Voluntary Action Rotherham

You may already be aware that the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) are soon to introduce an Update Service which will enable those who apply for a DBS check to update their certificate electronically.

As well as this change there will also be two other important changes to the service. One of these is a change to how the ‘position applied for’ field (x61) is completed.

To support voluntary and community groups provide a volunteer opportunity for a new volunteer, we are offering £50 for each new volunteer recruited who is over 65 years old or under 16 years old. We could fund between one and five volunteers per group and we would particularly welcome proposals from small and new voluntary and community groups.

For an application form and more information please contact: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

The closing date for completed applications is 5 June 2013.

Martin Kimber CEO of RMBC will be returning to Voluntary Action Rotherham on Wednesday 12th June at 10.00am.

In previous meetings Martin has recognised the valuable contribution that the voluntary and community sector make in Rotherham and has made a commitment to continue a dialogue with the sector and Voluntary Action Rotherham are keen that this continues.

The Big Lottery Fulfilling Lives: Aging Better Programme is a £70M fund where 100 LA areas including Rotherham are being targeted to apply for funding.  Funding is for activities that will engage older people in key decision making and shaping priorities for local action around loneliness and isolation. They expect local communities within each area to come together to form a partnership and are looking to award each partnership between £2 and £6 million for a project lasting between three to six years.   The partnership must be led by the Local Authority in the first stage, and then if successful by a voluntary and community sector organisation in stage 2.