Voluntary Action South West Surrey
Supporting voluntary groups, charities, community groups and all types of voluntary action in Guildford and Waverley
We have been hosting Royal Holloway University students for micro-placements over the last eight weeks. The work they have been doing, in that time, has had a positive impact on the local community and has given them vast amounts of experience in the voluntary sector. A group of 16 students from Royal Holloway University have completed …
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Article written by Maryam Nassor, a student volunteer at Voluntary Action South West Surrey. Over 800 volunteers went out into the community, rain or shine, to facilitate the vaccine roll-out. Among them was Warren Tebbit, who worked a remarkable 87 shifts as a volunteer for Pro Care during Covid-19 (and he still plans to do …
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There was a significant rise in the number of people receiving the Mayor of Guildford’s awards for their service in their communities this year. Among some of the recipients were Voluntary Action’s own volunteers and our former chief officer. Carol Dunnett has recently retired as Chief Officer of Voluntary Action South West Surrey. She received …
Volunteers’ Week takes place between the 1-7 June 2021 and is an opportunity to thank those who contribute their time to volunteering. The past year has been difficult, and we recognise that many people have supported their local communities throughout the pandemic. In Surrey, Voluntary Action South West Surrey supports the voluntary …
As we move into lockdown 2.0, we are very sad to update that our volunteer centre has had to close to the public for drop-ins and face-face appointments until the lockdown ends. That does not mean we have stopped helping as we are still here working on the telephones and via email to keep the …
Technology and the internet has been a huge help to us throughout this year’s lockdown and the pandemic so far. It has enabled people to work successfully from home, school children to do their homework and classes remotely, exercise classes and social groups to take place and friends and family to keep connected across the …