Welcome to our monthly look at local people eager to help out – check out their profiles and see whether you might have something to offer them. Maybe your perfect volunteer is in this month’s selection! If anyone here grabs…
Lancashire Association of CVSs, through their Volunteering for Health project, is working on a toolkit and other resources for Volunteer Managers – a searchable online resource to help you in your role as a volunteer manager, coordinator, or as a…
On 1st September the rules around DBSs for people working with children changed. Enhanced DBSs with a barred list check were required for anyone engaging in ‘regulated activity’ with children – such as teaching, training, instructing, caring for, or supervising…
On 26th August, devastating floods destroyed the Gyirong Port on the Nepal – Tibet border, washing away buildings and cars, and hitting dozens of communities along a 45 mile stretch of river. To date almost 1,500 people have been confirmed…
This month our pick is the volunteer competition judge with the English Speaking Union. Newly uploaded to our website last month, this role really stands out as something a bit different! The English Speaking union is an international organisation based…
We live in an increasingly cynical world. Several times over the last couple of weeks, both online and in real life, I have heard and seen the sentiment expressed that “charities exploit goodwill” and “volunteering is just unpaid work”. It…
Looking for new volunteers? Start (but don’t stop) with online advertising. The CVS volunteering website is our first suggestion. If you can put things on your own website too, do so, and you can use the CVS site as a…
Most people DON’T find their volunteering role through a Volunteer Centre, and so we don’t encourage you to just look at our website or even to just ask us for advice – there’s a lot that you can do to…
We are introducing a new way of supporting people to find their ideal volunteering opportunity. Each month we will present various volunteer profiles – a little bit of information about people who are looking for roles, roles that your organisation…
