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Kingston Volunteers’ Week 2021 Organisation Campaign Pack

10th May 2021

  Volunteers’ Week is a national campaign held every year between the 1st and 7th of June. Volunteer-involving-organisations are encouraged to say a huge...

Delivering goodwill and essential supplies

25th March 2021

  We spoke to Liam at Alfriston Outreach Service about how they are involving volunteers in their work. Looking forward, Alfriston Outreach Service want...

Our Vaccine Heroes

28th January 2021

For the last ten months, Covid-19 has changed our lives beyond recognition. It has been the most extraordinary and challenging period that most can...

Involving volunteers in this most unusual of festive seasons

30th November 2020

Lots of people get the volunteering urge in the run-up to Christmas, from the desire to teach their children that there is more to...

Celebrate the festive season with volunteering

26th November 2020

The run-up to Christmas is very different this year and volunteering for Christmas is no different. While there are still some volunteer roles that...

Making a difference with a meal

11th November 2020

Anna started volunteering with Voices of Hope during lockdown earlier this year. She is a trained chef and after finding herself out of employment,...

“Being a trustee offers a real and important way of contributing to society”

5th November 2020

Richard Williams Chair of Trustees, Learn English at Home   Learn English At Home (LEAH) provides one on one English tuition to disadvantaged migrants...

Trustee Diversity Matters 

2nd November 2020

The diversity of trustees, or charity board members, tends not to reflect the demographics of the communities they operate in. Many charities recruit informally...

Planning your gap year? Why not consider volunteering?

8th September 2020

Lots of young people are planning their gap years after a tumultuous six months. A lot of normal gap year rites of passage are...