Useful Links
This page contains links to other websites which you might find useful. If you have any comments about sites in this list, or have suggestions of others we should include, please email Paul
- Councils for Voluntary Service
- Funding Information
- Learning and Skills Initiatives
- Local Development Agencies
- Volunteering
2D (Teesdale & Wear Valley CVS)
Chester-le-Street & District Council for Voluntary Service and Volunteer Bureau
Community & Voluntary Organisations Sedgefield (CAVOS)
Community and Voluntary Action Blyth Valley (CVABV)
Derwentside CVS
eVOLution
Gateshead Voluntary Organisation Council (GVOC)
Hartlepool Voluntary Development Agency
National Association for Voluntary and Community Action (NAVCA)
National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO)
Newcastle Council for Voluntary Service
North Tyneside Voluntary Organisations Development Agency (VODA)
Redcar & Cleveland Voluntary Development Agency
South Tyneside Council for Voluntary Service
Stockton on Tees Voluntary Development Agency
Sunderland CVS
Tees Valley Rural Community Council
Wansbeck Council for Voluntary Service
European Structural Funds Voluntary Organisations Northern (ESFVON)
ESFVON is the North East of England's specialist regional development agency for organisations accessing or seeking to access European Funding.
Funding Information North East (FINE)
FINE researches potential sources of funding for the voluntary and community sector in the North East of England and keeps organisations informed of funding opportunities.
Lloyds TSB Foundation
One of the UK's largest grant-making trusts. With a mission to support and work in partnership with charitable organisations which help people, especially those who are disadvantaged or disabled, to play a fuller role in communities throughout England and Wales. They are particularly keen to support small community-based charities where small amounts of money can make a significant difference to local people's lives.
Northern Rock Foundation
The primary objective of the Northern Rock Foundation is to tackle disadvantage and improve quality of life in the North East of England, supporting causes in Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, Durham and the Tees Valley.
www.how2fundraise.org
Provided by the Institute of Fundraising as part of their portfolio of resources for fundraisers throughout the UK. The Institute of Fundraising is the professional membership body for fundraisers, working to promote the highest standards in fundraising practice and management.
BeaBetterManager.com
BeaBetterManager.com is a new, free website which uses National Occupational Standards to help managers solve problems, seize opportunities and achieve results. With just three clicks, users can find checklists full of practical guidance for tackling common management issues.
Capacitybuilders
Capacitybuilders is a non-departmental public body (NDPB)
set up in 2006 to take over the management of the ChangeUp programme and to work with other funders to build the capacity of the Third Sector. We exist to create a more effective third sector and we do this by improving support for third sector organisations.
Improving Support
Improving Support is a joint initiative to strengthen the support services available to third sector organisations. It is co-ordinated by Capacitybuilders.
Learning and Skills Council (LSC)
The LSC exists to make England better skilled and more competitive. It has a single goal: to improve the skills of England's young people and adults to make sure we have a workforce that is of world-class standards.
QCA (Qualifications and Credit Framework)
QCA is a non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) and has a pivotal role in helping the UK become the most dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world. The Qualifications and Credit Framework will be a unit-based qualification framework underpinned by a system of credit accumulation and transfer.
Train to Gain
A new service designed to help organisations get the training they need to succeed. Employers work with skills brokers to identify the training needs of their employees, agree a tailored package and find available funding wherever possible.
UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES)
The UKCES aims to raise UK prosperity and opportunity by improving employment and skills. Its ambition is to benefit employers, individuals and government by advising how improved employment and skills systems can help the UK become a world-class leader in productivity, in employment and in having a fair and inclusive society: all this in the context of a fast-changing global economy.
Working For A Charity
Working For A Charity exists to promote the voluntary sector as a positive career option for those seeking paid employment in the sector - we also seek to promote the opportunities and benefits of becoming a volunteer to people who wish to do unpaid work.
One Voice Network Voluntary Sector Academy
Pentagon Partnership
Project North East (PNE)
Sunderland Community Development Network
Voluntary Organisations Network North East (VONNE)
Volunteering Tynedale
Association of Volunteer Managers (AVM)
The Association of Volunteer Managers (AVM) has been set up with the aim of addressing the needs of those who manage volunteers in England regardless of field, discipline or sector.
Community Service Volunteers (CSV)
The UK's largest volunteering organisation.
do-it
do-it is a national database of volunteering opportunities in the UK. You can use the website to search through over 800,000 opportunities to volunteer and apply online.
Student Volunteering England
Works towards ensuring that every student has the opportunity to volunteer and make a positive difference.
The Commission on the Future of Volunteering
The commission on the future of volunteering has been established 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.
UK Youth
UK Youth is the leading national youth work charity supporting over 750,000 young people, helping them to raise their aspirations, realise their potential and have their achievements recognised via non-formal, accredited education programmes and activities.
v
A new charity launched to get more young people volunteering, v was set up as a result of a government project called the Russell Commission which spoke to over 6000 young people and more than 700 organisations involved in volunteering. v is different because it is youth-led and its board of young people drive and inspire the charity.
vinspired
The volunteering site for 16-25yr olds in England.
Volunteering England
Volunteering England is the national volunteering development agency whose work links research, policy innovation, good practice and grant making in the involvement of volunteers. Essential advice on volunteering and local contacts.
YouthNet
YouthNet is the UK's first exclusively online charity. It guides and supports young people, enabling them to make educated life choices, participate in society and achieve their ambitions.
