Who we are and what we do

.. .We are the vital link

• We help established groups and organisations - and some individuals - find volunteers.

...We promote volunteering

• We raise people's awareness of the extent and scope of volunteering and voluntary work in the whole community.
• We publish our own Newsletter twice a year and liaise with the media.
• We organise and participate in events and activities.
• We encourage 'good practice' in volunteering and give advice on the rights and responsibilities of volunteers.

• We were instrumental in the formation of the Thornbury Access Group in 1994 which campaigns for access to public places for all.
• We helped with the formation of the Thornbury and District Oral History Group which records local social history through the recollections of local people.
• We publish an information pamphlet. Sources of Help for Specific Needs In and Around Thornbury. This gives the names, addresses and telephone numbers of more than 150 groups and organisations.
• We have a comprehensive list of local charities which are in need of funding and details of what it is needed for.
• We assisted in the formation of the Severn Vale Community Network which provides a forum for local groups and organisations, network and share ideas.

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