Are you interested in trying something new and developing your self-confidence?
Are you in receipt of benefits and available Thursdays and Fridays from early May 2013 for 9 weeks?
The programme can help you:
• Gain confidence, experience and new skills
• Achieve a recognised qualification
• Improve your employability
• Benefit from practical volunteer opportunities
Passionate about Manchester?
Want to help local charities make a difference in the city?
Macc is looking for committed and caring people to get involved in shaping the future of our work to support and develop a thriving voluntary, community and faith sector in Manchester. Our role includes:
Greater Manchester’s largest Deaf Charity, Manchester Deaf Centre is gearing up to empower its D/deaf members to influence local health and social care provision.
The three year project, which is managed by national healthcare charity, SignHealth has been made available following a grant of £592,000 from the Department of Health’s Health and Social Care Volunteering Fund (HSCVF).
The Department for Communities and Local Government recently launched a competition to discover and support organisations that can deliver community-based English language programmes in the following identified areas of the North West
Bradford, Kirklees, Blackburn with Darwen, Hyndburn, Oldham, Manchester, Rochdale, Pendle
This competition is open to all organisations and further information can be found at:
To see what’s on offer and sign up for courses, visit: www.manchestercommunitycentral.org/volunteer-centre/training
Upcoming training includes:
Health Champions - Understanding Health Improvement Level
Introduction to Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
Volunteers and The Law
Managing Volunteers
Safe Recruitment
In December 2012 Volunteer Centre Manchester achieved its accreditation from Volunteering England.
This means we are now officially recognised as the Manchester centre as we have provided evidence that we comply with all six core functions to the required standard based on the track record which has been built up in the last 12 months.
Booking appointments with Volunteer Centre Manchester for your clients or organisation
If you have clients who wish to volunteer, please contact us beforehand to make an one to one appointment with our Development Workers.
As we are a small team with large numbers of volunteers being referred to us, we need to ensure that we have enough staff to cover one to one sessions.
Free CRB (DBS) checks for Manchester Volunteers
A dedicated Criminal Records Bureau (DBS) checking service for Manchester’s voluntary sector
Volunteer Centre Manchester and CRB (DBS) Services Manchester are working in partnership to support Manchester’s community and volunteering groups.
Chorlton Youth Project works with young people throughout Chorlton in South Manchester to help them engage in positive activities and learn skills such as team building, confidence and respect.
Through the provision of space to meet in the evening and a daytime service for children on the verge of exclusion from school, Chorlton Youth Project works with some of the most ‘hard to reach’ young people helping them to find their place in society and improve their general health and wellbeing. Chorlton Youth Project also run a summer playscheme for younger children each year.
This voluntary sector briefing paper is aimed at managers who are responsible for safe staffing within voluntary sector organisations. It will also be of interest to practitioners (including volunteers) working with children, young people and families. It is designed to inform you of the current changes to CRB systems and to highlight key messages for voluntary sector organisations. The First part of this document refers to children and young people. The second part of this document refers to adults.