Become a Volunteer
Interested in volunteering with us to help shape Health and Social Care in Neath Port Talbot and Swansea? This webpage will inform you of how to get involved and what opportunities there are to get your voice heard!
What vacancies are available on our boards?
Become a West Glamorgan Regional Partnership volunteer representative and change the lives of people in our region for the better, by helping up shape and improve Health and Social care services. Our dedicated volunteers support on a variety of our board meetings, workstreams and participate in our engagement activities. For more information on our current available opportunities, please see the role descriptions below:
- Steering and Advisory Board 1
- Steering and Advisory Board 2
- Steering and Advisory Board 3
- Carers’ Partnership Board
- Children and Young People’s Programme Board
- Communities and Older People’s Programme Board
- Dementia Programme Board
- Emotional Well-being and Mental Health Programme Board
- Neurodiverse Programme
If you’re interested in applying for one of these volunteering opportunities please see details below:
Getting Involved
If you’d like to have your voice heard and help shape health and social care services in a positive and meaningful way, please complete the form below. A role description is also available, which provides more detail on what your involvement would entail.
You can complete the form electronically and email it to west.glamorgan@swansea.gov.uk, or print it out and return it via post to the following address:
West Glamorgan Regional Partnership
Guildhall
Swansea
SA1 4PE
If you require any further information, please feel free to contact West Glamorgan’s
Volunteer Representative Coordinator via email at west.glamorgan@swansea.gov.uk, or telephone 07584 491 980.
Information for Volunteers
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Volunteer Representatives on our programme boards will attend roughly 6 board meetings a year. You will receive the papers around 1 week before the meeting takes place and this will require some time prepare for the meeting by reading any meeting papers. Board meetings are 2 hours. There are also optional briefings that volunteers can attend before a board meeting.
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Our meetings vary from face to face to Microsoft Teams. Any workshop or engagement activities tend to take place in person. Meeting locations vary between Swansea and Neath Port Talbot
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Yes, the West Glamorgan Regional Partnership has an expenses guidance document in place. This ensures that we can support volunteers with the costs associated with volunteering.
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There is a wide range of training available for volunteers. Training will include an induction to the West Glamorgan Regional Partnership, Confidentiality and Safeguarding training.
We want your time with us to be an ongoing learning experience, so we will also offer you other training opportunities and refresher training from time to time.
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Yes definitely! You can discuss any reasonable adjustments or support needs you require with our Volunteer Representative Co-ordinator who will be able to support you.
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You can absolutely volunteer, but you need to make sure that your volunteering doesn’t impact on the benefits that you receive. This guidance from NVCO sets out what you need to know about volunteering and benefits.
