Manchester Event Volunteers links

Volunteering Websites

Youth Volunteering Websites

• Manchester Youth Volunteering Project
  www.myvp.org.uk
• Greater Manchester Youth Network
  www.gmyn.co.uk
• Youth Volunteering Opportunities
  www.manchester.gov.uk
• Youth Net
  www.youthnet.org

Greater Manchester Volunteering Websites

• Experience Volunteeering
  www.experiencevolunteering.com
• Greater Manchester Police Volunteering
  http://www.gmpa.gov.uk/involved.htm
• Greater Manchester Centre for Voluntary Organisation
  www.gmcvo.org.uk

National Volunteering Websites

• Timebank
  www.timebank.org.uk
• Volunteering England
  www.volunteering.org.uk
• Voluntary Service Overseas
  www.vso.org.uk
• BTCV
  www.btcv.org.uk
• Do It
  www.do-it.org.uk
• vinspired
  www.vinspired.com

Volunteer Infastructure Websites

• Greater Manchester Centre for Voluntary Organisation
  www.gmcvo.org.uk
• Greater Manchester Voluntary Sector Support
  www.gmvss.net
• Growing Independent Organisations
  www.gioproject.org.uk
• Manchester Community Central
  www.manchestercommunitycentral.org/
• North West Network
  Profiting The Voluntary And Community Sector
  www.nwnetwork.org.uk
• Third Sector Essentials
  www.thirdsectoressentials.org
• Community Network For Manchester
  www.cn4m.net
• Refugee Action
  www.refugee-action.org.uk/ourwork/projects/volunteeringGM.aspx
• Volunteering North West
  www.volunteeringnorthwest.org.uk/links.html
• Manchester Refugee Support Network
  www.mrsn.org.uk/
• For a more comprehensive list of volunteering infrastructure organisations please visit www.onecentralplace.org

Volunteer Centres - Greater Manchester

• Volunteer Centre - Bolton
  Fax: 01204 564 011
  Email: admin@boltonvolunteering.org.uk
  Web: www.boltoncvs.co.uk
• Volunteer Centre - Oldham
  Tel: 0161 633 6222
  Email: volshop.coordinator@vaoldham.org.uk
  Web: www.vaoldham.org.uk
• Volunteer Development Agency - Rochdale
  Tel: 01706 631291
  Email: s.pillng@cvsr.org.uk
  Web: www.cvsr.org.uk
• Volunteer Centre - Salford
  Tel: 0161 707 7067
  Email: volunteer@salfordcvs.co.uk
  Web: www.communitiesinsalford.org.uk
• Volunteer Centre - Stockport
  Tel: 0161 477 0246
  Email: volunteer@stockportcvs.co.uk
  Web: www.volunteerstockport.vol.org.uk
• Volunteer Centre - Tameside
  Tel: 0161 339 2345
  Email: office@tamesidevb.org.uk
  Web: www.tamesidevb.org.uk
• Volunteer Centre - Trafford
  Tel: 0161 976 2447
  Email: enquiries@traffordcvs.org.uk
  Web: http://www.salecommunityweb.co.uk/volcentre.htm

Volunteer Centres - North West Region

• Lancashire
  For more information on volunteering opportunities in the Lancashire are please click on the following link:
  www.volunteering.org.uk/?county=Lancashire
• Cheshire
  For more information on volunteering opportunities in the Lancashire are please click on the following link:
  www.volunteering.org.uk/?county=Cheshire
• Merseyside
  For more information on volunteering opportunities in the Lancashire are please click on the following link:
  www.volunteering.org.uk/?county=Merseyside
• Cumbria
  For more information on volunteering opportunities in the Lancashire are please click on the following link:
  www.volunteering.org.uk/?county=Cumbria

Tourist Information Websites

• Destination Manchester
  www.destinationmanchester.co.uk
• Marketing Manchester
  www.marketing-manchester.co.uk
• Manchester City Council
  www.manchester.gov.uk/site/scripts/home_info.php?homepageID=5
• Manchester.com
  www.manchester.com
• Tourist Information Centres - Greater Manchester
  http://www.britainexpress.com/TIC/manchester.htm

Sport Websites

• Sport England
  www.sportengland.org
• Greater Sport
  www.greatersport.co.uk
• Youth Sport Trust
  www.youthsporttrust.org.uk
• Manchester Football Association
  www.manchesterfa.com
• British Cycling
  www.britishcycling.org.uk

Travel Websites

• Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Authority
  www.gmpte.gov.uk
• The Train Line
  www.thetrainline.co.uk
• National Rail Enquiries
  www.nationalrail.co.uk
• Piccadilly Train Station
  www.networkrail.co.uk/aspx/921.aspx
• Metroshuttle
  www.gmpte.com/buses/metroshuttle.cfm
• Car Share Greater Manchester
  www.carsharegm.com

Learning and Skills Websites

• Learning, Skills and Employment Network
  www.lsen.org.uk
• Manchester Learning Disability Partnership
  www.mldp.org.uk
• The Manchester College
  Offers a range of vocational, professional and academic courses.
  www.themanchestercollege.ac.uk
• Learn Direct
  www.learndirect.co.uk
• Manchester Adult Education Service
  www.manchester.gov.uk/education/adulted
• Move On
  www.move-on.org.uk
• Next Step
  www.nextstepgreatermanchester.org.uk
• Back on Track
  Learning and skills for Adults, substance misuse, mental illness or homelessness.
  www.backontrackmanchester.org.uk
• Train 2000
  Women's Enterprise and Employment
  www.train2000.org.uk
• AWAAZ
  BME Support Services
  www.awaaz.co.uk
• Gingerbread
  Lone Parents Support, Training and Advice
  www.gingerbread.org.uk
• Inspired Sisters
  BME Multicultural Learning and Resource Centre
  www.inspiredsisters.org
• Women's Electronic Village Hall
  www.wevh.org.uk
• Salford College
  www.salford.ac.uk
• Connexions
  Face-to-face advice and careers guidance for 13 to 19-year-olds.
  www.connexions-direct.com
• The Lifelong Libraries
  ICT Learning project offers one-to-one basic learning and support for Manchester residents in most of Manchester's libraries.
  www.manchester.gov.uk/libraries
• Financial Support For Training
  Applies to people up to the age of 60.
  www.direct.gov.uk/learning
• Help for graduates
  www.direct.gov.uk/graduates
• Apprenticeships And Work Placements
  www.apprenticeships.org.uk
• Support For Parents
  Information on free nursery/creche provision and childcare voucher schemes.
  www.manchester.gov.uk/csdirectory
• Work Solutions
  Delivers services aimed at improving skills and securing employment for unemployed, economically inactive, disabled and low-skilled people.
  www.work-solutions.org.uk
• Blue Orchid
  Helping people achieve their goals — be it to set up their own business, secure a job or gain training and qualifications.
  www.theblueorchid.co.uk

Olympic, Paralympic And Commonwealth Games Websites

• London 2012
  www.london2012.com
• Games Legacy
  www.gameslegacy.co.uk
• International Paralympic Committee
  www.paralympic.org
• Commonwealth Games Federation
  www.commonwealthgames.com

Greater Manchester Council Websites

• Bolton
  www.bolton.gov.uk
• Bury
  www.bury.gov.uk
• Manchester
  www.manchester.gov.uk
• Oldham
  www.oldham.gov.uk
• Rochdale
  www.rochdale.gov.uk
• Salford
  www.salford.gov.uk
• Stockport
  www.stockport.gov.uk
• Tameside
  www.tameside.gov.uk
• Trafford
  www.trafford.gov.uk
• Wigan
  www.wigan.gov.uk

Manchester Sites

• Manchester Online
  www.manchesteronline.co.uk
• My Manchester
  www.mymanchester.net
• New East Manchester Ltd
  www.neweastmanchester.com
• People's Voice Media
  www.peoplesvoicemedia.co.uk
• Eastserve
  www.eastserve.com
• Wythenshawe
  www.wythit.com/wythit
• Wythenshawe Forum
  www.wythenshaweforum.co.uk
• BBC Manchester
  www.bbc.co.uk/manchester
• Manchester Velodrome
  www.manchestervelodrome.com
• City Of Manchester Stadium
  www.cityofmanchesterstadium.co.uk
• Manchester Inward Development Agency (MIDAS)
  www.investinmanchester.com
• Manchester Online
  www.manchesteronline.co.uk

North West Sites

• England’s Northwest
  www.englandsnorthwest.com

Other Sites

• Scope
  disability organisation in England and Wales whose focus is people with cerebral palsy
  www.scope.org.uk
• Age Concern
  www.ageconcern.org.uk
• Talk Don't Walk
  www.talkdontwalk.org.uk
• Breakthrough UK
  www.breakthrough-uk.co.uk
• Disabled Living
  www.disabledliving.co.uk