DIAL Great Yarmouth

DIAL has been awarded Working Neigbourhood Funding through Great Yarmouth Borough Council.
With this new funding we are able to see anyone in the Borough, disabled or able bodied, for benefits and debt advice, if you meet the following conditions:
If you live in either the Nelson, Central and Northgate, Southtown and Cobholm, Magdalen or Claydon areas [...]

Are you passionate about making a difference, keen to work in a community setting and have a background of working with individuals with support needs?
If so, DIAL is seeking to recruit two posts to assist inidividuals with support needs to take control of their finances and benefits.
Benefit Support Worker
Salary £16,008
37 hours per week (job share [...]

DIAL Great Yarmouth is seeking to recruit a volunteer Honorary Secretary to support the Managment Commitee.
Duties involve preparing agendas and paperwork, attendance at meetings to take minutes, preparation and distribution of minutes to members.  It is envisaged that this post will require approximately 5 hours per month, but this may be flexible and there may [...]

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The Fire Service are able to offer free of charge free fitting of smoke alarms to households that don’t have any, or those that are old / not working properly etc.
They are also are able to fit for free special smoke alarms for the deaf which incorporate a flashing light and a vibrating [...]

Following a recent trustee meeting, the difficult decision has been made to cease our wheelchair and equipment hire service, with immediate effect.
Existing bookings will of course be honoured.
If you wish to hire a wheelchair or other medical equipment in the Great Yarmouth area please contact the Norfolk Coastal Centre for Independent Living on 0845 054 [...]

Due to the huge increase in clients needing assistance with benefit claim forms we urgently need to recruit additional volunteers to cope with the demand.
Do you have experience or knowledge of disability benefits, either personally or professionally, or are you willing to learn?
Are you able to spare a minimum of 6 hours per week to [...]

DIAL is looking for people to become members of its management committee (trustees).

A trustee is responsible for DIAL. Together, trustees make decisions about the running of the organisation.

Trustees need to be able to come to as many of the committee meetings as possible.

At the meetings, trustees talk about what DIAL does [...]

More than 20% of the population of the Borough of Great Yarmouth have a long term illness, health problem or disability which limits daily activities or work. DIAL are aware that this proportion of the community face inequality, disadvantage and discrimination. Many are economically inactive and are on low, fixed incomes and most have [...]

DIAL has registered with eBay to help raise additional funds.
If you use eBay to sell your unwanted items, you can now choose to donate a percentage (10-100%) of the final selling value direct to DIAL Great Yarmouth.
To find out more visit our fundraising page now.