Enabling and Supporting Volunteers

Voluntary and community groups across East Sussex work with volunteers in many different roles and with varying resourcesThe things a project or organisation draws on to carry out its activities. These include concrete things such as people, equipment, money and services you need. It also includes invisible things such as time, morale and knowledge. and experience. Find help on topics from recruitment to accreditation, from training to keeping up to date with the latest Government initiatives...

Local Services

Further afield

Promoting voluntary opportunities Support for Volunteer Managers and good practice advice
  • VolunteeringThe definition of volunteering used in the 1997 National Survey of Volunteering is: "any activity which involves spending time, unpaid, doing something which aims to benefit someone (individuals or groups) other than or in addition to close relatives, or to benefit the environment." England
    www.volunteering.org.uk/Resources/
Recruiting younger volunteers

Recruiting trustees

Volunteer training packs

Student volunteering

Developing Volunteering Services

Sarah Hodgetts is based at the Eastbourne Association of Voluntary Services and works across the county to promote volunteeringThe definition of volunteering used in the 1997 National Survey of Volunteering is: "any activity which involves spending time, unpaid, doing something which aims to benefit someone (individuals or groups) other than or in addition to close relatives, or to benefit the environment." and develop support for groups and individuals who work with volunteers.

Sarah is currently working to improve access to support on volunteering issues and develop models of good practice and infrastructureThe physical facilities, structures, systems, relationships, people, knowledge and skills that exist to support and develop, coordinate, represent and promote front line organisations, thus enabling them to deliver their missions more effectively. ChangeUp definition of infrastructure organisations: "voluntary and community organisations whose primary purpose is the provision of infrastructure functions (support and development, co-ordination, representation and promotion) to frontline voluntary and community organisations. They are sometimes called umbrella, second tier or intermediary organisations." ChangeUp, August 2004. support. She is always keen to work with new groups and organisations whatever their size or area of interest to help ensure that her work stays focused and representative.

For more information, please contact Sarah at

Email: sarah@eavs.org.uk
Tel: 01323 639373.
Postal Address:
East Sussex Volunteer Development Officer Eastbourne Association of Voluntary Services 8 Saffrons Road EASTBOURNE BN21 1DG

Looking for volunteering opportunties?

There are websites where opportunities are listed but having someone to talk to about your skills and interests is also useful.

For groups involving volunteers find out about good practice or training to help ensure your volunteers' experience is worthwhile and satisfying. Don't forget trustees are volunteers too.

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This section of the site is managed by Sarah Hodgetts

EAVS, 8 Saffrons Road, East Sussex, Eastbourne, BN21 1DG
Telephone: 
01323 639 373
Email address: 
sarah@eavs.org.uk