VALUES info for carers

VALUES makes it easy for people with a learning disability to volunteer. Our aim is to offer support and guidance to people with learning disabilities living in Leicester City who want to volunteer.

We help people with learning disabilities to:

• Achieve greater independence
• Increase their self confidence
• Learn new skills
• Make friends
• Get involved in voluntary community activities
• Feel a sense of being useful and having a role in the community

Who is involved in VALUES?

Currently there are 60 volunteers with a learning disability working in 42 different organisations giving 7,000 hours per year of their time to charities in Leicester.

Types of Voluntary work available

The sort of voluntary work undertaken varies, but includes:

• Serving up or washing up in lunch clubs
• Helping out in a Charity Shop
• Mucking out at The City Farm doing clerical work such as mail outs or photocopying
• Delivering leaflets
• Gardening

Other benefits for volunteers

VALUES volunteers can be involved in our:

• Social committee which sets up social events
• Press team which produces its own newsletter
• Steering committee elected by and from the volunteers that helps to direct the project
• VALUES Youth a project to help young people aged 15 or over to volunteer
• VALUES Employment, a project to help people with a learning disability find paid employment.

More questions?

Vist a look at our VALUES Frequently Asked Questions page or get in touch see the staff contacts below.