Volunteer Centre Sheffield, part of Voluntary Action
Sheffield, provides advice and information to people
who would like to volunteer or find out more about
volunteering. We know which local organisations
need volunteers, and can provide information about
local, national and international volunteering opportunities.
For volunteering advice
and information drop-in to:
Volunteer Centre Sheffield, The Circle, 33 Rockingham Lane, Sheffield S1 4FW
Monday to Thursday, 10am — 4pm
telephone: (0114) 2536648, 2536649 or 2536650
email: vc@vas.org.uk
Good
Practice in Volunteering
Volunteer
Centre Sheffield produces Good Practice Guidelines
on a variety of subjects relating to working with
volunteers. For example Managing Volunteers, Paying
Expenses and Writing a Volunteer Policy. These are
available to download by clicking here - Good
Practice Guidelines.
We
also offer support to groups
working with volunteers and deliver an ongoing programme
of accredited training on Good Practice in Managing
Volunteers - See Support
for organisations and Training
for details of courses.
The
Volunteer Centre Refugee & Asylum Seeker Project
gives extra support to assist refugees & asylum
seekers get into worthwhile volunteering opportunities.
It also gives advice to organisations and agencies
who work with refugee & asylum seeker volunteers
and has produced translated materials in eight languages,
including good practice guidelines and proforma letters. More info...
* Project homepage
*
Good Practice Guidelines
* Translated Resources
* New Beginnings DVD
Why
volunteer?
- learn
new skills & gain job-related experience
- meet
people and feel more involved in the community
- work
for a cause you care about
- build
confidence & have fun!
Types
of voluntary work available
Each
month, there are over 300 different volunteering
opportunities on the database; working with a huge
range of organisations. We can search the database
if you are looking for voluntary work with elderly
people, or gay & lesbian groups, or organisations
working to combat homelessness or domestic violence.
There are many more categories and we will try to
find something that suits you. The Sheffield
Volunteer Centre Bulletin has details of some
current vacancies in Sheffield.
Here
are some of the things you could do as a volunteer:
- drive
someone to a hospital appointment
- help
out with office administration
- design
some publicity
- visit
an elderly person in their home
- join
a management committee
- befriend
mothers with young children
- give
benefits advice to claimants
- repair
dry stone walls
- teach
people English
- raise
funds for a group
- go
on day trips with people who have learning disabilities
Links:
Sheffield
Volunteer Centre Staff & Projects
Sheffield
Volunteer Centre Bulletin
Volunteering England www.volunteering.org.uk
