Volunteer
Centre News
MP VISIT
MP VISITS CRAVEN VOLUNTEER CENTRE
The staff and some volunteers and committee members
were pleased to welcome Skipton & Ripon MP, Julian
Smith, to the Volunteer Centre office on Friday 18th November
2011. Julian learned about the work of the Centre and
tried his hand at searching for volunteering opportunities
on the VC’s database. He commented ‘Craven
has a vibrant voluntary sector and the Volunteer Centre
is a key part of it. Volunteering not only provides vital
help for charities and organisations, it can also provide
those who volunteer with key skills to help them in their
work careers in the long term.
I enjoyed meeting with those involved with the Centre
and hope that anyone thinking of volunteering will make
use of their excellent service.
’Shop Online and Raise Money!
Have you heard about easyfundraising yet? It’s the
easiest way to help raise money for Volunteer Centre Craven!
If you already shop online with retailers such as Amazon,
M&S, Argos, John Lewis, Comet, Vodafone, eBay, Boden
and Play.com, then we need you to sign up for free to raise
money while you shop!
So how does it work?
You shop directly with the retailer as you would normally,
but if you sign up to http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/volunteercentrecraven
for free and use the links on the easyfundraising site to
take you to the retailer, then a percentage of whatever
you spend comes directly to us at no extra cost to yourself.
How much can you raise?
Spend £100 with M&S online or Amazon and you
raise £2.50 for us. £100 with WH Smith puts
£2.00 in our pocket and so on. There's over 2,000
retailers on their site, and some of the donations can be
as much as 15% of your purchase.
Save money too!
easyfundraising is FREE to use plus you'll get access to
hundreds of exclusive discounts and voucher codes, so not
only will you be helping us, you’ll be saving money
yourself.
We've raised £'s with easyfundraising already, but
we need your help to keep donations coming in. Sign up at
http://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/volunteercentrecraven
and start making a difference...simply by shopping.
Thanks!
EBAY Volunteer
Bureau of Craven
The Volunteer Centre now has its own Charity
Ebay Account (we are listed as Volunteer Bureau of Craven)
and we have successfully sold our first item. If anyone
has anything they would like to donate, which they think
might sell well and would not be too difficult to post,
we would love to hear from you.
CRAVEN WORK CLUB
If you are unemployed and looking for work, this is for
you!
The Volunteer Centre is one of the organisations involved
in setting up a work club for unemployed people, starting
on 13th September 2011 . This will take place at Greatwood
Community Centre, Skipton on Tuesdays from 10.00 am to 1.00
pm and activities include help with:
CV writing
Job applications
Computer skills
Career planning
Support, advice & guidance
Improving written & number skills
The sessions will be run by a tutor, with support from
volunteers.
For further details or to arrange a place please telephone
0845 300 2414 (calls are charged at local rate)
The scheme is supported by: North Yorkshire County Council
Adult Learning & Skills Service, Yorkshire Housing,
Craven College, Children’s Centre, Libraries Service,
Craven Volunteer Centre, Pioneer Projects, North Yorkshire
Credit Union.
A-Z of Volunteering
A Big Lottery grant (through Awards for All) is enabling
the Volunteer Centre to compile a digital photography record
of a variety of volunteering opportunities, from A-Z. Our
volunteer, Bella, is currently helping with this –
see her story under “Experiences”.
The funding will also pay for a new DVD about Volunteering
in Craven. Our film-maker and his sound-man are currently
talking to various groups around the Craven area, in order
to capture some of their volunteers on film during the summer
months.
The whole Lottery-funded project will be finished by December
2011 and we look forward to sharing the new resources with
the general public through presentations and exhibitions.
Thank you, but ……….
We’ve all had that moment on Christmas day, when we’ve
been given a lovely present but can’t think when or
how to use it: or it’s 3 sizes too small. PLEASE don’t
throw it away! We’re always very pleased to have donations
for our tombola, so please contact us (or bring your unwanted
gifts to 26 Otley Street). Telephone us
on 01756 701648
The Volunteer Centre relies heavily
on grants and donations: and support of this kind is always
needed to sustain our services.
If you would like to sponsor our work, then please give
us a call at the Volunteer Centre: 01756 701648.
We look forward to hearing from you and THANK YOU
for your support.
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
26 Otley Street, Skipton, North Yorkshire, BD23 1EW
Our funders for this financial year,
which so far include:-
North Yorkshire County Council
National Health Service : York and North Yorkshire
Craven District Council
Skipton Building Society
Rotary Club of Skipton
Skipton Temperance Hall
Skipton Financial Services
The Big Lottery Fund - biglotteryfund
Skipton Charities Gala Committee
Skipton Town Council
Thanks to Ermysted’s Grammar School
who raised over £600 through a non-uniform day in
November 2011
We also thank all the individuals who
have made private donations in the last few months after
receiving services from the DRAG Scheme (Decoration. Repair
and Gardening)
The current management committee is as follows:
Kevin Baldwin (Chair)
Alex Dewar (Treasurer)
Gordon Jackson
Jean Maxwell
Margaret Allen
Stuart Ponting
Cllr. Chris Harbron (representative elected by
Craven District Council)
Jerry Ford
Ian Newell (Ermysted's Grammar
School)
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