Volunteering with community support organisations

Archived Material

This is archived material of past shows. Please check the organisations' websites for the latest news. Also check our front page for the latest programmes.

Here are podcasts (downloadable and listen anytime audio recordings) or community support organisations

Community Transport for Portsmouth and Age Concern

We had Craig Beetlestone on the show, Manager of Community Transport for Portsmouth. Joining him was Samantha James, Age Concern's volunteer events coordinator.

Listen to the show using the links below. Click to listen now, or right-click and save to download for later. You could even drop it into iTunes and listen on your iPod...wow!

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Debate on local poverty

The debate included a panel of speakers who each spoke for 5 minutes how they think poverty should be tackled, followed by questions put to them from the audience.

The five speeches, recorded in order:

• Listen to the introduction to the debate, including Reverend Bob White, Vicar of St Marys, Fratton & Chair of Churches Homeless Action. Or download
• Listen to the speech of Lord Matthew Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay, Liberal Democrat Spokesperson in the Lords on Treasury and Work & Pensions. Or download
• Listen to the speech of David Willetts Conservative MP for Havant, also Shadow Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities & Skills. Or download
• Listen to the speech of Carole Damper, Manager of the Roberts Centre, a local organisation that helps disadvantaged young families. Or download
• Listen to the speech of Sarah McCarthy Fry Labour MP Portsmouth North, Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Chief Whip. Or download
• Listen to the speech of David Carpenter, Principal Lecturer in Social & Political Philosophy - Portsmouth University. Or download

Over to the audience:

• Listen to Bob White open the debate to questions from the floor. Or download
• Listen to a question from the audience on child poverty - and the panel responses. Or download
• Listen to a question from the audience on fuel poverty - and the panel responses. Or download
• Listen to a question from the audience on defending the difference in equality - and the panel responses. Or download
• Listen to a question from the audienceon how there should be a single organisation to tackle poverty - and the panel responses. Or download
• Listen to a point from the audience on literacy, numeracy and how people should be supported at every stage before they start work. Or download
• Listen to the summing up of the debate by Bob White. Or download

The Debate in pictures...

We need to provide training opportunities…. high grade vocational training. Especially for young men’ - David Willetts MP Havant, Conservative

Can you, as individuals, defend the difference between where you are - and I would suggest we have a relatively affluent group here -and where the poor in this city are?’ - David Carpenter, Lecturer, Portsmouth University

"It is vital that the basic state pension starts being moved up substantially" - Lord Oakeshott

I don’t want to work in a city where everyone who gets the good jobs comes from outside…. I want people in Portsmouth to be trained and encouraged to compete for those jobs’ - Carole Damper, Roberts Centre, Portsmouth

‘Children’s Centres, Sure Start, .. are all great but we haven’t got enough and we’re going to have another generation before we see the benefit of it.’ - Sarah McCarthy Fry

Bob White, summed up with a challenge for all : ‘We need to go on having the debate but we also need to go on doing something about it… There are lots of ways and all of us can do something. If you have listened to the debate and it’s triggered a thought in your head, then commit yourself today to doing something about it.’

New Carer Centre

Clare Rachwal and Stewart Graham from Portsmouth City Council were on the Volunteering Show on Wednesday 18 September talking about the Health Improvement Development Centre and the brand new carers centre.

• Hear about the new carer centre and what being a carer means.. Or download
• Hear about the services that the carer centre offers.. Or download
• Hear about about the future challenges and ambitions at the new carer centre.. Or download
• Hear about the volunteering opportunities at the Health Improvement Development Service.. Or download
• Summing up about the new carer centre and Health Improvement Development Service.. Or download

Portsmouth Citizen Advice Bureau

Portsmouth Citizen Advice Bureau aims to ensure that:

• individuals do not suffer through lack of knowledge of their rights and responsibilities or of the services available to them, or through an inability to express their needs effectively.
• And equally; to exercise a responsible influence on the development of social policies and services, both locally and nationally.

CAB is an independent service providing free, confidential and impartial advice to everybody regardless of race, gender, sexuality, age, nationality, disability or religion.

Portsmouth Citzen's Advice Bureau

Listen to Dawn Lemmon of Portsmouth Citzen's Advice Bureau. Or download.

Visit portsmouthcab.org.uk - the Portsmouth District Citizen's Advice Bureaux website

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