Charity and VCS support Charities That specialise in Volunteering

GIRLGUIDING ENABLES GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN TO FULFIL THEIR POTENTIAL AND TAKE AN ACTIVE AND RESPONSIBLE ROLE IN SOCIETY, THROUGH A STIMULATING AND ENJOYABLE PROGRAMME OF ACTIVITIES DELIVERED BY TRAINED VOLUNTEER LEADERS.OUR VISION IS TO BE RECOGNISED AS THE LEADING ORGANISATION FOR GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMEN.

Provides a diverse programme of courses and activities/opportunities within it's Community Centre e.g. educational, recreational, health initiatives, support groups, employment advice, training & volunteering opportunities.

BCT Aspire CIO is a Youth Work Organisation based in Billingham which provides recreational, leisure, social and development activities for children and young people, and their families across the borough of Stockton-on-Tees. This is done through a range of programmes, sessions, projects and events supported by an amazing team of volunteers, in partnership with other agencies and communities.

Flamingo Chicks is an inclusive community tackling social isolation by giving all children, including disabled children and those with illnesses such as cancer, the opportunity to enjoy dance and explore movement alongside friends. We also provide a vital peer support network for parents and carers, intergenerational volunteering, global outreach and advocacy.

Providing transport for fully inclusive members of the Public including those in need of wheelchair access, via timetabled services within North Oxfordshire.Connecting with National services ensuring especially hospital and surgery visits can be maintained.Shopping and social opportunities for people who otherwise would not be able to leave their villages.Entirely run by volunteers.

The volunteer centre aims to help people in need, through the direct actions of local volunteers, by providing accessible transport, support groups, a befriending service and information provision. We seek to identify gaps in community care which can appropriately be met by volunteer activity. We also assist and promote other community based health and welfare groups in their activities.

The object of the Charity is to maintain the Charity Church for the communal benefit of the local residents and its surrounds. The Charity employs a full-time pastor and depends upon the continuing help of local volunteers.Cash resources at the year end equated to over 10 years of normal activity and the position has since been maintained.

Home-Start East Surrey offers support, friendship and practical help to parents with young children in East Surrey and its environs. We recruit and train volunteers who are parents themselves to visit families with at least one child under five at home, and offer them informal, friendly and confidential support.

Girlguiding UK, as part of a worldwide movement, enables girls and young women to fulfil their potential to take an active and responsible role in society through its distinctive, stimulating and enjoyable programme of activities delivered by trained volunteer leaders.

b:Friend matches volunteer befrienders with isolated, elderly neighbours in the community. The aim is to reduce social isolation by re-engaging at risk individuals with their community through one-to-one befriending partnerships and community group social events.

Euston Foodbank is a food bank operating under the Trussell Trust umbrella, where volunteers redistribute donated food to people in need in our community around the Euston mainline station in the London borough of Camden. Emergency food packages are provided to people for vouchers or letters from the agency supporting them, such as citizens advice, support workers, job centre, social services.

SATURDAY SUPPLEMENTARY SCHOOL CLASSRUNNING AN OFFICE DROP- IN CENTRETRANSLATION AND INTERPRETATION SERVICESREFERRAL OF CLIENTS TO OTHER SPECIALIST SERVICESPEER SUPPORT GROUPPARENTING SKILLS PROJECTYOUTH VOLUNTEERING OUTREACH-BASE WORKPROVIDING CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE ADVICE AND COUNSELLINGSEXUAL HEALTH PROMOTION/AWARENESS ORGANISING WORKSHOPSWORLD AID DAY EVENTS

Improving the lives of children in Government Primary Schools and Orphanages using Tag Rugby as the vehicle. The coaching programme brings together children, teachers, local volunteers and touring volunteers to achieve its goals.

We are a subscription organisation that undertakes various fundraising activities, ie run stalls, raffles; we also manage the hospital shop which is run entirely by volunteers, and we accept legacies & donations from the general public.

We are a UK charity that designs and delivers holistic, mindfulness-based programming which aims to nurture the overall mental health and wellbeing of children and young people. Our initiatives include mentoring programmes, mindfulness classes, and coach and volunteer support.

Drop-in day centre for homeless and vulnerable housed adults, including engaging in activities, volunteer program, work experience placements, referrals, general support, food parcels, breakfast, lunch, listening and befriending service, partnership working with drug and alcohol, mental health and local authority housing advice and support teams.

Footprints uses volunteers who we train as mentors to mentor and support ex-offenders leaving prison and returning to our area.

Home-Start offers support, friendship and practical help to parents in local communities throughout the UK, and with British Forces in Germany and Cyprus.Home-Start offers a unique service, recruiting and training volunteers who are usually parents themselves , to visit families at home who have at least one child under 5 and offer informal , friendly and confidential support.

A volunteer-led charity touring SE England providing accessible, multi-sensory drama experiences for children/young people with a wide range of learning & physical disabilities and a YouTube Learning Channel for those who cannot access a live event. Work Experience is offered to students transitioning from Special Schools. Weekly sessions provided for elderly, frail & those living with Dementia.

Advice and Information serviceWomen's club (for women who are suffering or suffered from domestic violence)Brent Youth TheatrePerforming Arts Classes in Brent Support Group (moral support and co-counselling)Interpreting and Translation serviceRecreational activities/events for all agesTraining, seminars and meetings for volunteers, project users and clients

Home-Start Colchester Jaywick and Clacton makes a real difference to the lives of children 0 - 14 years and their parents. We do this by offering bespoke family support to respond to requests for help. We invest in local people by providing training and volunteer opportunities so that together we can make a real difference.

We offer good food, good fellowship, help and support to persons in the community, who are elderly, solitary, sick or who have a disability. We are not just a day centre, we are a place where people of all ages can feel they have something to offer and that life has not passed them by. In addition we are a place where volunteers, students and the elderly can meet and interact. Charity Shop also.

The Art Station is a dynamic, inclusive, arts charity, offering a free Art and Learning Programme - exhibitions, events, talks, screenings, creative sessions for all ages. Our activities bring people together around enjoyable creative experiences and access to recreation, local facilities and cultural opportunities, also providing volunteering, work placements, work experience and internships.

Management of a community hub, incorporating an arts cafe, allotment, outdoor woodland space and nursery. A range of activities, courses and events run at the centre with many work experience and volunteering opportunities. Many courses are offered developing creative and practical skills.

Most of the income and expenditure has been incurred in running the annual workshops for training of staff and information sharing (about 80%). Most recent income has been devoted to setting up a Nidotherapy Advice and Training Centre through the conversion of an old Victorian school in Cotham, Nottinghamshire, where we will be training volunteers and other staff.