Volunteering

Current Volunteer Opportunities from Vivacity:-

19 April 2011


For more information or for an application pack contact 01733 864775 or volunteering@vivacity-peterborough.com

Help in general

Vivacity fundraiser: Are you an outgoing and friendly person, who enjoys a challenge? You could join our successful and dedicated team of fundraising volunteers. We’re celebrating our 1st anniversary on Saturday 14 May 2011 from 11am to 3pm in Cathedral Square, Peterborough. Vivacity fundraiser’s are vital to our work, and help us to sell raffle tickets, assist with collections and hand out flyers at events.


Handy person volunteer: Handy person volunteers help the team with general maintenance around our sites. At present this role is helping at the Lido with cleaning, painting, tidying and gardening until May 2011. Ideal for a work placement.


NEW! Mystery Shopper volunteer: Mystery Shopper volunteers are regular members of the public using Vivacity services. Volunteers choose an activity at a Vivacity service, carry out the mystery shop, and record their experience on an evaluation form. Discretion and attention to detail is important in this role. Applications are encouraged from people from all walks of life, age and gender.

Vivacity champion: Our enthusiastic Vivacity Champions present and promote our services to relevant groups and associations in Peterborough.


Help in libraries


Mobile volunteer assistant: Our mobile library brings the library service to people who don't live near a branch, housebound people and residents of nursing homes. This lively volunteer role will assist on the mobile library by shelving books and delivering packages of selected books to individual homes or nursing homes. Volunteer needed on a Friday!


NEW! British Wireless for the Blind coordinator: Peterborough Libraries coordinate and distribute players on behalf of the British Wireless for the Blind Fund. Are you methodical, organised and interested in coordinating this important service for our readers? This role will involve contacting new referrals, organising a volunteer visit, returning faulty players and training new volunteers on the use of a player.



NEW! Conservation volunteer: This role doesn’t start until July 2011, but you can apply now. The Archives team acquires, preserves and provides access to archive materials relating to Peterborough for the use of present and future generations. As a conservation volunteer you will be trained to match documents from the Peterborough Development Corporation (PDC) archive to the right archival quality packaging. The archive collection tells the story of modern Peterborough from 1967 onwards when Peterborough was designated as a ‘new town’ and underwent a major facelift to make it a vibrant modern City capable of accommodating an extra 80,000 people.


Help at events

Heritage Festival Steward: Experience two thousand years of history brought to life all in a weekend! We are looking for volunteers to help steward at the Heritage Festival over the weekend of 25 & 26 June 2011.


Help with children

NEW! Summer Reading Challenge Champion: We are looking for enthusiastic volunteers to help encourage children to keep reading over the summer holidays through our exciting Summer Reading Challenge.

This annual Challenge involves children reading six books over the holidays, collecting giveaways and receiving a certificate if they finish six books. We need volunteers to visit primary schools and promote the Summer Reading Challenge, help to sign children up to the Challenge, help children find books they will enjoy reading and help to with the set up/ running of the award ceremony.

NEW! Mobile Museum activity volunteer: A two week placement from 16th May ideal for a work experience person particularly, year 10, or college. The role will assist the Museum Education Team with preparation for and delivery of activities for primary school children. Helping with our Mobile Museum project, a service visiting local primary schools, and helping children to engage with the curriculum through heritage and museum objects.

Bookstart Assistant: “Bookstart” is a national scheme which encourages parents to share books with their children from an early age. You can become part of the team by assisting with the collection/delivery of gift packs, delivering Story Time sessions to young children and parents/carers, and presenting gift packs after the session.


Story/ rhyme time volunteer: Story/ rhyme time sessions are fun and interactive and encourage parents/ carers to interact with their baby or toddler using stories, nursery rhymes and songs to share the play experience. Volunteers will lead fun and interactive sessions, and love working with children.


Help with sport

Hand Cycling Volunteer Coach/ Assistant: Every Wednesday and Thursday from 5-7pm, volunteers support Peterborough Adapted Cycling Scheme by coaching or assisting adapted cycling at Ferry Meadows or Peterborough athletics track and by helping participants to improve their fitness. This will involve supporting participants, advising on using equipment safely and ensuring participants have an enjoyable time.


Volunteer Health Walk Leader: Walk with Us promotes and encourages more people to get active in Peterborough. This is an exciting opportunity to lead a healthy walk every week in the Peterborough area of your choice. You will have an opportunity to meet a group of people regularly ensuring the walk meets the needs of the participants.


Volunteer Sports Assistant – FINS Swim Club: The FINS Disability Swimming Club teaches and supports children with disabilities to learn to swim. Supporting the Sports Development Team, this role will involve assisting the swim instructor with the delivery of sessions, supporting participants in the water and helping them to have an enjoyable time.


Help in our offices

Volunteer Walking Coordinator: Walk with Us promotes and encourages more people to get active in Peterborough. This important role will support Volunteer Health Walk Leaders to plan and organise local healthy walks, capture and record walk information and organise volunteer social meetings. The role will be split between two people.

Administration volunteer: We are looking for an administration volunteer to assist our Sports Development team with general office support, ideally one day a week at Peterborough Regional Pool. The successful volunteer will have good computer skills, organised and enjoy being part of a team.


Help with a reading group

Mental Health Reading Group Facilitator: Help facilitate a fortnightly reading group for adults with mental health issues. Reading is one of the simplest forms of relaxation for the mind and body. This is an informal shared reading group, for anyone dealing with mental health issues. Members of the group can relax and enjoy listening to poems or short stories being read aloud.

Children Reading Group Facilitator: Our volunteer facilitators support the Events team, by leading small groups of children aged between 7 and 11 year olds to engage in the love of reading, through the Children Reading Groups.

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Crime Busting Charity Takes On Local Criminals

Rejuvenated by new volunteers and proactive initiatives, Cambridgeshire Crimestoppers has posted some impressive performance figures for the month of April.

48 separate pieces of actionable intelligence were passed to police on a range of criminal offences including sexual crime and drug distribution. During the month Crimestoppers intelligence led to the conviction of 12 offenders and the detection of 16 offences. It was Crimestoppers intelligence which assisted in the conviction of a car thief who led police on a dangerous car chase out of Peterborough before crashing through the level crossing barriers at Whittlesey moments before an approaching train. A call to Crimestoppers also led directly to the arrest of an offender facing a number of serious charges who had skipped bail and was planning to leave the country.

Crimestoppers has also been proactive in offering a £5,000 reward for the conviction of a sex attacker in Cambridge and publishing photos of wanted individuals on its Most Wanted website.

Crimestoppers is an independent charity which allows members of the public to inform police of criminal activity with total anonymity. They can be contacted anytime on 0800 555 111 or via their website http://www.crimestoppers-uk.org/



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DUXFORD SPRING AIR SHOW MAY 22

Celebrating Women in Aviation

The DUXFORD Spring Air Show celebrates the achievements of women in aviation – from technological development to daring aerial aptitude.  Duxford's Spring Air Show presents aerial displays by a formidable line-up of female aviators, including Anna Walker flying a Supermarine Seafire, Angie Soper flying a Yak 11, Diana Walker flying a CAP 232, Carolyn Grace flying the Grace Spitfire and a Stampe, Judy Leden MBE performing a hang glider display, Tricia Neville flying a Thruxton Jackaroo G-ANTZ in an intrepid Captain Neville's Flying Circus exhibition display and Flight Lieutenant Juliette Fleming flying the BAE Systems Hawk.

Tracey Curtis-Taylor will be flying in a Ryan PT-22 Pair and the Breitling Wing Walkers return to Duxford to perform breathtaking aerobatics.

 Take a look at some of the amazing aircraft and pilots who are due to perform at the Spring Air Show!

10% DISCOUNT and FREE Child ticket

Only available when buying tickets in advance. Free Child ticket available when buying Adult or Senior ticket. Book online or call our Box Office on 01223 499 353. Hurry this offer ends on: Friday 6 May for overseas visitors / Wednesday 11 May for UK visitors.


For more information on this or other events, please call 01223 835 000 or email duxford@iwm.org.uk

All flying is subject to weather, serviceability and operational commitments.
Aircraft /Operator /Pilot/s



BAE Hawk 208(R) Sqn RAF Valley Flt Lt JulietteFleming

Supermarine Seafire 47 Kennet Aviation Anna Walker

Supermarine Spitfire IXT Air Leasing Carolyn Grace

Yak 11 A Soper Angie Soper

CAP 232 D Britten Diana Britten

Hang Glider & Microlight Tug J L Airways Judy Leden & Shelley Smith

Thruxton Jackaroo Captain Neville’s Flying Circus Tricia Neville

Chilton R Nerou Clare Tector

Slingsby Firefly T67M Tiger Airways Tizi Hodson

Piper Dakota P Vacher Polly Vacher

Ryan PT-22 T Curtis-Taylor Tracey Curtis-

Taylor

Auster L Hammond TBC Leah Hammond

Bucker Jungmann Skytricks Anna Walker

Piper L4 Cub Frazer Blades Jeanne Frazer

Boeing Stearman Pair Breitling Wingwalkers (Aerosuperbatics) Martin Carrington +1 + Wingwalkers

de Havilland Rapide D&M Miller Mark Miller

Shorts Tucano 207(R) Sqn RAF Linton-on-Ouse Flt Lt Dan Hayes

Avro Lancaster BBMF, RAF Coningsby BBMF

Supermarine Spitfire BBMF, RAF Coningsby BBMF

Hawker Hurricane BBMF, RAF Coningsby BBMF


Hawker Fury Historic Aircraft Collection Charlie Brown

Hawker Nimrod Historic Aircraft Collection HAC

Hawker Nimrod The Fighter Collection TFC

Westland Lynx HMA8 Pair Black Cats, 702 NAS, RNAS Yeovilton Lts Chris Chambers

& Dave Fleming

Fairey Swordfish Royal Navy Historic Flight, RNAS Yeovilton Lt Cdr Glenn


Allison

de Havilland Chipmunk Captain Neville’s Flying Circus Dennis Neville

de Havilland Queen Bee Captain Neville’s Flying Circus John Flynn

PB5Y Catalina Plane Sailing Plane Sailing

North American F-86 Sabre Golden Apple Operations Mark Linney TBC

North American TF51 Mustang The Fighter Collection TFC

North American P51 Mustang Old Flying Machine Co Alister Kay

Supermarine Spitfire IX Old Flying Machine Co OFMC

Supermarine Spitfire IXT Aircraft Restoration Co ARC




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ACCENT NENE IGNORE FLYTIPPING REQUEST : SHAME ON THEM!

From: christopher.harper23@ntlworld.com


To: roy.clark@peterborough.gov.uk, alpa.shah@accentnene.org


Sent: 03/05/2011 18:20:12 GMT Daylight Time


Subj: Flytipping and graffiti


Dear Roy/Alpa


Yet more disgraceful flytipping found this afternoon alongside Belsay Drive in Park Farm. I had requested action to get the graffiti removed but this still hasn't happened and maybe Ms Shah can give the reasons why this still hasn't been done? I warned the lack of effort to get the graffiti removed would result in more and degrade the area and as can be seen, so it has.


Chris Harper

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Soho Tart Shop to Open in Peterborough

It has now been confirmed that a Soho Tart shop will open in Central Peterborough. Admittedly more Greggs than Ann Summers.  Patisserie Valerie was originally conceived in Frith Street, Soho in 1926 by Madam Valerie. She came to London on a mission to introduce fine Continental Patisserie to the British. Now the company say there are 32 cafés across England with plans to open several more in the near future. 

 It should also be remembered that Peter Boizot in the 1960's  introduced the concept of Pizza Slices from an old Butchers shop in Soho, London under the name of Pizza Express. Although he sold out a few years back.   Patisserie Valerie will be located just a few doors up from the modern day incarnation of  the Pizza shop that still bears the orginal name.

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BBC Peterborough : FELLOWS GARDENS - Police take action

BBC Peterborough:
FELLOWES GARDENS - Police take action...

 As a further development of the major campaign we started here on PFNW, and taken up by BBC Peterborough. Neighbourhood  Police Teams have now taken some action and the news from our sources is that ASBO's have been issued which appear to have given some respite to the local residents. We will however keep the area as a 'place of concern' and welcome your cameraphone footage and photographs of any ASB or vandalism in the area.

Programme transcript extracts courtesy of  http://www.newlistener.co.uk/home/

17:04 Tuesday 19th April 2011

Drivetime BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

ANDY BURROWS: Problems seemingly then in the Fletton area of Peterborough today. .. Some people living near the Fellowes Gardens area of the city claim they feel unable to leave their homes because of anti-social behaviour. A group of youths are being blamed, with residents saying they’re out drinking every evening, and being abusive in some cases. This is what a couple of the residents told our reporter Samantha Appleby. (TAPE)

RESIDENT ONE: Stabbings, drugs, booze, vandalising, windows broken, property being stolen out of your back gardens. That’s just some of what’s been going on round here.

RESIDENT TWO: This is out the back of my property. It’s partly a car park, but just directly behind the car park there’s a massive green bank, with trees, which the kids hang around in, or climb up in, and torment the people in the flats right next to the trees. We get a lot of teenagers sitting on the banks, especially as the summer nights are coming in. They’ll be drinking, smoking drugs. You can see that there’s paint all up the trees, where they got cans of paint and throwing it everywhere. (LIVE)

ANDY BURROWS: That’s just a little part of Samantha Appleby’s report into the problems at Fellowes Gardens, or in and around the area of Fellowes Gardens, in the Fletton area of Peterborough. Well earlier on today I spoke to the Detective Chief Inspector Gary Goose from Cambridgeshire Police. He works closely with the Safer Peterborough Partnership. And I asked him how problems in the Fellowes Gardens area are being tackled.    



DCI GOOSE: Yes Andy, I think to be fair if you’d have said to me about a year ago that that was the case, I would have agreed. And whilst I’m not dismissing for one minute that people still have some very strong feelings and perceptions that Fellowes Gardens is a problem area, I think we’ve made enormous strides over the last year to put some really good things in place to try and address some of the issues that were there. So I don’t think my view is that it is the problem that it was a year ago. There’s still some way to go. But it is much much better. And that’s thanks to the help and hard work of an awful lot of people.

ANDY BURROWS: It must have been pretty awful a year ago, because we’re getting some rather alarming claims from residents who we have spoken to in the last couple of days, about vandalism, about threats to young children, and to issues of drinking out on the streets, underage drinking, problems with youths. It’s quite a lengthy list. So has it been cleared up then in your view, compared to a year ago?

DCI GOOSE: No, I don’t think it’s completely cleared up. It’s better than it was a year ago. But you concern me with some of the things you’ve said there, because, quite simply, I’m not aware of some of those issues. And what we really need people to do is if they do have concerns, if they do have real concerns and real examples of problems that are happening in that area still, is to let us know. We can’t react if we don’t know. For the last year there’s been a multi-agency group which has involved the police, the housing providers, the local authority, the fire service, the neighbourhood managers for the area, and lots of people from the community, who’ve really worked hard to try and make things better down there. And I think we’ve made enormous strides. I think Fellowes Gardens is not the single-agenda item that it was about a year ago.

ANDY BURROWS: OK, well let’s talk more broadly. Anti-social behaviour just seems to pop up evety now and again in different parts of the city. What can you do to try and sort it out?

DCI GOOSE: Yes it can Andy. And I’m really concerned about it. First and foremost, it’s what we call, what we want to describe as anti-social behaviour. because it means so many different things to so many different people. And it’s a term that might change over the course of the next few months to a year, who knows. Because to me it’s around what’s historically been, on the face of it, minor crime. But minor crime makes a real difference to the neighbourhood. It’s things like damage. It’s things like graffiti. It’s things like bullying and harassment. Those sort of things are things that make a real difference to neighbourhoods. But there is a real perception as well you know, at times, that just because a group of kids are hanging about together, they’re creating anti-social behaviour.

ANDY BURROWS: Do you think sometimes we’re too quick to judge?

DCI GOOSE: I think we are. And let me give you an example of why I think that. I remember reading on a police incident message a few months ago now, one of my roles is to check through and keep abreast of what’s happening to make sure that we keep on top of things. And one of the messages was recorded as a lady from a particular area of Peterborough had rung in to say. “I’m really concerned because there’s a group of youths sitting on the bench in the park.” And that was all the message was. Now actually the seat was there for people to sit on. And I’m sure there was more behind it. But actually, it doesn’t mean just because groups of kids are hanging about together, that they’re going to create or indulge in anti-social behaviour. So sometimes I think we’re too quick to jump.


ANDY BURROWS: Behaviour that is different though, and when you are faced with a group of young people, perhaps some people do find that intimidating.  >>>>  For the full transcript go to http://www.newlistener.co.uk/home/

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POLICE APPEAL: PETERBOROUGH MISSING WOMAN Gladisa Racane (25)

POLICE APPEAL FOR MISSING WOMAN
Gladisa Racane (25) originally from Latvia
Telephone Inspector Isley on 0345 456 456 4.

POLICE are appealing for help to trace a Peterborough woman who has been missing for nearly two weeks.


Gladisa Racane (25) has not been seen since the early hours of Sunday, April 17, after a night out with friends in the city centre.

Miss Racane, who is originally from Latvia, had been living in a shared home in Granville Street.

She is described as slim, white, with very long brown hair and was last seen wearing white shoes, grey trousers, a yellow top and a red jacket.

Inspector Richard Isley said: “We are keen to trace Miss Racane as she has not been seen for two weeks.

“It may be that she has gone to live with friends in a different part of the city, but we would just want her to get in touch so her family know she is safe.”

Anyone with any information about Miss Racane’s whereabouts should immediately call Inspector Isley on 0345 456 456 4.


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