We hope you have been able to find out more about Voluntary Action-Leeds and the voluntary and community sector in Leeds from our website. If you would like any more information you may find the links below helpful. To find out more about groups who use the VA-L portal - click here.

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

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

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Regional Organisations
Yorkshire and Humberside Regional Forum
Leeds City Council
North West
London Voluntary Sector Council

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

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Financial Procedures and Fundraising
NB Some of these are now commercial sites
Funds in Leeds
WYCAS
Fit4Funding
Funderfinder
Charity Aid Foundation
Give Now
Community Fund
Awards for All
New Opportunities Fund
Where lottery money is spent

Fundinginformation (Subscription required)
Fundraising.co.uk
Association of Charitable Foundations (ACF)
All about Giving
South Yorkshire Funding Advice Bureau (SYFAB)
Cash Online
Access Funds
Grants Online (Subscription required)
ESF News
Learning & Skills Council
Fundersonline
Business in the Community
Community Action Network
BCConnections
BT Community Connections

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Employment matters
ACAS
DTI
Tiger

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Volunteering
Timebank
Do It
National Centre for Volunteering
National Association of Volunteer Bureaux
The Experience Corps

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Information Technology
LASA
IT for Charities
MS Community Affairs
Techsoup

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Jobs in the voluntary sector
Society Guardian
One World
Charity Job
Charity People
CAF
Volresource
Charity Times
Leeds Network

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Training
Community Work Training Company

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Community Development
Adept
Bassac (British Association of Settlements and Social Action Centres)

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Disability

Local
Leeds Centre for Integrated living
Leeds Community Information
University of Leeds, Centre for Disability Studies

Regional
Disability North (based Newcastle-upon-Tyne)
Yorkshire Disability Network

National (by no means an exhaustive list!!)
British Council of Disabled People
British Deaf Association
D.I.A.L. UK
Deafblind UK
Disability Law Service
Disabled Living Centres Council
Disabled Living Foundation
Disabled Parents Network
Disabled People's Direct Action Network (DAN)
English Sports Association for People with Learning Disability

Government disability website
National Centre for Integrated Living
RADAR (has extensive links to other websites, including impairment specific)
Ricability
RNIB
RNID

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Self-help Groups
Self-help Nottingham
Self-help
Patient UK

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Online Street Maps
Multimap
Streetmap

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Legal Matters
Sandy Adirondack
Delia Venables

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Quality Assurance
PQASSO
Best Value
Investors in People
Business Excellence Model

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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