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Voluntary Action-Leeds
Links

Below are some links that we feel you might find informative. If you wish to find out more about the groups which use the VA-L Portal please use the link given below:-

VA-L Portal

Useful Links:-

Umbrella Organisations - Click here to jump to this section
Regional Organisations - Click here to jump to this section
Government Sites - Click here to jump to this section
Financial Procedures and Fundraising - Click here to jump to this section
Employment matters - Click here to jump to this section
Volunteering - Click here to jump to this section
Information Technology - Click here to jump to this section
Jobs in the voluntary sector - Click here to jump to this section
Training - Click here to jump to this section
Community Development - Click here to jump to this section
Disability - Click here to jump to this section
Self-help groups - Click here to jump to this section
Online street maps - Click here to jump to this section
Legal matters - Click here to jump to this section
Quality Assurance - Click here to jump to this section

Umbrella Organisations
NCVO - National Council for Voluntary Organisations - The NCVO Website
NACVS - National Association of Councils for Voluntary Service - The NACVS Website

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Regional Organisations
Yorkshire and Humberside Regional Forum - Click here to be directed to this site
Leeds City Council - Click here to be directed to this site
North West - Click here to be directed to this site
London Voluntary Sector Council - Click here to be directed to this site

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Government Sites
Charity Commission - Click here to be directed to this site
Active Community Unit - Click here to be directed to this site
Department of Trade & Industry - Click here to be directed to this site
Data Protection Commission - Click here to be directed to this site
Data Protection Register - Click here to be directed to this site
Health & Safety Executive - Click here to be directed to this site
Commission for Racial Equality - Click here to be directed to this site
Equal Opportunities Commission - Click here to be directed to this site
Disability Rights Commission - Click here to be directed to this site
Criminal Records Bureau - Click here to be directed to this site
Inland Revenue - Click here to be directed to this site
Citizens Connection - Click here to be directed to this site
Shell Better Britain Campaign - Click here to be directed to this site

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Financial Procedures and Fundraising
NB Some of these are now commercial sites
WYCAS - Click here to be directed to this site
Charities Information Bureau - Click here to be directed to this site
Funderfinder - Click here to be directed to this site
Charity Aid Foundation - Click here to be directed to this site
Give Now - Click here to be directed to this site
Community Fund - Click here to be directed to this site
Awards for All - Click here to be directed to this site
New Opportunities Fund - Click here to be directed to this site
Where lottery money is spent - Click here to be directed to this site
Fundinginformation (Subscription required) - Click here to be directed to this site
Fundraising.co.uk - Click here to be directed to this site
Association of Charitable Foundations (ACF) - Click here to be directed to this site
All about Giving - Click here to be directed to this site
South Yorkshire Funding Advice Bureau (SYFAB) - Click here to be directed to this site
Cash Online - Click here to be directed to this site
Access Funds - Click here to be directed to this site
Grants Online (Subscription required) - Click here to be directed to this site
ESF News - Click here to be directed to this site
Learning & Skills Council - Click here to be directed to this site
Fundersonline - Click here to be directed to this site
Business in the Community - Click here to be directed to this site
Community Action Network - Click here to be directed to this site
BCConnections - Click here to be directed to this site

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Employment matters
ACAS - Click here to be directed to this site
DTI - Click here to be directed to this site
Tiger - Click here to be directed to this site

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Volunteering
Timebank - Click here to be directed to this site
Do It - Click here to be directed to this site
National Centre for Volunteering - Click here to be directed to this site
National Association of Volunteer Bureaux - Click here to be directed to this site
The Experience Corps - Click here to be directed to this site

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Information Technology
LASA - Click here to be directed to this site
IT for Charities - Click here to be directed to this site
MS Community Affairs - Click here to be directed to this site
Techsoup - Click here to be directed to this site

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Jobs in the voluntary sector
Society Guardian - Click here to be directed to this site
One World - Click here to be directed to this site
Charity Job - Click here to be directed to this site
Charity People - Click here to be directed to this site
CAF - Click here to be directed to this site
Volresource - Click here to be directed to this site
Charity Times - Click here to be directed to this site
Leeds Network - Click here to be directed to this site

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Training
Community Work Training Company - Click here to be directed to this site

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Community Development
Adept - Click here to be directed to this site
Bassac (British Association of Settlements and Social Action Centres)

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Disability

Local
Leeds Centre for Integrated living - Click here to be directed to this site
Leeds Community Information - Click here to be directed to this site
University of Leeds, Centre for Disability Studies - Click here to be directed to this site

Regional
Disability North (based Newcastle-upon-Tyne) - Click here to be directed to this site
Yorkshire Disability Network - Click here to be directed to this site

National (by no means an exhaustive list!!)
British Council of Disabled People - Click here to be directed to this site
British Deaf Association - Click here to be directed to this site
D.I.A.L. UK - Click here to be directed to this site
Deafblind UK - Click here to be directed to this site
Disability Law Service - Click here to be directed to this site
Disabled Living Centres Council - Click here to be directed to this site
Disabled Living Foundation - Click here to be directed to this site
Disabled Parents Network - Click here to be directed to this site
Disabled People's Direct Action Network (DAN) - Click here to be directed to this site
English Sports Association for People with Learning Disability - Click here to be directed to this site
Government disability website - Click here to be directed to this site
National Centre for Integrated Living - Click here to be directed to this site
RADAR (has extensive links to other websites, including impairment specific)
Ricability - Click here to be directed to this site
RNIB - Click here to be directed to this site
RNID - Click here to be directed to this site

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Self-help Groups
Self-help Nottingham - Click here to be directed to this site
Self-help - Click here to be directed to this site
Patient UK - Click here to be directed to this site

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Online Street Maps
Multimap - Click here to be directed to this site
Streetmap - Click here to be directed to this site

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Legal Matters
Sandy Adirondack - Click here to be directed to this site
Delia Venables - Click here to be directed to this site

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Quality Assurance
PQASSO - Click here to be directed to this site
Best Value - Click here to be directed to this site
Investors in People - Click here to be directed to this site
Business Excellence Model - Click here to be directed to this site

If you have any further queries or if you would like your organisation to be linked to ours please contact us.

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