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General volunteering
Volunteering England
This website offers a range of resources for anyone who works with
or manages volunteers as well as to those who want to volunteer and
includes information about employer-supported volunteering.
Charities
Aid Foundation
The Charities Aid Foundation is the
not-for-profit organisation committed to effective giving and
provides specialist financial services to other charities and their
supporters.
Community Fund
The Community Fund
distributes money raised by the lottery to support charities and
voluntary groups. Their website provides information on how you can
apply for funding.
Criminal
Records Bureau (CRB)
The CRB is a executive agency of the Home Office and is set up to
help organisations make safer recruitment decisions.
Do-it.org.uk
The Do-it website is a searchable database of UK volunteering
opportunities.
Institute for
Volunteering Research
Volunteering England's site the Institute for Volunteering Research
holds details of current trends in volunteering.
Kent Wildlife Trust
The Kent Wildlife
Trust is a leading conservation organisation covering the whole of
Kent and Medway, dedicated to protecting wildlife for the future,
for everyone to enjoy. Their website contains information on how to
volunteer for them.
BTCV
The charity has a successful history of environmental
conservation volunteering throughout the UK and around the world.
Their website has information on how to get involved in improving
the environment where you live as well as details of conservation
holidays and employee volunteering.
National
Council for Voluntary Organisations
The National Council for Voluntary Organisations is the umbrella
body for the voluntary sector in England. Their website contains an
extensive range of briefings on issues affecting voluntary
organisations and information on their products and services.
REACH
REACH finds part-time expenses-only tasks for retired people who
now have time to give.
Sport
England
Sport England are committed to creating opportunities for people to
start in sport, stay in sport and succeed in sport, and are
responsible for delivering the Government's sporting objectives.
Their website provides information on all areas of volunteering
with sport.
Timebank
TimeBank is a national campaign inspiring and connecting people to
share and give time. Their website provides information on how to
give your time. Timebank is supported by the BBC.
Young People
Millennium Volunteers
Millennium
Volunteers is aimed at people aged between 16 - 24 to volunteer
time doing something you enjoy and help others at the same
time.
Community
Services Volunteers (CSV)
The charity is dedicated to giving everyone the chance to play an
active part in their community through volunteering, training,
education and the media.
Their national network also challenges young people aged 16 to
35 to volunteer away from home for between four months and a
year.
Duke of
Edinburgh's Award
The Duke of Edinburgh's Award promotes a
programme of practical, cultural and adventure activities designed
to develop young people.
Gap
Year
The Gap Year website includes information for
volunteers interested in a gap year experience.
Mentoring
and Befriending Foundation
The national body for maintaining and befriending provides
leadership for programmes and the promotion of quality standards.
The Kent & Medway Mentoring Network gives local support and
opportunities for volunteering.
Kent Youth Mentoring Service
The
objective of the Kent Youth Mentoring Service is to recruit,
train and supervise volunteer mentors across the County to work
with Young People who are identified as being vulnerable, at
risk or disadvantaged.
Prince's Trust
Prince's Trust helps young people succeed by providing
opportunities they would not otherwise have and uses volunteers in
a range of activities.
Student
Volunteering UK
Student Volunteering England works
towards ensuring every student has the opportunity to volunteer and
make a positive difference in their community and beyond, through
having access to relevant volunteering opportunities and receiving
effective support.
Employee volunteering
Business in the Community
To inspire business to increase the quality and content of their
corporate community involvement.
Business Community Connections
The Business Community Connections website provides a selection of
on-line sources of information covering: community involvement,
charities/community organisations, social responsibility and
businesses. |