Emergency Food Providers across South Devon have been successful in their application to Devon Community Foundation to support children and families who need food to the end of March 2021. The South Devon Food Alliance has received funding of £8,000 will enable a number of projects including support to:= Purchase, … Read more…
Voluntary Organisations, charities and local community groups have come together to provide valuable services to our residents during this period. Please click here to see details of key providers in your local community.
Read more...Updated government volunteering guidance 22 January 2021 GOV.UK guidance for England on how volunteering can be done safely and effectively during the pandemic has been updated in line with the national lockdown restrictions. This includes guidance for formal and informal volunteers, and for volunteer-involving organisations and groups. Anyone can volunteer during … Read more…
On Friday 8 August NAVCA ‘Zoom-launched’ their #HeartOfOurCommunity video. They were overwhelmed with the response when they put a call out through CVSs nationally to take part and a short clip from Teignbridge CVS and Coastal Youth Action have been included in their video – you can watch it here … Read more…
Lily has contacted the CVS to provide GUIDANCE for Veterans; “my Grandad told me it is not uncommon for veterans to be struggling mentally and financially after they leave the forces, so I thought I would try to help”. The guidance gives a full list of where further help is … Read more…
Teignbridge CVS has collected information from voluntary and community groups operating across South Devon on the impact of Covid-19 on their services and how they are looking to the future for their organisations and the communities they support. A huge thank you to the many groups who provided us with … Read more…
Volunteering Matters, NCVO and NAVCA have brought their training resources together for those supporting and managing volunteers in their organisations during Covid-19. You can find the library of resources HERE
Read more...NHS Volunteer Responders: self referral and becoming an approved referrer NHS Volunteer Responders service is now open for self referral. If somebody needs additional support with tasks such as shopping or picking up prescriptions, or would like a check in and chat call, or needs transportation to healthcare appointments, they … Read more…