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Library & resources
Vale Volunteers has a small library of books and papers available to view at our offices. Additionally, the following links, books, papers and helpful organisations may be useful.
Vale Volunteer library for member organisations
Details of helpful organisations
Web links
Buckinghamshire Community Action
www.bucksinfo.net/buckscompact
Documents detailing ways of working for the Buckinghamshire Local Authorities and Voluntary and Community Groups including the Compact Code of Volunteering.
National volunteering opportunities website
www.gapyear.com and www.gap-year.com
Information of relevant agencies for gap year activities
General information
The Institute for Volunteering Research
This site provides an overview of the work of the Institute as well as detailed summaries of research that it has undertaken.
Free of charge downloads of top tips and quick guides for work with potential and current sports volunteers
The Overseas Directory
Free online directory of overseas volunteering opportunities.
Information resource for volunteer and community organisations
Volunteering England, national centre for volunteering
This web site offers a range of resources for anyone who works with or manages volunteers as well as to those who want to volunteer.
This web site provides a range of tools and resources to help you celebrate UK Volunteers' Week and the contribution that your volunteers have made.
Information about organisations recruiting volunteers and case studies
World Service Enquiry
Information and advice about volunteering or working overseas in the developing world.
Paper based information
A Year Between: The Complete Guide to Taking a Gap Year
British Council, 1999, £9.99
020 7389 4004
Christians Abroad
World Service Enquiry
Free guide, 020 7346 5950 www.wse.org.uk
Directory of Work & Study in Developing Countries
Toby Milner, 3rd ed, £9.99
Mail Order 01865 241978 or order online at www.vacationwork.co.uk
Finding Voluntary Work Abroad
Mark Hempshell, 1999, £9.99
Available from How To Books 01865 793806 or order online at www.howtobooks.co.uk
International Directory of Voluntary Work
Victoria Pybus (ed), 2000, £10.99
Mail Order 01865 241978 or order online at www.vacationwork.co.uk
Kibbutz Volunteer
Victoria Pybus (ed), £10.99
Mail Order 01865 241978 or order online at www.vacationwork.co.uk
The Guardian newspaper has a Volunteers page every second Wednesday.
Thinking About Volunteering Overseas and
Volunteering and Overseas Development: A Guide to Opportunities
Returned Volunteer Action 020 7278 0804
Report - Generation V: Young people speak out on volunteering
(41 pages, £8.50)
Available from the Institute for Volunteering Research on 0845 305 6979
Report - Young People, Volunteering and Civic Service: A review of the literature
Katherine Gaskin (95 pages, £8.50)
Available from the Institute for Volunteering Research on 0845 305 6979
Report - What young people want from volunteering
Katherine Gaskin (82 pages, £10)
Available from the Institute for Volunteering Research on 0845 305 6979
Organisations
Buckinghamshire Community Action
01296 421036 www.bucks-comm-action.org.uk
Represents the rural community. Offers support to local voluntary groups and community organisations working closely with both the voluntary and statutory sectors.
RAISE
01483 500770 www.raise-networks.org.uk
Enabling voluntary and community organisations in the South East to influence regional policy, wherever it is made or implemented, for the benefit of the people they serve.
Click here to download the latest e-bulletin.
The Institute for Volunteering Research
020 7520 8900 www.ivr.org.uk
Aims to develop knowledge and understanding of volunteering in a way that is relevant to practitioners and policy makers.
Volunteering England
0845 305 6979 www.volunteering.org.uk
Promotes volunteering as a powerful force for change, both for those who volunteer and for the wider community.
World Service Enquiry
020 7346 5950 www.wse.org.uk
Provide information and advice about volunteering or working overseas in the developing world.
Other Volunteer Centres in Bucks
Chiltern and South Bucks www.voluntaryaction.org.uk
Milton Keynes www.volunteermk.org.uk
Wycombe www.volunteerfocus.org.uk
