Volunteer Centre Havering (run by HAVCO) is a Harold Hill Festival partner. Their role is to help the festival recruit volunteers, help manage them on the day and work with us to ensure proper guidance is in place.
So what does the Volunteer Centre Havering do?
They are the volunteer development agency for the London Borough of Havering. They aim to increase the number of volunteers and volunteering opportunities in Havering and to ensure a quality experience for volunteers as well as volunteer involving organisations. The centre performs the following 6 core functions:
Brokerage Service - recruiting and matching individuals interested in volunteering with appropriate opportunities
Promotion and Marketing of volunteer opportunities
Good practice development - provide free and independent information, advice and training to volunteers, prospective volunteers and volunteer involving organisations.
Developing volunteer opportunities
Policy response and campaigning - such as during Volunteers Week and Make a Difference Day
Strategic Development of Volunteering - working with partners
You can find out more at http://www.havco.org.uk/volunteering/volcentre/
The Harold Hill Festival is an annual community-run event in Central Park, Harold Hill. The event celebrates the lives, residents, charities and organisations which make up the community of Harold Hill, Essex. Visit the Harold Hill Festival website to book stalls, volunteer and find out event details - http://www.haroldhillfestival.moonfruit.com/
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