RSVP is the only national body that provides volunteering opportunities for the over-50s
OTHER ORGANISATIONS
RELEVANT LOCAL ORGANISATIONS
These are some of the organisations in the RSVP West area that are active in the statutory and voluntary fields and which may have a need for volunteers:
Local authorities
Bath & North East Somerset Council
Bristol City Council
Gloucestershire County Council
North Somerset Council
South Gloucestershire Council
Swindon Borough Council
Wiltshire County Council
National referral organisations
CAREdirect
do-it.org.uk
National Centre for Volunteering
Retired Executive Action Clearing House (REACH): 0171 928 0452
Local referral organisations
The Volunteer Centre, Bath
Community Volunteer Service, Bath
Bristol Volunteer Bureau
Cheltenham & District Volunteer Bureau: 01242 257727
CVS North Wiltshire (Chippenham)
Dursley Volunteer Bureau: 01453 548801
North Somerset Volunteer Agency
Patchway & Stokes Volunteer Bureau: 0117 940 2056
Salisbury & District CVS
South Cotswold Volunteer Bureau
Stroud & District Volunteer Bureau
Swindon & District Volunteer Bureau
Volunteer Bureau, Tetbury: 01666 502514
Thornbury & District Volunteer Link: Thornbury 01454 413392
Voluntary Action Kennet
Yate Voluntary Link
Voluntary and charitable bodies
Age Concern Bath and North East Somerset
Age Concern Bristol
Age Concern Somerset
Age Concern South Gloucestershire: 01454 858750
Age Concern Wiltshire
Avon Wildlife Trust
Dementia Care Trust
MS First, the Multiple Sclerosis Research Unit
NSPCC
Rethink
British Trust for Conservation Volunteers
© 2003–08 RSVP West. Page last updated on 18 November 2007.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
Gentle Activity Project: next training courses scheduled for April and May.
Organisers: in North Somerset and around Bath.
Drivers: in Westbury-on-Trym.
Schools helpers: in Bristol, Bath & South Gloucestershire.
OUR AREA
RSVP West covers Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Bath & North East Somerset, and Swindon & north-west Wiltshire.
ABOUT RSVP WEST
The Friends of RSVP West Region is a local registered charity (No 1108785), which has no salaried staff: everyone involved is a volunteer, including the trustees and management committee.
Nationally, RSVP is a project of Community Service Volunteers (CSV), a company limited by guarantee and registered in England (No 1435877), and a registered charity (No 291222).