Our vision is of a local community where volunteering is an integral and valued part of everyday life and where Voluntary Action (Chiltern and South Bucks) helps individuals and organisations across all sectors to have a positive experience of voluntary activity.

To bring the experience of effective voluntary activity to every individual and organisation in our area.

We believe:

Volunteering creates caring communities and a more worthwhile society

Everyone has something to offer their community.

Volunteering is a matter of personal choice.

Volunteering helps individual and personal growth.

In the independence of the voluntary sector.

In our business we will demonstrate:

Integrity

Openness

Equity

Accountability

Respect

Care

And will judge all our activities against these values

To deliver services to voluntary and community organisations that build their capacity and are valued by them.

To promote volunteering and thereby increase the number of individuals and organisations that participate in voluntary activities.

To represent the interests of the Voluntary and Community Sector and lead partnership initiatives.

To be a model of good governance and best practice in the sector.

To assess the opportunities for adopting a social enterprise model for the organisation.

Endorsed by the board of directors on 2nd October 2007

Click here to read our Strategic Plan and our Annual Accounts 2008/09

Click here to read our Memorandum and Articles

Our work is greatly supported by volunteers who take on a variety of roles within our organisation.

We currently have 17 volunteers doing such diverse things as:

Designing display boards

Matching volunteers with available opportunities

Developing contacts with the press to promote volunteering and writing articles

Keeping our databases up to date

Delivering publicity materials to libraries

Helping us label envelopes, collate flyers and newsletters for mail outs

Arranging refreshments at our events

Updating our website

OUR VOLUNTEERS ARE INVALUABLE – WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR ALL THEY DO

If you have skills that you feel would be of use to Voluntary Action, please contact us!

August 2009 Volunteers and Staff Walk

Are you interested in volunteering? Want to find out what opportunities are out there?

Or

Are you looking for volunteers to help out at your organisation or group?

If your answer to any of these is yes then we are the people who can help you.

Governed by the standards of Volunteering England, we are quality accredited which shows that we deliver high quality in the 6 core services of a local volunteer centre (formerly called Volunteer Bureaus)

1. Brokerage


2. Marketing volunteering


3. Good practice development


4. Developing Volunteering Opportunites


5. Policy response and campaigning


6. Strategic response to volunteering

For more information about Volunteering England and their work see their website

www.volunteering.org.uk

Help is at hand.

If you are involved in a local voluntary or community group and would like some advice or help then here we are…

Part of a national network of Councils for Voluntary Service (CVS), we are here to provide the 5 functions of a CVS to any and every voluntary and community group in Chiltern and S Bucks districts.

1. Services and support


2. Liaison


3. Representation


4. Development work


5. Strategic partners

As a member of the National Association of CVS (NAVCA), we have demonstrated that we meet the quality they set for work in these areas

A CVS is a voluntary organisation, which is set up, owned and run by local groups to support, promote and develop local voluntary and community action. CVS support their members by providing them with a range of services and by acting as a voice for the local voluntary and community sector:

For more information about CVS and their work see the NAVCA website

www.navca.org.uk

(Voluntary Action and Volunteer Workout Staff)

To find out more about our Trustees and Staff at Voluntary Action please go to our Trustees and Staff section.