The Information Centre has been designed to help you get the most out of free professional services - whether you are a community group, a broker or a professional offering your skills.
As well as documents which explain what different professions do, what a broker is and how best to make use of free professional services, we've included some 'how to' good practice guides which we think will be of help. There are plenty of links in the documents to guide you to some of the other excellent information resources available.
To help you find your way around, we have grouped the information into three main categories, simply go to the one most relevant to you:
Information for voluntary and community organisations This section includes information which will help you make best use of this site as well as a number of guides on topics including how to develop a marketing plan, apply for grant funding, writing good proposals and many more. Information for brokers of free professional services We have highlighted a number of documents and information resources that you will find helpful if you are a broker of free professional services. Information for professionals If you are a professional firm or an individual professional who is interested in providing free professional service to voluntary and community groups, then visit this section for guides and information relevant to you.
Remember that this site is all about free professional services for voluntary and community groups, and is not designed as a general resource on volunteering.
Documents in the Information Centre are in Adobe PDF (‘Portable Document Format’) – a popular system which makes sure that they look as they should both on-screen and when printed out.
