Get Involved
Are you a citizen or an unpaid carer in Neath Port Talbot or Swansea with lived experience of the Health and Social Care sector? Here you can find information on how to get involved with our work. If you would like to share your views to help shape services in West Glamorgan we’d love to hear from you!
Who can get involved?
Anyone who lives in the West Glamorgan region can get involved. We welcome people with lived experience, service users and caregivers to join us in shaping the future of health and social care.
Why should you get involved?
By getting involved you can help us to develop and improve health and social care services in the region. We want to hear from those who use health and social care services in our region. Your experiences of health and social care will help us do this. By being a volunteer, you can make a real difference to the lives of communities. Your voice matters!
How can I get 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.
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.
What does it mean to be a Volunteer?
Hear from a selection of our volunteers about their contributions to West Glamorgan’s work!
West Glamorgan Volunteer Stories – Lee
Regional Perspective – West Glamorgan Regional Partnership
How Volunteering Makes a Difference
Resources for Volunteers
West Glamorgan Volunteering Support
West Glamorgan Volunteering Support (WGVS) is a multi-agency project that produces shared resources to develop the knowledge, management and coordination of volunteers and volunteer involving organisations across the Swansea and Neath Port Talbot areas.
Joint Working Journal
See the latest news from our board meetings on our Joint Working Journal