We try and keep links up to date, but please let us know if you find a broken one: mark.steven@volunteeredinburgh.org.uk.

Volunteer Centres

A full list of the other Volunteer Centres in Scotland

Your city / local community

My Edinburgh: A portal site for Edinburgh
City of Edinburgh Council: Information on the range of council services and local government
Craignet: Craigmillar's community portal
Edinburgh Guide: Guide to what's happening in and around the city
South Edinburgh .net: South Edinburgh's community network
Your Edinburgh: A comprehensive, handy collection of links for Edinburgh`s local community
St Georges West: Community Centre / Church in Edinburgh's West End, the basement of which is occupied by Volunteer Centre Edinburgh.

Volunteering

Befriending Network Scotland: forum for anyone involved in befriending.
www.cash-online.org.uk - fundraising information for voluntary orgs
CitizensConnection.net is a resource for anyone interested in getting involved in their local community.
CSV: Community Service Volunteers - residential volunteering throughout the UK
Engergize: US site for volunteer managers.
Guide to 'virtual volunteering' from 'Service Leader'
Inverness and Nairn Community Toolkit: A set of resources for developing your organisation
Lampeter University: accreditation for volunteers / volunteer managers.
Reach: Volunteering for retired people.
Sport England: Volunteer Investment Programme
The Site is a website of volunteering opportunities covering many English and a handful of Scottish organisations.
TimeBank has a UK wide remit and features a database of opportunities and overseas opportunities.
www.unites.org - United Nations Information Technology Service. Volunteering in IT.
VSO: run a programme of short and long term overseas volunteering opportunities
Volunteer Development Scotland The umbrella body for volunteering in Scotland
Volunteering England: English umbrella body for volunteering - many useful briefing papers etc.
Volunteer Today is an e-newsletter for those who manage the work of volunteers in nonprofit, government or corporate programs.
Volunteer Development Agency - Volunteering in Northern Ireland
Volunteering in Wales
Volunteering Ireland - Volunteering in the Republic of Ireland
Vol Resource - A whole bunch of news and information on volunteering

Voluntary Sector Bodies

SCVO Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations.
EVOC Edinburgh Voluntary Organisations Council
Work With Us the voluntary sector portal for Scotland - growing site with details of local services, infrastructure, funding, jobs and volunteering across Scotland.

Training

Volunteer Development Scotland - training.
Edinburgh Voluntary Organisations Council - learning.
Centre for Civil Society Research: publications and courses from the LSE
Learn Direct Scotland.
Lifelong Learning.
National Grid for Learning.
Microbeacon.

Government

Scottish Parliament.
City of Edinburgh Council.
Scottish Executive.
Active Communities Unit (Westminster)
Care Commission: Care services are now regulated under the The Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001.