Port Talbot Voluntary Services
Port Talbot is a city in Neath County Port Talbot, Wales. The population of the city is about 37,000 people. People have settled on the site of present-day Port Talbot since the Bronze Age. In 1147 a Cistercian abbey was founded here. In 1830, Christopher Talbot opened a large metallurgical plant on his land. His daughter, Emily Charlotte Talbot, inherited the plant from her father and continued its development. A railway came to the city that arose around the plant, and a port was built. In the 1950s, Port Talbot became the largest integrated steel mill in Europe and the largest employer in Wales (employing 18,000 employees). In the 1970s, a deep-water port was built in the city. Heavy industry is the backbone of Port Talbot’s economy today. There is a metallurgical plant and a gas power plant here. The city has the world’s largest biomass power plant.
Port Talbot Voluntary Services
Neath Port Talbot Council for Voluntary Service (NPTCVS) is a Voluntary facility with Charitable status. It maintains voluntary teams within the Neath Port Talbot County Borough area. It recruits and practices volunteers for establishing in a variety of settings with a variety of local teams, and individuals. It recommends on funding and governing problems.
If you are interested in volunteering with Neath Port Talbot Carers Service, address this company.
Address:
17 Alfred St, Neath SA11 1EF, UK
Phone: +44 1639 631246
Office Opening Hours: During the current situation, our office remains closed. The staff at NPTCVS are working remotely to continue to support you and the telephone lines are operating as normal.
Telephone lines are open from 9.00am – 5.00pm, Monday – Friday.
What are volunteering?
The word “volunteer” comes from the Latin “voluntarius” – voluntary. A volunteer is a concept denoting a person who voluntarily and gratuitously performs any work or is engaged in social activities. A volunteer invests in the business in which he is engaged, his skills and time.
Anyone can become a volunteer, the profession and world views do not matter. Minor volunteers need permission from their parents, and children under 14 must be accompanied by an official when volunteering. The exact definition of a volunteer and the possible goals of volunteering are spelled out in the Federal Law “On Charitable Activities and Volunteering”.
Volunteering can be both individual and group. For example, if you went out alone or together with a friend and removed garbage from the river bank, then you can assume that you are already environmental volunteers.
In any case, keep in mind that volunteering is a serious tool for the social, cultural, economic and environmental development of the country.
Services
Volunteers provide active assistance to those segments of the population who most need participation and social care. Volunteers can often be found in social welfare services, in nursing homes. Institutions for persons with disabilities and orphanages also fall within the scope of volunteers’ activities. Volunteers are involved in collecting things for those who were in the disaster zone or were injured after a fire. This is not to say that in absolutely all cases the work of volunteers is not paid. But more often than not, volunteers work in exchange for gaining experience, knowledge and skills, establishing useful personal contacts.
