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Wrexham, Clwyd
Emergency Response Volunteer - Wrexham
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Emergency Response Volunteer Could you help us support people during an emergency? Location: Wrexham, North Wales Commitment: Minimum commitment x1 12 hour shift per week (shift times may be 2 x 6 hours or 1 x 12 hour shift) This is a new service in partnership with Fire Service responding to domestic fires hoping to launch June 2020. Volunteers need to hold a full driving licence and access to their own vehicle is essential. Volunteers need to be available during daytime and anti-social hours. Volunteers will need to commit to the required service specific training prior to commencing with the service and ongoing regular training to maintain their skills. Age: 18 years + In 2020 the British Red Cross turns 150. It is thanks to all our supporters and volunteers that we have been able to help people during emergencies since 1870. Our volunteers have been providing emotional and practical support to those affected during emergencies such as Aberfan, the London 7/7 bombings and more recently the Manchester Arena bombings and Grenfell fire. The Red Cross doesn't only respond to large-scale emergencies, we respond to an emergency on average every four hours ranging from house fires and floods to power cuts and water shortages. Help us continue our story by applying to volunteer with us today. What would I be doing? You will be helping people prepare for, respond to and recover from emergencies. Every individual affected by an emergency will need different support from us to help them recover, below are some examples of what you might support with: Helping communities prepare for extreme weather events such as flooding or snow storms Providing practical support such as distributing clothing or food after flooding Providing emotional support to people who have been evacuated due to a fire Please click here to view the full role description If this is something that you feel you could support with, please apply today. Next steps After you apply for the role someone from our friendly recruitment team will be in touch with you to arrange an interview. This will be an opportunity for us to find out more about you and for you to find out more about the role. Following this interview if we both agree to continue with recruitment we will invite you to meet the team and attend an induction day where you can find out more about what it is like to be a volunteer for the British Red Cross. If your application is successful you will be invited to take part in an interview, meet and greet with the team and an indication day. Please do not worry if you cannot make the dates as we can offer alternatives If there is anything you would like to find out more about prior to applying for the role we would love to hear from you, please e-mail us at: ILCRRecruitment@redcross.org.uk Connecting human kindness with human crisis...[more details]