Volunteering

What is the Mentor Hive? The Mentor Hive is dedicated to providing mentoring support to those seeking help, guidance and advice in getting into emplo...

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What is The Switch? The Switch is an exciting new project that matches volunteer mentors with young people who are living with mental health issues ...

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A 'Volunteer Practice Toolkit' for volunteer managers who are working with volunteers in family support has been produced by Family Lives, click below...

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Umbrella body Volunteering England is warning that the recent loss of core local authority funding to Volunteer Centres could lead to fragmentation of...

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This event takes place on 9th May,  from 6.00-7.30pm.   It is being hosted by the Volunteer Centre Croydon, in partnership with Croydon C...

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A new social network which connects volunteers to each other and local projects has launched. The social network, ivo, follows a successful pilot, kno...

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This is a free event for people who manage and support volunteers in Croydon and will take place on Thursday 17th May at CVA's Resource Centre from10:...

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A guide to help organisations ensure volunteers are not substituting for paid staff when services are being cut has been produced by Volunteering Engl...

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Do you know anyone who goes out of their way to help others or a charity in their own time?  If so why not nominate them for this award? To do t...

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Official figures show government spend on volunteer centres is down by 12%nt, equivalent to £28,000 per centre. The annual return for volunteer centre...

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Youth volunteering Charity V is to extend the age range of people it supports down to 11 years of age. This was announced at the charity's recent awar...

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Justin Davis Smith, Chief Executive of Volunteering England, has said that there are too many volunteering infrastructure organisations in London, and...

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The A- Z of What Volunteers Want by Wendy Moore* I was reflecting on my own volunteering experiences and decided to write down some of the reasons ...

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Nominations are now open for the new Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Volunteering Award 2012 which will honour the efforts of charities that undertake project...

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Volunteering England and the Forestry Commission have signed a memorandum of agreement firming their commitments to work together to increase voluntee...

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A great opportunity to recognise the hard work of your volunteers.  The Croydon Community Civic Awards are open to nominations until 30th March....

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We are holding Monthly Information Sessions in a workshop setting aimed at helping people get back to work through volunteering. Come along and fin...

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Volunteering England has published new online material for employers and volunteer involving organisations, with the aim of increasing the amount of e...

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The National Trust is giving more than 5,000 employees the chance to take this year’s Leap Day off work to volunteer in their local community. The ...

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The 11th Student Volunteering Week, organised by Volunteering England, launched on 20th February. The theme for 2012 is ‘Back to Basics: Community Ro...

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The British Empire Medal (BEM), which was awarded as part of the Queen's Honours system to British citizens making a difference in their communities u...

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Volunteering England has moved employment minister Chris Grayling to say that Work Programme providers should always pay charities for their services,...

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Many people are due to do something big on the Royal Wedding Day Friday 29th April 2011 or as part of a Big Lunch on Sunday 5th June 2011.

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There’s still time to take part in the consultation on shaping the Big Society in Croydon. The easiest way for people who live and work in Croydon to get involved and share their thoughts is to participate in a secure, online survey using this link: www.croydon.gov.uk/democracy/consultations/bigsociety.
You can also get paper copies from Access Croydon at Taberner House as well as local libraries or by ringing 020 8726 6000 ext: 62530.

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Croydon will be inspected on Safeguarding and Looked After Children any time between now and the end of 2011. The inspection will involve all partners working with young people and voluntary groups might be asked to take part in a number of ways:

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