Caithness CWS - Links - Volunteering in UK

Volunteering
in UK

There are many opportunities for volunteering in UK. This page will show only a few of the many possibilities and will be added to from time to time.

Caithness Volunteering
Caithness Volunteer Vacancies
Caithness Uniformed Groups
require volunteers to promote their work. Great opportunities to widen your experience and make new friends.

Volunteer Centres In Scotland

Job Seekers Allowance
Until 1st January 2003, Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) claimants who started voluntary activities were allowed 48 hours' notice before they had to take up an offer of a job. Following amendments to the JSA Regulations approved by Parliament in December, volunteers will now be allowed a full week's notice before being required to re-arrange or give up their voluntary activity in order to take up paid employment. They must still be available for an interview at 48 hours' notice. The change came into effect on 1 January 2003.

Work With Us.org Launched in 2002 - a portal web site for Scottish Voluntary sector

The Winged Fellowship requires volunteers to help disabled people at their holiday centres.

Central Registered Body In Scotland
The Central Registered Body in Scotland was established by the Scottish Executive to provide free Disclosures (police checks) for volunteers in the voluntary sector working with children, young people and vulnerable adults.
The CRBS is based within Volunteer Development Scotland at Stirling. The CRBS is the only source of free disclosures for volunteers in the voluntary sector in Scotland.
The CRBS also provide various training courses.

The Big Picture
The Big Picture is a quality improvement framework, written by and for the voluntary sector. It helps you to look at what you are doing and how you do it before making changes to improve quality. A partnership project of the Scottish Executive and Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations and partly funded by the New Opportunities Fund.

Community Service Volunteers (CSV)
Volunteer Freephone 0800 374 991
A volunteer organisation running for 37 years placing about 2000 volunteers between the ages of 16 and 35 every year. Placements are for 4 to 12 months and you work 35 to 40 hours a week. You receive £30 a week for food and £25 for travelling. The type of areas where you can work are in -
Family Support
Learning Disabilities
Young People in Care
Disabilities
Building Communities
Children & Schools
Homeless People
Young Offenders and Young People at risk.
Supporting Older People
Mental Health Problems
Carers Breaks
And lots more....
Visit the web site for more information or telephone the number for a pack.

Web site www.csv.org.uk

Charity Commissioners
For Groups in England & Wales

NICVA
Links in Northern Ireland

Virtual Volunteering Project

Voluntary Organizations Internet Service - VOIS

CharityNet Site

National Centre for Volunteering

CVS

SERVEnet - Virtual Volunteering

Timebank Making sharing skills a lot easier.

Edinburgh Voluntary Organisations Council - 1000 listed

Youth Volunteering Links
Also has sites on Vacation Work.

Worldwide Volunteering Links

In Scotland major organisations dealing with voluntary sector issues are
Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations
Volunteer Development Scotland

Northern Ireland Council for Volunteering

Volunteering Volunteer Centre in England

Energize for Volunteer Managers from USA

TOC-H or Freephone 0800 018 2139

Volunteering
Sport England: Volunteer Investment Programme
Befriending Network Scotland: forum for anyone involved in befriending.
Lampeter University: accreditation for volunteers / volunteer managers.
CSV: Community Service Volunteers - residential volunteering throughout the UK
Inverness and Nairn Community Toolkit: A set of resources for developing your organisation
Engergize: US site for volunteer managers.
National Centre for Volunteering: English umbrella body for volunteering - many useful briefing papers etc.
Reach: Volunteering for retired people.
Volunteer Development Scotland The umbrella body for volunteering in Scotland
Time Bank BBC initiative to promote volunteering. Features a database of opportunities and overseas opportunities.
Guide to 'virtual volunteering' from 'Service Leader'
Cybervpm: articles on all aspects of volunteer management, a newsletter and discussion forum.
CitizensConnection.net is a resource for anyone interested in getting involved in their local community.
The Site is a national website of volunteering opportunities covering many English and a handful of Scottish organisations.
VSO: run a programme of short and long term overseas volunteering opportunities
National Association of Volunteer Bureaus many useful information sheets, and links to English Volunteer Bureaus.
Volunteer Today is an e-newsletter for those who manage the work of volunteers in nonprofit, government or corporate programs.
Volunteer Development Agency - Volunteering in Northern Ireland
Volunteering in Wales
Volunteering Ireland - Volunteering in the Republic of Ireland

Voluntary Sector Bodies
SCVO Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations.
EVOC Edinburgh Voluntary Organisations Council: Includes a database of voluntary organisations in Edinburgh.
Work With Us the voluntary sector portal for Scotland - growing site with details of local services, infrastructure, funding, jobs and volunteering across Scotland.
www.community-network.org Promoting Social Telephony, provides training in how to run a good telephone conference.

Training
Centre for Civil Society Research: publications and courses on the voluntary sector from the LSE
Learn Direct Scotland ...
Lifelong Learning ...
National Grid for Learning ...
Microbeacon ...