MEDWAY VOLUNTEER CENTRE

Registered charity 284288 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HANDS ROCHESTER VOLUNTEER BUREAU, HANDS ROCHESTER VOLUNTEER CENTRE, HANDS ROCHESTER-UPON-MEDWAY VOLUNTEER BUREAU

Undertake voluntary work in Social Services and similar charitabe activities amongst those classes in need thereof within the Areas of Chatham Rochester and Strood and Adjacent Parishes within the Borough of Medway.

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Latest income

£9k

Latest spending

£34k

Registered

1982

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

Trustees · trustee networks

ALAN JAMES STREET
Dan McDonald · trustee of 1 other charity
Joanna Brown
Nicola Odwyer- Gibbons

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Medway

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£9k	£34k
31/03/2024	£15k	£33k
31/03/2023	£35k	£39k
31/03/2022	£30k	£35k
31/03/2021	£98k	£51k

Common questions

Who funds MEDWAY VOLUNTEER CENTRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name MEDWAY VOLUNTEER CENTRE as a grant recipient include THE PHILIP AND CONNIE PHILLIPS FOUNDATION, THE MCCARTHY & STONE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST, THE DULVERTON TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE PHILIP AND CONNIE PHILLIPS FOUNDATION	FY2023	£5k
THE MCCARTHY & STONE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2022	£5k	Core Costs – Befriending Programme
THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST	FY2023	£5k	Smaller Grants
THE DULVERTON TRUST	FY2023	£5k	Project delivery costs - co-ordinator.
THE DULVERTON TRUST	FY2023	£5k	Schools/youth programme work.
THE PHILIP AND CONNIE PHILLIPS FOUNDATION	FY2022	£5k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	15/04/2025	£18k	To fund a Transport Co-ordinator
UK government	04/09/2020	£48k	Coronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund	07/05/2020	£10k	recruiting more volunteers during the Coronavirus pandemic
The National Lottery Community Fund	13/06/2019	£10k	Expansion of Befriending Project
The National Lottery Community Fund	01/03/2017	£10k	Cemetery Angels
The National Lottery Community Fund	02/12/2015	£9k	New Workshops in befriending and associated skills for the elderly
The National Lottery Community Fund	17/09/2014	£10k	Garden Angels
The National Lottery Community Fund	26/03/2013	£7k	New Specific workshops for training Volunteers
The National Lottery Community Fund	09/06/2011	£9k	Supported Volunteering