About us

Who are we?

We are the Volunteer Development Agency serving the Frome Vale area, which includes Yate, the Sodburys, Frampton Cotterell, Coalpit Heath and the surrounding rural communities. Our overall aim is to promote, support and help develop volunteering - to encourage and assist people to become involved with local life.

Teamworks/British Trust for Conservation volunteers dry-stone walling

What services do we offer volunteers?

• Information about local, national and international volunteering opportunities
• Opportunities include regular work and one off projects
• Guidance to the Rights & Responsibilities of volunteers - all new volunteers receive our free good practice leaflet
• Ongoing support and information
• Information about and whenever possible, delivery of training programme

What can we do for organisations and groups?

• Recruitment of volunteers both for regular and one off projects
• Help with the identification and development of new volunteering opportunities, projects  and services
• Provision of information advocating good practice relating to volunteers and volunteering
• Use of our in office volunteering and community resource library and photocopying facility
• Information about and whenever possible delivery of training programmes

Teamworks/Avon Wildlife Trust

Conservation volunteers

We believe that everyone has the right to volunteer without experiencing unfair discrimination and that volunteering is a matter of free choice; that volunteering is a valuable, integral part of society and therefore volunteers deserve support and recognition; volunteering should be open to as wide a cross section of the community as possible.

Volunteer Centre Yate is part of the South Gloucester Volunteer Agencies Partnership and a member of Volunteer Development England. We are pleased to be involved with the following initiatives: Millennium Volunteers, Time Bank and Do-it!