Charity and VCS support Charities That specialise in Volunteering

Unfold gets people where they want to be. Powered by volunteers, our one-to-one mentoring is for young people aged 10 - 25 and women with children over 5. Open to everyone, we target those who face the most challenges,with specialised programmes for refugees, peer support groups for women. Goal-focused, we boost confidence and well-being, connecting people to their community for lasting impact.

Volunteers supporting and playing with children in hospital.Providing a radio service to children in hospital

THE CHARITY PROVIDES SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES THAT HAVE ONE CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF 12 YEARS THROUGH A SYSTEM OF VOLUNTEERS.THE CHARITY OPERATES IN THE AREA OF BURNLEY, HYNDBURN, PENDLE, RIBBLE VALLEY AND ROSSENDALE AT ITS ENVIRONS.

Visitor attraction, regeneration of an ancient monument, refreshment facility, educational facility, employment and volunteering opportunity in an area of deprivation. Open to the public.

We have opened our purpose built Islamic Centre and are now open for daily prayers. Alongside this we have also started a supplementary (evening) school for children to learn about Islam and the Arabic language using modern textbooks. We happily host local schools and volunteer groups to learn more about Islam and we hope to provide further services to the community.

Provision of transport within a defined area of North Norfolk (including some parishes in Broadland District) for people with a wide range of needs or reasons why they cannot make use of the existing network of conventional public transport. In addition, transport is provided for groups with broadly charitable aims on a regular or as-required basis, using a mix of paid and volunteer staff.

Activities - offering a wide range of on-going and one-off activities for people with learning disabilities. Volunteering - providing opportunities for volunteers to work in our small retail shop selling local artist work and providing work experience for people with learning disabilities. Mentoring adults with learning disabilities. Running support workshops. Other work experience options.

Keats House offers a range of activities, including talks, poetry readings, tours and family days. It has a flourishing schools programme. Research access to the book/manuscript collections is available through London Metropolitan Archives. There are also volunteering opportunities and regular play and poetry reading groups. For more details visit www.cityoflondon.gov.uk and search on Keats House.

Ambassadors Football runs and facilitates football projects that build bridges across cultural, faith, ethnic and postcode divides, providing support, resources and training in order to invest in communities and empower volunteers, trainees, staff and churches to start new initiatives that lead to tangible social change.

The charity inter-acted with the local Muslim community seeking volunteers and garnering donations.The Charity has held regular prayer meeting as well as lectures.

We are a sessional pre-school providing education and care of children from aged 2 - 5 years of age. Operating within the Woolston area of Southampton and dedicated to supporting families locally. We are a limited company with a charitable status run by a Committee of parent volunteers and a Management team. We have two Pre-School settings.

FEAST aims to improve the nutrition, well-being and health of people at risk of food insecurity in London.We work with charity and community partners and volunteers to provide regular nutritious community meals using surplus food, and healthy eating on a budget programmes, to nourish and empower vulnerable people in homeless hostels, mental health day centres and community centres across London.

A wide range of older people's services aimed at improving later life and enabling them to remain independent in their own homes.Transport (minibus journeys and volunteer car driver sceme)Information and AdviceIndependence Support ServiceHome from Hospital SupportBefriendingDay Activities (Lunch clubs, social opportunities and special interest groups)Practical help at home

Home-Start is a voluntary organisation committed to promoting the welfare of families with at least one child under five years of age. Volunteers offer regualr support, friendship and practical help to families under stress in their own homes helping to prevent family crisis and breakdown.

The Food Chain ensures people living with HIV in London can access the nutrition they need to get well, stay well and lead healthy, independent lives. Our tailored support is delivered by volunteers and includes the most appropriate package of home-delivered meals, groceries, nutrition and cookery classes and communal dinners.

IPC promotes the social and economic inclusion of refugees, asylum seekers and marginalised communities in the North East of England. Activities include ESOL, the Resettlement Programme for Overseas Doctors, Community Football, Capacity Building, Healthy Eating and Life-style, Gardening project, Cycling Recycling, Martial Arts, Developing and Supporting Volunteers in Sport, Community Champions.

CVS Cheshire Easts aims to understand and respond to the needs of the VCS. It champions change and engagement by nurturing partnerships and collaborative working. It promotes recognition of the value of volunteering and stimulates good practice in volunteer development. It supports and develops strong, sustainable and skilled voluntary and community groups.

The object of the charity is 'to advance the education of the adult public in literacy'.Read Easy UK is an umbrella organisation that works to promote and support its model of volunteer-run, adult literacy 'groups'. Each locally-run, affiliated Read Easy group provides one-to-one reading coaching for adults with reading difficulties, using trained volunteer reading coaches.

IAC is an independent advice service that provides support and guidance on statutory rights and entitlement to local residents. Areas of advice include; welfare rights, housing, debt. Advice is given from basic level up to specialist casework. In addition the organisation provides training and volunteering opportunities to individuals interested in developing advice skills.

The church's mission is to see the community transformed by the love of God and its activities are aimed at serving the local population, providing an environment where newcomers can be welcomed, refreshed and have their lives changed. That population is then released to serve the community, and much of the churchs outreach depends on the hundreds of people who volunteer their time and energy.

Open Air Swimming Pool in Portishead open to the public, heated through the summer: April until September, and for winter swimming at weekends. It is staffed, maintained and run by volunteers and paid manager & lifeguards

Cotswold Friends provides transport, carer respite and befriending services, and lunch clubs to elderly, disabled and isolated residents of the Cotswolds.

The advancement of public education in the history of transport and assisting and encouraging the work and activities of the London Transport Museum, including work and activity carried out jointly. This is achieved by giving grants to the London Transport Museum; volunteer support; giving our members a quarterly magazine; and by arranging talks and visits to places of transport interest.

We provide support for disadvantaged families with children up to eighteen years old. Volunteers visit their allocated families in their own home on a regular basis providing friendship, support & practical assistance. Group activities for parents & children are run in different venues & often in conjunction with other agencies. We also run a Child Contact Centre for absent parents.

WE ARE AN INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY CENTRE SERVING BEVERLEY AND SURROUNDING AREA. OUR ACTIVITIES INCLUDE A FREE ADVICE SERVICE, A PRE-SCHOOL / OUT OF SCHOOL CLUB, A HOLIDAY CLUB, A YOUTH CLUB, COMMUNITY GROUPS FOR ALL AGES, A CREDIT UNION BRANCH, A HOUSING PROJECT , A COMMUNITY PANTRY AND VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES.