This week we’ll be celebrating our work with and for people with a disability, and hearing from our volunteers about their experiences.
We are seeking Community Volunteer mentors for our Active Volunteering Suffolk project. Active Volunteering Suffolk empowers adults with learning disabilities to take up volunteering placements in different work environments such as retail, gardening and hospitality. Community Volunteer Mentors support these individuals to complete skills training, improve their social and work skills and gain work experience … Continued
We’re delighted to announce that our work with and for young people across Ipswich has been given a boost this month with the arrival of a new youth volunteering project in the area – Positive Futures.
Volunteering Matters took over Christchurch mansion in October 2017 to showcase our volunteering projects running across Suffolk.
Grandmentors is an innovative project that sees older volunteers use their lifetime of skills and experience to support vulnerable young people leaving the care system. This opportunity is for Grandmentors Ipswich.
Ipswich Star: WASSUP group wins Crimebeat award for the work against gender based violence.
Cole’s life has been turned around by his inspiring Mentor Darren. Read about how they were brought together by our award winning Grandmentors project.
This International Women’s Day we highlight the power and potential of volunteering as a way for women to effect change over some of the most important issues their lives
Equip Mentoring provide support for young people who are at risk of becoming not in employment, education or training (NEET).
The exhibition by volunteers from the Perspectives Project featured on BBC Radio Suffolk, the East Anglian Daily Times and the Ipswich Star!
Personalised and supported volunteering opportunities for adults with a learning disability in Ipswich, Suffolk
