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Volunteering Organisations This booklet contains details of organisations which involve volunteers on an ongoing basis. We are able to provide further information on most of the organisations in this booklet. The opportunities are listed in good faith, and while every care is taken to ensure these details are up to date, we recognise that some contact details may change. The Volunteer Centre welcomes any feedback that will help us with our work. The Volunteer Centre Chesterfield & NE Derbyshire 38 Knifesmithgate, Chesterfield S40 1RQ T: 01246 276777 E: [email protected] W: www.chesterfieldvc.org.uk • Advice Organisations • Animals • Catering/Café • Befriending/Advocacy/Visiting • Charity Shops • Clerical • Conservation/Gardening/DIY • Driving • Fundraising/Publicity • Hospital • Uniformed Services • Women • Sports • Stately Homes • Volunteering with Children & Young People • Volunteering with Older People • Volunteering with Disabilities • Support Services • Residential in UK • Volunteering Overseas • Volunteering For Young People ADVICE ORGANSIATIONS Chesterfield Citizens Advice Bureau Chesterfield Law Centre Deaf & Hearing Support Derbyshire Unemployed Workers Centres Derbyshire Sexual Health and Promotion Service NE Derbyshire Citizens Advice Bureau, Clay Cross North Derbyshire Alcohol Advice Service Trade Union Safety Team (TRUST) ANIMALS These national organisations have opportunities in your local area: Blue Cross Guide Dogs for the Blind Page 1 of 9 Volunteering Organisations The Cinnamon Trust R.S.P.B. (Regional Office) (Not hands on with birds, conservation) Pets as Therapy The Equestrian Centre, Brimington The Cats Protection-Chesterfield & District, Helpline, Fostering & Community Volunteering RSPCA Animal Centre Villa Mar Riding Stables, Bolsover Chesterfield Community Care Farm CATERING Friends of Stand Road Park Café RVS Café & Trolley Service, Chesterfield & NE Derbyshire Royal Hospital St Michael’s Centre Soup Kitchen, (Based at Grace Chapel, Markham Road) BEFRIENDING/ADVOCACY/VISITING Age Concern Chesterfield & District, Project & Care Line Christian Care (Dronfield & District) Derbyshire Advocacy Service Derbyshire Autism Services Group Disability Derbyshire (DCIL) Sight Support Derbyshire Housebound Books The Volunteer Centre, Chesterfield & NE Derbyshire Elderfriends Macmillan Safe & Sound Project Victim Support CHARITY SHOPS Age UK Clothes Shop Eckington, Clay Cross, Chesterfield Arthritis Research UK Bolsover Ashgate Hospice Shops Chesterfield, Bolsover, Clay Cross, Clowne, Dronfield, Eckington, Shirebrook, Staveley Page 2 of 9 Volunteering Organisations Ashgate Hospice Furniture Shop Barnardos British Heart Foundation Knifesithgate, The Pavements Cats Protection-Cats Corner Oxfam RSPCA Samaritans Save the Children Sheffield Dog Rescue Sue Ryder Valley CIDS Lighthouse Shop Chesterfield, Clay Cross CLERICAL British Red Cross Medical Loans Hollingwood Chesterfield Ability Chesterfield Credit Union DORA (Dedicated Organisation for Raising Awareness of Mental Health Issues) Derbyshire Carers Association Relate ( Chesterfield & NE Derbyshire) Derbyshire Domestic Violence and Sexual Abuse Service CONSERVATION/GARDENING/DIY Campaign to Protect Rural England Groundwork Creswell Derbyshire Wildlife Trust, Matlock Bath Rhubarb Farm, Langwith Friends of Renishaw Hall Natural England Million Trees Derbyshire Page 3 of 9 Volunteering Organisations Loundsley Green Community Trust Organic Gardening for Health Project, Unstone Hunloke Community Garden Project The Arkwright Society, Cromford The National Trust Dark Peak, White Peak & Longshaw, Peak District Clumber Park, Eyam Pomegranate Theatre, Museum, Tourist Information Centre DCC Countryside Service Chesterfield Community Care Farm DRIVING Community Transport for Town & County Housebound Books, Chesterfield & Staveley Library Community Car Scheme (Chesterfield and NE Derbyshire, Bolsover) Operated by Community transport Time Bank RVS Meals with Care FUNDRASING/PUBLICITY Organisations take on fundraisers for all sort of tasks local, to organise events, take on adrenalin filled challenges or coordinate regional fundraising. If you have an interest in this, many organisations regularly need this role so call the one close to your heart. HOSPITAL Ashgate Hospice British Red Cross (Medical Loans), Hollingwood RVS (Emergency Team) Sight Support Derbyshire, Royal Hospital UNIFORMED Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service Derbyshire Constabulary RVS (Derbyshire Area) Royal British Legion Corps of Drums Page 4 of 9 Volunteering Organisations St John Ambulance British Red Cross (Derbyshire) WOMEN Breast feeding Group Derbyshire Domestic Violence and Sexual Abuse Service SAIL SPORTS Walk this Way Network of Groups Fishing For Heroes (Promoting the organisation) Sporting Futures, Various venues throughout Chesterfield Chesterfield FC The Equestrian Centre, Brimington STATELEY HOMES The National Trust Mr Straw's House, Worksop Hardwick Hall & Stainsby Mill, Doe Lea Calke Abbey, Ticknall Sudbury Hall, Ashbourne Friends of Renishaw Hall Chatsworth House Pomegranate Theatre, Museum, Tourist Information Centre VOLUNTEERING WITH CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE ACTION FOR CHILDREN Derbyshire Young Carers Family Solutions Derbyshire Yew Trees (Respite Care Project) Chesterfield Child Contact Centre Ashgate Croft Special School British Red Cross Society, Matlock Barnardos, Leaving Care Support service Buddy+ Mentoring Chesterfield Ability Chesterfield Children's Centre Page 5 of 9 Volunteering Organisations DCC Independent Visitors Service Derbyshire Advocacy Service for Children and Young People Derbyshire Autism Services Group Derbyshire Youth Offending Team & Youth Justice Board Fairplay North East Derbyshire Children's Centres Sporting Futures Stonham Supported Lodgings Derbyshire Toy Library Network, Chesterfield & NE Derbyshire Temple Normanton Playscheme (Summer Holidays) The Prince’s Trust Volunteers (based in Chesterfield) ChildLine East Midlands Young People’s Health Project Scouting Derbyshire Girl Guiding Derbyshire SAFE@LAST VOLUNTEERING WITH OLDER PEOPLE Age Concern Chesterfield & District, Care Line & Advocacy Project Alzheimer’s Society Chesterfield & NE Derbyshire Carers Sitting Service Chesterfield Care Group Chesterfield Shopmobility Eckington Friendship Club Clay Cross Hall Resource Centre Derbyshire Carers Association (Chesterfield, Bolsover and NE Derbyshire) Housebound Books Chesterfield & Staveley Library Independent Age North Wingfield Resource Centre Page 6 of 9 Volunteering Organisations Time Bank Loundsley Green Community Trust (Young at Heart Group) RVS RVS Meals with Care The Stroke Association The Volunteer Centre, Chesterfield & NE Derbyshire Elderfriends Macmillan Safe & Sound Project Safe & Sound Project VOLUNTEERING WITH DISABILITIES (incl. Mental Health, Learning difficulties, Physical) Active Ability Bolsover Woodland Enterprise Chesterfield Ability Chesterfield Shopmobility Deaf & Hearing Support Derby Appropriate Adult Service Derbyshire Advocacy Service Sight Support Derbyshire Derbyshire Autistic Services Group Derbyshire Carers Association (Chesterfield, Bolsover and NE Derbyshire) Derbyshire Federation for Mental Health, Matlock DORA (Dedicated Organisation for Raising Awareness of Mental Health Issues) Eckington and District Monday Group Enable Housing Our Vision Our Future (Friendship First) HEADWAY Landmarks Creswell Chesterfield FC - Disability Football, Walking for Health Page 7 of 9 Volunteering Organisations Krazy Krafters, Clay Cross Leonard Cheshire, Derbyshire Organic Gardening for Health Project, Unstone (Wednesday mornings) RETHINK Mental Illness Social Outlets for Elderly & disabled People Luv2MeetU The Stroke Association SUPPORT SERVICES Carers Sitting Advice Nenna Kind Cancer Support Drop in Centre Chesterfield Childrens Centre’s Child Line-East Midlands Cruse Bereavement Care Derby Appropriate Adult Service Derby, Chesterfield Derbyshire Sexual Health and Promotion Service National Childbirth Trust (NCT) Derbyshire Alcohol Advice Service Pathways Day Centre Buddy+ Mentoring RETHINK Mental Illness Relate (Chesterfield and NE Derbyshire) The Samaritans SPODA Victim Support Witness Service NE Derbyshire & Dales Magistrates’ Court Youth Justice Board (Derbyshire Youth Offending Service) Framework SAFE@LAST Page 8 of 9 Volunteering Organisations The Stroke Association RESIDENTIAL VOLUNTEERING IN THE UK TCV (Trust for Conservation Volunteers) The National Trust (working holidays) CSV (Full-Time Volunteering) Stockport CP Society (Derbyshire Inte’great Holidays) R.S.P.B. Waterway Recovery Group Independent Living Alternatives Vitalise (Helping disabled people on holiday) Y Not Fesitval VOLUNTEERING OVERSEAS (The organisations listed in this section are UK based charities, public sector or not-for-profit.) Forever Angels Baby Home Concordia (Abroad & UK) Inter Cultural Youth Exchange (ICYE-UK) UNA Exchange (Abroad & Wales) Voluntary Services Overseas (VSO) Raleigh International MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE Organisations are from time to time looking for new trustees, so if you like an organisations values and principles. Ask if they need anyone on their committee, or look in the ‘Volunteers Now’ for a more up to date list. do-it.org.uk do-it.org.uk was launched in 2001 with the first, and still the only, national database of volunteering opportunities in the UK. The Volunteer Centre posts opportunities on to this database where you can search for opportunities by area of interest, activity or postcode. Check it out it has lots of other info on it also. 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