Volunteering
in Wales has been given a boost with confirmation that a leading grant scheme
has been extended to 2014.
WCVA’s
Volunteering in Wales Fund has received continued support from the Welsh
Government meaning that organisations will be able to apply for funding to
support projects for the next year.
Funding of up to £25,000 is
available for third sector organisations across Wales to
support and develop new volunteers through
covering the cost of the volunteer expenses and
training; and through the recruitment of specialist staff to help recruit and support
new volunteers.
Currently,
the Fund is supporting over 70 organisations throughout Wales and project
applications that involve volunteers from under-represented groups are being
particularly encouraged.
Organisations
can apply for support towards the cost of new volunteer recruitment and examples include the salary of a
volunteer coordinator / development worker, volunteer expenses , training and
certain running costs .
Mark
Bendon, Senior Grant Assessor for the Fund, said: ‘Charities across Wales rely
on volunteers who need training and support so that they can offer maximum
support to their communities and service users.
‘The
Fund is helping to ensure that there is professional support for these
volunteers and in the last year alone, the scheme has helped recruit over 5,329
new volunteers who have contributed more than 380,000 hours to the benefit of
Welsh communities.
‘This
work would otherwise cost over £4.25m in economic terms.’
The
deadline to apply for funding is Friday 22 March 2013 at 5.00pm.
For
further details and an application pack, contact the WCVA Helpdesk on 0800 2888
329, email
help@wcva.org.uk or visit the WCVA website.
(Source WCVA)
