Structured, practical advice on governance, funding, HR, safeguarding and DBS.
We provide clear reliable guidance so local groups can operate confidently and sustainably.
Guidance on charity structures, constitutions, trustee roles and responsibilities.
Access to a dedicated Funding Advisor to identify suitable funding opportunities, develop and shape sustainable strategies, and proposals.
Support with safer recruitment, policies, role descriptions and managing volunteers. Practical guidance to help your organisation operate fairly and effectively.
Templates and advice to help you develop robust safeguarding policies and procedures. Guidance on safer recruitment, DBS requirements and good safeguarding practice.
Training and webinars on governance, funding, safeguarding and volunteer management.
Local DBS processing service for eligible community and voluntary organisations. Clear guidance on eligibility, levels of checks and safer recruitment requirements.
We’re helping to shape how local authorities, health partners, and the wider VCSE work together. Our role is to act as a bridge between community groups and statutory partners. Bringing real community insight into decision-making and making sure small and medium organisations are represented. Influence, connection, and advocacy are a core part of VASE.
Do you need volunteers to help with a project, day to day tasks, supporting service users, or new members for your board of trustees? We can help you find local people who want to help.
We offer a volunteer brokerage service, promoted through our Get Volunteering website.
We can support you through the whole process, from preparing role descriptions to writing policies, ready for you to share your volunteering opportunity online.
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Or contact Trish at volunteering@vase.org.uk to have a chat about your volunteering needs.
Once your opportunity is being advertised on the website, we will share it in our newsletters to help get the word out to potential volunteers. We have a monthly Volunteering Newsletter and a quarterly Corporate Volunteering Newsletter where we share the latest volunteering opportunities, requests for support from local charities, and training opportunities for volunteers.
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Attend our Volunteer Coordinator’s Forum to stay up to date with best practice, network with other volunteer managers across East Surrey, and hear from guest speakers on a range of topics. A few of the discussions we’ve had recently include forums on corporate volunteering, supported volunteering, and supporting people with a criminal record to volunteer.
Find out when the next Volunteer Coordinator Forum is on our Events page.