What We Do
Gosport Volunteer Centre are here to help and provide ongoing support to individuals who want to volunteer and we aim to match potential volunteers with a wide range of local organisations that need voluntary support.
The Services we aim to offer at Gosport Volunteer Centre: Information Service about Voluntary Work Possibilities in Gosport
Provision of up-to-date information about specific vacancies in local organisations, the group's objectives, task description and an idea of the necessary level of commitment.
Advice to Volunteers about Rights and Responsibilities Find out more about your responsibilities and your rights as a volunteer.
Voluntary Work and Benefits - Find out how doing voluntary work affects your benefits.
Registration of new Voluntary Organisations/Groups who want to be on our V-Base Database System
We offer new voluntary organisations and groups the chance to register their details with us on our database to match suitable volunteers for those opportunities.
- If you are a local Organisation/Group who would like to register with us you can download an Organisation Registration Form (PDF File) which you can print out, fill in your organisation's details and send back to Gosport Volunteer Centre.
Recruitment and Placing of Volunteers
Acting as a voluntary "employment" agency, advertising for, interviewing and selecting appropriate recruits for voluntary organisations. The interview process should be conducted as objectively as possible, by matching the candidate's skills, knowledge and experience against the task description provided by an organisation.
'Get On Board' Guide for Prospective Trustees
An informative new guide booklet targeting recruitment of trustees for voluntary, community and charity groups has been published by us in collaboration with Havant and Portsmouth Volunteer Centres.
You can download the 'Get On Board' Guide here - (Large 4mb PDF) or click on the image to the right.
Promotion of Best Practice for Organisations Managing Volunteers
Through the provision of a Voluntary Organisation Pack to be handed to every group for whom the Volunteer Centre seeks volunteers.
  The Befriending Service offers social contact for older people who have become isolated or are lonely.
The Telephone Befriending Service offers a regular weekly phone call to 'keep in touch'. For more information on the Befriender Service you can phone Jean Legg on 02392 604681 or e-mail: befriender@gva.org.uk
What we do - Further Information:
How do I become a Volunteer in Gosport?
A guide for local people who want to volunteer.
Voluntary Work and Benefits
About doing voluntary work and how it affects your benefits.
Advice to Volunteers - Why Should I Volunteer? & Your Rights and Responsibilities
Find out about the benefits of volunteering and your rights and responsibilities as a volunteer.
Gosport Volunteering Code of Good Practice 2006
About the Gosport Volunteering Code of Good Practice Guide - available to download.
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