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Support with Volunteering

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Our Advisers provide a range of comprehensive support from starting a new volunteering programme to enhancing existing programmes across all sectors.

Our volunteering support includes:

1

Volunteer Managers Network - a monthly meeting bringing together people from VCSE organisation who work with or support volunteers, find details on our Events page.

2

Volunteer>Wakefield – register on the site to promote and advertise your volunteer roles across the District for free! Visit https://volunteerwakefield.org/

3

Support around volunteer recruitment - including DBS checks, inductions, training, volunteer management, and improving the quantity, quality & diversity of volunteering.

4

Events to promote volunteering - such as events during Volunteers' Week in June to get people excited about volunteering!

5

Training to unlock the potential of volunteering at your organisation - a range of workshops throughout the year, check our Training page.

6

Support to find grants that fund volunteer programmes, check our Funding page for any relevant grants.

How do I apply?

1

Volunteer Managers Network - a monthly meeting bringing together people from VCSE organisation who work with or support volunteers, find details on our Events page.

2

Volunteer>Wakefield – register on the site to promote and advertise your volunteer roles across the District for free! Visit https://volunteerwakefield.org/

3

Support around volunteer recruitment - including DBS checks, inductions, training, volunteer management, and improving the quantity, quality & diversity of volunteering.

4

Events to promote volunteering - such as events during Volunteers' Week in June to get people excited about volunteering!

5

Training to unlock the potential of volunteering at your organisation - a range of workshops throughout the year, check our Training page.

6

Support to find grants that fund volunteer programmes, check our Funding page for any relevant grants.

In Wakefield 11,994 volunteers donate 863,574 hours contributing £11,735,970 to the economy.

Rebecca Dunford
Social Prescribing Services Manager
Shannon Simpson
Service Coordinator
Caroline Sylvester
Service Coordinator
Adele Spaven
Social Prescribing Advisor
Gemma Naylor
Social Prescribing Advisor
Fareeda Mir
Social Prescribing Advisor
Dave Harrison
Social Prescribing Advisor
Gemma Newman
Social Prescribing Advisor
Helen Hackney
Social Prescribing Advisor
Janet Watson
Self Management Advisor
Paul Boyd
Self Management Service Administrator
Dawn Gzella
Senior Social Prescribing Advisor - Wakefield Health Alliance North
Justyna Banks
Social Prescribing Link Worker - Wakefield Health Alliance Central
Andrea Vickers
Social Prescribing Link Worker - Five Towns
Mirban Hussain
Social Prescribing Link Worker - Brigantes PCN
Jazz Johal
Social Prescribing Link Worker - West Wakefield PCN
Sharon Kennedy
Social Prescribing Link Worker - Wakefield Health Alliance South
Ellen Harrison
Core20PLUS5 Social Prescribing Project Lead
Joanne Bratby
Core20PLUS5 Social Prescriber
Sarah Black
Service Support Officer
Katty Keyhani from Alzheimer’s Society
The Health and Wellbeing Board
Sharlene Featherstone from Second Chance Headway
The Health and Care Partnership
Amaina Elzoubir from One Ummah Community
Health Inequalities Steering Group
Ross Grant from Wakefield & District Society for Deaf People
The People’s Panel
Jenn Bravo from Turning Lives Around
Housing Health and Social Care Partnership
Steven Busfield from Empath Action
The Children and Young People’s Partnership
Anna Blight from Pontefract Reads
The Early Years Strategic Partnership Board
Chris Bingham from Pontefract Reads
The Early Years Strategic Partnership Board
Sanel Ncube from Young People’s Empowerment Project
The Wakefield Local Area SEND & Alternative Provision Strategic Partnership Board
Berni O'Brien from St George's Lupset
Early Help Strategic Partnership Board
Eleanor Bradbury from Rycroft Youth Centre
Wakefield Safeguarding Children Executive
Madeleine France from Blossom Training & Development
The Safer Together Partnership
Louie Stafford from Learnest CIC
Hate Crime Strategic Group
Lisa Kaye from Well Women Centre
The Safeguarding Adults Board and The Domestic Abuse Management Board
Tamsin Lim from Well Women Centre
The Domestic Abuse Management Board
Dick Davies from Wakefield District City of Sanctuary
Wakefield Multi-Agency Asylum Meeting
Ali Robinson-Rowe from CoActive Arts
Learning Disability and Autism Partnership Board
Duncan Smith from Trinity Church
Wakefield Carers Strategy Implementation Group
Jane Walton from Yorkshire Mentoring CIC
The Employment and Skills Strategy Group
Julius Olutokun from Dominion Training
The Employment and Skills Steering Group
Mick Harrison from Enabling Youth and Motocross
Not in Education, Employment, or Training Strategic Board
Niraj Mistry from Gasped
Combatting Drugs Strategic Partnership
Paula Appleton from Evergreen Active
CYP Healthy Weight and Nutrition Group

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