Fantastic Home Volunteering Opportunities

Mon, 9 September 2013

Our Fantastic Home vehicle tours Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire offering advice on domestic energy efficiency and renewable energy. We also give away free energy and water saving items and offer interactive elements – a bike people can pedal to see how much energy they can generate, a giant game of low carbon snakes and ladders, and samples of products such as insulation.

 
Usually the Fantastic Home is staffed by a member of staff from Marches Energy Agency, plus a member of staff from a local authority. We also look for volunteers who can work alongside us to ensure we can talk to as many people as possible.
 
This is where you come in. We’d love to have local people working alongside us on the exhibition. You don’t need any prior knowledge of domestic energy efficiency or renewable energy (you can learn on the job), although obviously this would be a benefit. You do need to be happy to talk to the public and to help us both set up and take down the exhibition.
 
This is a great opportunity to increase your knowledge of energy efficiency and help people to save energy at home.
 
If you’re interested in volunteering please drop us an email (ccan@mea.org.uk) with your name, email and phone number, plus a few sentences explain why you’d like to volunteer and any relevant experience you have.
 
We keep a list of volunteers and email out the dates and locations for our visits to this list. It’s then up to you to decide which ones you’re available for. Many are Saturdays and Sunday, but some are during the week. They’re almost always during the daytime. An event tends to last around six hours, including time to set up and pack away. We can cover reasonable travel costs to and from the event.
 
To apply, or if you have any questions, email: ccan@mea.org.uk