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Consultation Strategy - "Towards a strategy to support volunteering in health and social care"
The Department of Health launched on the 3rd June the above strategy for consultation. The aim is to promote the role of volunteering in the context of health and social care reform, and inform improvements to support volunteering across the healthand social care system.
The consultation workshop is being held on Tuesday 29th July 2008 at NSPCC Training Centre from 10am - 1pm.
VAL News July 2008
This bumper issue of VAL News focuses on the participation of individuals and voluntary and community groups in the decisions that affect them in their local neighbourhoods.
Leicester Volunteering Convention - 9th July 2008
Voluntary Action Leicester is to host the Leicester Volunteering
Convention on Wednesday 9th July from 3.30pm – 8pm. The event will include
a range of workshops and a talk by specialist speaker Simon Richards on “The
National Profile of Volunteering”.
Please download the application form below to register your place.
Strategic Commissioning Framework for Leicester's Local Area Agreement
The Strategic Commissioning Framework for Leicester's Local Area Agreement (LAA) is now available to download. This Framework will be used for LAA funding. Visit our resources page in the delivering public services section to download the Framework.
Special Olympics - Find out how to volunteer here
The Special Olympics GB National Summer Games will be hosted by Leicester from 25th-31st July 2009.
If you want to know how to Volunteer at the National Summer Games you can download the Special Olympics Volunteering Guide from the bottom of this page.
Workshop on Writing Pre-Qualification Questionnaires
Voluntary Action Leicester and Leicester City Council's Partnership Executive Team are running a FREE PQQ workshop on 25th June 2008, from 9.15am to 12.30pm.
To register contact Marguerita Morely on T. 0116 257 5027, E. marguerita@voluntaryactionleicester.org.uk
Be Great - Volunteer! Volunteers' Week 2008
Volunteers’ Week takes place from 1-7 June every year and celebrates the contribution of the country’s 20 million volunteers to their communities.
VAL News June 2008
This edition of VAL news is themed around economic development. Carol Varley, Policy and Procurement Director at VAL headlines this issue with her take on Leicester’s changing urban landscape and the regeneration agenda. You can also find out more about the achievements of VAL’s economic development network and the Department for Work and Pensions Commissioning Strategy.
Breaking Down Barriers Project
An exciting new volunteering project called ‘Breaking down Barriers’. There are 100s of Volunteering opportunities already available, or we can try and help find one that could be just right for you within your own community. Volunteering is great stepping stone, especially if your thinking of getting back into employment would like more training or have spare time on your hands.
GreenLife Boat Volunteer
Closing date:
31/12/2008
Brief description:
A group of volunteers are taken out for the day (usually 10am - 3pm) on the GreenLife Boat by Leicester City Council's Riverside Rangers to clean up Leicester's Riverways.
Volunteers work to improve the environment of the riverside including tasks such as picking out litter and clearing up floating pennywart weed. Activities are adapted to the ability of the group. This activity is suitable for children accompanied by adults.
Booking is essential as places are limited.
The following dates of GreenLife Boat outings are: