Charities

Visually Impaired Bowls England is the recognised authority on Lawn Bowls for the Visually Impaired in England, working in partnership with Bowls England and the English Indoor Bowling Association Ltd. VIBE offers support and advice to individuals and bowls clubs in order to promote the participation and inclusion of players with a visual impairment. We organise national competitions and select England teams for UK VIB Internationals, Friendly VI Internationals and IBBA World Blind Bowls Championships.  We receive no external funding whatever and are totally reliant on what we can raise through our own endeavours. VIBE is run entirely by volunteers and all our Members self-fund their participation - even at International level - but, as a charitable organisation, we seek to subsidise members' costs within our financial constraints. Potential sponsors and/or donors are invited to contact us by telephone, email or via the enquiry form on our website: www.vibowlsengland.co.uk.

Campaigning against animal cruelty, doing undercover investigations at factory farms and informing the public of our findings. Promoting the vegan diet.

VSO promotes volunteering to fight global poverty and disadvantage. We bring people together to share skills, creativity and learning to build a fairer world.

Our Mission is Simple: Our mission is to inspire more people to volunteer so they can enhance their lives, the lives of others and build resilient communities. Our Values: Everyone has the right to offer their time to volunteer. Every volunteer has the right to have a great volunteering experience. Volunteering is always a matter of free choice. Volunteers must never be a direct replacement for paid workers. True volunteering is for the benefit of the social community, the individual and Volunteer Involving Organisations. We believe that involving volunteers enhances organisations. Our Strategic Outcomes (What We Aim to Do to Meet Our Mission) We inspire and enable people to volunteer. We ensure that every volunteer involving organisation is able to offer an excellent volunteering experience. Using our expert knowledge we inform, educate and inspire our leaders on the benefits of volunteering for Edinburgh and its citizens. We inspire the development of volunteering opportunities which bring benefit to the community and enhance social capital. As an agency we are effective, well governed and managed and a great place to work or volunteer. Volunteer Centre Edinburgh is a Company Limited by Guarantee and is Registered in Scotland No. SC202631 and a Registered Scottish Charity SCO29681. Our Quality Standards: Investors in Volunteers We are currently Investors in Volunteers accredited. European Framework for Quality Management We are currently EFQM members.

The sanctuary rescues and provides a home for many types of unwanted animals, especially primates, such as chimpanzees, gibbons, baboons, spider monkeys, vervets, capuchins, tamarins, macaques and marmosets. Although we specialise in the care and protection of primates we cannot stand by and see other animals in need of help. You will therefore find meerkats, lemurs, serval cats, wolf dogs, horses, donkeys, red foxes, pigs, african grey parrots, highland cows and others at our sanctuary. All are equally important members of our extended family. We are open to the public 7 days per week.