Volunteer
Centre News
Volunteer Centre Partners Job Centre Plus
Through a scheme being piloted by the Department of Works
and Pensions, Volunteer Centres across the country are working
in partnership with local Job Centre offices. Clients who
have been unemployed for six to twelve months are given
the option of trying some work-focused volunteering to enable
them to gain more skills, boost confidence and improve their
CV.
Craven Volunteer Centre is pleased to
be working with Skipton Job Centre Plus and, since the start
of the scheme in April 2009, has successfully placed many
clients with local voluntary and public sector organisations.
TIME FOR A TREAT
A Grant has been obtained from Global Radio/V Youth Volunteer
Scheme to enable the Volunteer Centre to run a new short-term
project which will encourage young people to experience
a taste of voluntary work.
By teaming up with the students from Craven College’s
Hair and Beauty Academy, they aim to offer mini ‘pamper’
sessions to some of the Centre’s older clients on
their Befriending and Home From Hospital schemes.
The students will offer a session of hand massage and nail
care - enabling them to practise their skills, while giving
our clients a special treat.
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 33, Coach Street). Telephone us on 01756 701648
Ermysted's Grammar School
Raised a fantastic £619 for us through a non-uniform
day in November 2009.
“On Yer Bike - Mrs
Heaton!”
In June of last year our very own Annie Heaton, Support
Assistant for the Good Neighbour and Home From Hospital
schemes, pulled on her padded shorts and set off on her
bike from Tynemouth to Edinburgh. This is known as the Castle
to Castle Bike Ride: and she did this in an effort to raise
money for the Volunteer Centre.
The route saw Annie and her husband, Tim, cycle a total
of 200 miles. She did this over five days.
They both raised a total of £415
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.
Volunteer Centre gains Quality Accreditation
We are pleased to report that Craven Volunteer Centre has
once again been successful in gaining Quality Accreditation
from Volunteering England. This involves submitting a portfolio
of evidence every three years to prove our competence in
the six core functions of a Volunteer Centre: Brokerage;
Marketing; Volunteering; Good Practice Development; Developing
Volunteering Opportunities; Policy Response and Campaigning
and Strategic Development of Volunteering.
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:-
North Yorkshire County Council
North Yorkshire and York PCT
Skipton Building Society
Homeloan Management Limited
Skipton Town Council
Rotary Club of Skipton (for sponsoring our Newsletter for
one year)
Yorkshire Building Society
Global Radio/V Youth Volunteer Scheme
Skipton Charities Gala Committee
Help the Aged/Age Concern
We would also like to thank Morrison Supermarkets who have
donated £1,000 of vouchers to the Volunteer Centre
to distribute to our clients on our direct service schemes.
These were won by us through a competition with Absolute
Radio (formerly Virgin Radio) who were distributing the
vouchers to good causes for Christmas on behalf of Morrisons.
Hats off to Boutique 25/Nosh in Newmarket Street, Skipton,
who kindly gave us the use of their sumptuous premises to
hold our volunteers’ Christmas get-together. On top
of that they provided all the refreshments for the afternoon.
Our volunteers don’t often get the chance to meet
each other, so this was a lovely opportunity to meet for
a chat and celebrate Christmas together. To look at Boutique
25’s website go to www.boutique25.co.uk .
- Craven Volunteer Centre was delighted
to host a German exchange student, Evi Mader, on work
experience in February. The exchange was arranged between
Skipton Girls’ High School and the Gymnasium in
Simbach.
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