RSVP is the only national body that provides volunteering opportunities for the over-50s
RSVP is the only national body that provides volunteering opportunities for the over-50s
NEWSLETTER
The newsletter of RSVP West, West Waffle, usually comes out three times a year and is sent by e-mail and by post via regional organisers to every volunteer in the region.
Recent issues are archived here and may be downloaded to be read or printed. Please note that the files are rather large and may take a while to arrive if you are on a slow connection.
(The files are in Adobe PDF format: if you haven’t already got it, you will need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader program to view and print them.)
© 2003–12 RSVP West. Page last updated on 13 December 2012.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
• A unique opportunity has arisen to run the tea bar at Yate magistrates court.
• Volunteers are needed now to expand the care-homes project.
• More organisers are required throughout the region, especially for schools’ and GP surgeries’ schemes.
• Would you like to become a volunteer driver? They’re wanted in Nailsea and Westbury-on-Trym.
• We need schools helpers in Bristol, South Gloucestershire, and Bath & North-East Somerset.
NEWS
13 Dec: The December 2011 issue of our newsletter, West Waffle, has been published.
6 Dec: The Bristol care-homes project pilot has ended and we are developing the scheme more widely.
15 Nov: Swindon older people get a louder voice. We have been at the heart of the establishment of an Older People’s Forum and will fund its development over the next 12 months.
11 Nov: The Blagdon Helpline in North Somerset has become affiliated with RSVP West.