Charity and VCS support Charities That specialise in Volunteering

We run Irish themed events online and in person, as well as Tea Cake Club's and have the following projects. Advice and Advocacy, Elders Outreach, Carers Support, Volunteers project, Out & About project & Memory Services project.

The principal activities of the charity are to offer a free and confidential support service for women providing advice, information, counselling, volunteering and social activities and educational courses.

Volunteer Centre Dorset commits to promote, support and develop volunteering for all in Dorset.

Partnership working in prisons & the community; providing volunteer mentors for people involved in the criminal justice system, supporting them holistically to change behaviour and reduce harm to the community; recruiting training and supporting community members to volunteer; delivery of mentoring service; identifying appropriate specialised services for referral; applications to grant funding.

We provide a culturally and linguistically appropriate legal advice service for the residents of Manchester, particularly in the wards of Cheetham and Crumpsall. We provide quality assured advice in the social welfare legal categories of welfare benefits, debt, housing, and immigration (level one). We support residents to access other local services and run a volunteer development programme.

We deliver services in areas of deprivation in Gloucestershire. Current activities : Money Advice Services, General welfare benefits advice, Community education, Learning disability well-being centre, and programmes that increase employability by learning practical skills i.e. landscaping, carpentry, painting etc. We accept volunteers in service areas above to enhance skills.

HOME-START OFFERS FREE SUPPORT, FRIENDSHIP AND PRACTICAL HELP TO FAMILIES WITH AT LEAST ONE CHILD UNDER FIVE WHO MAY BE UNDERGOING PRESSURES SUCH AS LONELINESS AND ISOLATION, DEPRESSION OR SEVERAL PRE-SCHOOL CHILDREN WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS. FAMILIES ARE VISITED REGULARLY IN THEIR OWN HOMES BY VOLUNTEERS WHO ALL HAVE EXPERIENCE OF PARENTING AND KNOW HOW HARD THINGS CAN BE.

Recruiting and training volunteers to visit families at home who have at least one child under 5 to offer support and friendship.

Borderlands is a community charity that works with asylum seekers and refugees living in the inner city area of Bristol. These people are very vulnerable because they are chronically impoverished, suffer discrimination and are excluded within society. We offer advice, help and hope and rely on volunteers for the delivery of the majority of our welfare support and education services.

FACES Bedford works with families with children up to the age of 19. Support is offered to those who find themselves experiencing difficulties, hardship and/or distress. FACES Bedford offer a range of holistic services which includes recruiting and training volunteers to regularly visit families in their own homes where they offer emotional and/or practical support to best meet the family's needs.

We provide resources and services for the local community of South West Durham. We have a particular focus on children, young people and families and bring together volunteers to enable aspirations to be met. We are based in a venue that provides rooms, accommodation, outdoor activities, music and community transport.

NEWway Project was set up in 2013 in order to support the rising numbers of homeless people in the London Borough of Newham. Our team works alongside specialist support agencies, local churches and hundreds of local volunteers to provide three core services: NEWdawn - a winter night shelter, NEWday - year round daytime support services, and NEWlife - gardening workshops for local rough sleepers.

Community Sight Support Service: An outreach service for blind and visually impaired people residing in the 12 inner London boroughs to alleviate social isolation and provide practical support Also: Telephone Support and Community ProjectsShare London Project - volunteers facilitate social outings in LondonSmall grants for aids and equipment to facilitate independent living

1. Specialist advice,casework and advocacy to individuals in the areas of Employment Law & Discrimination law.2. Advice, training and support to community & voluntary sector organisations in the areas of Employment Law, Discrimination Law and Human Resources.3. Provision of Volunteering whereby individuals can gain skills, knowledge, training and improved employment opportunities.

The Ouseburn Trust aims to deliver succesful regeneration of the Ouseburn Valley through four objectives: Achieving continuity through heritage interpretation and other activities; Increasing assets, encouraging enterprise and improving income generation for the Trust and others, Increasing community participation through volunteering and other actions; A continuous internal improvement programme.

(a)relief of those in need, by reason of age, ill-health, disability or other disadvantage; (b)service of the poor, the sick and wounded; and (c) advancement of religion and the promotion of good citizenship in young people. In furthering the Objects the Trustees uphold the values of the Order of Malta so far as this is consistent with these Objects and with their duties as charity trustees.

People Speak Up is a social, arts & health, mental health and well-being organisation based in The Ffwrnes Fach, The Old Zion Chapel in Llanelli and works across South West Wales. We offer training, volunteering, workshops, one to one be-friending and events for individuals and communities to find their voice.

Moseley Road Baths CIO took over the operation of Moseley Road Baths in Balsall Heath, Birmingham, in April 2018 in order to ensure that this greatly valued local heritage swimming facility remains for the benefit of local people. It is operating the swimming pool, training staff and volunteers, attracting new groups, developing new activities and raising funds to keep the baths viable.

HVA is a Council for Voluntary Services which offers support to voluntary and community groups in order to strengthen voluntary and community action across Hart District. We link the voluntary sector, local authorities and other statutory bodies. HVA also manages a Volunteer Centre which promotes and increases volunteering and has expertise in the recruitment and management of volunteers.

Hucknall Flight Test Museum acts, in affiliation with the Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust, as custodians of the aviation heritage, historical stories and events, associated with the Rolls-Royce Hucknall Flight Test Establishment site, in particular between the years 1934 to 1971, but additionally both before and after this period. Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust volunteer members run the museum.

Play Gloucestershire develop playful communities with active children. Our aim is that all children and young people in Gloucestershire should have regular and easy access to high quality, free and inclusive places for play and recreation. We provide play delivery, play advocacy and therapeutic play nurture. Volunteering is an important part of our work and our message is "Get Out and Play!"

Home-start provides a unique service; recruiting and training volunteers to offer families informal, friendly and confidential support. Home-Start works with parents on a one to one basis in their own home, building supportive relationships and responding directly to the family's individual needs. We provide support through family groups and virtual support.

The Objects of the Charity are to promote any charitable purpose for the benefit of the community in the area of benefit by associating together volunteers and organisations in a common effort to advance education, social and welfare services, and similar charitable activities among those classes in need thereof and for this purpose but not otherwise the Charity shall have the following powers: -

Provision of education, training, support to adults with mental health problems and learning disabilities through the provision of workshop based employment together with horticultural activities and leisure activities taking place throughout the North East of England. The charity helps adults to regain mainstream employment and volunteering opportunities and provides support to aid recovery.

RyB's core activity is refurbishing bicycles, donated largely by the public, by a team of enthusiastic volunteers and paid mechanics. Some are sold to raise funds, others are given away as community referral bikes. Suitable bikes and spares are sent to projects in Africa where local mechanics refurbish them for sale to people in need. We also train people in cycling and bike maintenance skills.