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Volunteer Awards – forms available to download now
Benefits and employment

Volunteer Awards – forms available to download now

Community Links Bromley is holding its annual celebration event to recognise volunteering across Bromley. Our fifth Volunteer Awards Ceremony will take place on Thursday 31st May 2012 and we are expecting the event to be even more popular than ever.

At last year’s event 30 awards were presented, including one for Jake, a PAT (Pets as Therapy) dog, volunteering for Harris Hospiscare. This year, in response to a large number of requests, we have added a category for ‘team of volunteers’.

Nomination forms for the Volunteer Managers Award and the Volunteers Award 2012.

Benefits and employment

The Government has made it clear that it would like more people to volunteer. In particular, volunteering is seen as one route back to work for unemployed people.
Volunteer England’s work with Jobcentre Plus, the Department for Work & Pensions and others is focused on ensuring people are provided with the right information about volunteering at the right time, that volunteering is not treated as an 'easy' or 'cheap' option, and our members are involved as partners in welfare programmes.
Read more on Volunteering England’s website