Certificate in Community Volunteering (CCV)
Levels 1 and 2

The current version of the CCV is being replaced by new, more flexible, QCF qualifications. The final date for registering CCV candidates was 31st August 2009. Candidates have two years to complete their CCV qualifications. The new qualifications have been accredited by Ofqual, DCELLS and CCEA at Levels 1, 2 and 3. There are introductory workshops for these new qualifications - click here for details.

Click here for information about the new Community Volunteering Qualification (CVQ), available for Levels 1-3.

Secure Area for registered centres

Once your centre is registered with ASDAN for the Certificate in Community Volunteering, you can access further information and resources via the website's Secure Area.

It contains all relevant updates, essential documents and resources, and enables you to:

  • Download resources, including guidance and checklists
  • Register your candidate names
  • Purchase materials from the online ASDAN catalogue
  • Check the list of candidates registered from your centre

There is no limit to the number of people from a centre who can register for a Secure Area password.
You can register for a password online, by clicking here to access the request form.

Certificate in Community Volunteering

There are six units at Level 1 and five units at Level 2. Volunteers need to successfully achieve four units to gain the full qualification (n.b. volunteers do not have to achieve Level 1 before proceeding to Level 2). Certification is also available for individual units.

The unit titles for Levels 1 and 2 are:

Level 1

Level 2

Preparing for your volunteer role

Preparing to volunteer

Personal skills for volunteers

Skills for self-management

Dealing with meetings as a volunteer

Dealing with meetings

Meeting your organisation's standards of good practice

Working to good practice standards

Describing needs, issues and your own voluntary work

Understanding needs, issues and responses

Working in a team as a volunteer

 

To gain the CCV, volunteers produce a portfolio of evidence, which is internally assessed and externally moderated.