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 Organisations and groups that provide opportunities to improve your skills through volunteering or offer information, advice, access and other options to consider.
Adult Learners Week
Looking for a challenge? Want to do something more with your life? Need some inspiration?
ASDAN
Award Scheme Development and Accreditation Network (ASDAN) is an educational charity, which promotes the personal and social development of learners through the achievement of ASDAN Awards, to enhance self-esteem, aspirations and their contribution to the community.
Attend
Attend is a membership organisation formed in 1949 which exists to promote and develop the role of volunteers in our health and social care services throughout the UK
BBC Raw
For a guide to developing better reading and writing skills.
Blue Cross
Blue Cross recognises how important volunteers are and is committed to ensuring that all volunteers are effectively used, and properly acknowledged for the generous gift of their time and expertise. The work of a volunteer is varied and depends on the skills and preferences of the individual.
British Red Cross
The British Red Cross helps people in crisis, whoever and wherever they are. They are part of a global voluntary network, responding to conflicts, natural disasters and individual emergencies.
BTCV
BTCV supports environmental and conservation volunteering opportunities throughout the UK.
 Chance UK
Chance UK provides mentoring to children based on individual needs through a programme delivered by carefully screened and trained volunteers who are closely supervised and supported.
Citizen Advice Bureau
For free help and advice.
CSV
Take a look at volunteering opportunities for people who want to improve their skills, gain work experience and most importantly help others.
Directgov
Information on adult learning including a course search facility
do-it.org.uk
do-it.org.uk provides a free national database of volunteering opportunities in the UK.
Family Learning Week
This year’s Family Learning Week runs from 6-14 October.
Greater London Volunteering
Greater London Volunteering (GLV) is the regional umbrella organisation for volunteering in London.
 Jobcentre Plus
Useful information on job hunting and preparing for interviews.
Learn Direct
learndirect is a nationally recognised brand for learning and is the largest e-learning network of its kind in the world.
Learning and Skills Council
The Learning and Skills Council exists to make England better skilled and more competitive.
Mentoring and Befriending Foundation
The Mentoring and Befriending Foundation aims to ensure that mentoring and befriending are at the centre of current and future national volunteering strategies.
Mencap
Mencap is the UK's leading learning disability charity working with people with a learning disability and their families and carers.
Move on up
If you would like to check out how good your own maths and English skills are why not try out a practice test?
National Trust
Learn new skills, meet new people, work right at the heart of amazing buildings, gardens and landscapes.
NIACE
NIACE works to advance the interests of adult learners and potential learners. Their Sign Up Now campaign 11-27 September enables you to take the first or next step into learning.
Open University
The OU offers short courses, professional development, one year certificates, two year diplomas, foundation degrees, undergraduate, postgraduate and master degrees.
Scope
Scope is the disability organisation in England and Wales whose focus is people with cerebral palsy.
Skill
Skill is a national charity promoting opportunities for young people and adults with any kind of impairment in post-16 education, training and employment.
Skillswise
A fun way to brush up on your skills with easy to use quizzes, games and a beginners course to the internet.
The Food Chain
The Food Chain provides nutrition services including home delivered meals, essential groceries and nutrition advice to men, women and children who are chronically sick as a result of HIV related illness.
TimeBank
TimeBank is a national charity inspiring and connecting people to share and give time.
Time Banks UK
Time Banks UK is the national umbrella charity linking and supporting time banks across the country by providing inspiration, guidance and practical help.
UK online centres
UK online centres aim to provide everyone in the UK with access to computers near to where they live, as well as help and advice on using them.
Voluntary Arts England
Voluntary Arts England recognises the contribution of arts participation to the well-being of communities, social inclusion, lifelong learning, active citizenship and volunteering, and does research to support this.
Volunteering Centres
Volunteering Centres have over 350 centres across England that can help you take that first step towards volunteering.
Volunteering England
Volunteering England works to support and increase in the quality, quantity, impact and accessibility of volunteering throughout England.
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