Volunteer Centre Chesterfield and North East Derbyshire

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Description The Centre promotes, supports and develops volunteering in Chesterfield and North East Derbyshire. It offers a brokerage service, direct services, and befriending projects, and promotes good practice through the Forum for Managers of Volunteers.
Email info@chesterfieldvc.org.uk
Website http://chesterfieldvolunteercentre.wordpress.com/
Telephone 01246 276777
Fax 01246 276777
Address
38 Knifesmithgate
Chesterfield
Derbyshire
S40 1RQ
Contacts
    • Dave Radford
    • dave@chesterfieldvc.org.uk
    • 01246 276777
    • Manager
Purpose We are a local volunteering development agency working independently to promote, support and develop volunteering across Chesterfield and North East Derbyshire. We aim to make a positive impact on the quality of the volunteering experience for individual volunteers and the organisations that work with them. We follow the six core functions of a Volunteer Centre as outlined by Volunteering England. These include: Brokerage role; Marketing volunteering; Good practice development; Developing vol
Services As well as the brokerage role to individuals looking for a suitable volunteering placement, The Volunteer Centre also runs:

Elderfriends Befriending Scheme - A befriending scheme aimed at reducing social isolation among elderly people.
Community Health Champions - A project encoraging people to live healthier lifestyles.
Healthy Homes and Happy Personnel Independence Project (HHAPI) - Helping people to live independently intheir own homes with a focus on health and wellbeing.
Diabetic Mentoring Project - to support patients with diabetes to improve their overall quality of life by offering support and understanding in dealing with the diagnosis of a long term health condition.
Youth Mentoring Scheme - A mentoring project aimed at providing volunteer mentors for young people on the verge of exclusion from school.
InVOLve - A project aimed at making volunteering more accessible to people with long term health conditions (physical and mental) and providing them with suitable training.
What they do
  • Befriending or mentoring
  • Carer support
  • Health - General
  • Health - Learning Disabilities
  • Health - Mental Health
  • Human rights/civil liberties/equalities
  • Voluntary sector support
Who they work with
  • People with learning difficulties
  • People with physical disabilities
Geographical area coverage Chesterfield, NE Derbyshire,Part(s) of Derby City, Part(s) of Derbyshire
Space for Hire No
Opening Times The Volunteer Centre is open Monday to Friday 9 till 5 and all staff will be able to offer information about these projects, and our core service
Eligibility Criteria There are few limitiations on who can volunteer on our projects. Referrals however usually come from within Chesterfield and North East Derbyshire.
Meeting Place The befriending scheme and the mentoring project take place out in the community while volunteering that takes place on the InVOLve project will usually take place within the designated organistions within Chesterfield and North East Derbyshire
Service Costs There are no charges for these services
Is a registered charity? Yes
Charity Number 1107942
Is a registered company? Yes
Company Number 5329651

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