Manchester Rape Crisis

   
If you are interested in being a helpline volunteer for MRC, please fill in the application form below and submit or print out and send it to our postal address. If you are interested in becoming a volunteer counsellor or management committee member, please contact us via email or telephone.

Name:
Address:
Daytime tel no.
Evening tel no.
Email:
1. Why do you want to volunteer at Manchester Rape Crisis?
2. Do you have any skills or qualifications which you think might be useful when volunteering at Manchester Rape Crisis?
3. Do you have any interest in, or experience of, women's issues?
4. What is your understanding of the impact/effect of rape and sexual abuse on the lives of women and girls?
5. Do you have any experience of volunteering? If yes, please give more details.
6. Do you have any experience of telephone work? If yes, please tell us about this.
Manchester Rape Crisis is an organisation committed to equal opportunites and the promotion of diversity. We are a service which is open to all women, and we do not judge women on the grounds of class, race, sexuality, physical or mental ability, age or for any other reason. In order to ensure that our volunteers are committed to Manchester Rape Crisis working in a way which recognises and promotes equality and diversity, it is important that we ask you about your views on equal opportunites.
7. What is your understanding of Equal Opportunities?
8. We are an organisation that operates a 'pro-choice on abortion policy'. We are committed to a woman's right to choose. How do you feel about this?
9. Manchester Rape Crisis protects women's confidentiality. Why do you think confidentiality is important to women who are experiencing or have experienced rape or sexual abuse?
10. Manchester Rape Crisis is a women’s organisation, which is based in a women-only building. Have you ever worked in a women-only organisation before? How do you feel about this?
11. Are there any other areas that you feel strongly about and which we should be aware of?
12. Character References Please supply the names, addresses and telephone numbers of two people who have known you for at least one year and would be able to provide a reference for you.
Reference 1
Name:
Address:
Tel no.
In what capacity do you know this person?
Referee 2
Name:
Address:
Tel no.
In what capacity do you know this person?
Manchester Rape Crisis expects a certain level of commitment from volunteers. If you successfully complete the helpline training and go on to be a volunteer, we expect a commitment to our organisation of at least six months, which involves a minimum of six sessions on the helpline. You will also be expected to attend monthly volunteer support meetings which are held in the evenings. Can you make this commitment to Manchester Rape Crisis?                                    Yes                               No
When are you available to volunteer? Please note that the helpline is open Wednesday and Thursday, 6pm – 9pm. If you would like to volunteer on the helpline during office hours (10am – 4pm, Monday – Friday), it may be possible to arrange this.
Declaration: I certify that the information contained in this application form is correct. I understand that falsification of the information provided on the form may result in a disqualification or dismissal.
Signed:
Date

By Virtue of the Rehabilitation of Offenders (sections) Orders 1975 and (Northern Ireland) 1979, because of the nature of the voluntary work for which you are applying, this work is exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Rehabilitation of Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1978. Accordingly you are not entitled to withhold information about convictions that would otherwise be considered as spent under the provisions of these orders.

A volunteer found to have knowlingly given false information or to have wifully suppressed any material fact wull be liable to disqualification or asked to leave the project. It should be noted that convictions do not necessarily debar applicants.