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Using images when posting Volunteer Opportunities

| For organisations
A picture paints a thousand words…

Choosing the right pictures to advertise the roles in your ...
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Webinars for groups: using Volunteer Bucks

| For organisations
Are you looking for volunteers to support your organisation in Buckinghamshire? Are you keen to find a new way ...
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Webinars for volunteers: using Volunteer Bucks

| For volunteers
Are you looking for a volunteer role in Buckinghamshire and don’t know where to start? Are you keen to find a ...
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Steps to get started for organisations

| For organisations
Please follow these steps to register your organisation on the Volunteer Bucks platform and post volunteer ...
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Evie - buddy volunteer lead and workshop volunteer

| Volunteer stories
Evie has been recently matched as a Buddy Lead volunteer with Macmillan Cancer Support, and as a Schools ...
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Colin - volunteer driver and trustee

| Volunteer stories
Colin volunteers as a hospital car driver as well as a trustee for Community Care North Bucks - two roles ...
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Malcolm - volunteer for the WheelPower National Junior Games

| Volunteer stories
Malcolm was a volunteer for the annual residential sports event where young people have an opportunity to try ...
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Julia - General Practice support volunteer

| Volunteer stories
Volunteering at her local GP Surgery, Julia provides administrative support. She says this means she builds ...
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Paul - volunteer Independent Custody Visitor

| Volunteer stories
Voluntering at Aylesbury Police Station, Paul feels that this is an important role and says that he gets far ...
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Madeleine - kitchen volunteer for Oasis Partnership

| Volunteer stories
Madeleine runs baking sessions in the training kitchen at the Bagnall Project in Chesham, run by the Oasis ...
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Sam - family mentor for Connection Support

| Volunteer stories
Sam says her whole experience has been positive and she’s delighted to be supporting a family to get to a much ...
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Katy - volunteer with High Wycombe Shopmobility

| Volunteer stories
Katy takies bookings for scooters or wheelchairs and hands them over to clients at the Eden Centre in High ...
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Caroline - volunteer mentor for a young person

| Volunteer stories
Caroline was a volunteer mentor with Transitions UK on its Attain project which supports vulnerable young ...
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Dave, Rest & Reflect volunteer at Lindengate

| Volunteer stories
Dave helps with the charity’s Rest and Reflect programme for NHS and key workers as well as the bereaved ...
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