Refugee Week is a UK-wide festival celebrating the contributions, creativity and resilience of refugees and people seeking sanctuary.
Through a programme of arts, cultural, sports and educational events alongside media and creative campaigns, Refugee Week enables people from different backgrounds to connect beyond labels, as well as encouraging understanding of why people are displaced, and the challenges they face when seeking safety. Read more…
It’s an exciting time in our office as we welcome Mustafa into our team as a new volunteer Administrator. Mustafa went through the process of registering online, selecting his attributes, discussing his interests with our Manager Nicola and was quickly place once his DBS check had been received.
He wanted to donate his time and energy to our one of our projects which we greatly appreciated, and we are excited to have him on board. Read more…
This month, we said goodbye to Julie one of the office volunteer working on the Community Car Scheme Project. For a little over a year, Julie worked in a team of 5 volunteer administrators helping to book car scheme journeys for our customers who find is difficult to use public transport due to medical needs. Read more…
Eve has been an integral part of our community. With us at the Welwyn Hatfield CVS, her journey as a volunteer began back in the early 2000s on the “Cards for Good Causes” project. This initiative offered the community the option to support charities by purchasing their Christmas cards which raised funds for worthy causes. Eve’s warm personality shone through as she engaged in deep conversations with our customers, always checked in on everyone’s well-being and offering advice whenever she could. Eve has a calming demeanour which is a quality our customers often commented on. Read more…
The Welwyn Hatfield CSV and the Volunteer Centre Welwyn Hatfield have a busy week ahead and will be joining thousands of charities and voluntary organisations in recognising the contribution volunteers make across the UK. We will be pushing volunteering into the spotlight so that, that yellow heart of compassion and giving back shines brighter than ever. Read more…
NCVO’s Small Charity Week amplifies, supports and connects small charities right across the UK.
Small Charity Week celebrates and raises awareness of the essential work of the UK’s small charity sector, which makes an invaluable contribution to the lives of millions of individuals, communities, and causes across the UK and the rest of the world.
Welhatcycling are exchanging their wheels for litter picks and getting to grips with the annual clean-up of the Alban Way.
You can join them too on Tuesday 5th March at 1:30 pm on the North side of the underpass
