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Volunteer at A1 Positive Recycling

Are you interested in gaining free NVQ Training @ A1 want to support a not-for-profit alternative technology/education centre for the South-West of England, please let us know. (Exeter needs volunteers to be part of the Community team in Exeter.)

There are various jobs to do, some fundraising & marketing, warehouse, B2B Marketing Survey’s, some work can be done from your very own home. Give us a call on 01392 20 27 79 or E-mail admin@a1prp.co.uk for a chat and we’ll see what you would like to do and where your time would be best spent. There are jobs for everyone; it’s not all about recycling and sitting at a desk.

Are you still trying to find a job?

Whether you have ten minutes or ten hours, we’d love to hear from you. Your time, energy and ideas are always appreciated.

We do not ask for you to work set hours or times, unless you would like to. We are very flexible and can fit our days with volunteer availability.

Voluntary Positions include but are by no means limited to:

• Being part of the A1 Steering Group & Management Team
• Keeping the Warehouse in a relative state of tidiness; re-stocking and Stocktaking the collected equipment helping to refurbish products at our warehouse
• Helping with fund raising such as grant forms, PR & marketing in Exeter
• Being a collections coordinator and supporting clients in the local area
• DTP Designing new flyers for A1’s newsletters & E-mail Marketing
• A Person to help with publicity to fund raise for new events
• Packing and sending boxes to our partner charities in the UK
• Help in creating fact based news stories for the A1 News Channel
• Drivers Mate for deliveries & collections in & around Devon

Call: 01392 202779 / 07849 462499

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Training Gives New Role for Old Computers

A Westcountry computer expert is promoting a new scheme that utilises unwanted computer equipment to train youngsters and adults at an Internet learning centre. Neil Wintrip, of Exeter, originally came up with the idea for the learning centre in May 2000 & in May 2005 he became a UnLtd Millennium Award Winner.

The non-profit making center, called the A1 Positive Recycling Project Center It will offer NVQ computer courses, diagnostic workshops and other IT-based training to anyone over the age of 15.

It will also act as a computer recycling centre, breaking down old machines and rebuilding “new” ones.

Mr Wintrip said: “Computer systems are not a luxury item, but a valuable tool, yet people are being excluded because of their financial constraints.

“This innovative project helps both businesses and the local community.

I want computers and computing to be more accessible, as having basic PC skills can improve people’s prospects hugely. “We will offer a new kind of hands-on-practical-training, where people can pick up vital work experience while learning, making them more qualified than the average school leaver.”

Mr Wintrip also believes his project offers a viable solution to problems that may arise from a recently introduced European Parliament directive – the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) directive. The directive means that businesses with either electrical or electronic waste cannot dispose of it in landfill.

This type of waste has to be handled by a recycling company.

Mr Wintrip said: “The aim is to collect unwanted computer equipment, and reuse it to train local people from the community with a short PC training programme.”

For more information about the project

call: 01392 202779 / 07849 462499