Are you interested in volunteering?

The primary function of Basildon , Billericay and Wickford Volunteer Centre is to provide a Brokerage Service matching the interests and skills of people in the local area with local volunteer involving  organisations who have registered with us. The service is free and covers the Basildon , Billericay and Wickford area.

If you would like to visit the Centre you will meet with the Volunteer Co-ordinator for an informal interview that usually lasts half an hour. The informal interview is a confidential one to one interview. The Volunteer Centre is an open planned office and therefore if you would like to have an informal interview in a private area please ask the Volunteer Centre Co-ordinator who will arrange this.

If you are unable to visit us at the Volunteer Centre we are able to  provide our Brokerage Service via letter, telephone or email.

What do volunteers do?

There are many areas and activities volunteers can get involved with such as:

  Gardening/conservation

  Driving

  Befriending

  Fundraising

  Education

  Elderly

  Families

  Children

  Disability

  Retail

  Administration

  Campaigning

  And many more!

The Volunteer Centre holds details of over 200 different volunteering opportunities so there is likely to be something for you!

The do-it website

do-it is a national database that holds details of volunteering

opportunities available within the UK . Visit their website and see how you can get involved with the local community

www.do-it.org.uk  

Volunteering for All

The Volunteer Centre offers opportunities for everyone who volunteers to expand their skills, widen their experience, increase their confidence, help the public, make new friends and simply have fun.

By raising the profile of volunteering, the Volunteer Centre seeks to break down any barriers which exist to certain sections of the local population and hence to provide an ethos of Volunteering for All.

Feedback from existing volunteers

 “Volunteering has given me the confidence to apply for jobs as I now have some work experience”

 “I have gained new skills and met new people through my volunteering”

 “I have met so many interesting people by volunteering and learnt lots of new skills”

 “I am putting my skills to good use and using my time to help the community”

Opening Hours

 The office is open Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 9am – 4.30pm and operate a drop-in service on a Tuesday morning 10am – 1pm.

 We advise people make an appointment rather than drop in the   office to ensure a member of staff is available to help with their enquiry but operate a drop-in service on a Tuesday morning 10am – 1pm where people are welcome to drop in without an appointment.

Volunteer Centre Contact Details

Faye Kadesh - Volunteer and Training Coordinator

The Volunteer Centre

129/130 The Galleries

Upper Galleries

Eastgate Shopping Centre

Basildon

Essex

SS14 1AN

01268 282604

faye@bbwcvs.org.uk