The following are links to useful websites. If you have a specific question or query, go to our 'Frequently asked Questions' (www.scvs.org.uk/volunteeringandcitizenship/volunteering/infosupport/faqs.html) section, or alternatively, call us on: 01792 544000.

• The National Mentoring Network (www.nmn.org.uk/)

• The Scottish Befriending Network (www.befriending.co.uk/)

• The Business in the Community (www.bitc.org.uk/) (Bitc) website

• 'Prohelp' (www.prohelp.org.uk/) - Part of Business in the Community, this is a site for professionals who wish to volunteer

• The Employee Volunteering (www.volunteeringengland.info/jobs/) website - funded by the Home Offices activity community site.

• 'The Corporate Citizenship Company' (www.corporate-citizenship.com/) - Gives practical guidance on the many aspects of corporate citizenship

• Wales Council for Voluntary Action (www.wcva.org.uk/) - The comprehensive site for WCVA

• Volunteering Wales (www.volunteering-wales.net)- facilitated by WCVA, this site lists all of the volunteering opportunities available in Wales which are registered with the local Volunteer Bureaux

• The Beehive (http://beehive.thisissouthwales.co.uk/) - this is a free community site run by 'thisissouthwales' - has a facility for charities and not for profit organisations to create mini web sites free of charge

• Millennium Volunteers (www.mvonline.gov.uk/) - this is the English site for the governments Millennium Volunteers project, which gives formal recognition to the volunteering efforts of young people aged 16-24

• The Institute of Volunteering Research (www.ivr.org.uk/) - this site has lots of info on issues concerning the Voluntary Sector

• VolResource (www.volresource.org.uk/) - lots of different articles and resources about volunteering

• Volunteer Development Scotland (www.vds.org.uk/) - a great site about the voluntary sector in Scotland

• National Council for Voluntary Organisations (www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/) (NCVO) - the umbrella body for England

• World Volunteer Web (www.worldvolunteerweb.org/) - this site deals with volunteering worldwide, and is coordinated by the UN Volunteering Programme

• 'Count me in!' Calendar (www.countmeincalendar.info/) - this site, launched in September 2003, gives comprehensive and regularly updated details of charity awareness campaigns (E.G Volunteers week, etc.)

• Energize Inc (www.energizeinc.com/) - this worldwide volunteering site has an extensive reference guide for all manner of volunteering articles

• CSV (www.csv.org.uk/) - the website for Community Service Volunteers

• VSO (www.vso.org.uk/) - the website for 'Voluntary Service Overseas'