Category: Volunteers

  • Trustees – 1st Histon Scouts Group

    Trustees – 1st Histon Scouts Group

    1st Histon Scouts Group’s Annual General Meeting is just around the corner, and we would love to see you there. It will be held at the Scout and Guide Hut, New Road, Impington on Wednesday 30th April at 8pm.

    We would also like to invite community members to join our Trustee Board (new Trustees will be approved at the AGM).  

    What is a Trustee?

    • Trustees play a crucial role in overseeing the governance of the Group, ensuring that the Group runs smoothly, risks are managed, and legal requirements are met.
    • Your involvement helps us provide a safe and enriching environment for our young people.
    • More information about Scout Group Trustee Boards and how they are elected can be found at: www.scouts.org.uk/volunteers/volunteer-experience/teams/trustee-boards/

    When do we meet?

    • The Trustee Board meets six to seven times a year, typically on Wednesday evenings.
    • We offer a hybrid meeting format, so you can join us in person or online, whichever suits you best.

    What’s in it for you?

    • The knowledge you are making a difference in our community, an opportunity to enhance your skill set, support others in developing theirs, and a lot of fun and laughter along the way.

    Interested in becoming a Scouts Trustee? We’d love to hear from you. Please email our Secretary (secretary@histon-scouts.org.uk) by 5pm on Thursday, April 17th. In your email, include a brief statement (under 200 words) about why you’d like to join the Trustee Board, or please contact the same address with any questions you may have.  

  • Parish Councillor – Parish Council

    Parish Councillor – Parish Council

    Histon & Impington Parish Council are advertising the following role:

    Parish Councillor to join the Parish Council. To be considered, residents must meet a set of eligibility criteria and are asked to write to the Clerk by Wednesday 12 March with brief reasons for wishing to stand. The Council hopes to fill this vacancy at their next meeting on Monday 17 March.

    See News From Histon and Impington Parish Council

  • Academy Councillors – Park Primary School

    Academy Councillors – Park Primary School

    Histon and Impington Park Primary School is looking to recruit Academy Council Members.

    This is an excellent opportunity to volunteer and share your skills and experience to support children and young people in our community as well as to further your professional development.

    The commitment at a minimum is 5 meetings a year, reading papers in advance of meetings, and taking on a Champion role in a key area such as student welfare and safeguarding, curriculum and achievement, or student experience. There is some mandatory training which is offered by the trust, and further advice and training are available. For more information, please see the website.

    If you would like more information or for an informal chat, please contact the headteacher, Jonathan Newman at office@parkprimary.co.uk

  • Trustee – Eastern Learning Alliance

    Join the Eastern Learning Alliance as a Trustee.

    Our Multi-Academy Trust are currently looking to expand our board of Trustees, who play a critical role in shaping the strategic vision of our Trust. We know that great schools hold the power to transform whole communities, and are committed to providing an exceptional school experience to every student, regardless of their background. We’re looking for Trustees who would share in this vision and commitment.

    If you are interested in working with us, and could offer skills relevant to educational leadership; HR; finance; estates and health & safety; or any other key areas, please do get in touch: hello@tela.org.uk

  • Volunteers – Histon, Impington and Girton Car Scheme

    The Histon Impington and Girton Car Scheme is looking for volunteers.

    The scheme provides lifts to residents who are unable to use public transport and do not have a use of a car. It provides crucial support to those who find it difficult to get around, for example to attend medical appointments.

    Mileage costs are paid for the drivers. You can give as much or as little time as you like. The role is totally flexible, but you do need to use your own car.

    If you are interested in either of these opportunities or just want to know more please email HIG.car.scheme@gmail.com

  • HI HUB Board members and Volunteers

    HI HUB Board members and Volunteers

    HI HUB, now five years old, was established in February 2020 as a hyperlocal news service specifically for the community of Histon & Impington.

    This volunteer-led organisation has three very-part-time staff. But without volunteers, the organisation is not financially viable and would close.

    There are several roles that we need volunteers to fill and would love to talk to anyone who might like to be part of this exciting and unique venture.

    Chair: to set board agendas, convene board meetings, initiate and respond to ideas for organisation development, and support other board members with issues that arise.

    Commercial board member: to advise on marketing strategy, sales strategy, sponsorship and fundraising

    Editorial board member: to work alongside Amanda Borrill, advising on editorial policy and content, and contributing to editorial planning

    Finance board member: to advise on financial issues, including the annual budget, annual returns and accounts run by Administrator

    Feature writer: to write a minimum of 3 feature articles per year on subjects agreed with the editorial team. All contributors are given full editing support and everything published is subject to HI HUB’s ‘two pairs of eyes’ policy before publication  

    Copy editor: to read raw copy, raise author queries (if required), edit and upload news and features

    Researcher: to search for local job and volunteer vacancies and post them to the website

    WordPress developer: to support maintenance, reporting and development

    Fundraiser: to identify sources of funding, sponsorship, advertising and donations

    Graphic designer: to create digital advertising and support the visual development of HI HUB website.

    HR adviser: advising the board on HR-related issues, including contracts and management systems.

    To find out more:

    The HI HUB team will be in the Library from 10.30am to 12.00 on Saturday 1st February, followed by 12.00 to 1.30pm in the ‘bottle room’ at the Red Lion. We can tell you more there.

    Also, we will soon be holding a Q&A meeting at a local venue to explain more about what HI HUB does. To be kept informed about this, with no obligation at all, simply email admin@hihub.info and we will add your name to a Doodle Poll to find the date that most can attend.

    If you can’t make that meeting, or if you’d prefer an initial one-to-one chat with the most relevant member of the HI HUB team, email admin@hihub.info to set this up.

    Expressions of interest by 10th February please

  • Trustees – Histon & Impington Green Spaces

    Trustees – Histon & Impington Green Spaces

    As existing trustees retire at the end of their term, we are seeking new people to join our Trustee Board from March 2025. As a Board the trustees oversee the work of the charity and are responsible for ensuring good governance and providing strategic leadership.

    Histon & Impington Green Spaces is the charity behind the Abbey Fields project. You can learn more about the charity at www.higreenspaces.org.

    As a trustee you will need to commit just a few hours a month. You will bring your skills and experience and, in return, acquire knowledge and other skills which have value in other walks of life. You will also enjoy working with a diverse group of people and appreciate that you have made a positive contribution to Histon & Impington.

    If you are interested in becoming a Trustee or would like to find out more about this role please email Jon Pavey at treasurer@higreenspaces.org  

    Histon & Impington Green Spaces is a registered charity, number 1195616.

  • Girlguiding Volunteers

    Girlguiding Histon District has immediate vacancies in its Guides and Rainbows units.

    Become a Girlguiding volunteer and join a community who are inspiring girls, gaining new skills and making lifelong friends along the way.

    Contact HistonDC@gmail.com or Sign up today https://www.girlguiding.org.uk/get…/become-a-volunteer/

  • Fundraising & Communications Team Member, Histon & Impington Green Spaces

    The Fundraising & Communications Committee of Histon & Impington Green Spaces is looking for new members so that it can continue to support the development of the Charity in 2024 and beyond.

    Through the Committee we have been successful in building awareness of the charity and its Abbey Fields project within the Community and beyond and raising the £500,000 needed to purchase Long Meadow and the Croft Close Set-Aside. It now needs to ensure that the Charity can fund necessary operating costs and to prepare it for other opportunities.

    In addition to its successful fund raising the Committee has led events on Long Meadow and The Green, supported the lecture evenings at the Cambridge Music Centre and run the photo competitions which have fed into the 2023 and 2024 Abbey Fields calendars.

    Although we are looking specifically for people with fundraising or communications (especially social media) skills and experience this should not exclude others. It’s more important that you have energy and imagination and enjoy and are effective working within a team.

    If you are interested in joining us please email david.jenkins@higreenspaces.org.

  • Helpers needed for the Impington Music Society

    The Impington Music Society (IMS) runs small concerts and recitals featuring a range of professional, semi-professional and amateur musicians, and offers performance opportunities for local musicians embarking on their professional career.  They arrange about 8 concerts a year, on Friday evenings at Impington Village College (IVC), and cover a wide range of music. 

    They are looking for more helpers in two areas:

    • Occasional practical help on concert evenings.
      This can be anything from helping to set out the chairs before the concert, putting up signs, handing out programmes, showing people where they can get refreshments in the interval, and making sure that we leave the place tidy at the end – depending on your time availability and preference.   There is no need to volunteer for every concert; even if you are only available for one or two events, that will be a great help for our regular team! 
    • Running the IMS.
      Behind the scenes, our informal team of volunteers looks after the organisation of the IMS, and they would like some reinforcement to help them plan future concerts, set up ticketing and marketing or look after our very basic website and social media presence. It is quite a wide range of jobs which we share between us depending on people’s interests and available time. 

    If you are interested in either (or both!) ways of helping to encourage live music in the village, get in touch by email to impingtonmusicsoc@gmail.com or simply come to one of our next concerts in the Brackenbury Room, Impington Village College (Friday 10 February 2023 or Friday 17 March, both at 7.30pm) and talk to us to find out more.   We look forward to meeting you – and will waive the concert entrance fee if you are interested in volunteering!

    (To reach the Brackenbury Room from the IVC main entrance, turn left down the long, curved corridor to the end.)