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About the Opportunities for Volunteering Scheme
The Opportunities for Volunteering Scheme is funded by the Department of Health (Budget for 2007/2008: £6.9million). Now in its 25th year the scheme annually funds approximately 300 local projects across England.
OfV is a partnership between the voluntary sector and central government. The scheme is managed on behalf of the DoH by sixteen National Agents, each of them major voluntary sector organisations, of which UK Council on Deafness is one. The agents assess applications, award grants from a Department of Health fund and then monitor the funded projects.
The aims of the scheme are to effect real, good-value health outcomes in local communities; to improve and increase opportunities for volunteering in health and social care areas, with a focus on involving unemployed people; and to foster links between voluntary projects and statutory and mainstream services.
The Application Process
Opportunities for Volunteering 2009-10
Application packs for the Department of Health's Opportunities for Volunteering grants are now available.
Please email Roger Hewitt, the UKCoD Projects Manager, for an application pack.
The closing date for submission of the First Step application is 28th
November 2008.
After scrutineering, you will be required to complete the full Department of
Health Application Form. The closing date for this is 31st December 2008.
Successful projects must be able to demonstrate how they contribute to the Department of Health’s Strategic Objectives of:
Better health and well-being for all
Helping people to stay healthy and well, empowering them to live
independently, and tackling health inequalities
Better care for all
The best possible health and social care, offering safe and effective care,
when and where people need help, and empowering people in their choices
Better value for all
Delivering affordable, efficient and sustainable services, contributing to
the wider economy and the nation.
DoH Application Guidelines
Application Guidelines are available on the Department of Health website at http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Aboutus/HowDHworks/DHrecruitment/DH_4123259
They are also available to download by clicking on the link below:
Contact the Opportunities for Volunteering Grants Officer
Roger Hewitt, the Projects Manager, can be contacted by email at r.hewitt@deafcouncil.org.uk
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