsuccessful.

The Scout Association aims to be an equal opportunities employer.