The Volunteering Strategy for the Special Olympics in July 09 was launched on Monday at Voluntary Action Leicester. The Games taking place in Leicester for the second time will require over 1,500 volunteers and the 6 day event will see competitors from all across Great Britain converge on the City to take part in a variety [...] [...more]
Home Start Volunteering Week event Thursday 5th June 2008 The Peepul Centre, Orchardson Avenue, Leicester LE4 6DP Morning Session (in the training room) 10.00am - 1.00pm Volunteering opportunities in Leicester Benefits of volunteering Recognition of volunteers Afternoon (drop in to the Atrium) 1.00pm - 3.30pm Family fun Story corner Play activities Stalls and Displays Organisations: Home-Start VAL PLA nextstep Cossington Library Belgrave Sure-Start Children’s Centre BME Community Development Project FREE PLA Creative Activity BagsFor more information, or to [...] [...more]
Please find below a detailed listing of events taking place across Leicester & Leicestershire during Volunteers’ Week next week: Volunteers’ Week 2008 - Leicestershire Events Sunday 1st June Monday 2nd June Volunteers of the Future Conference, Coalville Special Olympics 2009 Volunteering Strategy Launch, Leicester Tuesday 3rd June Wednesday 4th June Strawberry Cream Tea, Huncote Be Great – Volunteer, Leicester Celebrating Volunteering Event, Hinckley Thursday [...] [...more]
There is an exciting new volunteering project called ‘Breaking down Barriers’. There are 100s of Volunteering opportunities already available, or we can try and help find one that could be just right for you within your own community. Volunteering is great stepping stone, especially if your thinking of getting back into employment would like more training or [...] [...more]
The Special Olympics 2009 Volunteering Strategy will be launched with an event at Voluntary Action Leicester’s City Centre building on Monday 2nd June 2008 - at the beginning of National Volunteers’ Week. An application form for potential volunteers will also be available to download from this website. The aim of the volunteering strategy is to support [...] [...more]
Volunteers’ Week (1-7 June) is the UK’s annual celebration of the work volunteers do. During the Week events are held across the country to recognise, reward and recruit volunteers. Click here for website: Volunteers’ Week 2008 [...more]
A new £75m scheme which aims to get half a million young people more involved in their communities could help to counter the “hoodie” stereotype, a charity said today. The youth volunteering charity v says its Government-funded vinvolved programme which starts today will help thousands of 16 to 25-year-olds to make a difference in their communities [...] [...more]
Citizens Eye has created several ‘Posts’ covering Volunteering in Leicestershire. This has involved promoting the Volunteer Centres Network and also training for Volunteer Managers. We asked Kerrie Fletcher, the Networks Co-ordinator for a few statistics to give people an idea of just how many people are involved in the Volunteer sector throughout the city and county: 3298 new [...] [...more]
