Volunteer Centre Newcastle exists to increase the quality, quantity, and impact of volunteering across our city. We support individuals and organisations alike to ensure volunteering remains a powerful force for community change.
We achieve this by:
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Supporting individuals to find meaningful and suitable volunteering opportunities that align with their interests, skills, and experience. Our citywide volunteering database, hosted on the Volunteer Centre Newcastle website, is a key tool for connecting people to causes that matter to them.
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Connecting people and places, enabling the power of volunteering to build stronger, more resilient communities.
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Providing infrastructure support to charities, community groups, and organisations of all sizes. Whether you need help recruiting volunteers or guidance on best practice, we’re here whenever a volunteering need arises.
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Championing volunteering by raising the profile of local needs and opportunities through strategic meetings, events, and forums.
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Whether volunteers are working full-time, part-time or are currently unemployed, retired, or in education we try to find opportunities to suit them.
Volunteering brings so much to the volunteer, from improved confidence to heightened social experience and employability, and all of our opportunities provide something unique.
We support volunteers looking to find suitable roles, as well as those responsible for recruiting, managing or training volunteers within an organisation.
You can expect an expert level of support in all issues relating to volunteering. We offer in-person or online appointments, which can be booked by contacting us. To access our service you need to live, work, learn or want to improve the communities within Newcastle.
We can support any size of group, charity or individual that wishes to recruit, manage or establish a volunteer program in Newcastle.
For coordinators, our support offer includes good practice sharing, training for volunteer coordinators, mentoring, advertising roles and an organisational health check, to ensure your volunteer program is set up to succeed. We also try to support companies looking at group volunteering opportunities for their staff.
For individuals, we offer support in finding suitable volunteering opportunities based on your availability, volunteering goals and any access requirements you may have.
Quality you can trust
Volunteer Centre Newcastle proudly holds the Volunteer Centre Quality Accreditation (VCQA). This national accreditation assures volunteers, organisations, and stakeholders that we meet and exceed the highest standards in volunteering support and infrastructure.
