Crickhowell Volunteer Bureau was founded in 1992 and is a registered charity ( Number 1017496).

We currently have 9 trustees, 3 paid members of staff, and over 200 active volunteers.

We have developed strong links with other local charities and organisations including:-

Dementia Friendly Crickhowell - Cancer Research Wales (Crickhowell Branch) - Crickhowell Rotary Club - The Clarence Hall Crickhowell - Local churches - schools - Police, Town Councils - Crickhowell Health Centre - Crickhowell Resource & Information Centre - PAVO ( Powys association of volunteer organisations) - GAVO ( Gwent Association of Voluntary organisations) - The National Lottery - Post code Lottery - Green Man Festival - Welsh Ambulance Service - Powys County Council - Local small businesses

What we do within the community:-

We successfully run the Community Car Scheme to provide patient transport to and from hospitals. Over 1,000 medical journeys were completed in the last financial year.

• We ran over 500 social groups last year, and offer 1:1 befriending.

We offer a prescription delivery service - where over 650 were delivered last year.

We manage the Duke of Edinburgh , ‘Going for Gold’, scheme in the area. Last year we organised 15 expeditions for 120 participants.

We manage 15 Defibrillators in the locality.

We are active participants in the Crickhowell Rotary Club annual duck race and organise a number of stalls for the event.

We recruit volunteers for inhouse and external projects. Over 120 new volunteers were recruited last year.

We manage the Santa appeal in Crickhowell enabling Christmas gifts to be delivered to children under the Powys Children’s services umbrella.

We organise Santa’s Christmas Grotto event at The Clarence Hall, Crickhowell.

We organise a Christmas Hamper Appeal providing 65 hampers for the benefit of the elderly, vulnerable and lonely.

We organise events marshalling including 20 volunteers for drive in flu clinics.

We provide a “ Box Office” service selling tickets for various events at The Clarence Hall.