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Community Links Bromley is the CVS (Council for Voluntary Service) for the London Borough of Bromley.

We advise and support local voluntary organisations and community groups.

CLB e-news bulletin published 27th January 2012 - click here to view Highlights include:
Volunteer Centre re-accredited by Investing in Volunteers
“I am delighted with this Award. Although we know that we all do our very best to ensure CLB’s volunteers enjoy a positive experience, this award is proof of that.” Diane Diamond, Volunteer Centre Manager Robert Jansz one of our volunteers achieved a Business Administration Level 2 Apprenticeship qualification whilst volunteering at Community Links Bromley. The photo shows him receiving his award at the London Learning Consortium's celebration event at the end of last year. (L-R Philippa Leary, Robert Jansz and Andy Wilson, Chair of London Learning Consortium)	Community Links Bromley has been re-accredited with the Investing in Volunteers Award. The Award provides evidence of the positive way CLB manages a team of volunteers and the impact the tasks undertaken by volunteers have on the quality of services delivered to local organisations. CLB is strongly supported by 10-15 volunteers undertaking a wide variety of office based tasks, from processing applications for volunteering across the borough to helping maintain an up-to - date database and reporting systems. Our volunteers are essential to the work that we carry out and our retention rates are high due to the way we recruit and manage the team. The Investing in Volunteers accreditation demonstrates a commitment to high quality volunteer management to potential volunteers, funders and service users. It is a chance to assess the quality of your volunteer management and involvement, prove and improve the effectiveness of your work with volunteers and enhance your organisation's reputation. http://iiv.investinginvolunteers.org.uk/ An example of the support we offer to our volunteers is the great news that Robert Jansz has achieved a Business Administration Level 2 Apprenticeship qualification whilst volunteering at Community Links Bromley. He joined Community Links Bromley, on a full-time basis, as part of the Future Jobs Fund initiative. Once he had undertaken six months of work, he stayed with us as a volunteer to complete his apprenticeship and achieve his qualification. Robert’s tasks included work on Health and Safety, team working and customer facing tasks like dealing with phone enquiries and greeting visitors to the Centre. He was also substantially involved with the early days of checking data for the BiG Community Directory. We are delighted with his success and very pleased that he continues regular volunteering with us.
Update - Crystal Palace Park Community Stakeholder Group
	Before Christmas we were asked by LBB to deliver a recruitment drive for the Crystal Palace Park Stakeholder Group that would form community representation on proposals for the park. The recent campaign saw a spectacular response and we are happy to announce that we have recruited 11 members to the group. The successful applicants will meet as a group for the first time in February and initially will be supported by CLB.
Proposed changes to CRB checks - give your views
	The Volunteer Centre Bromley has set up a survey to collect your views. If CRB checks are changed from free but not portable to portable but not free, what problems do you foresee? Read the views of Justin Davis Smith, Chief Executive, Volunteering England from this link and click here to give your feedback.