Volunteering

Volunteer Centre Hull works with volunteer involving organisations by:

Promoting volunteering in Hull
Developing volunteering opportunities in Hull
Acting as broker for potential volunteers and volunteer involving organisations
Providing information and advice on good practice issues relating to volunteering
Helping voluntary community and public sector organisations in the support and management of volunteers.
Campaigning on issues to do with volunteering

Volunteer Centre Hull advises thousands of people each year who wish to find out about interesting and rewarding volunteering opportunities across Hull.

Volunteer Centre Hull:

Has a choice of over three hundred different voluntary opportunities with a wide variety of different groups. We can help point you in the right direction, according to your own circumstances and interests.
Works in close partnership with public sector bodies, voluntary & community and private sector groups to develop local volunteering opportunities.
Helps volunteer involving organisations attain minimum standards of good practice when involving volunteers through our Good Practice Guide in Working with Volunteers.
Leads on and participates in campaigns on issues and legislation that affect volunteers or volunteering.

To find out more about volunteering and how Volunteer Centre Hull can help you simply call our Volunteer Centre Team on (01482) 324474, email vc@hull-cvs.co.uk, drop in to see us at The Strand, Beverley Road, Hull or log onto the national volunteering website www.do-it.org.uk

Our Services

Volunteer Centre Hull Drop-in - Open to the public Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm. Our experienced team of Volunteer Advisers are available to offer one to one confidential interviews to help in exploring potential volunteering opportunities.

Volunteer Support Project - aims to make volunteering more accessible to people with additional needs. These may include ex-offenders, people with mental health issues, learning or physical disabilities, people from BME communities or where English is not their first language or people with a history of substance misuse.

The project supports volunteer involving organisations to work with and manage volunteers with extra support needs and develop volunteer skills and interests which may lead into employment.

Recruiting Volunteers – Let us help you advertise your volunteering opportunities and attract people to become volunteers.

Volunteer Management Training – Provides training for volunteer involving organisations on volunteering related issues.

Hull Volunteering Strategy – Having launched one of England’s first citywide volunteering strategies in 2007, Volunteer Centre Hull is now leading a working group from across the voluntary, community and public sectors in Hull on the refresh and review of the strategy which will be re-launched early in October 2011.

Humber Volunteer Managers Network (HVMN) – This is a network of volunteer managers and volunteer coordinators from across the Humber sub-region working in Hull and the East Riding, North and North East Lincolnshire. Its purpose is to support those who manage and coordinate volunteers in organisations and groups whether it is in a paid or voluntary role. Volunteer Centre Hull manages the HVMN in Hull only.

Useful Websites for Further Help and Information

Volunteering England

Volunteering England works to support and increase the quality, quantity, impact and accessibility of volunteering throughout England.

Volunteer Management Portal

Volunteering England’s Volunteer Management Portal acts as a gateway to the world of volunteer management with links to over a thousand resources and information on support, training and development opportunities for people managing volunteers.

Volunteering Humber

Volunteering Humber is a website dedicated to providing information on training, news and events as well as guidance and support to volunteer managers and coordinators from across the Humber sub-region working in Hull and the East Riding, North and North East Lincolnshire.