BRITISH RED CROSS - Launch of Community Reserve Volunteers initiative
The Community Reserve Volunteer initiative aims to recruit a pre-registered reserve force of volunteers who will be able to assist their community in the event of a major local emergency.
This project, supported by Aviva, provides a way of harnessing that goodwill, and gives members of the public a practical way to use their kindness, skills and local knowledge to help others, carrying out practical tasks, as a coordinated part of the overall response. By pre-registering, members of the public will be contacted as soon as extra help is needed. Volunteers can choose on a case-by-case basis whether they wish to help out, and are fully insured and managed by the Red Cross.
It only takes ten minutes to sign up online at redcross.org.uk/reserves. People are required to watch a short training video, and fill in an online application form. In the event of a local emergency they will be mobilised at the appropriate time by the Red Cross, via text message.
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