Key agencies for volunteering
National
Commission for the future of volunteering
The Commission on the Future of Volunteering was established by the England Volunteering Development Council (EVDC) to develop a long term vision for volunteering in England as a legacy of the Year of the Volunteer 2005.
Visit their website
Capacity Builders
Capacitybuilders is a non-departmental public body (NDPB) set up in 2006 to take over the management of the ‘ChangeUp’ programme and to work with other funders to build the capacity of the voluntary sector. It exists to create a more effective voluntary sector and improve the support for voluntary organisations.
Visit their website
National Association for Voluntary and Community Action (NAVCA)
NAVCA is the national voice of the local third sector infrastructure in England. In every urban and rural area in England local infrastructure organisations (LIOs) work behind the scenes to ensure that local third sector groups and organisations get the support they need. They provide their members with a range of services and development support and are the voice of the local third sector.
NAVCA members work with 164,000 local third sector groups and organisations that provide community services, regenerate neighbourhoods, promote volunteering and tackle discrimination in partnership with local public bodies.
Visit their website
Volunteering England
Volunteering England is an independent voluntary agency committed to supporting, enabling and celebrating volunteering in all its diversity. Its work links research, policy innovation, good practice and grant making in the involvement of volunteers.
Visit their website
Some key pages on Volunteering England’s site:
West Midlands region
There are six county sport partnerships in the West Midlands, each working with their partners to increase the opportunities for volunteering in sport. Please visit their websites to find more information on volunteering in each area:
Developing the volunteers in sport
Please visit our coach development resource page to learn how to access information on: coaching courses, Step into Sport, Comunity Sport Coaches etc, etc.
runningsports
runningsports is dedicated to providing skills and support for volunteers working in sport. From quick online tips and tools, to fun and informative workshops, runningsports will help you get more for yourself, your club/organisation and its members. For further information visit www.runningsports.org
npower staff support disability sport
Please read the case study on the work of npower's staff to support disability sports events in the West Midlands
A spotlight on individual volunteers in the West Midlands (2005)
Take a look at some inspiring stories in the following case studies on our volunteers in the region:
Charles Theaker, who is the current chairman of Holland Sports Club in the village of Barton-under-Needwood, near Burton-on-Trent, has been a volunteer for many years.
Colin Dawson has been a volunteer for 45 years at Blythe Cricket Club, which has emerged as one of the most successful clubs in the Staffordshire Moorlands area.
Jamie Chapman, a Wolverhampton University student, is fairly new to sports volunteering, but he can already see the benefits for his career, as well as for the young people he helps to coach.
Lee Spooner is a student at Washwood Heath Technical College in Birmingham. His commitment to sports volunteering is making a difference to other young people in his community, and has led to some unusual opportunities coming his way.
Rohima Begum, aged 16 from Stechford, West Midlands has found that volunteering in sport has been a great experience for her and brought her challenges and new experiences abound!
Victoria Warner, aged 18, decided to share her passion for cricket by becoming a cricket coach at Barnt Green Cricket Club, and she is helping the girls’ game go from strength to strength.
Celebrating the role of volunteers
‘Recognising and Rewarding Sport’s Unsung Heroes and Heroines - the Volunteers!’ outlines the huge contribution made by volunteers, week in, week out, come rain or shine. The guide contains a range of suggestions for clubs and organisations on how to support, recognise and reward volunteers.
Sport England also published its policy on volunteering in March 2005.
International Children's Games hit the volunteer button in 2005
We congratulated all those involved in the games that took place July 2005 at Warwick University. With over 350 volunteers involved over the 6 days of the games, the event truly was a celebration of their achievements. The success of the games will be carried forward through the volunteer programme in the Coventry and Greater Warwickshire area. The volunteer programme was one of the four elements of the legacy that has received Sport England lottery funding through the community investment fund in the region. The volunteer programme adopted for the games was so successful that it is to be used as the blueprint for the ICG held in Bangkok, Thailand in 2006.
Read more about the Community Investment Fund award from Sport England in the press release
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