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Volunteering and the Statutory Sector

Volunteer Centres across York and North Yorkshire broker volunteers into a wide range of statutory settings, including:

• Schools (learning assistants, extended schools activities, Governors)
• Sure Starts (supporting a wide range of Sure Start services)
• Libraries
• Health Services (including hospitals, First Responders, and GP’s)
• Police (PCSOs, Special Constables)
• Fire Service
• Parks and gardens
• Museums and arts
• Sport
• Leisure
• Countryside services
• “Friends of” groups

Big Society:  

Volunteer Centres have the experience and are well placed to support public sector service delivery and the Big Society agenda.   There is potential for volunteers to contribute more to statutory organisations, through both increased quantity of volunteering, and increased quality of volunteer management and retention.

Services can benefit from investing in training and support for their volunteer managers.  

Sustainable Communities:  

Volunteer Centres contribute to the Sustainable Community Strategy in each district. without exception, Volunteer Centres contribute to all major themes within each district’s strategy, either by providing direct services, or by providing essential volunteering services to enable other organisations to deliver their services.

Volunteer Management Training is being rolled out across both the statutory and voluntary sectors, through the Volunteer Management Improvement Programme.  The purpose of the project is to improve the recruitment, support, and retention of volunteers that help to deliver services.

Staff Volunteering

Volunteer Centres in York and North Yorkshire assist several organisations with their employee volunteering schemes.   Employee volunteering takes several forms, including:  Click Here for more information.

 

Volunteering into Retirement

 

Local research in North Yorkshire suggests that many people who retire have not planned for what they will do with their spare time, and become socially isolated because they are unaware of how they can get involved in local activities. Read more.

 

 

Volunteering in Social Services

 

Many statutory organisations across the country take on volunteers to support their work, and social services are no exception. This report illustrates some of the work that has taken place around the country that has reaped rewards for clients and for service providers:

 

Changing the face of social services – volunteers adding value in service delivery (Right click to download, left click to view)

 

Links and resources:  

 

Each district’s Sustainable Community Strategy review is included in the appendices of the Interim Report on Volunteering Infrastructure, which can be found in the Research and Publications section of this website.

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