Volunteering
Volunteers can do a wide variety of things, from helping an elderly neighbour with their shopping, to providing legal advice for a local charity, volunteers make a vital contribution to all aspects of community life.
Volunteer Centres have 6 core functions which are Quality Accredited by Volunteering England:-
- Brokerage - matching people interested in volunteering with voluntary opportunities
- Marketing - encouraging local interest in volunteering
- Promotion of good practice - promoting good practice in volunteer management
- Develop local volunteering opportunities - developing new opportunities for people of all abilities
- Policy response & campaigning - identifying and responding to proposals or legislation that may impact on volunteering
- Strategic development - networking at a local, regional and national level in the strategic development of volunteering
For more information on volunteering visit the Volunteer Centres Hertfordshire website by selecting the link entitled Volunteer Centres Hertfordshire (on the right hand side of the screen).
This page last updated: 10-02-2009