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This Summer our popular Volunteering Advice Drop-in Sessions are heading to Central Library. Come and visit the team from Voluntary Action Coventry for face-to-face help with finding the right volunteer role for you or someone you support. Sessions take place EVERY week, Mondays and Tuesdays (except bank holidays), 10am until 2pm. for face to face support with volunteering. Free and everyone over 18 is welcome – no appointment is necessary! Sit down with an advisor to ask questions, get some recommendations or find help applying for volunteer roles. Volunteering this Summer: Are you looking for something new to do this season? Do you want to develop interests or skills, make new friends or give something back to your community? Here at Voluntary Action Coventry we’re here to help you match your passion with the causes you care about. Coventry’s amazing community organisations are doing incredible things to make Coventry a better place to live and they need your help. Whether you’re looking for inspiration, a course or a helping hand – let us help you on your volunteering journey. 📆 Mondays and Tuesdays 🕘 10am – 2pm 🏣 Central Library, Smithford Way, CV1 1FY 👉 Simply ask at reception for VAC (Voluntary Action Coventry) and talk to one of the team about volunteering. Like to get a head start? Then search live volunteering roles now here on Get Involved Coventry – head to live roles here

Happy #InternationalVolunteersDay - it's today 5 December! A global celebration of the kindness, commitment and impact of volunteers everywhere, this day shines a light on the people who give their time to make communities stronger, fairer and more connected. Whether you’re already volunteering or just thinking about getting started, we’re here to support your volunteering here in Coventry every step of the way. We've released a new FREE resource, Get Involved Coventry News, it's full of top tips to help you Get Involved in Coventry. It's bulging with inspiring things you can do; there's details of our Drop-in advice sessions, our supported volunteering courses, our Chat Central activities and more. 👉 Download you FREE copy here!

We are absolutely over the moon to announce that we have been awarded £305,496 funding from the National Lottery Community Fund which will enable us to continue to deliver GetInvolvedCoventry for the next three years. Through this grant we will be able to ensure that people in Coventry can get support to engage in community activities – it might be giving their time through volunteering or contributing their skills through community action. We know there is huge demand in Coventry for volunteers - we know how much voluntary, community and social enterprises rely on the contribution of volunteers to run their organisations and deliver essential services to those in need. We also know that are many individuals who have time and skills to give but face barriers (real or perceived) which are preventing them from fulfilling their potential GetInvolvedCoventry unites our projects Improving Lives and Chat Central with our volunteering brokerage service ensuring that anyone who comes to us will get the right support to enable them to flourish and contribute to community activity, volunteering or employment. A huge thank you to The National Lottery Community Fund and National Lottery players for making this grant possible!