Voluntary Action Maidstone is now offering voluntary and community groups a Criminal Records Bureau umbrella service.

You may know that the Criminal Records Bureau does not accept applications from organisations unless they are a “Registered Body” and submit at least 100 applications within any 12 month period within the last 18 months.  Some local voluntary and community groups are able to use their own regional or national structures to access checks, but many more local groups are not able to do that.  These groups must access CRB checks through an umbrella body such as MVB.

VAM charges an administration fee for each check we coordinate (this applies to both paid staff and volunteer staff).  The current CRB charges are: volunteer checks - free of charge, standard paid staff checks - £31 and enhanced paid staff checks - £36.

Total costs for coordinated checks for 2008/2009 are therefore:

volunteer check - £12

standard paid staff check - £46

enhanced paid staff check - £51

We see each applicant for a short face to face meeting where we check the form has been completed properly and check and record ID.

For more information about Voluntary Action Maidstone's CRB umbrella service, contact Caroline Newbury.

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