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VAEF - on the edge of the forest, at the heart of the community.
Promoting, developing and supporting the voluntary sector

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A volunteering project for people with
learning disabilities

» About the project

» Conservation Group
» Singing Group

» Allotments
» Talk and Sort

» Awards and Certificates

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About the project

Do you have a learning disability?

Would you like to be a volunteer?

A volunteer is someone who gives their time to do things to help other people.

Sally Panrucker our Learning Disability Officer can help you by:

Providing a one to one service for people who want to volunteer
Taking you to see the volunteering activities.
Giving training for volunteers
Answering any questions or problems about volunteering
Arranging 'one off' fun volunteering sessions and social activities

There are individual and group volunteering activities.

These groups provide support for people with learning disabilities but are open to everyone to join.

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Conservation Group

Would you like to work in a group ?

Do you like to be outside?

Are you interested in local wildlife and plants?

The Conservation Group is a small group of people with an experienced support or project worker.

The group runs a range of different projects including:

Scrub clearing
Fence building
Pruning
Making bird boxes
Wildlife monitoring

The Conservation Group meets every Wednesday morning at Waltham Abbey Gunpowder Mills.

Transport is provided.

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Singing Group

Do you like singing?

Would you like to make new friends?

Would you like to join a local singing group?

The Singing Group has worked with the Loughton Youth Theatre and visited older peoples homes for a sing song.

We also perform at local events.

We sing lots of different songs
We can choose the songs we sing
Sing in a group or on your own
The idea is to have fun

The Singing Group meets every Friday afternoon in Waltham Abbey.

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Allotments

Are you interested in gardening?

Do you like working outside?

Do you like to grow veg and plants?

The Allotment Group is a group of about 8 people with an experienced support worker.

We volunteer with residents of an older peoples housing scheme to grow plants and vegetables.

On the allotment we do:

Digging
Seeding
Planting, and lots more

We have fun and learn new things.

The Allotment Group meets every Thursday from 10:00 am until 2:00 pm in Loughton.
Transport is provided.

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Talk and Sort

	Would you like to make new friends in a friendly place?
	Do you like to meet people?
	Do you like to have fun?

Working together the Talk and Sort Group does easy office jobs for all sorts of charities.

We prepare small gifts and toys for Samaritan Purse.
Samaritan Purse sends presents to children all over the world who don't get anything at Christmas.

At Talk and Sort we:

Make cards
Prepare small gifts
Put letters in envelopes
Talk!

We enjoy ourselves.

The Talk and Sort Group meets every Tuesday from 2pm until 4pm at the Jack Silley Pavillion, Epping.

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Awards and Certificates

The Jack Petchey Foundation

Established in 1999, The Jack Petchey Foundation gives grants to programmes and projects that benefit young people aged 11-25.

Click on the logo to visit The Jack Petchey Foundation website.