{"id":31330,"date":"2021-06-04T09:29:53","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T08:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/?p=31330"},"modified":"2021-06-04T09:29:53","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T08:29:53","slug":"volunteer-with-wames-be-the-missing-piece-of-the-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/volunteer-with-wames-be-the-missing-piece-of-the-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Volunteer with WAMES &#8211; be the missing piece of the Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Volunteer with WAMES &#8211; Could you be the missing piece?<\/span><\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-31331 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/jigsaw-pieces-4-hands.jpg?resize=300%2C121&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"121\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/jigsaw-pieces-4-hands.jpg?resize=300%2C121&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/jigsaw-pieces-4-hands.jpg?resize=150%2C60&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/jigsaw-pieces-4-hands.jpg?w=620&amp;ssl=1 620w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/121;\" \/>WAMES is a charity run solely by volunteers who wish to <strong><em>&#8216;make a difference for ME<\/em><\/strong>&#8216; in Wales.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We invite you to share your skills, experiences, ideas and enthusiasm with our Teams &#8211; in small or big ways &#8211; over weeks, months or years &#8211; in ways and at times that are suitable for you.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Communications Team<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Welsh language<\/strong> &#8211; we currently have no native Welsh speakers on the team and we wish to make all our outreach more relevant to the ME community in Wales.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Social Media<\/strong> &#8211; We want to build on our active Facebook and Twitter presence and reach more people with our new Instagram account. Help us create content and manage the accounts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Websites<\/strong> &#8211; our 2 WordPress websites and blogs need an overhaul, new direction and content to meet the changing environment we live in!<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>E-newsletter<\/strong> &#8211; we want to develop our e-communications with the ME community.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Fundraising Team<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Help us identify &amp; tap into a variety of fundraising methods such as online, corporate.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Administration Team<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Support the secretary to run the organisation, develop a remote office or maintain records, memberships and policies.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-10751 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/TEAM-hands.jpg?resize=250%2C167&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"tea-hands\" width=\"250\" height=\"167\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/TEAM-hands.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/TEAM-hands.jpg?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/TEAM-hands.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/TEAM-hands.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 250px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 250\/167;\" \/>Campaigns &amp; Awareness Team<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">We need your specialised knowledge to help us make better use of surveys, polls, research and metrics when presenting the case for better services in Wales for people with ME.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Trustees<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Join us as a trustee and help us plan the future work of WAMES, meet all legal requirements and ensure we stay on track.<\/p>\n<p>Find out more about how we think you can <a href=\"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/get-involved\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">get involved<\/a> or make other suggestions &#8211; email Sharon <a href=\"mailto:sharon@wames.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sharon@wames.org.uk\u00a0<\/a>and arrange to have a chat.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Please note:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Training can be arranged &amp; expenses will be paid<\/li>\n<li>Online access will be necessary for most tasks but we may be able to provide some help with that<\/li>\n<li>To allow for fluctuating health and commitments we aim to structure\u00a0 tasks so they can be done as a \u2018role share&#8217; or as part of a team.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Volunteer with WAMES &#8211; Could you be the missing piece? 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