WAMES urgently needs a new website!
Can you help?
Our website is old, but worse still it looks old and needs to be brought up to date so we can communicate more effectively about ME !
WAMES is looking for people to join our small Communications Team to help design, plan content, prepare funding applications and maintain a new website in both Welsh and English.
WordPress volunteer
We currently use the Content Management System (CMS) WordPress for our website and hope to use it for our new site as it is easy for people with minimal skills to keep up to date.
Do you already have some experience of WordPress?
…you could improve the look of our current site, and help us plan the new one.
Do you have other digital skills?
…you could learn about WordPress and practice on our current website, while we plan a new one.
Fundraising volunteer
With WordPress skills it is possible to use a standard template to set up simple blogs and websites, but we will need to employ a website designer for a more complex site, which costs MONEY! A fundraising volunteer would undertake a search for funders and help us make an application.
Communications volunteer
Do you have ideas on which design elements are helpful for people with ME or how to improve the content of the website and make it an effective communications tool alongside our social media? Join our Communications Team which meets via Skype and English language email discussions.
Volunteering with WAMES
Our volunteers are a mix of people with and without health conditions, with varying knowledge of ME and number of hours they can offer. They go through an informal selection process for insurance purposes and to ensure they are matched with the most suitable role. They are supported by Sharon, our Volunteer Support Officer and given appropriate training and expenses.
If you would like to support us, but are unable to become a full volunteer, we are also happy to receive occasional help from ‘small steps’ supporters. Just send us your ideas and contributions and our Teams will make the best possible use of them.
Contact Sharon to arrange a chat about how you can help: sharon@wames.org.uk
