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Mayor of Rotherham's Charity Ball
Mayor’s Charity Ball – 21st March 2025 John Campbell and Elaine Senior are organising a ball, on behalf of the Mayor of Rotherham,...
Oct 9, 20242 min read
Come and have your say - Council Plan 2025
Council Plan 2025 focus group. We are currently consulting on a new Council Plan which will guide our priorities for the coming...
Oct 7, 20242 min read
ESV Partnership Project at Tassibee, Rotherham
’The Harworth Group, Rotherham, a local regeneration firm, contacted Voluntary Action Rotherham (VAR) looking for a local charity to...
Oct 3, 20241 min read
Statement of support from Voluntary Action Rotherham
As the local support body for the voluntary and community sector (VCS) ‘front line’ organisations in Rotherham, we at Voluntary Action...
Oct 1, 20242 min read
Rotherham Show 2024
We are delighted to be having a space at this years' Rotherham Show which is being held at Clifton Park on 7th & 8th of September...
Oct 1, 20241 min read
VCS response to the violent disorder at Manvers
In partnership with REMA, we have been working on the collective VCS response to the horrific scenes at Manvers recently. We organised a...
Oct 1, 20241 min read
VCSE Alliance: Participation Opportunity
The South Yorkshire VCSE Alliance is pleased to share the following opportunity with you: Quality, Patient Involvement and Experience...
Oct 1, 20242 min read
The Miss Penlington Community Chest Grants
Miss Penlington Community Chest Fund - now open for applications Voluntary Action Rotherham (VAR) has been left a legacy by Miss Bessie...
Oct 1, 20241 min read
Employer Supported Volunteering (ESV)
Do you have any volunteer roles for private businesses? We are looking for projects that need some support. Do you have a room that...
Oct 1, 20241 min read
“People just need a friend sometimes” - Lee from Snooker4All
Walking into the premises at Snooker4all we are met with the sound of Lee’s voice as he helps one of the regular visitors, a blind woman...
Oct 1, 20243 min read
“I allow myself to completely wallow. I don’t sit there and say it’s going to be ok.” - Sarah Lacey from S62 Community Together
A born and bred “Rawmarsh lass”, Sarah’s roots in her community run very deep. Like many of us, her relationship with her hometown has...
Oct 1, 20243 min read
“MCVC has been a life saver, like I said I was really down, I’d been married for fifty-four years and four months, she died on the 16th November at 3 o’clock.” - Michael from MCVC
Michael has been attending MCVC for the past three years. As he approaches, he is already joking around putting us at ease with his...
Oct 1, 20242 min read
"At that point, and I am certainly not embarrassed to say, I cried." - Pete from MCVC (Military Community Veterans Centre)
Pete is a volunteer at MCVC and the definition of a true joker. He is the actual Uncle of Christine, who leads the charity, but also an...
Oct 1, 20243 min read
“I was having a positive impact on people and that was really valuable to me.”
We had a chat with our very own Andy Vickery who started off volunteering with VAR a few years ago before becoming our Neighbourhood...
Sep 25, 20244 min read
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