Charity and VCS support Charities That specialise in Volunteering

* Provide a community led Theatre venue* Share the history of The CHP & importance to British Film Industry* Promote theatrical arts* Build capacity & skills, inc opportunities for emerging artists & talent to develop performance, stagecraft, tech & theatre management* Promote health benefits (mental & physical) of engagement in Perf. arts* Build community thru volunteering & performance

The Toy House provides a hub for the local community, with a particular emphasis on those people with disabilities. This service covers all ages. We have volunteers of all ages and abilities.

Homestart offer support,friendship,and practical help for parents with young children,in the locality of Wokingham Borough.Families are supported through the provision of a volunteer, who would visit the family in their own home once a week for up to three hours.We provide additional support through family groups.

We deliver exercise classes to improve health and physical wellbeing; provide lessons in IT to enable people to develop and gain new skills and access information and resources and create volunteer opportunities for people to develop skills and personal competences so they can participate more fully in their community. Our charitable activity extends nationwide.

A local volunteer centre providing direct services to the community including Community Transport working in partnership with others for the common benefit of the community.promoting and advancing education,protecting health,relieving poverty,sickness and distress within in the area of Lutterworth ,Broughton Astley and the surrounding 23 villages.Recruiting and supporting volunteers

Wilton RDA offers the opportunity to disabled people to take part in the sport of horse riding. Our riding centre is in the small town of Wilton in Wiltshire where we have a number of horses suitable for riding by disabled people well supported by volunteers in a sheltered environment.

We collect donated food and toiletries from communities in the North Bristol area through a network of neighbourhood volunteers. Donations are allocated to our community partners who work directly with families and children in poverty.We also accept financial donations which are used to source bulk fresh produce from local suppliers for our partners.

Christian Surfers UK aims to be a Christian presence and witness in the surfing community. We organise numerous events around the country, ranging from high profile surf competitions to conferences and surf days. In addition we help resource the Christian surf community, and serve the National and local surfing community, by volunteering. We are part of the International Christian Surfers network.

Therapy Dogs Nationwide is a non profit making organisation, managed entirely by volunteers.Therapy Dogs have been found to have all round benefits for people in hospitals, hospices, residential homes, schools, prisons, care centres etc. Volunteers are all registered with the organisation, their dogs are all temperament assessed and are covered by the obligatory insurance for visiting.

We provide counselling, drop-in support services and the distribution of food goods to vulnerable individuals and their families directly affected by issues such as suicide, self harm and depression. We offer a safe and empathetic environment in three locations across Flintshire in order to facilitate improved mental health and a safer community. Volunteer in our charity shop or across services.

Supporting the operation of the Mobile Stroke Unit in East Anglia though promotion, fund raising and volunteering.

SERV OBN provides specialist training, access to dedicated fleet of fully expensed motorcycles, authority to operate within the scope of specific Service Level Agreements in place between NHS hospitals and SERV OBN, opportunity to have their advanced rider skills assessed by qualified personnel Thus members serve their community by providing a rapid response motorcycle courier service FOC to NHS

The Nest offers day placements to teenagers and young adults up to the age of 25. Our young people are involved in all aspects of running the farm; gaining new skills, increasing in confidence, and spending vital time away from the pressures of everyday life, all with the help and guidance of our staff and volunteers.

C-Change West London (CCWL) provides skills-based training, an enriching volunteering and social action programme and activities to improve and increase personal and community wellbeing. CCWL work covers the socially and economically deprived areas within the London Boroughs of Hounslow, Ealing, Hillingdon and Spelthorne (Surrey).

Restore & preserve the Steam Tug 'Brent' of 1945, as an example of London's dockland heritage & to sail her in U.K & European waters. Brent is based for public view on the waterfront at Maldon Essex. As a museum ship she is open to the public 10 -16 times a year. Currently a static exhibit, the trustees and a group of volunteers are restoring her to enable her to steam again.

The charity aims to improve the life of the Kibera children through the provision of quality education, health and mental wellbeing monitoring and sports. Children, aged five to eighteen, join Volunteers Foundation Academy nursery and primary school, then continue their education in partnering secondary schools. Volunteers Foundation adopts a holistic approach through out the programme.

We provide advice and information work that supports disadvantaged communities to access mainstream services Provide solutions with practical activities to improve local neighborhoods like Children and Youth work for Music, play groups, elderly with Coaching and MentoringSupport and recruit volunteers from within the UK and outside to work in disadvantaged community projects

We work together across generations to establish effective solutions on how to engage older people to tackle dementia, depression & loneliness. We recruit, train, manage and support volunteers to facilitate sporting memories activities across communities

The Foundation provides free business support and mentoring to Kent's young entrepreneurs. We recruit and train leaders from the business community to become volunteer mentors to support the next generation of business owners. The Foundation supports and showcases innovative young people to help them create and grow enterprises that positively contribute to the economic well being of the County.

The Foodbank collects food from various sources and issues food parcels to individuals and families in crisis, in the Stockton Borough. Partner agencies decide on need and issue vouchers. Staff and volunteers give advice and signpost clients to help address their underlying needs.

Ingham Aviation Heritage Ltd is the Company and Charity name of the Polish Bombers Squadrons Centre at RAF Ingham. We are a volunteer run organisation, operating a heritage centre commemorating the Polish Air Force bomber squadrons, and RAF aircrew and support staff who served at RAF Ingham during WW2. We share international and personal stories of those from many nations who fought for freedom.

The Book Bus aims to improve child literacy rates in Africa by providing children with books and the inspiration to read them. We provide a mobile library service to remote and disadvantaged schools in Zambia and recruit staff and volunteer reading assistants who introduce children (and their parents) to the joy of reading.

Awarding small grants towards the fees of students studying at theological college or university for full time Christian ministry or those volunteering for Christian service at home or oversees. Grants are also considered for Christian missions and for bursary funds for Christian colleges and supporting schools beyond the UK.

Netball South West is responsible for the promotion of community participation in healthy recreation for the benefit of primarily women and girls in the region through the provision of facilities for playing netball including, but not limited to netball activities, regional competition and training. It supports the development of players, coaches, officials and volunteers across all levels

The charity aims to relieve the needs of people living with mental health issues or at risk of mental health issues. Particularly, but not exclusively those within the skateboarding community. Achieved by providing educational resources to inform about mental health issues, providing training schemes for volunteers, the general public & service providing organisations and raising public awareness.