Charity and VCS support Charities That specialise in Volunteering

EP Youth run a variety of projects to support young people. Some of these are based on the outreach vehicle (Geoff), which travels around the local area. Activities include a Friday night drop in, schools work, sexual health education and parenting courses. Projects are often collaborative with other agencies and involve many volunteers.

Provide a range of services from an attractive and accessible meeting place for all sectors of the community. Support for the depressed or bereaved, counselling & listening, courses to develop relationship and parenting skills, IT training. Support & training for 70 volunteers who service conference facilities, cafe, creche & Christian bookshop. Support programmes of young peoples work off site.

Home-Start is a voluntary organisation operating in the Erewash area. Offering trained volunteers to support families under stress with at least one child under 5 years of age. Volunteers offer regular home visiting emotional, practical and befriending support.

To promote healthy life styles and wellbeing through sporting activity, education and volunteering , whilst supporting the needs of the local community

Recruit and train parents from the community who then provide support to families who are: experiencing difficulties; that have at least one child under the age of seven.The support provided can be emotional and practical but it is provided in the families own home by a trained volunteer

Volunteer run grassroots football club

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

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

Recruiting and training volunteers to visit families in their own homes, offering emotional and practical support to families with children under 5.

The promotion and encouragement of the practice and principles of volunteering, to develop, promote, organise and implement volunteer work programmes, employment opportunities and training sessions, co-ordinate with other charities, voluntary bodies and statutory authorities.

Westcroft Community Centre exists to empower, inspire and improve the local community. We provide support, activities and opportunities for all centre users and volunteers to realise their potential in a safe, welcoming and inclusiveenvironment.

Manage habitats for the benefit of wildlife,people,heritage/landscape.Encourage access to open green space/wider countryside.Deliver environmental/education/interpretation to local schools/wider population.Provide support, advice, training & supervision to volunteers, trainees & community groups in countryside management/ conservations skills by working on real local environmental projects.

Offer regular support, friendship and practical help to families with young chidren, who are under stress. Volunteers visit families in their own homes, helping to prevent family crisis and breakdown.

TimeBank is a national volunteering charity working to make volunteering part of the fabric of everyday life and a rewarding experience for everyone involved. We specialise in mentoring projects that tackle complex social issues. And we take an innovative approach to employee volunteering with the focus on helping staff develop leadership skills while making a real difference in their communities.

We recruit train and support home visiting volunteers to support vulnerable families with at least one child under 5yrs in North Somerset

Provides a community mediation service to residents of Buckinghamshire and surrounding areas. Trains volunteers as community mediators.

Welcoming facility providing a Luncheon Club 5 days a week with a delivery service to the housebound.Range of weekly activities focussing on Health, Wellbeing & Learning as well as Social activities.Open to the local Ainsdale community and environs with the aim of reducing loneliness & social isolation amongst its older citizens.Volunteering opportunities for those both able and less able.

The Museum has been run by volunteers since 1972 and owns its 11-acre site. There is an admission charge and 22,000 visitors pa view 60 aircraft plus over 45,000 aviation artefacts. Aviation history in the eastern counties predominates in the collection. School, Scout and other social groups are welcomed throughout the year and members visit local residential care homes.

Canolfan Pentre is a community hub for wellbeing, we strive to combat loneliness and isolation. We work with third sector partners to provide service for the community and wider community. Canolfan Pentre is run for the community by the community by dedicated volunteers. Through hard work and determination we have created a safe warm and successful environment.

We place bull-breed dogs with fully checked and approved volunteer foster families to be rehabilitated,where they can assess the dogs character, to enable us to place the dogs with permanent newfamilies.We vaccinate, flea and worm, microchip and neuter/spay these dogs before re-homing them or ifnecessary a neutering contract is put in place for female dogs under a certain age.

We offer support and friendship to families experiencing difficulties with at least one child under five. We prepare volunteers who all have parenting experience to visit families in their own homes to offer support and friendship. The volunteers support will be wide and varied and will be between 1 hour - 4 hours a week.

We are a Community Centre in the village of Elton, Cheshire, providing local and surrounding areas with a dance hall, stage and surrounding rooms for private parties, dance school, keep fit activities and other social gatherings, all supported by volunteers.

Jacari's mission is to improve the confidence and English language skills of young people through our free tuition scheme. We work with those who have English as an additional language and are at risk of not achieving their full potential. We recruit and train volunteers tutors from the universities in Bristol and Oxford to provide this free 1:1 tuition to the young people referred to us.

Home-Start Newark offers a simple preventative service to families under pressure who have at least one child under 5 years old. We offer support in the home by volunteers who are all parents themselves, offering friendship,practical help and a much needed listening ear. Helping parents by reducing isolation, building confidence and theirfore increasing the well-being of children

Providing people with learning disabilities with service and support (in Nottinghamshire) with a focus on empowering them to enjoy their lives and achieve as much as they are able. Open six days weekly sessions cover preparing for work and volunteering, confidence,self esteem,friendships,being part of the community, support to get healthier and fitter,socialising, civil rights,managing your money.