Volunteer Centres in United Kingdom

This is a list of national and regional Volunteer Centers or similar organizations offering national information on volunteerism. The accuracy of our list depends on the submissions of our Web site visitors. Please contribute to the list.

The four countries of the United Kingdom each have their own national volunteer resource. Contact the four organizations below for information on local volunteer bureaux, training, and materials available in their region. The four agencies collaborate on projects such as Volunteers Week in June and each of their Websites links to the others.

Student Volunteer Centres

England

Volunteering England

http://www.volunteering.org.uk
On 1 April 2004, the former National Centre for Volunteering and Volunteer Development England (VDE) merged to become the new Volunteering England.

London Office:

Regents Wharf

8 All Saints Street

London N1 9RL UK

Tel: +44 (0)845 305 6979

Fax: +44 (0)171 520 8910

Email: volunteering@volunteeringengland.org

The Commission on the Future of Volunteering

http://www.volcomm.org.uk/

Established in 2006 by the England Volunteering Development Council to develop a long term vision for volunteering in England as a legacy of the Year of the Volunteer 2005.

Northern Ireland

Volunteer Development Agency (NIVDA)

http://www.volunteering-ni.org

 

Volunteer Development Agency
129 Ormeau Road
Belfast, NI  BT7 1SH
Tel: 028 9023 6100
Fax: 028 9023 7570
email: info@volunteering-ni.org

List of volunteer bureaux in NI:

http://www.volunteering-ni.org/what_we__do/bureaux/

Scotland

Volunteer Development Scotland (VDS)
http://www.vds.org.uk

Stirling Enterprise Park

Stirling, Scotland

FK7 7RP UK

Tel: 01786 479593

Fax: 01786 449285

email: vds@vds.org.uk

VolunteerScotland

www.volunteerscotland.org.uk
Site of the volunteer centre network in Scotland.

Wales

Wales Council for Voluntary Action (WCVA)

http://www.wcva.org.uk/volunteering/index.cfm?display_sitedeptid=4

Baltic House, Mount Stuart Square
Cardiff Bay

CF10 5FH
Tel: 029 2043 1700
help@wcva.org.uk

Student Volunteer Centres
Both organisations below promote and develop university and college student led volunteering schemes. Provide training, resources and structural/technical assistance. There are Branch Offices in London and Northern England.

*The Student Volunteering team is now based at Regent's Wharf Office in London.

Student Volunteering

http://www.studentvol.org.uk

Volunteering England
Regent's Wharf
8 All Saints Street
London
N1 9RL
United Kingdom

Contact: Lizzie Cole, Head of Student Volunteering

Lizzie.Cole@volunteeringengland.org

Tel: 020 7520 8922

Student Community Action Development Unit (serves Wales)
Room 210 Ladywell House
Newtown
Powys SY16 1JB
tel: 01686 622 010
fax: 01686 621 410
info@scawdu.globalnet.co.uk

4/28/04

 

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