Volunteering

Nominate your Volunteer of the Year for Bromley

The Volunteer Centre will be hosting their third Volunteers' Week Awards Ceremony on Tuesday 1st June 2010.

All organisations involving volunteers within the Borough are eligible to nominate a volunteer for an award.

This year there will be 5 categories:

• Young volunteer: Under 16s and between 16 & 25
• Overcoming barriers
• Outstanding contributions
• Leslie Marks Trusteeship Award - created by Community Links Bromley to recognize the valuable contribution Leslie makes to the voluntary sector across the borough.
• Volunteer Manager of the Year - an opportunity for volunteers to nominate their Manager/Supervisor

The ceremony itself will take place on Tuesday 1^st June and each volunteer receiving a certificate will be entitled to invite a guest.   Refreshments will be available.

Download nomination forms in MS Word:

• Young volunteer, Overcoming barriers and Outstanding contributions
• Leslie Marks Trusteeship Award
• Volunteer Manager of the Year  

Volunteer Centre welcomes new recruit!

We are pleased to announce that Jane Kay has started work with Develop Partner The Volunteer Centre in Bromley. Her post is funded for 2 days a week by the Lloyds TSB Foundation and her role is to support people with disabilities to take up volunteering placements.

Jane will also be looking at setting up a mentoring scheme, recruiting and training volunteer mentors to help build confidence in people with a disability looking to volunteer.

She will generally be available on Wednesdays and Thursdays, although this is subject to change from week to week.

You can contact Jane at her e-mail address, janek@communitylinksbromley.org.uk or telephone her on 020 8315 1920.

Bromley Mind looking for Peer Support Volunteers

Do you have current or past experience of mental health problems? Would you like to spend four hours a week supporting people with mental health problems emotionally and practically?

Then why not apply to join Bromley Mind's friendly Peer Support team running social ‘Open Access' sessions where people can have fun, share experiences and support one another? High quality training and ongoing support provided.

Full details can be found here