Introduction to VCS

Volunteer Centre Sutton delivers the 6 core functions of a Volunteer Centre:-

• Brokerage:-The Centre actively recruits people willing to volunteer and works with them to identify opportunities to meet their needs and match their skills and expectations in a wide range of voluntary opportunities. The Centre interviews over 800 volunteers a year and places them with over 450 registered statutory, voluntary and not-for-profit organisations.
Additionally Volunteer Centre Sutton signposts over 3200 volunteers a year to local voluntary organisations by advertising opportunities on the Do It Logo website.
• Marketing Volunteering:- in over 180 venues borough wide.
• Good practice development:- supporting volunteer managers in voluntary and not-for-profit organisations in Sutton to disseminate good practice.
• Developing volunteering opportunities across the sector.
• Policy response and campaigning.
• Strategic development of volunteering