Links
Volunteer Centres
Volunteering
- Befriending Network Scotland: forum for anyone involved in befriending.
- www.cash-online.org.uk - fundraising information for voluntary orgs
- CitizensConnection.net is a resource for anyone interested in getting involved in their local community.
- CSV: Community Service Volunteers - residential volunteering throughout the UK
- Engergize: US site for volunteer managers.
- Guide to 'virtual volunteering' from 'Service Leader'
- Inverness and Nairn Community Toolkit: A set of resources for developing your organisation
- Lampeter University: accreditation for volunteers / volunteer managers
- Reach: Volunteering for retired people
- Sport England: Volunteer Investment Programme
- The Site is a website of volunteering opportunities covering many English and a handful of Scottish organisations
- TimeBank has a UK wide remit and features a database of opportunities and overseas opportunities
- www.unites.org - United Nations Information Technology Service. Volunteering in IT
- VSO: run a programme of short and long term overseas volunteering opportunities
- Volunteer Development Scotland The umbrella body for volunteering in Scotland
- Volunteering England: English umbrella body for volunteering - many useful briefing papers etc.
- Volunteer Today is an e-newsletter for those who manage the work of volunteers in nonprofit, government or corporate programs.
- Volunteer Development Agency - Volunteering in Northern Ireland
- Volunteering in Wales
- Volunteering Ireland - Volunteering in the Republic of Ireland
- Vol Resource - A whole bunch of news and information on volunteering
Voluntary Sector Bodies
- SCVO Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations
- Work With Us the voluntary sector portal for Scotland - growing site with details of local services, infrastructure, funding, jobs and volunteering across Scotland
Training
- Volunteer Development Scotland - training
- Centre for Civil Society Research: publications and courses from the LSE
- Learn Direct Scotland
- Lifelong Learning
- National Grid for Learning
Government
- Scottish Parliament
- Scottish Executive
- Active Communities Unit (Westminster)
- Care Commission: Care services are now regulated under the The Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001