Volunteering
Expert Volunteering Advice, Training and Support
Community Action Suffolk provides advice, training and support to organisations to create and manage their volunteering programmes and to find suitable volunteers for their organisation.
Our support covers the entire Volunteer Journey: Plan, Include / Recruit, Support and Celebrate with training, free networking and advice for Volunteer Managers. We have a specialist officer to support Employer Supported Volunteering and we manage the Volunteer Suffolk website for advertising volunteer opportunities.
The volunteering team works across Suffolk working within all of the local authority boundaries.
Volunteer Suffolk
New Volunteers are registering daily on the Volunteer Suffolk website which is managed by Community Action Suffolk. It is free of charge to Volunteer Managers to upload their roles in volunteering.
CAS Volunteer-led Projects.
We are proud to be leading on projects that promote and celebrate the impact of volunteering in our communities and for the VCSE sector.
Volunteer Journey
Learn how to attract, value and support volunteers. Plan – Include – Support – Celebrate
Recruiting and supporting volunteers
Volunteer Suffolk
Volunteer Suffolk has new volunteers registering on the website daily and Volunteer Managers can promote their roles.
Volunteer Suffolk
Employer Supported Volunteering
An initiative developed by an employer to help employees to participate in all types of volunteering.
Employer Supported Volunteering
Suffolk Volunteering Strategy
The Suffolk Volunteering Strategy has been refreshed to allow reflections and learning from the Covid-19 pandemic.
Suffolk Volunteering Strategy
Volunteering Training
Training is a key area for your organisation to grow, develop and build its capacity to involve volunteers.
Volunteering Training
Talk Volunteering Network
Free networking for Volunteer Co-ordinators in Suffolk. A chance to meet others in a similar role to you and find out the latest good practice.
Talk Volunteering Network
Suffolk Action Week
Suffolk Action Week – 3rd – 7th October 2022. Full Programme of the Community & Volunteering Fairs are now available.
Suffolk Action Week
Volunteering: the 20/20 vision
A six month programme for people who oversee, manage or lead volunteers.
Volunteering: the 20/20 vision
With thanks to funders such as Community Fund and Sport England we are delivering projects that are using our greatest asset in communities – people. We support those who step forward to volunteer and make a difference. Our pioneering Young Leadership Project project aims to get young people (aged 16 to 25 years old) involved with Suffolk charities as trustees, enrolling them in the Suffolk Young Trustee Programme.
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