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Volunteer Cambs are keen for organisations to sign-up: Volunteer Cambs | VolunteerCambs!
Volunteer Cambs is your go-to online platform for volunteering in Cambridgeshire. Whether you want to offer your time to support a local cause or if you’re a community organisation seeking volunteers,
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We have been asked to share the information below from Cambridgeshire Deaf Association.
A Call to Volunteering
As a charity Cambridgeshire Deaf Association, Hearing Help has been maintaining hearing aids for nearly half a century. We are proud to say we currently have 19 venues running right across Cambridgeshire; where people with NHS issued hearing aids have their aid(s) maintained and/or collect hearing aid batteries for free.
We are also work alongside roughly 40 volunteers who give of their time to help run these hearing aid maintenance sessions. Without our volunteers we could not reach as many people as we do, each month.
We are currently expanding our service into new venues and in tandem with new locations we of course need extra volunteers to help us with our work out in our new local community hubs we are creating.
This is a call to all those out there who think you might be able to help.
We have two volunteering roles. Firstly, we need to bring on board Reception volunteers. Who are the first port of call, who welcome our clients into each of the session and take down some details of the client, offer batteries and at this point also might prompt the client to book in for their next appointment.
The second role is that of Technician. Here you will be maintaining hearing aids, replacing the tubing and/or domes dependant on the aid supplied. You might sit with the client and ask if they are having any difficulties. You might signpost to an outside agency who could further assist with additional needs that the client may have.
Full and ongoing training is provided to keep up to date with all the new aids that might be coming out. You will be fully supported by our Hearing Champions who work in their designated areas and run each session. There are regular socials that if you care to, you might like to attend, plus, work with a nice bunch of people.
Most importantly however you will be helping those who are struggling with isolation, due to hearing loss, to remain socially connected to friends and family. Vital in this our fast-paced world.
If you might be interested, please do get in touch and we can plug you into one of our sessions for you to go along to and see if the work might be something of interest to you.
Please either call Su Fletcher on 07384 403338 or email mailto:su.fletcher@cambsdeaf.org.
We look forward to hearing from you and bringing onboard our Hearing Help team. Thank you.
Please look at our website http://www.cambridgeshirehearinghelp.org.uk for a list of all our current locations and schedules.
Abbotsley Parish Council has been asked to share the following information:
WaveLength have secured funding to specifically support groups working in the Cambridgeshire area.
We provide free tablets, TVs (for individual and communal use) and radios to a wide range of organisations supporting people who are experiencing chronic loneliness and isolation, including the elderly, people with mental or physical ill health, refugees, the homeless, people with dementia and victims of domestic abuse. We work closely with each group to ensure that the kit we provide best meets the needs of the beneficiaries. It can either be used as a central resource, or loaned to individuals the group is directly working with.
If you are interested in applying for your group, please get in touch. The best way to reach me is via email – emma.watson@wavelength.org.uk
CCC have asked us to publicise the information on the attached poster.
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Abbotsley Parish Council has received the following information:
London Luton Airport arrival routes airspace change approved by the CAA.
Earlier in the year we wrote to you about the London Luton Airport arrivals airspace change proposal and our final designs. On Wednesday 24th November, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) announced their decision to approve the proposal, which is co-sponsored by air traffic control provider, NATS.
All feedback provided to LLA and NATS during the public consultation was put forward to the CAA along with our final designs earlier this year. The feedback resulted in three changes; a modified version of ‘Option One’ (minimal changes from today’s flight paths below 5,000ft with greater dispersion of flights above 5,000ft); the location and orientation of the new holding area near the A1-A14 junction was adjusted; and the lowest standard altitude of the hold was raised by 1,000ft, reducing potential noise impacts on the residents of St Neots and Huntingdon.
Implementation of this airspace change is scheduled to happen overnight from 0001hrs on 24th February 2022.
All of the supporting documents can be found on the CAA’s portal here: https://airspacechange.caa.co.uk/PublicProposalArea?pID=51