Volunteering
Volunteering England(VE) is the national volunteering development agency for England, committed to supporting, enabling and celebrating volunteering in all its diversity.
Our work links research, policy, innovation, good practice and grant-making in the involvement of volunteers. Our members and partners range from national charities to voluntary agencies across the length and breadth of England; from NHS Trusts to arts organisations; from local community projects to government think-tanks.
Volunteering England is at the centre - bringing ideas and people together, developing better networks and structures, and initiating projects to support volunteering in a wide range of fields, such as health and social care, sport and employer supported volunteering.
Volunteering England was formed in April 2004 following a merger between The Consortium on Opportunities for Volunteering, The National Centre for Volunteering and Volunteer Development England.
Key activities: undertaken by Volunteering England include:
- Working to secure and support an England-wide network of quality volunteer development agencies, promoting and enabling volunteering and community involvement;
- Undertaking research, policy and development activity;
- Providing grants, support and advice to sustain and develop volunteering.
- Keeping volunteering high on the policy agenda, working with government to promote opportunities for, and remove institutional barriers to, volunteering;
- Providing authoritative, up-to-date research on volunteering issues;
- Supporting volunteering development through:
- Promoting accredited quality frameworks for volunteering management and local volunteer development agencies;
Further information can be found at :www.volunteering.org.uk
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Health
Women and Health
There are substantial geographical and occupational variations in self-reported general health, with people in higher managerial and professional occupations reporting the best health. In terms of location, those in the South East reported the best health.
- People live longer and healthier now but not all the extra years gained are necessarily in good health.
- Women still live longer than men, but the gender gap is narrowing.
- 1 in 3 people will develop cancer during their lives and 1 in 4 will die from cancer. (Survival rates have improved from most cancerous illnesses during the 1990s).
Accessing Excellence Attaining Health (AXAH)One of the events the FWN is especially pleased to have organised is the major regional all day health event held on Saturday April 30th 2005, at City Hospital in Nottingham.
The Network took over the whole of the Clinical Science Building to host the event which included international speakers and workshops on health issues relating to women and their families, such as reiki, reflexology, and Indian head massage, plus henna art.Speakers included Dr Professor Yasmin Rashid from Lahore, involved with UNESCO, who did a joint presentation with Dr Professor Jim Thornton, Consultant of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, on pre-pregnancy screening. Other speakers covered topics on domestic violence, smoking, heart disease and diabetes.
This was an incredibly successful event and we look forward to holding similar occasions in the future.
