Volunteer
Centre News
Craven Volunteer Centre and HML win joint
award
Craven Volunteer Centre and Homeloan Management Limited
were delighted to be announced as a winning partnership
at the recent Yorkshire Forward Creating Better Futures
Awards 2008.
The Awards have been established to highlight the successful
partnerships between the private sector and voluntary, community
and faith organisations. The aim is to demonstrate the true
partnership working between the sectors, and the Awards
are designed to encourage the sharing and development skills,
knowledge and ability with the community economic development
agenda, whilst promoting best practice.
Craven Volunteer Centre, together with HML won the “Measuring
Effectiveness Award” by demonstrating the variety
of ways in which HML employees dedicate their time to a
number of volunteering projects, both as individuals and
on group projects. HML also promotes volunteering within
the organisation by allowing the Volunteer Centre to post
regular volunteering bulletins to their staff website. In
addition to this, the company has recently provided financial
support to the Volunteer Centre’s Good Neighbour Scheme.
Midge Ure, formerly of Ultravox, presented
a sculptured glass trophy to both Katherine Wass from HML
and Annie Heaton and Val Ward from Craven Volunteer Centre
at a lavish reception at Leeds Town Hall last Wednesday.
In addition to this, the Volunteer Centre receives a bursary
of £10,000.
The picture shows (from left to right) Thea Stein of
Yorkshire Forward, Katherine Wass of HML, Annie Heaton and
Val Ward from Craven Volunteer Centre and Midge Ure (formerly
of Ultravox).
Thanks to our Funders
As a registered charity, Craven Volunteer Centre
greatly appreciates donations to help us continue with our
core work and to run our projects. Cheques can be made payable
to “Volunteer Bureau of Craven” and sent to
33, Coach Street, Skipton, North Yorkshire, BD23 1LQ.
Our funders for this financial year,
which so far include:
Help the Aged
Yapp Charitable Trust
North Yorkshire & York PCT
North Yorkshire County Council
Skipton Charities Gala Committee
Homeloan Management Limited
Skipton Building Society: for sponsoring some future
issues of our Newsletter.
Yorkshire Forward
The Jennet Hanson Bequest
Age Concern England
£350 was raised in total and our sincere thanks go
to Tim for his efforts. Tim would like to thank everyone
for their kind support.
If you would like to organise a fund-raising effort on
our behalf (eg Coffee Morning, Bring & Buy Stall etc),
we would love to hear from you. Please call us on 01756
701648.
- Craven Volunteer Centre was delighted to host a German
exchange student, Eva Maria Kleinschwärzer, on work
experience in February. The exchange was arranged between
Skipton Girls’ High School and the Gymnasium in
Simbach.
Evi came from a small village called Julbach. She worked
with us for one week, helping with various administrative
tasks, assisting with publicity and shadowing Annie on the
Good Neighbour Scheme client assessments.
With her perfect English, she quickly became a valued member
of the team and we hope to keep in touch.
- New Service
We have just launched a new Home from Hospital scheme
- see Community Services
for more details, thanks to funding from North
Yorkshire County Council (administered by Age
Concern North Yorkshire).
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