Volunteering

The Volunteer Bureau recruits and places volunteers in a wide range of voluntary work opportunities within the Borough of Broxbourne.  It promotes voluntary work to the general public and the local community. 

 

For more information, contact:

 

Ms Loretta Borg, Manager
Broxbourne Volunteer Centre
1-3 Albury Grove Road
Cheshunt
Herts. EN8 8NS
Tel:  01992 638633  
Fax: 01992 638644

E-mail: loretta@bvb.org.uk

Volunteering opportunties

Greenaider scheme

Groundwork Hertfordshire are running a scheme to improve the quality of the environment in the county.  The 'Green Aider' scheme gives people the opportunity to make friends, get fit and get involved in their local environments and communities.  Call 01707 260129 for more details.

Development of a Local Compact for Broxbourne

Compacts are agreements between local statutory agencies, the voluntary and community sector and other local public bodies to improve their relationship for mutual advantage. They aim to:

 

Improve communication, common understanding and collaboration

between the voluntary and community sector and the statutory sector.

Set a framework for effective consultation, representation and

partnership working including an agreement on definitions, shared

values and joint and distinct undertakings.

Set out the principles for developing working relationships between the

voluntary and community sector and the statutory sector.

Act as a reference point for the process of monitoring and evaluation of

the quality of those relationships and partnership working.

A compact for the local area was established in 2005 by the Broxbourne Voluntary Sector Development Agency (now CVS for Broxbourne and East Herts) with input from the Borough Council and other local public bodies including Hertfordshire County Council, the local Primary Care Trust, Hertfordshire Constabulary and Hertford Regional College.  The document is available to download here and further information about the local compact and associated work to establish a Funding Code of Practice is available on the CVS website.