Volunteer Centre Newcastle

WBCM COFFEE BEANS! Macmillan are looking for WBCM Coffee Beans who will help support the team during our busiest period! WBCM is our most successful event raising millions for people affected by cancer. The team need ‘Coffee Beans’ to spread the word about the event and reach our core audience. They will represent Macmillan and the WBCM in their local areas, we need people who are dynamic and creative and people who have the following skills: • Confident • Articulate • Professional • PC literate • Good Telephone manner Yet we need a range of people with different skills…they don’t have to possess them all and we will play to their strengths. We will need their support from May - September and are focusing on getting people from the following areas, any one who can access those areas are still welcome to get in touch. We need a team of people on the ground and a team on the phones! • Whickham • Whitley Bay • Gosforth • Bedlington • Ponteland • Cramlington They will be given proper training ahead of their time as ambassadors and the recruitment evening will be in a coffee morning style with cup cakes and coffee and tea, we’ll talk about services and the difference their time will make. We only ask they give us what time they can and help us change lives. We need to make this year’s WBCM the BIGGEST one yet…..so we need to recruit as many helpers as we can. This will be an enjoyable placement and a chance to work with other people volunteering in the same capacity, they will also be working with the Macmillan fundraisers. It is an opportunity in terms of someone’s CV and a chance for them to make a real difference. Each year more than a million people participate in our World’s Biggest Coffee Morning. They raise an incredible £8 million for Macmillan's vital services. At the World's Biggest Coffee Morning every cup counts. There are currently two million people in this country living with cancer. Every penny you raise for Macmillan Cancer Support will fund more of our vital services and help to change lives. Find out more about the services we provide and how your money will be put to use: £40 ...will help a cancer support group hold their first meeting. £156 ...will run our cancer support line for an hour. On average 13 people affected by cancer will recieve essential information, practical and emotional support. £184 ...could pay for a Macmillan nurse for a working day. £278 ...will keep a Macmillan cancer information and support centre stocked for a month with all the information resources, leaflets, guides and directories it needs to support people affected by cancer. £544 ...will help run a typical large Macmillan information and support centre . £755 ...could fund a service provided by volunteers that offers emotional or practical support for a working week. £918 ...will pay for a Macmillan nurse for a working week, providing expert information, advice and support to improve the lives of people with cancer.

£1,642 ...will run the benefits phone service for a working day. In this time, it will, on average, deal with 36 cases and identify £59,317 in unclaimed benefits. £1,802 ...could help run a typical small Macmillan information and support centre for a working week. £2,789 ...could fund a Macmillan cancer information and support officer for a month, providing people affected by cancer with the answers to their questions and talking through their cancer concerns.