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Is It finally time to open up volunteer roles again?
Dave Thomas, Volunteering Development Officer at NCVS, writes... Six months ago, in August 2020, when the first wave of the pandemic seemed to be easing off and lockdown was lifted, I wrote a blog post asking Leaders of Volunteers to review their pre-lockdown opportunities. From where we are now, in March 2021, it is easy to see that I floated that idea too early. We…
Nottingham Green Social Prescribing Programme to launch
Nottingham Community and Voluntary Service (NCVS) is playing a key role in a new two-year partnership project aimed at improving the mental wellbeing of communities hardest hit by coronavirus. The aim of the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Green Social Prescribing Programme (NNGSPP) is to connect more people with nature and nature-based activities to improve their mental health and wellbeing…
Supporting online and remote volunteers
Dave Thomas, Volunteering Development Officer at NCVS, writes... Although online, remote or virtual volunteering is nothing new, over the past year (2020-2021) there has been a fantastic growth in the number of such opportunities and in the organisations offering them. Many Leaders of Volunteers have responded to the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic by supporting remote teams.…
Nottingham High Sheriff Award winners named
Charities and Community Interest Companies (CICs) in Nottingham are celebrating after receiving a prestigious High Sheriff Award 2021 from Dame Elizabeth Fradd (DBE DL), the High Sheriff of Nottingham. The awards are presented each year to individuals and community groups across Nottingham and Nottinghamshire, in order to recognise and honour the important work they do to…
Base 51 recognised with High Sheriff's Award
Congratulations to Base 51 on being presented with a prestigious High Sheriff's Award in recognition of their valuable services to the community! The young people's charity, which supports anyone aged 11-25 in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire, was recently visited by Professor Dame Elizabeth Fradd, the High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire, who presented them with the award at a socially distanced…
Funded places available on Breakaway Futures programme
The Breakaway Futures programme has funded places available until November 2023 for anyone who is unemployed, over the age of 16 and lives within the D2N2 Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) area which includes Nottingham and Nottinghamshire. Breakaway Futures is run by local charity Transform Training which specialises in emotional education supporting participants' emotional literacy and…
Is that new role really a volunteer role or should it be a paid job?
Dave Thomas, Volunteering Development Officer at NCVS, writes... I have long been an advocate of the principle that volunteers can do anything. As long as people with the right skills are involved in the right roles, this has always been true. The voluntary sector is made up of hundreds and thousands of small organisations with no paid staff where volunteers have to do everything. But…
Membership pantry scheme to tackle food poverty
Local charity Himmah, in partnership with FareShare, has launched a membership scheme to help tackle food poverty in Nottingham. The Nottingham People's Pantry is a food membership and support project for low-income households who are struggling to afford groceries. Participants in the scheme have a choice of: Tier 1 - paying £10 for up to 15kg of food Tier 2 - paying £20 for…
Nottingham homelessness charities launch street support website
More than 15 charities that support homeless people across Nottingham and Nottinghamshire have joined forces to launch Street Support Nottingham - an exciting new initiative that connects people and organisations locally to better tackle homelessness. The new web-based service has been set up by members of the Nottingham Homelessness Voluntary Sector Forum and is run by the Street Support Network…
Charities urged to join the Toiletries Amnesty
Have you heard of the Toiletries Amnesty? The charitable organisation is working to end hygiene poverty by connecting charities and community groups to local people with unwanted toiletries and cosmetics. How it works Toiletries Amnesty is a free to use directory, where each organisation can list the items they need, and specify whether they accept partly-used or opened products. You can amend…
