Volunteering North West Members

Organisation Name: Hyndburn & Ribble Valley Volunteer Centres
Hosted: Yes. Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Council for Voluntary Service
Charity No.: 1070612    Company Limited by Guarantee No.: 3530868
Address: 21 Cannon Street, Accrington, Lancashire BB5 1NJ
Geographical Area Covered: Hyndburn and Ribble Valley
Tel.: 01254 879 966    Fax: 01254 879 944
Email: comvol.hrvcvs@btconnect.com    Website: No
Contact Name: Dorothy Shears    Job Title: Manager of Volunteer Centres
Tel.: 01254 879 966    Email: comvol.hrvcvs@btconnect.com
Mission Statement: Hyndburn and Ribble Valley CVS is an independent voluntary organisation that supports local voluntary and community groups in the area by providing information and advice services as well as practical support.
Opening Times: Monday – Friday (9.00am - 4.30pm)
No. registered organisations (members): 350
No. volunteer opportunities/vacancies: 495    Uploaded to do-it.org.uk: Yes
No. volunteers recruited per year: 800
No. staff/volunteers involved in delivery of Volunteer Centre services: 4 staff

Volunteering Services Offered

Volunteer Brokerage
Details: We work to match up volunteers with the vacancies we have available and we also work to identify new vacancies to match someone’s specific volunteering need or to generally increase opportunities available.

Training
Details: The Volunteer Centre in Hyndburn runs an ongoing Life Skills Awareness Course and a Pre Volunteering course especially for people with support needs. Both volunteer centres organisation training that organisations have identified as being needed i.e. Child Protection, Awareness training around substance abusers, ex-offenders etc.

Database of Volunteering Opportunities
Details: We place all our volunteer vacancies on the Do-it.org Website.

Bulletins/Newsletters
Details: CVS has a quarterly newsletter that the volunteer centre contributes to and the Volunteer Centre as it’s own quarterly newsletter.

Best Practice Publications
Details: We have several of these in our library just contact us for a list.

Volunteer Co-ordinator Meetings/Forum
Details: We have a bi-monthly meeting for Volunteer Co-ordinators

Volunteer Certificates
Details: We offer a volunteer hours certificate scheme, which we have several organisations that take part in this.

Publications Library
Details: We have quite a large selection of best practice publications and guides available to both organisations and volunteers.

Extra Support Needs Volunteering
Details: We have a full time support needs volunteering worker that covers the Hyndburn area Working on a one to one basis with people with support needs into volunteering attending interviews and going with them on the first day of placement should they wish.

Conferences/Promotional Events
Details: We hold several volunteer promotional events a year including our annual volunteer fair which we hold during volunteers week.

Other Services
Details: We offer one to one work with organisations.