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Here you will find websites for campaign partners supporting Helping others can help U.
Campaign Partners
Community Channel
Owned and run by the Media Trust, Community Channel is the UK’s only digital television station dedicated to highlighting issues from both local and international communities as well as the voluntary and charity sector. For more information on Time Banking call 0800 0681 800 and speak to one of our friendly advisors. Calls are free of charge from a BT landline. If you call from a mobile phone, charges may apply.
Mencap
Mencap is the UK's leading learning disability charity working with people with a learning disability and their families and carers.
Scope
Scope is the disability organisation in England and Wales whose focus is people with cerebral palsy.
Energise Healthy Living Centre
Energise Healthy Living Centre is the venue for Health and Wellbeing Day taking place from 11am – 3.00pm on Saturday 20th September. This FREE event is open to all people wanting to find out how they can help by volunteering. Activities are also taking place nearby at St.Sebastian’s Community Centre. Supported by The BigLife Group
St. Sebastian’s Community Centre
St. Sebastian’s Community Centre is the venue for Health and Wellbeing Day taking place from 11am – 3.00pm on Saturday 20th September. This FREE event is open to all people wanting to find out how they can help by volunteering. Activities are also taking place nearby at the Energise Centre. Supported by The BigLife Group
The BigLife Group
Volunteers are a valuable asset and act as a great source of support in day-to-day running. The need for volunteers varies depending on the business, time of year and any campaigns that might be running. If volunteers are needed for a specific project these opportunities are advertised in The Big Issue in the North magazine.
Big Tidy Up
Fed up with litter? Like to make where you live a better place? Well now's your big chance. Keep Britain Tidy is launching the Big Tidy Up, the country's biggest ever litter tidy up in September 2008
Greater London Volunteering
Volunteering is not just about giving. It is a two-way exchange of skills and experience, provides a way to meet new people and find out more about your community, and can be great fun and very rewarding.
GoldStar
GoldStar Project is designed to encourage and enable voluntary organisations and projects throughout England to realise the potential of volunteers, mentors and befrienders from socially excluded groups.
Media Trust
Media Trust is a dynamic, innovative charity bringing together the media industry and charities. Working to build effective voluntary and community sector communications through a range of partnerships, projects and services including media training, a film and TV production unit, our digital TV station Community Channel, Media Matching and Youth Mentoring.
Volunteer Centres
Volunteers can do almost anything! From helping an elderly neighbour with their shopping, to providing legal advice for a local charity, volunteers make a vital contribution to all aspects of community life. Find out about opportunities near where you live from your local Volunteer Centre.
Volunteering England
Works to support and increase the quality, quantity impact and accessibility of volunteering throughout England.
Here is a small selection of organisations and groups that may need your help. These websites may provide information and advice on volunteering opportunities that may be available for you:
Attend
Attend is a membership organisation formed in 1949 which exists to promote and develop the role of volunteers in our health and social care services throughout the UK.
Backup Trust
Back-Up works with people who have sustained a spinal cord injury, building their self-confidence and motivation by offering a range of services that challenge people’s perceptions of their disability.
Barnardo’s
Depending on your interests and skills, Barnardo’s can make sure that you find the right volunteering opportunity to suit you.
Bengali Workers’ Association
Supports the Bangladeshi Community in Camden.
Blue Cross
The Blue Cross recognises how important volunteers are and is committed to ensuring that all volunteers are effectively used, and properly acknowledged for the generous gift of their time and expertise.
British Liver Trust
From helping with events to taking pat in marathons, there are many different ways to help the British Liver Trust.
British Red Cross
The British Red Cross helps people in crisis, whoever and wherever they are. They are part of a global voluntary network, responding to conflicts, natural disasters and individual emergencies.
BTCV
BTCV supports environmental and conservation volunteering opportunities throughout the UK.
Cat’s Protection
Cats Protection's work is carried out by volunteers, many of who have full time jobs too. You can do lots of different things at a branch or adoption centre, from hands on work with the cats as a fosterer or cat cuddler, to public relations or fundraising. If you have a skill then Cat’s Protection can use it!
Chance UK
Chance UK provides mentoring to children based on individual needs through a programme delivered by carefully screened and trained volunteers who are closely supervised and supported.
Chinese Arts Centre Manchester
Chinese Arts Centre aims to develop an infrastructure to allow Chinese arts, and especially British Chinese artists, to flourish.
Citizen Advice Bureau
Citizens Advice Bureaux could not provide their services without the support and commitment of over 20,000 trained volunteers and trustees.
CSV
Take a look at volunteering opportunities for people who want to improve their skills, gain work experience and most importantly help others.
Disabled Photographers Society
The DPS relies upon volunteers for 100% of its activities, with a very diverse membership, drawn from all areas of society and we have numerous people within our ranks that have a great variety of skills, in addition to photography.
do-it.org.uk
do-it.org.uk was launched in 2001 with the first, and still the only, national database of volunteering opportunities in the UK. Search through over 800,000 opportunities to volunteer and apply online.
English Heritage
Education volunteer roles support, develop or deliver site-based education activities. Anyone can get involved in a variety of short term and long term volunteering opportunities. You do not need any special skills or experience - just the desire to try something new!
Food Chain
The Food Chain provides nutrition services including home delivered meals, essential groceries and nutrition advice to men, women and children who are chronically sick as a result of HIV related illness.
Gateshead Access Panel
Gateshead Access Panel provides volunteering opportunities for disabled people in the Borough of Gateshead.
Greater London Volunteering
Greater London Volunteering (GLV) is the regional umbrella organisation for volunteering in London.
Guide Dogs
As Guide Dogs volunteer you will become a valuable member of a huge network of people prepared to give up their time and share their talents. Just like you!
Hearing Dogs
You can be a volunteer for Hearing Dogs wherever you live. There is something for everyone and the support offered by people like you do make a real difference.
Hopscotch Asian Women’s Centre
Supports the Asian community, particularly Bangladeshi women and children in Camden, London.
Jobcentre Plus
Useful information on job hunting and preparing for interviews.
Learn Direct
Learndirect is the largest e-learning network of its kind in the world.
Learning Skills Council
The Learning and Skills Council exists to make England better skilled and more competitive.
London Chinese Community Network
London Chinese Community Network aims to promote the interests of the London Chinese voluntary and community sector.
Mentoring and Befriending Foundation
The Mentoring and Befriending Foundation aims to ensure that mentoring and befriending are at the centre of current and future national volunteering strategies.
Middelton Equestrian Centre
Middelton Equestrian Centre, Leeds aims is to introduce and provide a fun, sporting activity, and or career opportunities with excellent tuition in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. Middelton Equestrian Centre is featured in the forthcoming Helping others can help U programme on Community Channel.
Mother's Bridge of Love
Mother's Bridge of Love reaches out to Chinese children in all corners of the world: those who have been raised abroad, those who have been adopted by Western families, and those living in China.
Muslim Youth Helpline
Provides training to all volunteers and works with them to develop new skills.
NSPCC
NSPCC has a wide variety of opportunities. Whatever your background, and however you volunteer, you’ll find that volunteering for the NSPCC is rewarding and challenging. They will help you can find a role to suit your interest, experience and time available.
National Trust
Learn new skills, meet new people, and work right at the heart of amazing buildings, gardens and landscapes.
National Autistic Society
The National Autistic Society values highly the work undertaken by volunteers who are involved in several aspects of our work.
Neurosupport
Neurosupport, Liverpool relies on volunteers from many different backgrounds with many different skills to help in the smooth running of the charity. Neurosupport is featured in the forthcoming Helping others can help U programme on Community Channel.
Pets as Therapy
Pets as Therapy that provides therapeutic visits to hospitals, hospices, nursing and care homes, special needs schools and a variety of other venues by volunteers with their own friendly, temperament tested and vaccinated dogs and cats.
Princes Trust
When you volunteer with The Prince's Trust, everybody wins. Gain a sense of reward, contribution and achievement.
RNIB Over 3000 volunteers help RNIB provide many vital services that enable people with sight problems to live independently and tackle every day challenges.
RNID RNID volunteers bring skills, experience, energy, enthusiasm and commitment to RNID. And volunteering can make a difference in your life too, letting you meet new people and learn new skills.
RSPCA
Volunteering for the RSPCA is one enjoyable way of helping animal welfare. The Society has 172 local branches throughout England and Wales carrying out local animal welfare together with regional animal centres, wildlife centres and hospitals run by the RSPCA.
Self Help Services
Self Help Services is a user-led mental health charity and therefore people working and volunteering within the charity have personal experience of mental-ill health themselves. Self Help Services is featured in the forthcoming Helping others can help U programme on Community Channel.
Shape
Creates access to the arts, enabling greater participation by disabled and older people.
Shaw Trust
Shaw Trust is a national charity that provides training and work opportunities for people who are disadvantaged in the labour market due to disability, ill health or other social circumstances.
Terrence Higgins Trust
Volunteers play a vital role in everything that THT does. From helping to deliver front-line services to helping with admin, everyone who volunteers is valued beyond measure.
Thames Reach
Thames Reach welcomes applications from potential volunteers for a variety of rewarding and interesting roles.
Tijara Pages
A directory of Muslim Charity and Voluntary Organisations in the UK.
TimeBank
TimeBank is a national charity inspiring and connecting people to share and give time.
Time Banking UK
Time Banks UK is the national umbrella charity linking and supporting time banks across the country by providing inspiration, guidance and practical help.
V
V is a volunteering charity to inspire a million young volunteers between the ages of 16 – 25. They help to fund volunteering projects and increase the quality of the projects that are on offer.
UK online centres
UK online centres aim to provide everyone in the UK with access to computers near to where they live, as well as help and advice on using them.
Victim Support
Victim Support is the national charity, which helps people affected by crime. We provide free and confidential support to help you deal with your experience, whether or not you report the crime.
Voluntary Arts England
Voluntary Arts England recognises the contribution of arts participation to the well-being of communities, social inclusion, lifelong learning, active citizenship and volunteering, and does research to support this.
Volunteer Reading Help
Inspires children to become confident and literate for life through the sustained support of trained volunteers.
Wai Yin Chinese Women's Society
Wai Yin Chinese Women Society provides community services for the Chinese population in the Manchester region. Services for children, youth groups, women, the elderly and those with mental health issues.
WheelPower
Each year many thousands of men, women and children become disabled due to an accident or illness. WheelPower is the national charity for wheelchair sport and helps these people and many others with disabilities to achieve their sporting dreams.
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