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SHOWGUIDE2021
SHOWGUIDE 7&8 MAY 2O21
THE UK’S NEW VIRTUAL #VolExpo2021
volunteerexpo.co.uk NATIONAL VOLUNTEERING SHOW
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SHOWGUIDE2021 CONTENTS PAGE Our Sponsors 03 Welcome to Volunteer Expo 04 Hosted by Rotary 05 Event Information 06 Friday Programme - What’s On 11 Saturday Programme - What’s On 12 Speakers 13 Workshops & Seminars 18 Exhibitors 22 Rotary Projects 30 Contact Details 35 volunteerexpo.co.uk #VolExpo2021 hello@volunteerexpo.co.uk 2
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OUR SPONSORS
National Council for Voluntary Organisations LogMeIn ShelterBox
NCVO has been a champion of the voluntary sector and volunteering LogMeIn, Inc., one of the world’s top 10 public SaaS companies, ShelterBox is an international disaster relief organisation. We provide
for 100 years and it believes in creating a society where we can all simplifies how people connect with each other and the world around families whose lives have been devastated by disaster, the tools and
make a difference to the causes we believe in. them to drive meaningful interactions, deepen relationships, and training to rebuild.
create better outcomes for individuals and businesses.
Made up of a diverse community of over 14,000 member Every disaster is different and so is every community, so we spend
organisations, NCVO provides expert support, resources and advice to The Company’s Corporate Social Responsibility programme, Mission time with those affected to make sure we can offer the right support
the sector. It is helping its members to further their impact and ensure Possible, unlocks the potential of its people, products, and culture to at the right time to help them recover.
they are represented, considered and understood by government and create long-term, sustainable social and environmental impact that
policy-makers. positively affects change in the world and improves people’s lives. We’re determined to see a world where no family goes without shelter
after disaster. If you are keen to take action or find out more, come
Many established voluntary organisations started out as projects Working towards a better tomorrow, LogMeIn targets several of these chat to us.
within NCVO, including Age Concern, Citizens Advice Bureau and critical issues by focusing our community investments in: Education & www.shelterbox.org
Community Matters. Youth Programmes, Critical Human Need, and Sustainability.
www.ncvo.org.uk www.logmein.com
Staysure Warner Leisure Hotels Royal Voluntary Service (RVS)
We believe that if something is worth doing, it’s worth doing right. If Warner Leisure Hotels offers 14 rural and coastal hideaways with Royal Voluntary Service is one of Britain’s largest volunteering
you believe the same, then you’ve come to the right place. some of the best addresses in the UK. The collection features Grade charities. Established in 1938 to help prepare communities for the
I listed manors and Victorian castles in countryside settings, plus coming war, the organisation (then the WVS) rallied a million women
One size doesn’t fit all when it comes to travel insurance. You’re seaside villages in Suffolk, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. to volunteer to support those in need. Ever since then, our volunteers’
unique, with your own holiday plans and medical conditions to cover. attention has been on the most urgent ‘social needs of the day’.
So, that’s why we tailor your policy to suit you. Tailored exclusively for over 21s, midweek and weekend breaks excel
in all things’ child-free with half with half-board dining, activities, pools Today, our volunteers’ time is spent easing pressure on the NHS and
Our way of doing things means that we’ll always treat you like a and live shows and music included in the price. supporting Britain’s ageing population to live healthier and happier
person and not a number. That’s why we’re rated as ‘excellent’ by lives. The support our 18,000 volunteers provide, from setting up
www.warnerleisurehotels.co.uk
over 100,000 customers on Trustpilot, with more 5* reviews than any a regular lunch club to mobilising patients on hospital wards, help
other travel insurance provider in the UK. make lives better, communities stronger and relieve pressure on
overstretched public services.
www.staysure.co.uk
www.royalvoluntaryservice.org.uk
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SHOWGUIDE2021 WELCOME Welcome to Volunteer Expo Online – the UK’s national volunteering show! This is the first event of its kind, bringing together people and organisations who love to give something back under one virtual roof! Thank you for booking your ticket and helping to make this event possible. This Showguide will give you all the information you need for what’s in store. The last year has been strange and often difficult for many of us. Volunteers and charities have been vital in keeping society moving, providing crucial support at a time when it’s needed most. We want Volunteer Expo Online to celebrate the power of volunteering and create a legacy of togetherness, generosity and community. Enjoy your visit. volunteerexpo.co.uk #VolExpo2021 hello@volunteerexpo.co.uk 4
SHOWGUIDE2021 HOSTED BY ROTARY IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND Volunteer Expo Online is brought to you by Rotary in Great Britain and Ireland, who has been volunteering at the heart of communities and championing good causes for over 100 years. Rotary is one of the world’s leading membership and humanitarian service organisations, with 1.2 million members globally. Together, Rotary members tackle some of the world’s biggest humanitarian challenges, including fighting disease, supporting education and protecting the environment. Through membership of Rotary, likeminded individuals come together to volunteer on community and humanitarian projects which make a difference locally, nationally and globally. If you want to turn your ideas and passion into real change, Rotary is the place to do it. Visit the Rotary stand in the Exhibit Hall to find out more. volunteerexpo.co.uk #VolExpo2021 hello@volunteerexpo.co.uk 5
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EVENT INFORMATION
Event Management Team
Event Manager: Louise Smith
Event Operations: Antonia Williams
Sales and Marketing Manager: Emma Howell
Event Communications and PR: James Bolton
Event Design and Graphics: Martin Tandy
Rotary Event Management
(GB&I) Ltd Directors
Amanda Watkin
John Brown
Brian Stoyel
Denis Spiller
Event Timings
Friday 7th May 2021
9:30 – 17:00 Help Desk
Saturday 8th May 2021 This convenient Help Desk acts as your go-to place for lots of event information such as:
9:30 – 17:00 • Programme timings
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echnical Assistance - If you require any technical assistance at all throughout the event,
please visit the Help Desk located in the Lobby of the virtual event platform.
Virtual event platform powered by vFairs
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How to Login
On the day/s of the event, please go to
volunteerexpo.vfairs.com
Click on “Login” and enter your email address that you
registered with.
You will be welcomed into the virtual event Lobby and
from here you can navigate to all parts of the event such
as the Exhibit Hall, the Main Stage, Workshop Hub and
the Help Desk.
Login page - volunteerexpo.vfairs.com
Virtual Lobby
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How the virtual platform works
Exhibit Hall
Here you can browse over 60 exhibitors
(see full list on Page 23).
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croll the exhibitor booths shown here from left to right,
or refer to the Exhibitors’ Index.
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lternatively, if you know the name of the booth you are
looking for, you can use the Search box.
• Click on the pictures to learn more about each exhibitor.
Exhibit Hall
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lick “Chat” to chat direct with the exhibitor and
other visitors on that booth.
Chat Function
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hen you are visiting an online booth, you will see the
Chat link on the tabs. Click this to chat with the Booth
Reps for that particular booth.
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nce in the Chat box, you will see who is online, both
Booth Reps and other attendees.
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ou can chat with Booth Reps either by text, audio call
or video call, and you will see these options appear.
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lternatively, if there is an attendee online in this Chat
Room, you can also chat to them.
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ooth Reps will display the times they are available
online so you can chat. Chat Function
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Main Stage
Here is where you can come along and enjoy live
presentations and Q&As from celebrity campaigners,
sector leaders and volunteer heroes. Simply navigate to
“Main Stage” from the Lobby area and enter an auditorium
to really give you that live event experience. Simply click
on the big screen and the day’s agenda will be shown. Join
a session at the designated time to listen to the inspiring
stories of the day. You will be prompted to enter your
email address in order to watch the live session. This is
so we can capture how many have joined the session as
there are limited places available. See the Main Stage
programme on pages 11 and 12, and find out more about
our speakers from page 13.
Main Stage
Workshop Hub
With over 20 workshops covering a range of topics, from
health and the environment, to ending homelessness and
disability inclusion, there is sure to be something for you
to explore and learn in the Workshop Hub.
Simply navigate to the “Workshop Hub” from the Lobby
area and enter a casual workshop setting. Click on the
big screen to see a workshop agenda for the day. Join a
session at the designated time. Some workshops have
the feature of a live text chat for Q&As. Simply type your
questions for the presenter in the chat box provided. See
the Workshop Hub schedule on pages 11 and 12, with full
descriptions of each session starting on page 18.
Workshop Hub
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Swag Bag
Each booth will have documents and videos for you to
view and then add to your Swag Bag. You can then email
all the documents and links you have saved into your
Swag Bag to yourself or colleagues.
Accessibility
Live Transcript is available on all live sessions in the Main
Stage. In order to enable this, click on the Live Transcript
icon which appears on your control panel at the bottom of
the screen after you have joined the live session.
Sharing information with exhibitors
Each virtual booth includes various options where a
visitor can request information, download content, watch
videos and conduct chat. By clicking on these options, you
consent to the information you have submitted on your
registration being shared with the relevant exhibitors. General guidelines for being online • D
o not post anything – text or images - which some people
at the Volunteer Expo Online: may find distressing e.g. sexist language or violent images.
By clicking on a webinar provided in the event platform,
• Do not make personal attacks or comments. • N
ever reveal any personal information about anyone
you consent to the information you have submitted being
• Be kind. Be fair. else, for example home address, telephone number, email
shared with the relevant exhibitor/presenter.
address, without their permission.
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o not post material, or links to material, which is
knowingly false and/or defamatory, harmful, threatening, • T
his platform is not to be used for private or
Online Code of Conduct commercial purposes.
inaccurate or abusive.
We want everyone to have a fun and positive experience
at the Volunteer Expo Online. We want to ensure we • D
o not post anything which is racially offensive, lewd, in
If in doubt, contact the Event Management Team for further
foster a safe, open, friendly space where everyone feels violation of intellectual property rights (without permission
advice or guidance. Reports of breaches of the code will be
free to express their opinions on the issues that matter to or credit), is invasive of a person’s privacy or otherwise in
considered by the Event Management. If there is a breach
them, and feels able to chat about useful information and violation of any law.
you may be removed from the online event.
positive content to peers. • Y
ou must not post messages/communications that are
vulgar, crude, sexist, racist, homophobic,
Please treat everyone with the respect with which
transphobic or otherwise discriminatory and/or offensive.
you’d like to be treated yourself.
• Don’t swear.
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FRIDAY 7 MAY - PROGRAMME
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MAIN STAGE
NE SPE Kids Against Plastic
DLI Sarah Vibert
HEA Ben Fogle Amy and Ella Meek are the Katie Thistleton Steve Brown
Interim Chief Executive of the
Award winning broadcaster teenage cofounders of the BBC Radio 1 presenter, author Paralympian and
National Council for Voluntary
and adventurer educational, environmental and mental health campaigner TV broadcaster
Organisations (NCVO)
charity Kids Against Plastic
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Beach Guardian Dementia UK The Salvation Army - Anti- International NCVO Community
Trafficking & Modern Health Partners Heartbeat Trust
WORKSHOP HUB
Solution to Pollution Dementia UK and our What are health inequalities, and
Volunteer Ambassadors Slavery Unit How has COVID-19 how can volunteering help to Community Defibrillation
Local Volunteering in a global affected access to medicine overcome them? and the Chain of Survival
movement to end modern slavery around the world
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Carers UK Alzheime’s Society Leonard Cheshire Water Survival Box RSPB Lepra
Supportung Unpaid Companion Calls - Alzheimer’s Creating Disability Inclusive Saving lives through clean water RSPB Volunteers - Volunteer for leprosy: help us
Carers in the UK Society and Corporate Volunteering - a Rotary club disaster response not who you think we are to find the missing millions
Volunteering during COVID-19
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MAIN STAGE
NE SPE
DLI
Brooke Kinsella Sanj Srikanthan HEA Frank Bruno MBE Catherine Johnstone CBE Matt Hyde
A passionate and avid Chief Executive of disaster Heavyweight boxer and Chief Executive,
Chief Executive, Scouts
campaigner against knife crime response charity, ShelterBox mental health campaigner Royal Voluntary Service
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Motor Neurone Cancer Reseach UK Rotary Action Group NCVO Crisis Royal Voluntary Service
Disease Association Against Slavery
WORKSHOP HUB
How our volunteers at Cancer Volunteers’ Week, 1-7 June 2021 Volunteering to end Covid and the rise of Micro
Volunteer Together - the power Research UK help us beat cancer Citizens’ key role in ending - Get involved and be inspired homelessness in the UK Volunteering
of local groups to change lives modern slavery to volunteer
10:30 11:30 12:30 13:30 14:30 15:30
Limbless Association Alzheimer’s Research UK Hedgehog Friendly Town St John Ambulance Mercy Ships WellBoring
Volunteer Visitors - No amputee How becoming a Community From hoglets to hedgehogs - Fighting Covid together - health Come onboard with Mercy Ships Water is Life
need cope alone Speaker can help your favourite engaging the next generation volunteering during a pandemic
charity - and you!
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SPEAKERS
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E SPEAKE
HEADLIN
BEN FOGLE KIDS AGAINST PLASTIC SARAH VIBERT KATIE THISTLETON
Award winning broadcaster Amy and Ella Meek are the teenage Interim Chief Executive, NCVO BBC Radio 1 presenter
and adventurer cofounders of the educational,
environmental charity Kids Against What impact has the pandemic had Mental Health, Media and Me
Tales from the Wilderness Plastic. Join them as they talk about their on volunteering and what is likely Broadcaster Katie Thistleton talks about
Ben Fogle has decades of adventures and work to encourage a reduction in plastic to be the legacy for the future? how her own mental health and her
travelling under his belt, with countless usage, educate both the young and old on This talk will explore ways in which interest in the subject has shaped her
lessons to share on the natural world and environmental issues, and inspire long- volunteering has changed during the career in TV and radio and how she has
inspirational stories to tell of personal lasting action across generations. pandemic – changes to who volunteers, built resilience to deal with the everyday
perseverance. He is known for presenting what roles volunteers play and how challenges those working in the industry
numerous programmes, including Animal volunteering is organised. It will then face, as well as how volunteering has
Park and Countryfile, and has travelled to consider what the legacy might be for impacted on her personal and professional
over 200 places around the world during volunteering, with a focus on how we can life. Katie is a journalist and author of
his broadcasting career. He is also a British enable volunteering to be more inclusive. children’s advice book Dear Katie, was a
Red Cross Ambassador and UN Patron of CBBC presenter for many years and now
the Wilderness. presents on Radio 1 whilst also training
to be a counsellor.
/KidsAgainstPlastic /OfficialKatieThistleton
@BenFogle @KidsVPlastic /NCVOcharity @KatieThistleton
@BenFogle @KidsAgainstPlastic @sarahvibert82 @NCVO @KatieThistleton
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HEADLIN
STEVE BROWN BROOKE KINSELLA SANJ SRIKANTHAN FRANK BRUNO MBE
Paralympian and TV broadcaster Campaigner against knife crime Chief Executive, ShelterBox Heavyweight boxer and
A little help goes a long way Disasters, coronavirus and climate mental health campaigner
My story
An infectious and inspirational character, An actor of stage and screen, in the last change: in an ever changing An audience with Frank Bruno,
Steve became paralysed after falling from decade, Brooke has been a passionate world, ShelterBox’s work is more in and out of the ring
a balcony at just 23 and went on to captain and avid campaigner against knife important than ever Frank, World Champion Boxer speaks
Great Britain’s wheelchair rugby team at crime, after her 16-year-old brother, Ben through his experiences and how he has
ShelterBox works with disaster-hit
the London 2012 Paralympics. Steve is now Kinsella, was tragically murdered in 2008. drawn attention to his own mental health.
families. In 2021, the world’s most
a popular broadcaster and wants to tell you Brooke’s campaigning has generated He will tell you how through his charity
vulnerable will be facing a perilous triple
how volunteers helped open the door and millions of pounds for anti-knife crime Foundation, this has helped others.
threat – disasters, coronavirus and climate
his eyes to all kinds of possibilities. services. She also founded a Trust in her change. Through innovation, ambition and
brother’s memory, which focuses on early collective action, we can help save lives
intervention and education. and provide homes to families on the
frontline, and remind ourselves that each
of us can make a difference.
/ShelterBox /FrankBrunoBoxer /FrankBrunoFoundation
@SteveBrownGBWR @brookekinsella @SanjSrikanthan @ShelterBox @FrankBrunoBoxer @FrankBrunoFound
@SteveBrownGB @brookekinsella @ShelterBoxUK @FrankBrunoBoxer @FrankBrunoFoundation
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CATHERINE JOHNSTONE CBE MATT HYDE
Chief Executive, Chief Executive, Scouts
Royal Voluntary Service
The Future of Volunteering
A year like no other: how Matt Hyde will share how the Scouts
volunteering was changed adapted during the pandemic and how
and why we can’t go back the movement continues to modernise to
Catherine will share the experience of attract new volunteers. He will conclude
being on the frontline of the pandemic and the conference with an optimistic vision
share her thoughts about the opportunity of volunteering in the UK - one where the
to expand our civic society to be more giving of time and acts of kindness are at
inclusive. the heart of our communities.
/RoyalVoluntaryService /scoutassociation
@RoyalVolService @MattHyde @UKScouting
@RoyalVolService @Scouts
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JOIN ROTARY AND HELP
TRANSFORM COMMUNITIES
Our impact starts with our members. By volunteering
your time and talents as a member of your local Rotary
club, you can take action and create lasting change.
To start your Rotary journey visit: rotarygbi.orgSHOWGUIDE2021 WORKSHOPS & SEMINARS Within Volunteer Expo Online, we’ve got a range of over 20 workshops for you to tune into. The packed programme across the two days includes shorter sessions hosted by our exhibitors. We’ll be covering a variety of topics, from health and the environment, to modern slavery and disability inclusive volunteering. There is sure to be something for you to explore and learn. A full list of workshops, hosts and timings can be found on the next few pages. All workshops will take place in our Workshop Hub. volunteerexpo.co.uk #VolExpo2021 hello@volunteerexpo.co.uk 18
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WORKSHOPS & SEMINARS
Local volunteering in a global
Solution to Pollution Dementia UK and movement to end slavery How has Covid-19 affected access
our Volunteer Ambassadors The Salvation Army Anti-Trafficking to medicines around the world
Beach Guardian
Join the Beach Guardian co-founder and marine Dementia UK and Modern Slavery Unit International Health Partners
biologist Emily for a look into some of the key Dementia UK provides specialist dementia support Volunteers are a vital part of our programme In communities around the world affected by
issues facing the environment. As well as examining for families through our Admiral Nurse service. Join and bring invaluable skills to the service. Join our chronic poverty, conflict or disasters, easily
topics such as plastic pollution, this session will also us to learn more about this crucial service and how session to learn about the role of our volunteers treatable diseases can mean chronic pain, poor
look at the solutions, and what changes we can you can support us to provide more Admiral Nurses and the support we provide to survivors of modern quality of life or even a threat to lives. In this
make in our lives to tackle the problem. in the future. slavery on their journey to sustained freedom. Hear session you will get to hear about Europe’s largest
about how you could volunteer for The Salvation coordinator of donated medicines, International
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global movement to end modern slavery. from healthcare companies can supply disaster hit
and vulnerable communities around the world.
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Companion Calls - Alzheimer’s
Society and Corporate Creating disability -
Supporting Unpaid Carers Volunteering during Covid-19 inclusive volunteering
in the UK Alzheimer’s Society Leonard Cheshire Saving lives through clean water -
Carers UK The coronavirus pandemic is cutting off thousands Disabled people are underrepresented in a Rotary club disaster response
There are over 6.5 million unpaid carers in the UK of people affected by dementia from their families, volunteering roles. In addition, disabled people
who are looking after loved ones who are older, report more negative experiences when Water Survival Box
their communities, and the services they rely
volunteering; with 48% of disabled volunteers Hear how a small Rotary club responded to a major
disabled or seriously ill. Carers UK is a national on. Alzheimer’s Society launched its Emergency
compared to 33% of non-disabled volunteers. This disaster and started a project to continue to help
charity dedicated to supporting and providing a response which included a new volunteer-led
interactive session will provide the audience with victims of disasters.
voice for carers. Find out more about our work service. With over 55,000 telephone calls made,
and what you can do to connect carers with vital Companion Calls are an opportunity for people an opportunity to hear strategies to ensure that
volunteering is disability inclusive. FRIDAY 7 MAY / 13.30
information and support. affected by dementia to have an informal chat
with a volunteer.
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WORKSHOPS & SEMINARS
What are health inequalities, and Community Defibrillation
and the Chain of Survival Volunteer together - the power How our volunteers at Cancer
how can volunteering help to of local groups to change lives
overcome them? Community Heartbeat Trust
Research UK help us beat cancer
The Community Heartbeat Trust are the UK’s Motor Neurone Disease Association Cancer Research UK
NCVO leading charity in the provision of community Charities may be national, but people are local. Our Hear from our Cancer Research UK’s smart, bold
Many people face a range of inequalities in their Association covers England, Wales and Northern
defibrillator solutions. and ambitious volunteers talking about what
health and wellbeing. Volunteering can offer Ireland, and our research reach is global, but volunteering means to them, how they volunteer
lots of opportunities to help to overcome these we recognise that people living with MND are
FRIDAY 7 MAY / 15.00 and the impact that has on beating cancer.
inequalities. In this session we will explore what individuals and live in local communities. Therefore
health inequalities are, and the impact they can it is essential that our support is tailored locally SATURDAY 8 MAY / 11.00
have for both the general public and for volunteers to individual need. Our volunteers are central to
themselves. Join us to hear about some of the ways making this a daily reality.
volunteering can help to overcome inequalities and
improve health and wellbeing. SATURDAY 8 MAY / 10.00
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How becoming a Community
Volunteer for leprosy: help Volunteer Visitors - no amputee Speaker can help your favourite
us find the mission millions need cope alone charity - and you!
RSPB Volunteers - not who
you think we are Lepra Limbless Association Alzheimer’s Research UK
An estimated 3-4 million people are living with We are inviting you to join us in hearing about our
Our Volunteer Visitor Programme is a peer support
RSPB undiagnosed leprosy across the globe, and each day
service which matches recent amputees with more Community Speaker volunteer role and how this
RSPB Volunteers are not who you think we are, this disease causes more damage to their health, role can impact both the charity you support and
experienced amputees who can provide practical
come and explore the range of volunteering livelihood and future. All this, for a disease that is you too. During this session, we will talk about the
advice and information relating to limb loss. We now
opportunities and meet some of our amazing entirely curable. By volunteering your time to Lepra, Community Speaker programme at Alzheimer’s
have a number of volunteering roles available and
volunteers who are far from a stereotype. you can help us to reach those who fear coming Research UK; what it involves, how to get started
in this workshop, you will learn about the Volunteer
forward, due to the prejudice and discrimination and how you will be making a difference.
Visitor Programme, the different roles available and
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the support and training that you will receive.
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WORKSHOPS & SEMINARS
Citizens’ key role in ending Volunteers’ Week, 1-7 June 2021
modern slavery NCVO Volunteering to end Covid and the rise of
Rotary Action Group Against Slavery Ever wondered why people volunteer? The reasons homelessness in the UK Micro Volunteering
are rich and varied! In this workshop you’ll be
Simple actions by ordinary citizens will together
dazzled by the UK’s volunteering stats and get to
Crisis Royal Voluntary Service
reverse the exponential growth of modern slavery Crisis is the national charity for homeless people. Royal Voluntary Service, together with GoodSAM,
hear three volunteer stories from Radio Brockley,
both at home and abroad. Citizens played a This workshop will feature our unique volunteer set up the NHS Volunteer Responders programme
Family Volunteering Club and St John Ambulance.
significant role in ending transatlantic slavery in the effort each Christmas, and how it has evolved on behalf of NHS England at the outset of the
We’ll share the theme and launch plans for this
19c. Today we are better equipped than ever to end over 50 years, plus our current partnership with pandemic in March 2020. Find out how digital
year’s #VolunteersWeek and show you how we’re
this scourge. Learn simple steps that will ensure The Scouts and their A Million Hands programme, technology enabled this micro volunteering scheme
tying it in with #MonthOfCommunity.
you can play your part. working with 1000s of children, young people and supported other programmes run by the charity
SATURDAY 8 MAY / 13.00 and adult volunteers to end homelessness in during the pandemic. You’ll also be able to hear
SATURDAY 8 MAY / 12.00 communities across the UK. about the different volunteer roles on offer through
the charity and how to join the team.
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SATURDAY 8 MAY / 15.00
From Hoglets to Hedgehogs Fighting Covid together - health Water is Life
engaging the next generation volunteering during a pandemic Come onboard with Mercy Ships
WellBoring
Hedgehog Friendly Town St John Ambulance Mercy Ships WellBoring is a volunteer-led UK charity focussing
During Covid, St John Ambulance had to shift its This session will help you discover international on new boreholes and the refurbishment of
Learn all about our hedgehog rehabilitation
focus and way of working to support the NHS and volunteering opportunities onboard the world’s abandoned handpumps in primary schools in Sub-
centre. Understand why they are in such decline
the health of the nation through the pandemic. largest charity hospital ships. Anyone can volunteer Saharan Africa. We are looking for volunteers to
and explore how you can help. Have a go at our
Join us in this session to find out how we rapidly with Mercy Ships, from school-leavers to retirees, or help steer the charity and also fundraisers - 99%
challenges and meet some adorable hedgehogs.
adapted our training, used employer-supported someone taking a career break. Join this session to of funds go straight out to Africa to ‘Make
SATURDAY 8 MAY / 12.30 volunteering and took on a mass recruitment learn about all our opportunities to serve in a Difference’.
campaign to give as many volunteers as possible West Africa.
the opportunity to contribute to the health of their SATURDAY 8 MAY / 15.30
communities during this emergency. SATURDAY 8 MAY / 14.30
SATURDAY 8 MAY / 13.30
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• Abbeyfield Society •T
he Challenge Fund and • Mercy Ships UK • Royal Voluntary Service
Project Hospice Nepal
• Age UK • Midlands Air Ambulance • The Salvation Army
• Christian Aid
•A
lways Bee You and Forever Ahead - • Mission Aviation Fellowship • The Scouts Association
supported by the Rotary Club of Lea Valley • Citizens in Policing
• Motor Neurone Disease Association • ShelterBox
• Alzheimer’s Research UK • Communities Prepared
•N
ational Council for Voluntary • St John Ambulance
• Alzheimer’s Society • The Community Heartbeat Trust Charity Organisations
• Staysure
• AmbaCare Solutions CIC • Crisis UK • Peace Advocate Project Ltd
• Tools for Self Reliance
• Animal Equality • Dementia UK • Polio and COVID - Rotary in Action
• Utility Aid
• APS Support UK • Disaster Aid UK & Ireland • RJL (Rotary Jaipur Limb)
• Water Projects - LifeStraw
• Aquabox • Global Sight Solutions •R
otarians Eliminating Malaria
in Tanzania (REMIT) • Water Survival Box
• Army Cadet Force Association • Home-Start UK
• Rotary Action Group Against Slavery • WellBoring
• Barnardo’s • International Health Partners
• Rotary Foundation of the United Kingdom • Wrap Up UK
• Become a Volunteer with Rotary • Leonard Cheshire
• Rotary in GB&I Disaster Recovery Trust
• The Big Lunch • Lepra
• Rotary Ride for Prostate Cancer
• Burns Price Foundation • Limbless Association
• Rotary Shoebox Scheme
• CALMED - Rotarians stop mothers dying • Literacy in a Box
• Royal National Lifeboat Institution
• Cancer Research UK • Marie Curie
•T
he Royal Society for the
• Carers UK • Mary’s Meals Protection of Birds (RSPB)
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Abbeyfield Alzheimer’s Research UK AmbaCare APS Support UK
Abbeyfield is a charity for older people providing Alzheimer’s Research UK is the UK’s leading AmbaCare are a Social Enterprise agency, promoting APS is a life-threatening autoimmune condition that
housing and care across the UK and internationally. dementia research charity. We’re focusing our ‘whole’ well-being by linking health and housing. can cause strokes, heart attacks, blood clots on the
It is our mission to enhance the quality of life for energies in four key areas of action: We provide expert guidance and practical solutions lung and Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT).
older people through high quality accommodation to help people who need support with their health,
in a stimulating environment to maintain a socially •U
nderstand the diseases that cause dementia well-being or housing challenges to enable them APS is the most significant treatable cause of
active life. Today, over 4,500 volunteers bring their •D
iagnose people earlier and more accurately to live better. Tacking inequality is at the heart of recurrent miscarriage, and is also associated with
skills and personality to our houses and homes to •R
educe risk what we do. high rates of stillbirth, pre–eclampsia, low weight
‘make time’ for over 7,500 older people. •T
reat dementia effectively babies and premature births.
www.amba-uk.org
www.abbeyfield.com www.dementiadiversity.org.uk www.aps-support.org.uk
Together, we’ll bring about breakthroughs
that change lives.
www.alzheimersresearchuk.org
Age UK Alzheimer’s Society Animal Equality Army Cadet Force
Age UK is the UK’s leading charity for older people. Alzheimer’s Society is the only UK charity that Animal Equality is an international animal protection For action and adventure, fun and friendship, the
We’re here with expert advice, support and local campaigns for change, funds research to find a cure organisation, working with society, governments Army Cadet Force is hard to beat. With nearly
services for older people and their families. and supports people living with dementia today. and companies to end cruelty to farmed animals. 39,000 cadets (aged 12-18) and 9,000 adults in
That’s only possible with the help of over 40,000 Our vision is a world in which all animals are over 1,600 locations in every corner of the United
incredible volunteers, doing many different roles. As the largest and most influential dementia charity respected and protected. We are working towards Kingdom, the ACF is one of the country’s largest
Come chat to us about how you can get involved. in the UK, we are calling on everyone to unite. this goal with effective campaigns, investigations voluntary youth organisations. It is also one of the
www.ageuk.org.uk Working together we know we will achieve our and public outreach work. oldest tracing its history back to 1859.
vision - a world without dementia.
www.animalequality.org.uk www.armycadets.com
www.alzheimers.org.uk
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Barnardo’s The Burns Price Foundation Carers UK Christian Aid
Barnardo’s protect, support and nurture the UK’s The Burns Price Foundation makes grants to As the UK’s national membership charity for carers, Christian Aid exists to create a world where
most vulnerable children. Our volunteers make what young people between the ages of 11 and 18. We Carers UK is both a supportive community and a everyone can live a full life, free from poverty. We
we do possible. Whether volunteering in a shop, particularly support projects initiated by young movement for change. We connect carers so no-one are a global movement of people, churches and
fundraising or working directly with children, our people who want to change lives for good. Grants has to care alone. We provide information, advice local organisations who passionately champion
volunteers make a huge difference to children’s from £100 to a maximum of £5,000 are awarded and support. We campaign for lasting change, and dignity, equality and justice worldwide. We are the
lives. Speak to us about opportunities to join our for adult-supervised projects that are for the public we innovate to find new ways to support carers. changemakers, the peacemakers, the mighty of
volunteer team. benefit and have a community-enhancing purpose. heart.
www.carersuk.org
www.barnardos.org.uk www.burnspricefoundation.org.uk www.christianaid.org.uk
The Big Lunch Cancer Research UK The Challenge Fund Citizens in Policing
The Big Lunch brings millions of people together on Cancer Research UK is the world’s leading & Project Hospice Nepal Citizens in Policing is the term used to describe
the first weekend in June, to share food, have fun independent cancer charity dedicated to saving The Challenge Fund supports cancer registration, the thousands of people who give up their time
and get to know their neighbours and communities lives through research, influence and information. treatment, research and the relief of suffering to support the police including Special Constables,
a little better. If you want to make friends, feel While many people support us through donations, of cancer patients in lower and middle income Police Support Volunteers, and Volunteer Police
proud of where you live and gain confidence, come others volunteer their time, skills, energy, voice countries. Its current major project is Project Cadets. The term also recognises those that
and chat to us! or fundraise to help us beat cancer. We have over Hospice Nepal which is a Rotary-led initiative to volunteer with organisations who are closely
40,000 volunteers supporting our work and couldn’t build a new 20 bed hospice in Kathmandu which aligned to policing and work in partnership with
www.edenprojectcommunities.com
exist without their generosity. will also be a state of the art education centre for local forces.
www.cancerresearchuk.org the training of palliative care health professionals. www.citizensinpolicing.net
www.challengefund.org
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Leonard Cheshire
Communities Prepared Crisis Home-Start UK We support individuals to live, learn and work as
Communities Prepared is a national community We are the national charity for homeless people. We Home-Start UK is a network of 13,500 trained independently as they choose, whatever their
resilience programme that equips communities know that homelessness is not inevitable. We know volunteers, supporting 56,000 children and ability. Led by people with experience of disability,
nationwide with the knowledge and tools to that together we can end it. 27,000 families a year in local communities across we are at the heart of local life. We open doors to
effectively prepare for, respond to, and recover the UK. Whether it’s our home-visiting, family opportunity, choice and support in communities
www.crisis.org.uk
from, flooding and severe weather emergencies. groups, administrative, fundraising or corporate around the globe.
Led by the charity Groundwork South, the volunteering roles you are interested in, please
programme provides community volunteers with come and have a chat with us and find out how you www.leonardcheshire.org
in-person and online training, advice and support. can join our family of Home-Start volunteers.
www.communitiesprepared.org.uk www.home-start.org.uk
International Health Partners (IHP) Lepra
Lepra is a UK-based international charity working
Community Heartbeat Trust Dementia UK IHP is Europe’s largest coordinator of donated
to beat leprosy, a disease that affects millions
The Community Heartbeat Trust is the UK’s leading Dementia UK provides specialist dementia support medicines, enabling healthcare companies and aid
of vulnerable people globally. If left untreated
charity in the provision of community defibrillator for families through our Admiral Nurse service. agencies to support patients who cannot otherwise
it causes life-changing disabilities and attracts
solutions. We work to a high standard and ensure When things get challenging for people with access medicines they need. IHP ships donations
discrimination that destroys lives - but it is curable.
governance, sustainability and resilience are dementia and their families, Admiral Nurses provide to fuel humanitarian work in the world’s poorest
With support we can help people to overcome this
addressed in all projects, and the project will be as the one-to-one support, expert guidance and and most challenging places, including Essential
practical solutions people need. We believe that Health Packs for short-term healthcare projects and disease and rebuild their lives.
good in 10 years’ time as day one.
everyone who needs the support of a specialist disaster responses. www.lepra.org.uk
www.communityheartbeat.org.uk dementia nurse should get one. www.ihpuk.or
www.dementiauk.org
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Limbless Association
At the Limbless Association, we believe no amputee Mary’s Meals Midlands Air Ambulance Charity MND Association
need cope alone. We offer both practical and Mary’s Meals works with local communities to set Midlands Air Ambulance Charity is responsible for MND Association volunteers provide crucial support
emotional support for amputees throughout their up school feeding programmes in places where funding and operating three air ambulances serving for people affected by motor neurone disease
pre and post-amputation journey. We understand poverty and hunger prevent children from gaining the communities of six Midlands counties, and a throughout England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
that navigating the complexities of limb loss can an education. Together we are helping over 1.6 critical care car which is based in Birmingham and Based in local communities, together, they provide
be completely overwhelming. That’s why we million children in 18 countries to learn, thrive and the Black Country. We rely on support from the direct support and information, raise awareness,
believe that with an early intervention approach, find hope in the classroom. With 64 million children public and local businesses to raise the £9 million campaign for change, and raise money for local
we can provide useful, easy to access information still missing out on an education and millions needed to remain operational. people and for research to find a cure.
and advice as well as supporting and connecting attending school too hungry to concentrate and www.midlandsairambulance.com www.mndassociation.org
amputees, their families and carers. learn, our work is only just beginning.
www.limbless-association.org www.marysmeals.org.uk
National Council for Voluntary
Marie Curie Mercy Ships Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF)
We’re here for people living with any terminal 2/3 people cannot access safe surgery when they Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) is a Christian
Organisations (NCVO)
need it. Mercy Ships is working to tackle this crisis. Made up of a diverse community of over 14,000
illness, and their families. We offer expert care, organisation operating 131 light aircraft, providing
We operate the largest charity-run hospital ship member organisations, NCVO provides expert
guidance and support to help them get the most essential flight services in 26 developing countries.
in the world, delivering free, safe medical care to support, resources and advice to the sector. It is
from the time they have left. For 75 years MAF has been flying over jungles,
sub-Saharan Africa. We have visited 56 countries, helping its members to further their impact and
www.mariecurie.org.uk mountains, swamps and deserts, enabling over
providing services worth over £1.2 billion and ensure they are represented, considered and
2,000 aid, development and mission organisations
trained 42,250 local professionals. understood by government and policy-makers.
to provide medical care, emergency relief, long-term
development and hope to isolated communities. www.ncvo.org.uk
www.mercyships.org.uk
www.maf-uk.org
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Polio & COVID - Rotary in Action The Salvation Army
Royal Air Forces Association (RAFA) The Salvation Army has been protecting and caring
End Polio Now is the global campaign to eradicate The RAF Association is one of the leading providers Royal Voluntary Service (RVS) for victims of slavery since our early beginnings
polio, a debilitating disease, mainly affecting of welfare assistance providing support to serving Royal Voluntary Service is one of Britain’s largest
in the 1880’s. Our Anti-Trafficking and Modern
children under the age of 5, which can cause and veteran RAF personnel and their families. Our volunteering charities. Today, our volunteers’ time
Slavery Unit focuses on PREVENTING Modern
paralysis and even death. Rotary International vision is to ensure that their sacrifice does not is spent easing pressure on the NHS and supporting
Slavery and the trafficking of people; PROTECTING
spearheaded the campaign at a time when there result in suffering, poverty, loneliness or isolation. Britain’s ageing population to live healthier and
individuals on their journey from victim to survivor
were over 1,000 polio cases a day in 125 countries. happier lives. The support our 18,000 volunteers
www.rafa.org.uk/volunteer and ensuring that in doing so, we PROGRESS the
Today, the number of cases is down by 99.9%. Help provide, from setting up a regular lunch club to
survivors’ journey to sustained freedom.
us make history and end polio now and forever. mobilising patients on hospital wards, help make
www.endpolio.org lives better, communities stronger and relieve www.salvationarmy.org.uk
pressure on overstretched public services.
www.rotarygbi.org/polio
www.royalvoluntaryservice.org.uk
Rotary Foundation Royal National Lifeboat Institution The Scout Association
RNLI volunteer lifeboat crews and lifeguards are RSPB - The Royal Society for the
of the United Kingdom (RFUK) Protection of Birds
We prepare young people with skills for life,
busier then ever, rescuing thousands of people and supported by amazing leaders delivering an
The Rotary Foundation is Rotary International’s own
saving hundreds of lives around the coasts of the Passionate about nature, dedicated to saving
charity. For over 100 years, it has spent over $3 inspiring programme.
UK and Ireland every year. it. Since we started on our mission in 1889, the
billion on life-changing, sustainable projects around
the world. RFUK supports the aims of The Rotary www.rnli.org threats to nature have continued to grow, but we’ve www.scouts.org.uk
grown to meet them too. Nature is in big trouble,
Foundation by providing funding for its programmes
but we’ve got big plans to save it. Be a part of
in Great Britain and Ireland.
something big.
www.rotarygbi.org/foundation
www.rspb.org.uk
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ShelterBox Staysure WellBoring
ShelterBox is an international disaster relief When you buy a travel insurance policy, you’re not WellBoring is a volunteer-led charity that bores
organisation. We provide families whose lives have buying a piece of paper. You’re asking for a helping wells in primary schools in sub-Saharan Africa –
been devastated by disaster, the tools and training hand when you need it most. So we know it’s not mostly in Kenya – guaranteed with maintenance
to rebuild. Every disaster is different and so is every a decision you take lightly. Our ethos is that travel contracts. Our target is to complete 250 projects by
community, so we spend time with those affected insurance is Worth Doing Right and that flows the end of 2021, so over 250,000 people will have
to make sure we can offer the right support at the through everything we do. It’s the reason why access to safe water for the first time. ‘Water is
right time to help them recover. so many people trust us and why we’re the UK’s Life!’ Please join our team of volunteers to help run
number 1 travel insurance provider. the charity and/or raise funds.
www.shelterbox.org
www.staysure.co.uk www.wellboring.org
St John Ambulance Utility Aid
St John Ambulance works at the heart of Utility Aid is one of the largest energy brokers
communities, providing first aid, keeping people operating in the UK, and the only one operating
safe at events and working alongside the NHS entirely in the not-for-profit and charity sector. We
in response to 999 calls. Every year, hundreds of specialise in energy procurement and cost recovery.
thousands of people learn first aid and how to save We also provide other ancillary services including
a life though our training, education and youth but not limited to Voiding and COT support.
programmes. We are a team of 18,000 volunteers www.utility-aid.co.uk
and 1,600 employees, united by our goal of saving
and improving lives through first aid.
www.sja.org.uk
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ROTARY PROJECTS
GLOBAL SIGHT SOLUTIONS
Global Sight Solutions
THESight
AVOIDABLE
SolutionsBLINDNESS PROGRAMME
Aquabox Calmed - Rotarians Stop Global is an avoidable blindness
A DONATION OF JUST £5 CAN ENABLE THE BLIND TO SEE AGAIN!
Aquabox was founded in 1992. It is a volunteer-led, Mothers Dying! charity. It was registered with the charity
Rotary charity based in Derbyshitre, and has a long CALMED is an example of how Rotarians are helping commission back in the 90’s by members of the
and successful history of helping those in desperate to prevent maternal and new-born mortality in Guildford
THERE ARERotary Club, the aim being to work
50 MILLION
WITHwith
THE
SUPPORT OF
Peace Advocate Project
conditions gain access to safe drinking water. Our under served countries. RotaryMENclubs in the developing world and together GLOBAL Peace Advocate Project is created to RECOGNISE
WOMEN SIGHT
filters turn contaminated water into water that is establish
AND financially sustainable eye hospitals SOLUTIONS the innate expertise of young people, ENABLE
safe to drink, cook with and wash in. www.calmedrotary.org CHILDREN
which can provide a full range of eye care,1 free
WORLDWIDE
OVER
MILLION them to resolve conflict and embrace success, and
WHO PEOPLE
to the world’s poorest. EMPOWER them to become Peace Advocates and
www.aquabox.org CANNOT
AFFORD
HAVE
UNDERGONE
www.globalsightsolutions.org
TO SIGHT leaders of the 21st Century.
HAVE RESTORING
THEIR
EYE SIGHT
OPERATIONS
…THE WORK
www.facebook.com/therotarypeaceproject
RESTORED! CONTINUES!
Aided by charitable grants the £15 cost of a cataract
operation can be funded by a donation of
JUST £5
TARGET: 20 more eye hospitals in 5 years!
Disaster Aid UK & Ireland TARGET:180,000 cataract operations p.a!
Disaster Aid UK & Ireland is one of the founding
Become a Volunteer with Rotary Literacy in a Box
Global Sight Solutions, originally The Guildford Rotary Eye Project
So,
DONATE ON LINE:
partners of Disaster Aid International (DAI). DAI is
Explore the options in our interactive booth and an international organisation, involving Rotary clubs EducationContact:
is a child’s
www.justgiving.com/guildfordeyeproject
right, according to UNICEF.
info@globalsightsolutions.org 01483 481856
Polio and COVID - Rotary in Action
see what Rotary has to offer you and how Rotary It is the only way children have a chance of working Come and explore the monumental contribution to
around the world, with the mission to: www.globalsightsolutions.org
can fit into your lifestyle. If you want to volunteer their way out of poverty, to have a better future. world health that has been achieved because of
and seek to expand your oppurtunities for self Respond to disasters with the supply of Rotary’s dream of a Polio-free world.
humanitarian aid to the affected communities But, conflict, disease, famine, flood and disasters
development Rotary is the place for you. conspire to prevent millions of children from www.rotarygbi.org/polio
and/or individuals.
www.rotarygbi.org exercising that right.
Work in partnership on humanitarian projects
funded by other organisations including Rotary Literacy in a Box is a project designed to give
clubs and Rotary districts. orphans and the children of desperately poor
families around the world a better life through
In contrast to many other disaster-response groups, education.
our aim is also to provide an infrastructure that
allows affected communities to regain their www.literacyinabox.org.uk
normal lives.
www.disasteraiduk.org
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