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Community Service Volunteers (CSV)
CSV is a national volunteering organisation which tackles social exclusion.
It offers activities in volunteering, training, education and the media.
www.csv.org.uk
Do-it.org database
The do-it.org volunteering database caters for potential volunteers of
all ages and produces detailed information on volunteer jobs available.
www.do-it.org.uk
Energise
This is a US-based site offering a range of resources for workers
in the voluntary sector. This includes a free 130 page book The Virtual
Volunteering Handbook. Virtual volunteering is defined as the process
whereby people give their time partly or solely through the Internet or
at a computer.
www.energizeinc.com
Institute for Volunteering Research
This site provides the latest facts and figures on volunteering.
www.ivr.org.uk
Manchester Event
Volunteers
The Manchester Event Volunteers (MEV) developed from the Volunteer Crew
at the 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games. An interest in volunteering
was one of the many legacies left to the region by the Games and is as
important as the stadia, improvements in infrastructure and the changed
image of Manchester and the North West.
www.mev.org.uk
My Manchester
My Manchester is a community portal site, run by Manchester Community
Information Network (MCIN). It lists various volunteering organisations.
www.mymanchester.net
National Association of Volunteer Bureau
(NAVB)
NAVB represents and supports a national network of volunteer bureaux throughout
England. They do not assist volunteers directly.
www.navb.org.uk
National Centre for Volunteering
The National Centre for Volunteering offers a range of services designed
to support volunteer managers and organisations that involve volunteers.
They also promote best practice and aim to raise the profile of volunteering
with Government and help remove barriers to volunteering.
www.volunteering.org.uk
Timebank
The Timebank website is part of a BBC supported campaign to encourage
people to volunteer.
www.timebank.org.uk
UK Volunteer Programme Managers
UKVPM provides an e-discussion group on volunteering issues. It enables
managers of volunteers to consult with other workers in the volunteering
sector.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UKVPMs/
Virtual Volunteering Project
This site explains in detail the benefits of using the Internet to involve
volunteers and gives examples about how this works and offers a guide
to the issues involved in setting up a programme of virtual volunteering.
www.serviceleader.org/new/
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