Volunteer Centre, Bath and North East Somerset


Useful Links

 

 

Develop  DEVELOP offers a range of services to voluntary organisations and community groups to support the development of their organisations, help them deliver their services more effectively and ensure their long term viability and sustainability. 

This online service is designed to help organisations carry out Disclosure checks.

The CRB Disclosure checking process checks records held by the Police, the Department of Health and the Department for Education and Skills.

The Online Volunteering service connects development organisations and volunteers over the Internet and supports their effective online collaboration.

ISA

The Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA) has been created to help prevent unsuitable people from working with children and vulnerable adults. They do this by working in partnership with the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) and other delivery partners.

Volunteering England – their Good Practice Bank is a very useful resource of up-to-date information for organisations.

Themes include: Expenses, Health & Safety and Protection of Vulnerable Clients.

Volunteers' Week

Volunteers' Week (1-7 June) is the UK's annual celebration of the work volunteers do.  During the week, events are held across the country to recognise, reward and recruit volunteers. This web site provides a range of tools and resources to help you celebrate Volunteers' Week and the contribution that your volunteers have made.

Timebank

“Timebank is a project based in SW Bath where for every hour you spend helping someone, you will be given a time credit. With this time credit you can ‘buy’ the help from someone else for something you might need help with or you can exchange it for training opportunities or a treat like cinema tickets. To find out more: contact timebankplus@googlemail.com or go into the Time Bank Plus offices :
86 High Street, Twerton, Bath, BA2 1DE   Tel: 01225 442813