Projects and Services

In addition to our core business of volunteering and voluntary sector development and support, we run projects and services.  In most cases we use volunteers to deliver welcome support.

Brackley Area Volunteer Car Service

BAVCS provides transport for those people, particularly the elderly and disadvantaged, who find it difficult to get to essential medical or social care appointments, as they do not have ready access to public or private transport.  We are entirely dependent on a team of friendly, loyal and helpful volunteer drivers who use their own vehicles to undertake these journeys.

snvb Community Larders

Established in January 2021, snvb Community Larders is a community larder network that partners with local supermarkets, businesses and food surplus providers to distribute affordable food throughout the community and reduce food waste.

We also have funding (from West Northamptonshire Council and Northants Community Foundation) to help people struggling with the rising cost of living, and a hardship fund, funded from public donations. Please get in touch confidentially if we can help.

Please come along to one of our sessions in Towcester or Roade to see what we do.

Community Connect

SNVB has been awarded funding from The National Lottery Community Fund.

Community Connect is focused on supporting people from the rural areas of West Northamptonshire to access welfare and social care help and advice.  This service also provides an opportunity to explore cheaper energy tariffs and discuss energy saving tips.

Healthy Active Ageing

This project aims to create an approach to reducing Health Inequalities that activates and utilises the capability and capacity of people and communities with the support and services of health, social care and public health organisations from all sectors where needed.  This pilot is based around Brackley and the Rural South LAP area.

The project aims support those of Northamptonshire’s Integrated Care Strategy and Older Peoples Thematic Group (OPTG)‘Optic report’ , Northamptonshire Sport  and is working with the local LAP to build a model that has relevance and value.

Rural Information Vehicle

The mobile Rural Information Vehicle is equipped with internet access, laptops, a printer, an information library, and a confidential meeting room for one-to-one appointments.

The vehicle can be hired separately by voluntary and statutory groups and organisations for their own promotion and support.