The Volunteer Centre

Advice

Advice and Support for Organisations

An important part of what the Volunteer Centre does is to provide advice, guidance and support to all our registered organisations on all aspects of Volunteer Management. We strongly encourage and promote best practice when working with Volunteers, and welcome requests for help, support and training. If we don't know the answer, we know a man who does!

We offer support to organisations via the following:

  • We are available on the phone or via email to help with any volunteer management related issues. We don't judge, just offer practical advice to help you deal with situations as they arise.
  • Access to an E-mail network, where we will keep you up to speed with news, relevant information, offers of particular skills from volunteers, offers of groups of volunteers for "team challenge" style projects and anything else we think you may find relevant.
  • We host bi-monthly volunteer managers and co-ordinators network meetings, held in different locations across the district. These usually last an hour, and are a chance to discuss a particular topic, peer network and exchange ideas and best practice.
  • We produce a bi-monthly newsletter - VolCanO, which is sent out with the CVS mailing to members. If you would like to become a member there is no fee for membership and you will recieve informations and mailings from CVS. Previous copies of VolCanO are available by clicking here and navigating to the bottom left hand side of the page.
  • We run a variety of volunteer management training sessions - for more information about the programme for 2012 please email us - volunteer@harrogatecvs.org.uk

Useful links:

Volunteering England Website - http://www.volunteering.org.uk/

Independant Safeguarding Authority (ISA) website - http://www.isa-gov.org.uk/

Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) website - http://www.crb.homeoffice.gov.uk/

Ripon Council for Voluntary Service - http://www.riponcvs.co.uk/

North Yorkshire Forum for Voluntary Organisations (NYFVO) website - http://www.nyfvo.org.uk/

 

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Your Contact at the Volunteer Centre:

Caroline Shead

Volunteer Centre Manager
Harrogate & Area Volunteer Centre
Community House
46-50 East Parade
Harrogate HG1 5RR

Tel: 01423 509004
Fax: 01423 502126
e-mail: volunteer@harrogatecvs.org.uk