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Volunteer Drop-ins Times and Places

Please take note, that with the exception of the Halifax VAC Resource Centre, all other drop-in venues do require an appointment.

Appointments for Hebden Bridge and Elland are also
available on request. Phone for details.

To find out about volunteering opportunities that are available you can call us on:

01422 348777

Local Volunteer Development Agency (LVDA)

Brokerage for other organisations: matching individual volunteers with them by maintaining a broad database of local opportunities. We maintain a database of information about your needs for volunteers and match local people to the opportunities that best suit their skills, experiences and motivation.

• Local provider of opportunities for the national Time Bank media campaign
• Involved in the National Volunteering Database placing local volunteering opportunities on a national website funded by central government
• Manage a vinvolved project aimed at encouraging volunteering amongst young people aged 16-25 years.
• Manage a supported volunteering project (CHOICE) which enables individuals with mental health/learning/physical differences to volunteer.
• Run several Drop Ins across Calderdale offering advice and information for individuals wishing to volunteer.
• We see around 2000 people per year, so registering with us should ensure that your volunteering opportunities reach a wide audience.

2.Advice and support on volunteer management

• We maintain an up-to-date library of information on current legal and good practice issues in respect of volunteering, including how to develop a volunteering policy, volunteer’s expenses and tax, vetting volunteers etc.
• We can also offer consultancy in all aspects of volunteering, from developing a Volunteer Policy, good practice in supporting and supervising volunteers, enabling access for volunteers etc.

3.Volunteering development

• Promoting community action and encouraging links and partnerships between organisations that can provide volunteers and those with specific needs and tasks

• Working with all interested parties, including the statutory and private sectors, both at a practical and strategic level.

• Working to promote and increase the involvement of volunteers from other socially excluded groups including asylum seekers

EASV

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Volunteer from Home

Pressed for time? Why not consider volunteering from home.

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do-it.org.uk

If you would like to access the National Volunteering Database there is more information here

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