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Monday, 16 November 2009

Could you come and help your Committee?

The North East London RSPB Local Group has been up and running for almost a year now and we are keen to broaden the group's activities in the local area. In order to do this we need more Committee members and helpers to come forward to help us.

We are a friendly group of people and happy to help each other out but find we do not have the time to do all the things we would like.

There are various tasks that we have not been able to start yet such as attending public events, fundraising, sales and membership recruitment.

If you feel you could take on one of these roles - great, but it is also possible that any of these, and other roles, can also be done on a role-sharing basis by two people.
This is a good way to get involved if you only have a small amount of time to give.

e.g. Fundraising - this could be running a raffle, organising a book sale, setting up a 100 club for members or whatever other ideas you may come up with.

e.g. Membership Recruitment - Membership is the lifeblood of the RSPB, without our one million members we would be unable to carry out important conservation work and help protect wildlife and habitats across the globe.
There are many ways to try and encourage people to join the RSPB - just talking to the group or public, attending a local fair to hand out leaflets, having a stand and providing information etc.

e.g. Public Events - We often receive requests to visit local fairs and fetes and have even been offered a stand in a local shop! We want people to know our Group exists but have not had the resources to take up these opportunities.

Most of the above roles need to be done by people who are happy to come to the Committee meetings so they can let us all know what is happening but we also need non-committee volunteers.

Could you be a General Helper?
Want to help us on a more informal basis? We need helpers to do a variety of tasks including serving teas & coffees at indoor meetings, selling raffle tickets, meeting and greeting members at meetings and helping set up equipment at the beginning of meetings.
Any help with these tasks would be much appreciated and would make a huge difference, helping our meetings to run more smoothly and enabling the Committee to focus on their responsibilities.

If you are interested in finding out more about any of the above roles then please contact us for an informal chat about what is involved (by email, telephone, letter or come and meet us at an Indoor Meeting).
Local Groups rely on the help of people like you volunteering to run them.