Latest news
Find out what's going on in Volunteering and in the Borough. Click on any of the news items below. Do you have news you would like to share? Please get in contact with the Volunteer Centre. We will be more than happy to publish your news items here and in our newsletters. Call us now on 020 8960 3722 or email us.
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Volunteer Awards 2013 - Categories ...
The Volunteer Awards are changing! This year, in Volunteers' Week we are focusing exclusively on the contribution of volunteers to the local community. Awards for organisations will follow later in the year so look out for them as well. We have EIGHT new categories for you to nominate your volunteers in. Nominated volunteers will be shortlisted and a single winner f...
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Like to volunteer? Visit one of our...
We run these sessions regularly at Chelsea Theatre, Kensington Central Library and North Kensington Jobcentre Plus. Come along and find out which volunteering opportunity would suit you best!!! CHELSEA THEATRE 7 Worlds End Place King's Rd SW10 0DR. 020 7352 1967 Michelle 10am-2pm: 1st Wednesday of each month through 2013 1pm-4pm: Fridays: March 22, Apr...
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Help your Local Community
The Venture Community Association seeks an in improved quality of life throughout the North Kensington community, where all people have the full range of opportunities and support to become empowered to resolve needs and develop aspirations. The associaiton requires a number of people for various roles at their centre. Interested? Please click each role for more...
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Are you 16-25? Enjoy dance, music o...
If so, we need you! Sound and movement are going to take over the world's greatest venue of art and design at the V&A this Feb and March, and we're looking for young volunteer dancers, musicians and film makers to be part of it! Find out more at http://www.voluntarywork.org.uk/volunteering/display/opportunity/1795027 then email l.elliott@vam.ac.uk if...
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Mentor and support 16 - 25 year old...
A great opportunity has just come up for mentors of young people. The RUGBY PORTOBELLO TRUST are now looking for volunteers to help their initiative. The role is responsible and rewarding, you'll be helping people at an important stage of their lives. Its basically about helping your mentee through building confidence and facing challenges, helping them...
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Fancy being a Travel Mentor volunte...
Volunteer Centre Kensington & Chelsea can now offer you the opportunity to be a trained TRAVEL MENTOR. You will empower and support people with disabilities and/ or mental health needs to independently access public transport and encourage them into volunteering. This is a worthwhile opportunity to get involved in and make a difference in someone's life. F...
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What are you doing for the OYMPIC L...
Become an Events Volunteer! There'll be lots of events to choose from! We'll give you all the skills you need including first aid training. Call Sharon Wilson on 020 8960 3722 or email sharon.wilson@voluntarywork.org.uk
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A chance to help a new local (North...
This is a new group set up by the STROKE ASSOCIATION in North Kensington and they really need some assistance with their admin, a vital job as it keeps everything going! All you need is some familiarity with usual office IT functions and a willingness to help in a really good cause. They meet every second Friday for a couple of hours, and there'll be a bit of time n...
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New "Tea in the Park" Event - Help ...
Combines a fun social event with some light touch involvement activities and distributes lots of materials about what RBKC's "City Living Local Life" project is and how to get involved. Distribute flyers beforehand (5, 12 Oct ) and/or help out at the event itself (15 Oct in Holland Park). This is an important project for the borough's local communities. You...
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Self-assess your volunteer manageme...
Greater London Volunteering (GLV) has developed London's Volunteer Management Charter and Health Check alongside the London Volunteer Centre network. This is the organisational Health Check in questionnaire format to enable you to self assess and review how you currently work with volunteers. There is both a foundation and full level available ...
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Public disorder update
Following on from the outbreaks of violence which took place on Monday 8 August, the police have said that there were no reports of disturbance last night (Tuesday 9 August). Council youth workers were out on the streets talking to youngsters to discourage them from taking part in any criminal activity and there were over 100 police officers, including 53 S...
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FREE Action Learning taster session...
The Experts in Volunteering project is delivering action learning sets, free of charge, for volunteer managers across Greater London, starting in Autumn 2011. Action Learning is a long established development method, involving a small group that is facilitating, meeting over several months. The small group provides challenge and support; individuals each tackle...
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Operation Cup of Tea - Update
On Friday 12 August, a collection of volunteers, local businesses and local residents got together on Portobello Road market to bring tea, cake and community spirit to the streets in response to the violence and damage that had dominated the news earlier that week.
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We did it - 1000 Olympic volunteers...
From the 4th May – 10th June, staff and volunteers at the Volunteer Centre teamed up with the Greater London Authority to interview some of the 16000 people that had made it through to interview stage to be London Ambassadors. Over 33000 people applied to be one of the lucky 8000 London Ambassadors - the team of volunteers who will welcome people to London ov...
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LVSC Big Squeeze 3
As promised in the last newsletter, here is the link to allow you to participate in the London Voluntary Sector Council’s Big Squeeze 3 survey to show how cuts to funding have affected your organisations. http://www.lvsc.org.uk/Templates/information.asp?NodeID=100050 The deadline for filling in the survey is 27 May, Please pass the link on to a...
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Did you know...
that the Borough loses £600 for every census form not returned. That's a £600 reduction in funds available for the Borough’s social services, money that can be better spent! You can help by volunteering for just a few hours. Some people will complete their forms if they are given help. So by volunteering to provide this help you...
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Fancy being a buddy?
This is a great opportunity for you to improve your social work skills in supporting people with a disability or mental health need. Join the Stepping Stones and make volunteering more accessible!
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St Charles’ Centre for Health and...
Kensington and Chelsea residents are invited to join in the celebrations at the Community Arts Festival marking the official launch of the St Charles’ Centre for Health – Friday 26 and Saturday 27 November 2010 The Community Arts festival will be running over two days and will take place at the St Charles’ Centre for Health and Wellbeing...
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Have your say on volunteering in Ke...
Are you interested in getting involved with activities or services happening in your local area? Or does the organisation you work for host volunteers or would like to?The Kensington and Chelsea Partnership – a partnership which brings together the Council, police, health and voluntary sectors – wants to find ways to encourage more local people to voluntee...
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The Resettlement Program
The Resettlement Program is dealing with new organisations in order to secure new voluntary positions for offenders and ex offenders. We are also looking at training programs for Bricklaying, Plastering and Gas Fitters.Organizations are welcome to help us to promote good practice and training programs.Offenders and ex offenders participating in the Resettlement Progra...
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Shared coordinator role feasability...
Feedback on the Feasibility Study.Over the last two months, a study has been conducted to explore the feasibility of offering volunteer coordination support to organisations in Kensington & Chelsea to supplement existing services. Seventeen busy volunteer coordinators offered a fascinating insight into their work, achievements, challenges and views on the extent t...
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Project Update: Stepping Stones
It is an exciting time at the Stepping Stones Project. The team has grown and they have been joined by new Stepping Stones Officer Lynda Nunn and overseas student Anders Erickson. As ambassadors for the project, Lynda and Anders are out-and-about spreading the word on the work of the Stepping Stones Project, raising awareness in the community and meeting with org...
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Improve your Management Skills
Set yourself apart from the crowd, seize this opportunity and get yourself new skills. Here are three different training opportunities available to Volunteer Manager, so make most of them! 1) Capacity Builders – Strand C: Volunteer Management Program Effective management skills can solve many problems, strengthen your competencies, overcome challenges and hel...
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Try out something new, volunteer fo...
Calling all the Organizations !!! Would anyone out there be willing to have a TASTER DAY- giving potential volunteers an opportunity to learn about your organization.Taster Day(s)Kensington and Chelsea Voluntary Centre would like to set up taster’s days within organisations for potential volunteers to come along and experience a day of voluntary work.All the or...
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New Vetting and Barring Scheme
New Vetting and Barring Scheme As you may be aware, the coalition govern,ment recently reformed the disclosure and barring system. Part of theese reforms included changes to Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) checks (to be known as 'DBS' checks from December 1 2012). Volunteering England is surveying Volunteer Involving Organisations on their experiences and thought...
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Volunteer photography exhibition go...
Following a brief but well received show in the Tabernacle, our photography exhibition is moving to the GLA before it begins a tour of London Libraries and other community spaces. The exhibition aims to make volunteering more accessible to all kinds of people. The portraits include people from all walks of life doing all kinds of things and each portrait is accompani...
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Read about our founder, the UN offi...
Find out about Lady Goodman, Volunteer Centre, Kensington and Chelsea’s founder, what drove her to establish the Volunteer Centre along with her other great personal achievements. In 1967, Anstice Goodman became interested in channeling the skills of volunteer workers to the needs of their area. In 1969 she persuaded organisations in Kensington and Chelse...
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Volunteer Charter goes London wide!...
REMEMBER THE VOLUNTEER CHARTER?In 2007 the Volunteer Centre and local charities got together and worked out a minimum set of standards for organisations working with volunteers to follow. Well, the charter is being further developed with the aim of rolling out a set of standards across all of London. In 2007 we agreed on 10 priorities that Volunteer Coordinators shou...
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Want to improve your Skills and yo...
Need to boost your Confidence and your Skills? Looking to improve your abilities? You might want to look into Nova New Opportunities. Nova can help you with:• Basic ICT Courses• Basic Math’s. Literacy and English Languages Classes• OCR and ITQ Qualifications• 1-1 Interviews and Personal Support• CVs, Job S...