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VOLUNTEERING

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 June 2018

Bob Duckett ,
Peter Walker  and
Christinea Donnelly
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Summary

Typical questions

  • • After college I would like to do voluntary work. Have you any addresses?

  • • I'm planning for my retirement and wonder if my skills would be useful.

  • • Where can I get volunteers for an environmental project?

    • Considerations

    Questions on volunteering are among the more pleasing of enquiries to handle. This is a growing area now that there are more retired people and more people are concerned with helping the environment and helping other people.

    Where to look

    Organizations

    British Trust for Conservation Volunteers

    Tel: 01795 583 850

    www.btcv.org.uk

    International Voluntary Service

    7 Upper Bow, Edinburgh EH1 2NJ

    Tel: 0131 226 6722

    National Association of Volunteer Bureaux

    New Oxford House, 16 Waterloo Street, Birmingham B2 5UC

    Tel: 0121 633 4555 (England); 029 2039 0477 (Wales)

    Places volunteers in a number of different projects across the country.

    National Centre for Volunteering

    Regents Wharf, 8 All Saints Street, London N1 9RL

    Tel: 020 7520 8900

    www.volunteering.org.uk

    National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO)

    Regent's Wharf, 8 All Saints Street, London N1 9RL

    Tel: 020 7713 6161

    National Women's Register (formerly National Housewives Register)

    Unit 3A, Vulcan House, Vulcan Road North, Norwich NR6 6AQ

    Tel: 0845 4500 287 or 01603 406767; Fax: 01603 407003

    E-mail: office@mwr.org

    www.nwr.org;

    Informal meetings and discussions.

    Pybus, V. (ed.) (1997) The international directory of voluntary work, 6th edn

    Vacation Work

    REACH

    Tel: 020 7928 1452

    Arranges voluntary places for experienced managers or professionals.

    Relatives Association

    Tel: 020 7916 6055

    Retired and Senior Volunteer Programme (RSVP)

    Tel: 020 7278 6601 (England); 029 2039 0477 (Wales)

    The voluntary agencies directory, NCVO Publications. Annual

    Guide to over 2000 charities and voluntary organizations, with contact details.

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    Know it All, Find it Fast
    An A–Z source guide for the enquiry desk
     , pp. 462 - 463
    Publisher: Facet
    Print publication year: 2008

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