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The Volunteer Centre |
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The Daventry Volunteer Centre (DVC) is staffed by a team of paid workers and volunteers and is overseen by a management committee.
The DVC acts as a local infrastructure organisation for the voluntary and community sector, offering support to help build their capcity, giving funding advice and offering training .
DVC promote all aspects of volunteering. The main office is located in the Daventry library and is the first port of call for anyone interested in becoming a volunteer. The office is an information point holding a wide range of information about services in the local voluntary sector. It also deals with requests for gardening decorating and DIY from elderly or disabled people and referrals from the DASH project which is run from the library office.
The "Brushes and Spades" and the "Take Time to Make Time" projects are located in the Daventry Welfare Foundation Building in New Street.
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Our Team |
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Carella Davies
Manager |
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Carella has worked in the voluntary sector for over 20 years and at the Daventry Volunteer Centre for the last 14 years. She has a background in counselling and youth work and voluntary sector management. She continues to have a leading role in developing infrastructure support to the Voluntary and Community Sector ( VCS) in Northamptonshire and chairs the Daventry Voluntary & Community Sector forum.
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Mal Thompson
Take Time to Make Time project & DASH worker |
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Mal works for the DASH project promoting the Daventry Safer Homes agenda and recruiting volunteers. DASH aims to: "improve the safety and well-being of older people by reducing risks that commonly affect them in their homes such as household accidents, poor heating and distraction burglaries." Mal is also the Time Broker for the Take Time to Make Time project. She will recruit members to the time bank and organise exchanges, matching people’s skills with requests for help. |
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Jeremy Patterson
Brushes and Spades Project Co-ordinator |
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With a background in commerce and management, and a recently acquired qualification in painting and decorating, Jeremy has run the Brushes and Spades Project since 2007 and now co-ordinates its operation, which is financed by the Big Lottery Fund. The Project is designed to support and develop its volunteers through training, counselling and the completion of painting, decorating and DIY jobs for elderly and disabled people living within the District of Daventry. |
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Ken Blake
Brushes and Spades Project |
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Delia Wilcox
Finding Your Way Project
Delia works on a part-time basis on the 'Finding your Way' project, working alongside volunteers to help people from Eastern Europe and elsewhere to improve their English and to settle more into the community.
Sessions have been running since September 2009 and are proving very popular and as well as increasing confidence in speaking and listening to English, are thoroughly enjoyable for all concerned.
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Amelia Brash
Future Jobs Fund - Work experience
Amelia is doing part-time work experience with DVC for six months, funded through the Future Jobs Fund. She is learning Admin and Clerical skills as well as gaining confidence and an understanding of how the voluntary and community sector operates. |
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Christine Wilson, Gita Kumar, Abbey Davies
Office Volunteers |
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Chris, Gita and Abbey play an important roll in supporting the administration of the Volunteer Centre. |
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Our Management Committee |
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Geoff Pearce- Chair |
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Sue Manning - Treasurer |
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Carella Davies - Secretary |
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Ann Bamfield - Agency Rep |
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Stephen Cave - Independent |
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Leo Hudson - Volunteer Rep |
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Cllr. Annette Dunn- Advisory Member |
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Sylvia Lerigo- Independent |
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