RSVP is the only national body that provides volunteering opportunities for the over-50s
RSVP is the only national body that provides volunteering opportunities for the over-50s
OTHER LOCAL VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS
A large number of organisations in the RSVP West area are active in the statutory and voluntary fields and have a need for volunteers. This is a small selection:
National referral organisations
do-it.org.uk
Volunteering England
Retired Executive Action Clearing House (REACH)
Local referral organisations
The Volunteer Centre, Bath & North East Somerset
Volunteer Centre Wiltshire
Volunteering Bristol
Cheltenham & District Volunteer Bureau: 01242 257727
Dursley Volunteer Centre
Volunteer Agency North Somerset: 01934 410190
Patchway, Filton and the Stokes Volunteer Centre: 01454 868986
Cotswold Centre for Voluntary Services
Volunteer & Community Action, Stroud District
SwindonVolunteer Centre
Volunteer Bureau, Tetbury: 01666 502514
Thornbury Volunteer Centre
Voluntary Action Swindon
Volunteer Centre Yate
Preparation for retirement
Voluntary and charitable bodies
Age UK
Avon Wildlife Trust
Care and Repair
NSPCC
Rethink
British Trust for Conservation Volunteers
© 2003–12 RSVP West. Page last updated on 7 November 2011.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
• A unique opportunity has arisen to run the tea bar at Yate magistrates court.
• Volunteers are needed now to expand the care-homes project.
• More organisers are required throughout the region, especially for schools’ and GP surgeries’ schemes.
• Would you like to become a volunteer driver? They’re wanted in Nailsea and Westbury-on-Trym.
• We need schools helpers in Bristol, South Gloucestershire, and Bath & North-East Somerset.
NEWS
13 Dec: The December 2011 issue of our newsletter, West Waffle, has been published.
6 Dec: The Bristol care-homes project pilot has ended and we are developing the scheme more widely.
15 Nov: Swindon older people get a louder voice. We have been at the heart of the establishment of an Older People’s Forum and will fund its development over the next 12 months.
11 Nov: The Blagdon Helpline in North Somerset has become affiliated with RSVP West.