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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

  • We also thank all the individuals who have made private donations in the last few months in respect of
    receiving services from the Good Neighbour
    scheme and the DRAG Scheme (Decoration. Repair and Gardening)

  • Tim Heaton, husband of one of our Volunteer Centre staff, Annie, undertook a coast-to-coast sponsored bike ride - Whitehaven to Newcastle - on 26th, 27th and 28th March, in order to raise funds for the Volunteer Centre.

£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).
  • AGM
    Craven Volunteer Centre held its AGM on Monday 8th September 2008 and the following management committee members were elected:

    Gordon Jackson (Chair)
    Geoff Harmer (Vice Chair)
    Alex Dewar (Treasurer)
    Jean Maxwell
    Margaret Allen
    Stuart Ponting
    Tony McIntyre
    Mark Hughes
    Kevin Baldwin
    Cllr. Chris Harbron
    (representative elected by Craven District Council)


 

 

 
 

Volunteer Bureau of Craven
33, Coach Street,
Skipton, North Yorks. BD231LQ

Telephone 01756 701648
Facsimile 01756 701648
Email : info@cravenvb.co.uk

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