Connecting volunteers with local opportunities in West Berkshire

Volunteer Centre West Berkshire connects local people with local needs. We provide volunteering opportunities, advice and support for individuals, charities and community organisations across West Berkshire.

With 350+ local volunteering opportunities, we help you find meaningful ways to make a difference in your community while supporting local charities to grow, fundraise and thrive.

Do you want to Volunteer?

Do you or someone you care about need our Services?

Are you a Charity or Voluntary Group that needs advice or support?

Have Your Say: Help Shape Wellbeing Support for Our Sector

We’re inviting charities and community organisations across West Berkshire to take part in a wellbeing survey that will help shape a new programme of wellbeing Lunch & Learn workshops for staff and volunteers.

This initiative is being developed with our local voluntary and community sector, rather than for it. The workshops will be designed around the experiences, challenges and priorities identified by the people who work and volunteer within local organisations.

By completing the survey, staff and volunteers will help ensure future wellbeing support focuses on the issues that matter most across our sector. Findings will directly inform the content and priorities of the Lunch & Learn programme.

Responses are anonymous, and findings will be shared only in an aggregated format.

If you are working or volunteering in the West Berkshire VCSE Sector, please take a few minutes to complete the survey.

Together, we can build a stronger, healthier and more resilient voluntary and community sector across West Berkshire

The survey is open until 30 September.

Our first Charity Skydive

A huge well done to everyone involved in our recent sponsored skydive for Volunteer Centre West Berkshire!

Fifteen brave participants signed up to take part, with the first jumps scheduled for 13 May at Hinton Airfield. Unfortunately, poor weather meant only seven people were able to jump on the day but the remaining eight didn’t give up and rebooked for 16 June.

We’re delighted to report that another seven successfully completed their jump on the rescheduled date, with just one person still to go!

So far, the team has raised just under £5,000—an incredible achievement. With a final push, we’re hoping to exceed this milestone.

The team included:

· 11 colleagues from Jones Robinson

· Gill Day (office volunteer)

· Rachel Peters (CEO)

· Chris Lavisher (Rachel’s brother) and his colleague Lee Wilson from Lavisher Building and Roofing

Rachel (our CEO) said:

“I wanted to lead by example—and I’m so glad I wasn’t alone! It was an incredible experience, and surprisingly calm once the parachute opened.”

The funds raised will support VCWB’s essential work, including community transport and support for local voluntary organisations. Thank you to local businesses: CSS, Sharps Autos, and GazKaz for sponsoring our dive t-shirts and Bob Day who took all our official photographs.

Please support if you can—every donation helps us reach (and exceed!) our £5,000 target. https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/rachel-peters-1?utm_medium=CR&utm_source=CL

Feeling inspired? You can even sign up to do your own charity skydive for VCWB: https://booking.skylineskydiving.co.uk/book/y56jn1gj?charity=104017&referrer=charity&siteid=50