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About Volunteer Centre Derby

Volunteering

About Volunteer Centre Derby

We are here to help and support people from across the city who would like to volunteer. We also support organisations in Derby who involve volunteers on a day-to-day basis.

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What do we do?

Volunteer Centres provide support at a local level for individual volunteers and volunteer-involving organisations. They have five core functions:

Strategic development of volunteering

As the local experts on volunteering we, along with other volunteer centres in Derbyshire, inform strategic thinking and planning at a regional and national level.

Development of good practice

We promote good practice in working with volunteers to all volunteer-involving organisations. We deliver training and accreditation for potential volunteers, existing volunteers, volunteer managers and the volunteering infrastructure.

Brokerage

Our primary function is to match both individuals and groups interested in volunteering with appropriate opportunities in the local community.

Developing volunteering opportunities

We undertake an analysis of existing opportunities locally to identify gaps where volunteer opportunities can be developed. We provide encouragement and information to people interested in volunteering locally. This includes active engagement with a diverse range of people, to understand barriers and encourage volunteering including those from under-represented and seldom heard communities and communities of interest.

Voice of Volunteering

We gather information about policy and volunteer practice that impact on volunteering both negatively and positively. We consult and engage with organisations across sectors and volunteers to understand, analyse and record their views and experiences across the local area. We undertake action on local and/or national issues with an influential voice locally.

How we can help

For volunteers

For organisations