Fun Facts!
Fun Fact! In May we had drivers helping people 31 days out of 31!! Not bad for a month with 8 weekend days and 2 bank...
News Flash for Carers
Do you look after someone? Are you an unpaid Carer? Carers are people who look after someone who may have a physical or...
Volunteers’ Week
Volunteers’ Week was from the 20th to the 24th of May. It was lovely to meet the people who dropped into the office. The...
£100 donation from local author
£100 from local author: Margaret Brewster recently donated £100 to VA from the proceeds of her book “A Collection of...
You all give an amazing amount of time driving for Volunteer Action – thank you!
A couple of trips came recently to my attention: Appointment at Leicester General Hospital – picked up at 11.30am, back in...
Stat, stats, luverly stats! Look what we’ve been up to in 2018/2019:
£2,000 donation from Evergreen
The Evergreen Club (a social group for older people) wound up recently. They generously donated £2,000 to VA. Huge thanks...
Volunteers’ Week
Volunteers’ Week: As a thank you to all our volunteers, we’re having a week of tea and cake from the 20th to the 24th of...
Stronger Seniors
Stronger Seniors is an exercise program promoting Strength, Balance, Flexibility and Confidence. It is recognised worldwide...
New policies and procedures
We have a new Health & Safety Policy and a new Complaints Procedure. They are under "Useful Information" and "Policy...
The State of Ageing in 2019
We are living longer than ever before and the age profile of our society is changing rapidly. The number of people aged 65...
Busier than ever
Drives in January and February 2019 were 20% up on the same time last year (2018). Thanks to the office allocators for...
Recycling
Recycling: We have a recycling box in the office so we can turn trash to cash (sorry). Items recycled include: Jewellery –...
Anna Fernyhough donation
Anna Fernyhough has donated £100 to Volunteer Action from the sales of her book "Oundle Memories and Moments" (available...
Stats! Stats! Luverly Stats!
After years of growth in passenger journeys, overall numbers for 2018 were comparable with 2017.
Volunteering: Good for what ails you
Why volunteering is good for you: New Scientist ran an article this week ‘Happy New You, 10 Resolutions Really Worth...
2018-19 Newsletter
VA Newsletter 2018-19
Privacy notice
There's a new privacy notice in "Policy Documents" under "Useful Information" if you'd like to take a look.
Free financial advice Thursday a.m. at Oundle Library
A representative from the NatWest is offering free financial advice every Thursday morning at Oundle Library. Use it or...
Winners of the Volunteer Action 2018 Annual Quiz
The winners of the Volunteer Action 2018 Annual Quiz were: £30 First Prize - Ms M Brown, Oundle (the only entrant to get...
Answers to the Oundle Volunteer Action Grand Annual Quiz
Well done to everyone who put in an entry for the Grand Annual Quiz. Here's Liz Titheridge with the brilliant winners of...
Back to school!
The autumn term at Oundle School has started. The school drives start on the 10th of September and the 660 Club drives will...
Still working on the Bank Holiday!
Even though the office was closed on the 27th of August 2018, we still had a couple of drives. Kudos to that driver for...
Volunteer hours are like jewels . . .
Click the link to be dazzled! VolunteerHours