Exeter Community Initiatives

Who We Help, Why We Help & the Difference It Makes

What We Do

We have four key areas of work:

Housing and mentoring – We work with St Petrock’s and other charities to respond to prevent homelessness.  Our Transitions project helps people tackle problems which may result in them losing their tenancies and becoming homeless. We train volunteer mentors and match them with clients to offer support with budgeting, running a home and finding work.

Families – We support vulnerable families through Devon Family Resource. This is a bespoke service that works on a one-to-one-basis with families facing multiple challenges in their lives.

Urban Skills – We help people develop life skills to improve their life chances. Our Fore Street shop Jelly , selling pre-loved children’s items offers volunteers training in retail skills and the Bike Bank , an award-winning environmental project, provides a sheltered workshop repairing unwanted bikes while offering training in repair skills.

People & Communities – We get involved in social action work with Ripple Effect . This is to enable people facing disadvantages to develop personal skills while helping others in their community.

Volunteer and peer support is a crucial aspect of our work to complement paid support, bridge boundaries and allow people to help one another

Volunteer

We have a large variety of projects. You might be using your life experience to mentor someone, using your bright ideas to help organise an event or helping sell children’s clothes and toys at our charity shop. For more information on our projects please take a look at our Volunteer Opportunities Brochure.

You can also help us by becoming a trustee or sitting on one of the project committees.

We would like to highlight that we are currently looking for trustees with skills in at least one of the following areas:

• Business and Marketing
• Human Resources (HR)
• IT
• Legal
• Contracting and Procurement
• Working with Black and Minority Ethnic Communities
• Working with Children and Families

If you are interested in becoming a trustee, please e-mail a CV in the first instance to Steven Chown, ([email protected]), or ring him on 01392 205800 for an informal discussion.

If you see a project you are interested in volunteering for, you can contact the project worker directly or ring Jola Pawlikowski, our volunteer coordinator on 01392 205800 or by email [email protected]

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