Volunteering

Encouraging Volunteering

The Surrey CVS Network is part of the Surrey Strategic Partnership and contributes to the Surrey 2020 vision - 'In Surrey, we are committed to working in partnership to improve the quality of life of the people who live and work in the County'.

The vision for Surrey in 2020 is of a county:

• Of distinctive, confident, caring, creative, and safe communities, where individuals and organisations have taken responsibility for resolving the many challenges that the county faces.
• Where the beauty and richness of the natural and built heritage, the diversity of the landscape, the distinctiveness of the local communities and the strength of the economy are safeguarded.
• Where social, economic and environmental well-being have been addressed to improve the quality of life of the people living and working there.

The delivery of this vision is through Local Public Service Agreements (LPSAs), which range from increasing volunteering to improving business recycling.

The Surrey CVS Network consists of CVS organisations with integrated Volunteer Centres, { click here ... } for a list of the Volunteer Centres across Surrey. The Network is a major partner of the Volunteering LPSA Project Group, which will work together to increase volunteering in specific target areas and in general. Building awareness of volunteering, and a desire to take it up is essential.  The group has since 2005 worked hard to develop a "Volunteer in Surrey" message, which has been promoted throughout Surrey to raise awareness of volunteering and how it change lives.

Volunteer in Surrey - Volunteering Changes Lives

Surrey is serious about increasing the number of volunteers and in doing so building stronger safer communities in which to live. If you want to know more about 'Volunteer in Surrey' { click here ... } . Alternatively there is a national database of volunteering opportunities www.do-it.org.uk.