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Planning a holiday, shopping for new clothes or looking to makeover the garden? Money is tight and budgeting is stressful and numbers can be mind Planning a holiday, shopping for new clothes or looking to makeover the garden? Money is tight and budgeting is stressful and numbers can be…

It seems impossible that we are already mid-May! The sun is still being quite shy but hopefully the sunnier days will be here soon!   British Sandwich Week (22nd- 28th May) celebrates the humble sandwich in all its many glorious forms as well as the contribution that the…

Robin Cattle, in his sixties and living in Welwyn Garden City, is a volunteer driver. For over thirty years, he sat behind a desk when he worked in banking. Now that he has retired, he has decided that he wants to do practical tasks. He told me that “in my early life, practical skills did not come…

Today is the 12th Global Accessibility Awareness day (GAAD). The purpose of GAAD is to get everyone talking, thinking and learning about digital access/inclusion and people with different disabilities. The GAAD Foundations' mission is to disrupt the culture of technology and…

Welcome to our Volunteer Centre newsletter. We are grateful for the ongoing support of volunteers, constituting the backbone of our communities. Volunteering for all the fantastic organisations and community groups in the local areas. We aim to support all volunteers…

Tomorrow is International Nurses Day, and there is no better way to help support this cause than applying to one of our International Nurses Project volunteer opportunities. The vacancies are currently ranging from International Recruit Buddies to Airport Drivers and Day…

Planning a holiday, shopping for new clothes or looking to makeover the garden? Money is tight and budgeting is stressful and numbers can be mind boggling. Join our Money management and Family budgeting courses to help you manage personal finances and make decisions about money a part…

We hope you enjoyed celebrating the Royal Coronation of HM King Charles III and HM Queen Camilla, last weekend . The occasion offered an amazing opportunity to promote, celebrate and get involved in Volunteering as part of the "The Big Help Out" campaign. We feel honoured to have been…

I hope that you have made plans to enjoy the many bank holiday weekends during May, including taking part in lots of the activities scheduled for the Kings Coronation. This is a great chance to get together with family, friends and the local community. For a list of events in…

Welcome to our Volunteer Centre newsletter. We are grateful for the ongoing support of volunteers, constituting the backbone of our communities. Volunteering for all the fantastic organisations and community groups in the local areas. We aim to support all volunteers…

We are well and truly into spring now, enjoying blue skies and huge downpours within the same hour!  As the weather is  improving, many Warm Spaces have closed and we are thinking ahead to next year.  If your organisation opened as a Warm Space and you are happy to share…

Time does really fly and we are already in mid-April!   As always, this week we are happy to share with you some of the latest events which are meaningful and important to our Community.    Ms Awareness Week 2023 (24–30 April) focuses on people's experience of…

I hope you are enjoying the milder weather, and as the temperatures rise we are reminded of the wonder of our planet and all its beauty. This week is Earth Week, and more popularly this Saturday is World Earth Day. EARTHDAY.ORG is a charity working with 75k+ partners in their mission to…

We hope you managed to find time to enjoy the Easter bank holiday last weekend. It’s good to find moments to relax, spend time with friends and family and reflect.    During April, Communities 1st is supporting National Stress Awareness Month and its aims of raising awareness…

I hope you had a nice and relaxing Easter weekend. As we approach the middle of April (time flies!), we are reminded of the importance of Micro Volunteering Day. For those of you who are not familiar with this annual day of awareness, Micro Volunteering Day is a chance to showcase the…

We are surrounded by numbers and are constantly processing them in our brains.  Numbers and calculations help us with various activities and tasks we do in our everyday lives like shopping, cooking, playing football or even budgeting and sewing. April is Mathematics and…

Welcome to our Volunteer Centre newsletter. We are grateful for the ongoing support of volunteers, constituting the backbone of our communities. Volunteering for all the fantastic organisations and community groups in the local areas. We aim to support all volunteers…

Tomorrow is not only Good Friday and the beginning of the Easter bank holiday celebrations, but also World Mental Health Day. World Mental Health Day is a global health awareness day sponsored by the WHO to help draw attention to specific health topics of current and recent concern. The…

We are officially in spring!Hopefully the April showers will soon pass and the longer, warmer and drier days will soon be here. April is a month full of really meaningful health awareness campaigns and opportunities for growth within our community.   "World Autism Awareness…

The coming weeks and months will certainly throw up some challenges, including the continued cost of living crisis and its effects, but there will be opportunities too.  Our Annual Conference for the Voluntary, Community, Faith and Social Enterprise Sector is taking place on…