LGBT Excellence Centre
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Volunteering Opportunities
People from all walks of life volunteer for a wide range of different reasons, and bring all sorts of skills and experiences with them.
Without them we would be unable to provide the wide range of services on offer at the LGBT Excellence Centre.
Below we have highlighted some of the key areas we are always looking for support in; however, we have numerous projects on the go, and will try and accommodate you no matter how big or small your idea and or available time is.
For all the positions listed, please use the Volunteer Application Form to apply.
LGBT Excellence Center Helpline
Welsh Pride, the Heritage Project
Website, Digital and Social Media
The LGBT Excellence Centre is proud to be a member of the following voluntary support organizations.
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LGBT Excellence Centre Helpline
Our Helpline has been in operation since 2007 and has continued to be staffed by volunteers ever since.
Operating the Helpline can be rewarding in many ways. It is an opportunity to help others who may seeking information & advice about local venues or who may be questioning their sexuality or gender identity, be encountering homophobia, biphobia or transphobia or need advice about many other LGBT related issues.
The helpline is currently looking to expand its opening times and run from 9.00am to 9.00pm, so as long as you can help between these times we'd love to hear from you!
For more information on this role, we have a volunteering role description here.
The LGBT Excellence Centre is currently developing an in-house Counselling Service for our service users, in order to extend the scope of the help and support we can offer to the LGBT Community.
We have a dedicated space that is being developed specifically for the counselling service and are very keen to develop a strong base of volunteers that can put it to good use!
No matter if you are a qualified counsellor looking to keep your skills up to scratch, or a student councellor looking to build up your assessed hours, we would love to speak to you.
We are able to offer specific training on LGBT issues so this is not a pre-requisite to being a volunteer on this project.
Welsh Pride, the Heritage Project
The LGBT Excellence Centre Wales has launched a unique project funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund that focuses on the cultural heritage of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in Wales: Welsh Pride. Working in partnership with the National Museum Wales and others, the project will research stories, experiences, anecdotes, ideas, artefacts, photographs and collections of Welsh people or people who lived in Wales in the last century. The project aims to create the greatest archive of Welsh LGBT Culture and History to be used as a base for leaning, raising awareness, fighting discrimination and promoting equality.
In support of this project, we are looking for volunteers who; have an interest in researching the background of Welsh Pride, would be keen to visit sites and physically catalougue any Welsh Pride material, are capable of managing an online archive, and or, just want to support with office logistics.
No formal background in heritage or archiving is required for this project, as full training will be offered.
Website, Digital and Social Media
The LGBT Excellence Centre is keen to engage as many people as possible via as many methodologies as possible, and that includes this website, digital and social media streams.
We are actively seeking skilled volunteers who can assist in the development of several key projects and activities we get ourselves involved in!
We are hoping to stream live our Come Out and Play Conference, take Vox Pops whenever we can for the "I'm Going To" campaign and develop a core membership on this website so we can comminicate and consult with as much as we can with the wider LGBT community.
For further information on this role, please look at the description here.
Can you help in these things? If so, please let us know!
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Know how to set up and configure a network? Have a passion for filing? Want to speak directly to and liaise meetings with senior figures in Wales (and abroad) on behalf of the LGBT Excellence Centre? Then this is your call.
We simply dont function without the everyday tasks being done, and the more exicting projects we embark on, the more we need someone keeping an eye on the basics.
These projects always require meetings to be coordinated, diaries to be consulted and emails to be drafted and sent.
Maybe you are looking for your first expereince in an office environment, are looking to generate hours to support a working qualification, and just aiming to sharpen some skills, we would be keen to talk to you.
No previous expereince is required, and full training and support will be given.
For further information, the role description for this position can be found here..
The LGBT Excellence Centre was set up as a charity in 2007 to ensure that LGBT people are given equal opportunities and access to justice in all areas of life.
We are leaders in the field of sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination, as this is the only service that offers legal representation and counselling support in the UK specific to LGBT people and have built our success on the partnerships and relationships that we developed with many organisations throughout Wales and the UK.
If you are experienced in providing strategic direction to organisations like ours and can contribute to the achievement of our charitable aims, you will join a strong team of partners.
If you want to contribute to the achievement of better equality and Human Rights for all LGBT people in Wales, and you can meet our specification, please apply now. You can really make a difference to people who need your help.
For further information on the Board of Trustee's role please see our Info Pack.
If you are interested in applying for a position on the board, please use this: -
Board of Trustee's Application Form
Do you speak another language? Are you learning? Would you like to put those skills to good use?
We have a commitment here at the LGBT Excellence Centre to support service users regardless of their national origin or first language.
In that we require from time to time the services of translators to support our work.
This may be working on bilingual leaflets for distribution within Wales, translating formal documentation for non English speaking service users, or in some cases, translating for them in court.
We are keen to ensure our services are available to as wide a range of poeple as possible, and in that we need your support!
Have an interest in LGBT issues?
Looking for research partners for your M.Sc / Ph.D project?
After case histories, statistics or general informaiton in regards to the larger LGBT community?
The LGBT Excellence Centre is always keen to support anyone with a genuine accademic interest in "Queer Studies" and we will do our best to work with you to support your work.
So, you woke up this morning with an idea. A plan to make the lives of the people in the LGBT community better? One that will aid the LGBT Excellence Centre in its quest for equality?
Yes? Then we want to talk to you.
Seriously, we do. Ideas can lead to groups, which can lead to funding bids, which can lead to projects, which ultimately can lead to positive changes.
If we are able, we will support your idea, your group and or your project as best as we can and hopefully put it into practice.
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