Are you interested in Volunteering in your community... you can find out how by looking at our RC Hub!
The RC Hub is a mental health, recovery, health and wellbeing resource library, for people living in the Black Country. It is ever-growing with new activities, leaflets, videos and other tools to help you.
Access the Recovery College Hub here: The RC Hub
At The Recovery College, We encourage students to become volunteers at The Recovery College, They support in a variety of ways, with Meet and Greets, co-facilitating sessions and more. They are supported by our fabulous volunteer co-ordinator Usha, who helps them on their volunteering journey.
Volunteering is a great way to find a sense of belonging and connect with others in our community and show support for different organisations. It can help reduce feelings of isolation and loneliness.
The 'Volunteering in My Community' tab has a variety of websites and resources to connect you to volunteering opportunities in the Black Country and more. There is contact information for local volunteering support. Contacts that can find a volunteering role that is right for you.
A few examples of websites on our hub:
You can volunteer for larger organisations such as Mind, The Mental Health Charity. Click here: Volunteering at Mind
You can find your local library and enquire about Volunteering. For example Wolverhampton Library are looking for volunteers and this is how you can find out more: Volunteer - Wolverhampton Library
Cancer Research UK are seeking volunteers across the Black Country, by using the RC Hub you can easily find volunteering opportunities: Cancer Research - Volunteer With Us
If you are reading this and you would like to volunteer but aren't sure what Volunteering really entails. There are some good links and videos to learn more about volunteering and the many ways you can volunteer. What is Volunteering?
You can access all of our resources for free, download and save for later! Through this series we are shining a light on the amazing resources you can access on the Hub to help you on your recovery journey.
At The Recovery College, we are developing our Volunteering Hub to help our students access volunteering opportunities in the community. If you are enrolled at The Recovery College and would like to know more about this please contact us by email:
I hope you found this helpful!