Do you need volunteers? Volunteer Cambs is here to help.
Volunteer Cambs is your new go-to online platform for volunteering in Cambridgeshire. If you're a community organisation seeking volunteers, you've found the perfect spot.
I NEED VOLUNTEERS
We aim to provide information, support and advice to those who work with volunteers in the Cambridge area we can not help you advertise for volunteers but the following are a list of online sites that can be useful.
Volunteer Cambs
Volunteer Cambs is the project of Support Cambridgeshire. Together, both the Hunts Forum of Voluntary Organisations (Hunts Forum) and the Cambridge Council for Voluntary Services (CCVS) work under the Support Cambridgeshire branding to develop countywide services to the voluntary and community sector.
Visit Volunteer Cambs and find volunteers in four easy steps.
Need help?
Email: info@volunteercambs.org.uk
Additional platforms
If you are a sports club looking for volunteers visit Sport England for lots of help and to set up a profile.
The Cambridge Resilience Web serves as a visual directory of social justice and environmental organisations in Cambridge.
The Big Help Out
Add your volunteer opportunites to the Big Help Out app, a national initiative raising awareness of volunteering across the UK.
Other community websites
COOP volunteer near you - website advertising volunteer opportunities
Next door, a social media platform which allows you to interact
Gumtree post free adverts
Cambridgeshire County Council Community Listings
Local community Face Book pages and village websites including:
Volunteering in Cambridge Face Book Group
Cambridgeshire Mutual Aid Face Book Group
Restless is a platform aimed at over 50's which includes volunteering opportunties
Looking for trustees or skilled volunteers
The Get onboard site shows a number of different places you can advertise - please be aware not all are free
Connects charities and non-profit organisations with volunteers with specific skills to offer.
Advertise your role for free
Probono ecomomics find volunteer economists to offer support with data anlysis and visualisation
Charity Commission guidance on recruiting trustees
Also see CCVS blog on Trustee diversity
For Young trustees take a look at The Young Trustees Movement
For larger scale statistical support take at look at Royal Statistical Society pro bono support
These recruitment agencies and media carry adverts for volunteer roles:
https://volunteering.thirdsector.co.uk/
https://www.indeed.co.uk/Community-Volunteer-jobs
For treasurer roles:
http://www.icaewvolunteers.com/jobs/
http://www.honorarytreasurers.org.uk/Vacancies1.html
For lawyers offering pro bono help
https://www.barprobono.org.uk/how-to-help.html
https://www.ncvo.org.uk/practical-support/information/legal-advice
For marketers and communications professionals
offering pro bono help
https://mediatrust.org/communications-support/
Guidance on appealing to new volunteers
Kickstarting a New Volunteer Revolution published by RVS - A report on why people decide to volunteer for the first time or return after a significant break and what we can do to encourage more people to try volunteering.
Guidance on recruiting Young People
Check out Young People and Volunteering published by Volunteer Centre East Sussex - short and useful guide with tips and links to excellent resources. Also York City Council's guide to Involving Young Volunteers and very recently Community First's young volunteer toolkit and The Changemakers project in Museums in Cambridgeshire which offers forms and guidance on working with young volunteers.
For Young trustees take a look at The Young Trustees Movement
For student volunteers see:
- Anglia Ruskin University Student Union Volunteers Centre
- Cambridge Student Hub
- Cambridge Student Community Action
Also worth contacting local schools, regional colleges and 6th forms if you can accommodate under 18's
Guidance on family volunteering
If you want evidence of the links between how family shapes the involvement and experience of volunteers look at The Links Between Family and Volunteering: a Review of the Evidence Jo Stuart Sept 2019 NCVO
Guidance on recruiting older people
Very useful report by the Centre for Ageing better looking at the barriers to engaging and reengaging older people and how to overcome them. Age-friendly and inclusive volunteering
Guidance on recruiting and managing event volunteers
Check out the following.
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A great blog from Kelly O’Connor, Volunteer Manager at Emmaus
We can help advertise your event just send us the details to enquiries@cambridgecvs.org.uk you should also advertise on www.do-it.