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Celebrate Youth Nomination

3 May 2019 | Uckfield Volunteer Centre

Celebrate Youth Nomination On Thursday 11th July 2019 at Uckfield College we will be celebrating youth volunteering in our community. If you know a young person who is making a difference please get in touch to or click on the image to nominate them.

Uckfield Teen Volunteer Wins Wealden Award

8 Mar 2019 | Uckfield Volunteer Centre

Uckfield Teen Volunteer Wins Wealden Award An Uckfield Volunteer Centre teenage helper has been praised for his work. Stephen Evans, 17, was named Wealden Young Volunteer of the Year. The Chairman of Wealden District Council, Cllr Chris Hardy, hosted his annual Civic...

Age Concern Free Transport

1 Mar 2019 | Uckfield Volunteer Centre

Age Concern Free Transport AGE Concern Uckfield and DISTRICT region offers a FREE transport service to people within the TN22 postal area who require transport to take them to Doctors and health appointments. To contact a driver or if you want to volunteer as a...

Plans to re-open the local Youth Club in Manor Park, Uckfield

1 Mar 2019 | Uckfield Volunteer Centre

Plans are in place to re-open the local Youth Club facility (Downsview Centre) on Downsview Crescent, in Manor Park, Uckfield. The decision to re-open the Youth Club grew out of local community safety meetings organised by Sussex Police in 2018 between community...

Duke of Edinburgh Award

15 Jan 2019 | Uckfield Volunteer Centre

The Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme, is a youth programme for young people founded in 1956 by Prince Philip. There are three levels of programme you can do which, when successfully completed, lead to a Bronze, Silver or Gold. DofE helps you stand out from the crowd...

Stephan’s interview on Uckfield FM

11 Jan 2019 | Uckfield Volunteer Centre

Uckfield FM interview Here's our Stephan on the radio this morning with Tony at Uckfield FM Click here to listen to Stephan's interview

Charity Mentors

17 Dec 2018 | Charities and Voluntary Organisations

Charity Mentors This East Sussex scheme provides a pro bono mentoring service for charities, not-for-profit businesses or community groups across the county. Charity Mentors offers senior people within these organisations short term strategic support, usually...

Happy Christmas

17 Dec 2018 | Uckfield Volunteer Centre

The Uckfield Volunteer Centre will be closed for the Christmas period from 14th December. We will re-open on Thursday 3rd January, in time for our usual monthly hearing aid maintenance morning from 10am to 12 noon. We would like to wish you a Merry Christmas and a...

Volunteering in Uckfield

7 Dec 2018 | Volunteering

The Benefits of Volunteering Meet new people Volunteering gives you a fantastic opportunity to widen your social circles and make new friends – connecting you to your community in a different way which will give you lasting pleasure. Perfect if you’re feeling isolated...

World Kindness Day

3 Nov 2018 | Volunteering

World Kindness Day on 13th November Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you. Diana, Princess of Wales A Little Act of Kindness At the Uckfield Volunteer Centre we are...

Home Instead Senior Care

1 Nov 2018 | Volunteering

Home Instead Senior Care The Uckfield Volunteer Centre would like to thank Home Instead Senior Care for becoming business partners of ours - we are delighted to be working with them! Home Instead offer a wide range of non-medical care in Lewes, Uckfield and the...