Charity and VCS support Charities That specialise in Volunteering

Patient-run: website, booklets, a helpline run by trained volunteers who can answer medical questions and counsel people with any psychological worries. For subscribers: quarterly journals, leaflets on all aspects of the virus, meetings, seminars.Re shingles and neurogenic pain, we supply a 17-page information pack. This pain is especially severe in the elderly and is difficult to treat.

Provides a brokerage service for volunteers in Chesterfield and North East Derbyshire helping them to access volunteering opportunities with other organisations or on the VC's own volunteering projects.The Volunteer Centre follows the six core functions of a Volunteer Centre as laid out by Volunteering England.

Family support and adviceHospital Volunteer ServiceMentoring and counsellingOccupational Therapy & Sensory IntegrationPhysiotherapySpeech & Language TherapyTherapeutic Art

East Liverpool RDA covers Merseyside, St Helens Widnes and Warrington. We are run solely by volunteers and funded by donations and grants. We offer opportunities for children and adults with physical and learning disabilities to experience horse care and therapeutic horse riding and contact sessions. Our aim is to provide therapy through contact and horse-riding. We are run solely volunteers.

To provide regular therapeutic horse riding, carriage driving and equine therapy experiences for children and adults with disabilities, to benefit their health and well- being. We are committed as a charity to providing all our participants with an experience that will enable them to achieve goals set by themselves and/or by our team of dedicated coaches and volunteers.

Restoration of the former Pleasley Colliery steam winding engines and ancillary equipment by voluntary group from the local and adjoining communities to form a museum including the social history of the area. A second group of volunteers are managing in conjunction with Derbyshire County Council the adjacent former colliery spoil heaps which is now a designated Country Park.

HYT enables young volunteers to work alongside Ugandans in meeting basic humanitarian needs, such as housing, water and education. HYT promotes sustainable development, particularly the use of appropriate technology for low carbon construction, which preserves the environment. HYT also helps Ugandans develop skills for future employment and generating income.

Spark Community Space is there to help people who feel socially isolated find a safe space, through our charity shop and cafe, where they can feel a sense of belonging and acceptance and develop their self-worth. We offer people the chance to volunteer and receive training that might help them get back into society, as well as providing a place where anyone can make new friends, chat, play games.

Provide information\advice to general public about local health\social care services. Make the views\experiences of general public known to health\social care providers. Enable local people to be involved in development, delivery and equality of access to local health\carer services. Train\develop skills of volunteers and wider community to understand and scrutinise local health\care services.

In pursuance of the overall goals of its charitable objectivs, the Federation's principal activity is enabling women in Surrey. In practice, this means that through the work of its trustees, sub-committees, member WIs, volunteers and other supporters, the Federation: Encourages women in Surrey to become individual members of their local WI; Assists and advises on the setting up of new WIs in regio

Thrive is an award-winning organisation working in Teesside, advocating for the voice of lived experience to be included in decision-making processes.We do this through research, tailored one to one support and by taking local action: bringing together local people and institutions. We have three paid members of staff, a group of dedicated volunteers and a Board of Trustees.

We run an Outreach service for women and girls who have experienced domestic abuse and other harmful practices. We support them with their mental health and wellbeing allowing them to make informed decisions about their lives. We empower the women to become confident, independent, and self-reliant. We inspire women to support others by volunteering and by providing a safe space to share ideas.

Blood bikers are volunteers who use their advanced motorcycle skills in providing an out of hours service, supporting our NHS partners to transport essential urgent supplies such as Whole Blood, Pathology Samples, Medication, Medical Equipment, Medical Notes and occasionally Donor Breast Milk to the NHS hospitals and hospices throughout Devon and beyond.

A small, non profit making dog rescue & rehoming charity with a strict non destruct policy, totally reliant upon donations & fundraising by volunteers. All dogs in our care are vaccinated, wormed, neutered/spayed, provided with veterinary care whenever needed. Our sole purpose is to provide a safe & caring environment for all dogs in our care, until a loving and responsible home can be found.

HOME-START NORTHAMPTON PROVIDES A UNIQUE SERVICE FOR FAMILIES LIVING IN THE BOROUGH OF NORTHAMPTON - RECRUITING AND TRAINING VOLUNTEERS TO SUPPORT PARENTS WITH YOUNG CHILDREN AT HOME IN SITUATIONS AS DIVERSE AS ISOLATION, BEREAVEMENT, MULTIPLE BIRTHS, ILLNESS, DISABILITY OR WHO ARE JUST FINDING PARENTING A STRUGGLE. THEY PROVIDE NON-JUDGEMENTAL, PRACTICAL AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT

The charity is a provider of youth work services across Cambridgeshire. This includes rural youth clubs in buildings and on our converted double-decker youth buses, a babysitting course and the Generation game course (volunteering with older people).

Havercroft & Ryhill Community Learning Project (HRCLP) continues to develop a range of activities and services to the residents of the two villages and the surrounding areas in line with our charitable objects. Courses for adults continue, alongside our Library, job club, walking group, volunteer led activities and activities for children during school break times.

A unique volunteer led organisation for young people between 10 and 26 years old who live in the rural area of Ceredigion.The movement provides fantastic opportunities and experiences for young people of all ages and background.

Cefn Golau Together is a community organisation, set up to support and improve the well-being of the residents of Cefn Golau and surrounding area. Cefn Golau Together encourages local action and offers volunteering opportunities to residents in a wide range of activities. The organisation is also committed to improving the environment and teaching skills to support sustainable food production.

We provide subsidised veterinary treatment for animals owned by local people on low income. We take in and rehome unwanted, abandoned and stray animals.We respond to enquires from the public on a whole range of animal welfare issues. We also provide volunteering opportunities for those who wish to support our work, including trusteeship, fundraising and providing work experience placements.

Second Time Around is a charity furniture restoration project that recycles unwanted or donated wooden furniture. Our vision is training and volunteering opportunities to promote social inclusion and independance for adults with learning disabilities.

Family Support Derbyshire provides volunteer support to families with babies & young children who are experiencing difficulties, in the family's own home.

Based in Kentish Town, North West London, the charity runs the Crossroads Women's Centre, as a multi-racial community resource for low income women and their loved ones from different backgrounds and situations to access self-help, peer support, information services, and volunteering opportunities. The Centre is a base for women's groups, meetings, exhibitions, film shows, research & more.

The Dragon Christmas Charity Sale is held annually on the final morning of the Dragon School Christmas Term. More than 500 volunteers, made up of pupils, parents, teachers and staff work together to set up and run a variety of stalls and activities to raise money for charity.

Promoting sport and healthy activity in the local area. Supporting community clubs in their individual activities.Working with Creation and other stakeholders to improve access to sport and healthy activity for residents of the Aylesbury EstateRunning of sports camps and afterschool activities for local children and training volunteers.