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Study shows over half of Brits volunteered last year

27 Jan 2012

More than one in two people in Britain volunteered in 2011, according to a new study in volunteering habits by YouGov.

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The Big Tree Plant Funding Scheme

23 Jan 2012

The Big Tree Plant funding scheme hopes to encourage and support community groups to plant trees in neighbourhoods where people live and work.  The scheme can fund work such as community involvement, site surveys and expert advice as well as trees, planting materials, labour, and tree care and maintenance.

 

New 121 Cafe

New 121 Cafe

19 Dec 2011

The 121 befriending project has recently launched the 121 social café in Tunbridge Wells. The cafe provides a safe and fun environment in which young people can meet new friends and give each other support. Members of the café have overcome their own personal barriers to feel happy and more optimistic about the future.

 

Volunteering medal reintroduced by government

Volunteering medal reintroduced by government

03 Nov 2011

The British Empire Medal, which was awarded as part of the Queen's Honours system to British citizens making a difference in their communities until 1992, will be reintroduced in the Diamond Jubilee Honours list in June next year.

 
 
 
 
 
‘SUPPORTING OUR WORK’We are proud to announce the launch of THE FRIENDS OF VAWK As an independent Charity delivering a range of services to vulnerable adults, young people and children and families, we need your support on an on-going basis to ensure that vital services such as 121 befriending, respite activities for young carers, youth volunteering, community transport for individuals with disabilities and older people, weekend fun clubs for disabled children, and many more, are sustained in this difficult economic climate. We are launching the ‘Friends of VAWK’ to enable our supporters to keep in touch with current developments, attend fundraising events and support our work through charitable giving. ‘Friends’ can join us at any level.   Your friendship and support will make a tremendous difference to the lives of those vulnerable people we support:    £25Bronzewill pay for colouring paper for 10 afterschool clubs  will pay for 2 hours care staff time  will pay for ice-creams at the beach for 12 disabled children   £50Silverwill pay for 12 disabled children to go swimming  will pay for 5 young carers to have a restaurant experience with their friends  will take 10 disadvantaged children to the cinema   £100Goldwill pay for the expenses for a 121 youth befriending volunteer for 6 months  will pay for an accessible mini-bus tyre (we need 16 per annum)  will pay for 15 isolated older people to visit a local garden centre   £250Platinumwill pay for 1 care worker for a weekend residential for disabled children  will pay for 10 disabled young people to attend an art workshop  will train 10 volunteer drivers   £500Diamondwill pay for a trip to London for 15 disabled young people plus visit to the Tower of London Tower and pizza express  will pay for soft toys for our sensory impairment clubs  will pay for hoist hire for five respite clubsFor a Friends of VAWK application form please click here.For a Standing order form please click here.  
 
 

Contact Details

Voluntary Action Within Kent
17-19 Monson Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent,
TN1 1LS

Telephone:
01892 530330
Fax:
01892 532539
Email:
info@vawk.org.uk

Offices also throughout Kent and Medway

Registered charity number 1108388
Registered company number 5354482