Although we employ paid staff, we couldn’t manage The George without the help of our volunteers. We’re always looking for new recruits, so if you’d like to join the team, or have a skill or an idea that will improve the way we serve the community, we’d love to hear from you. Email us, contact us by phone or better still, call in at The George and speak to one of us in person.

The help we need

There are lots of ways you can help:

–   serving customers in the café
–   running the bar at our evening events
–   delivering leaflets and posters
–   washing aprons and tea towels
–   watering  plants in the courtyard
–   painting and decorating
–   fixing things when they go wrong
–   helping to run our new toolshare scheme.

We also need people with business and financial skills to help with the backroom things like bookkeeping, admin and marketing.

The rewards

We want your experience as a volunteer to be a rewarding one. Volunteering isn’t just about practical help. It’s about making friends, learning new skills, gaining confidence and being part of a team. What you do and how much is your choice. You don’t have to make a long-term commitment or give up hours of your spare time.

Everyone has something special to give, and we’ll help you find the role that’s right for you. We’ll also give you a full training so that you can feel completely confident from Day One.

DID YOU KNOW?
In a recent study,* 77% of respondents said that volunteering improved their mental health and well-being. Ninety-three per cent said they enjoyed it and 90% reported that it gave them a sense of achievement.

* Time Well Spent, a national survey on the volunteer experience commissioned by The National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) in 2019.

Other ways to help

Buy shares
Our shares cost £20 each and can be bought by anybody aged 16 years and over. Organisations such as charities and local businesses can invest too. The minimum shareholding is £20 and the maximum is £30,000. The upper limit is designed to protect the Society against shortfalls if a number of investors want to withdraw shares at the same time.

As a shareholder you automatically become a full member of the Society, with the right to vote at our Annual Members Meeting, to receive a copy of the Annual Report and to stand for election to the Management Committee.

You can find full details of our share offer in our Share Offer Prospectus. To download a share application form, click here.

Make a donation
The easiest way to donate is by online transfer to Newnham on Severn Community Benefit Society Ltd, at Cooperative Bank, sort code 08-92-99, account number 65864773. Please use your surname and initials as the reference. Cheques should be payable to: Newnham on Severn Community Benefit Society Ltd and crossed ‘a/c payee only’.

THANK YOU!