New Resource for Volunteers and Charities Launched on GuideStar UK

Howard Lake | 26 June 2007 | Newswire

GuideStar UK is pleased to announce that it has developed an exciting new resource for charities to advertise volunteering vacancies. Volunteers now have the chance to search the site for opportunities by both topic and location. This fantastic new feature means that all 168,000 charities can list, and be searched for, volunteering vacancies.
This new innovation will be free for both charities and the general public.
• Volunteers can search for opportunities at our ‘Advanced Search’ function.
• Charities can add their volunteer advertisements through the ‘Update my Charity’ option.
For an example of a charity using the service, see Harvest Help. Look under the ‘Organisation’ tab and under the sub-heading ‘People’.
David Brocklebank, Chief Execrative of GuideStar UK said:
This is an amazing opportunity for the charity sector – not only can charities list vacancies for free, but it also means that volunteers know where to look for information about every volunteering opportunity in England and Wales. The volunteering posts, like everything else on our site, are searchable by location and topic.”
GuideStar UK is a unique search engine of every charity in England and Wales – all 168, 000 of them. It is free for members of the public and charities and aims to promote and support the work of UK charities by creating a comprehensive and easily accessible source of information about their activities and finances.
Notes to Editors
1. GuideStar UK’s website, www.guidestar.org.uk was launched on December 12th 2005. It presents information on the activities, organisation and finances of all 168,000 registered charities in England and Wales. It is free for members of the public and charities.
2. The users of the GuideStar UK website include:
• Members of the general public looking for services, help and information provided by charities.
• Donors, grantmakers and local & central government agencies that fund charities. Representative bodies and professionals that support the work of charities.
• Charities themselves not only as a means of communication but also for benchmarking and comparative purposes.
3. The main sources of data for the GuideStar UK website are the reports and accounts that charities file at the Charity Commission. There is no additional reporting burden, but charities can supplement their own entries for free by adding links, press releases and information on their latest activities and achievements directly onto the website.
4. The content and design of the GuideStar UK website has been developed in close consultation with charities and representatives from other user constituencies including donors, grantmakers, government departments, academic researchers, media and the general public.
5.GuideStar UK is an independent charity established in March 2003 to promote and support the work of UK charities by creating a comprehensive and easily accessible source of information about their activities and finances. This information is made available free to the public through a website. It is the first venture of its kind in the UK.
6. In March 2003 GuideStar UK was awarded a grant of £2.85m over 3 years from HM Treasury’s Invest to Save Budget. The Charity Commission and the Active Communities Directorate of the Home Office were partners in GuideStar UK’s application. GuideStar UK has also benefited from the support of charities, charitable trusts and individual philanthropists.
Contact:
Jo O’Brien, GuideStar UK, Communication and User Services Manager
Telephone: 020 7240 1969
E-mail:

jo*******@gu*******.uk












Website: www.guidestar.org.uk

About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale. He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.