We are Preston Volunteers – and we are here to help you find your perfect volunteering opportunity. It’s our mission to make volunteering in Preston easy to access, fulfilling and life-changing for everyone.
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The Preston Volunteering Fund offers grants of up to £10,000 to volunteering organisations in Preston. If you’d like to apply, or learn more, please head over to https://preston.gov.uk/article/8783/Preston-Volunteering-Fund. Application deadline is Wednesday 18th September.
Preston Volunteers are out and about in the community, helping people start there volunteering journey throughout the week. Here is our updated schedule. We will be only attending Red Rose Recovery every month now on the first Friday of the month, but you can still find us at:
- FEDCAP – Every Wednesday 1pm – 3pm
- Preston Gateway Job Centre – Every Thursday 10am – 12:30pm
We will give you the chance to give help where it is most needed and make a real difference in our community.
The time you give as a volunteer will support you in your own life too: building your skills and experience and boosting your well-being. We offer free training to get you ready for volunteering.
There are so many ways to help, ranging from driving to deliver food to local food banks, using your computer skills to help community groups and charities with websites and social media, working with youth groups and cadets, to spending time outdoors helping to grow vegetables in community gardens.
Training from Preston Volunteers
We offer a range of training for both volunteers and volunteer managers, led by our expert trainer Denise Hayhurst. Why not join us?
Let us train your volunteers for you
| 30th Sept |
Introduction to Volunteering 10am-1.30pm |
| 7th Oct |
Volunteering Safely 10am-1.30pm |
| 21st Oct |
Communication & interpersonal skills 10am-1.30pm |
What will we be covering?
| Introduction to Volunteering → What is volunteering & why is it important → Volunteer roles → Benefits of volunteering → Volunteering & Skills for Work → Expectations → Volunteer responsibilities → Team working & Communication |
Volunteering Safely → GDPR, Data protection & Online Safety → Confidentiality, Boundaries & Supervision → H&S & Volunteering safely → Safeguarding → Communication → Confidence & Self esteem |
Communication & Interpersonal Skills → Volunteering & professional standards of behaviour → Boundaries → Attitudes, Values & Beliefs → Respecting Equality & Diversity & challenging discrimination → Reflective practice → Dealing with Conflict → Lone working |
Training for volunteer managers
This training is designed to allow time to generate or amend policies from templates or working documents during sessions and to create evidence to complete the Volunteering Quality Mark should you wish to do so.
| 14th Oct |
Workshop 1 10am-1.30pm |
| 11th Nov |
Workshop 2 10am-1.30pm |
| 9th Dec |
Workshop 3 10am-1.30pm |
What will we be covering?
| Workshop 1 → Planning for Volunteer Involvement in your organisation · Business planning, financial implications, Volunteer Policy · Essential & best practice policies & procedures · Volunteer line management |
Workshop 2 Marketing Volunteer opportunities & volunteer recruitment · Working with volunteers · Recruitment & Selection – meaningful volunteer roles · Supporting Volunteers |
Workshop 3 Volunteer training and development · Engaging volunteers and motivation · Dealing with Difficulties · Monitoring & Gathering data · Quantifying Volunteer impact · Exiting Volunteers |
For bookings or any questions or queries please contact Denise on 07939 300652 or via denise.hayhurst@lacvs.org.uk.
Preston Volunteers Forum
Want to catch up on all things volunteering in Preston? Do you look after volunteers? Are there times when you would love to see how other people support their volunteers and deal with issues that arise?
Then this is the perfect safe space to connect with other volunteer organisers and volunteer managers, share experiences and find the help you need.
Our meetings are friendly, informal and open to anyone who supports volunteers, so why not book and come along?
Want to get started? Sign up today!
- If you’d like to join Preston Volunteers, please feel free to fill out the registration form.
- Already registered? Sign in here.
- If you represent an organisation and would like to promote your volunteering opportunities, please register here. Then, you can sign in here.