Voluntary Action Leicester is to host the Leicester Volunteering Convention on Wednesday 9th July from 3.30pm – 8pm. The event will include a range of workshops and a talk by specialist speaker Simon Richards on “The National Profile of Volunteering”. Please download the application form to register your place. [...more]
Volunteers required for RaW’s Family Storytelling Festival Saturday 5th & Sunday 6th July 2008 at The Abbey Park, Leicester Project Summary BBC RaW is the BBC’s biggest adult literacy campaign. It aims to reach the 12 million adults in the UK who struggle with reading and writing. We offer a range of extensive FREE resources and a website, all [...] [...more]
Dimple Patel, the CSV Action Producer at BBC Leicester said: “We are looking for an incredible young person aged 16 – 25, to volunteer full-time from July for up to a year, to lead the Agents 4 Change youth volunteering project.” This is a fantastic opportunity to develop skills, achieve things and use the media to [...] [...more]
do-it.org.uk was launched in 2001 with the first, and still the only, national database of volunteering opportunities in the UK. do-it.org.uk is part of the registered charity YouthNet, a non-profit-making organisation. They do not charge people to use the database as they believe that volunteering should be free to the user and so make a small charge [...] [...more]
Would you raise a cuppa for carers? We want to build on last year’s fund-raising event to create an even bigger stir for carers in Leicestershire by getting as many people as possible to donate the cost of a cup of tea or coffee to CLASP. We will launch the week of Carers Cuppa events at [...] [...more]
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]
Futures Unlocked, the Community Chaplaincy project is looking for volunteers to help it make a difference to the lives of the inmates trying to start a new life when they get out of prison. Take time to look at the recently launched website and see if you are the person that can really make the [...] [...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]
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]
