16 – 25yrs? Time to spare? Interested in Media? FREE TRAINING A new and exciting opportunity for a team of young people to work together to: • Design a Vinvolved volunteering website • Report on Vinvolved projects & events • Provide news coverage via a citizen blog • Upload pictures and [...] [...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]
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]
We all provide the same volunteering services within the areas that we serve and we work together to promote volunteering across the whole of LeicesterShire. Our services include: Helping people who are thinking about volunteering to find a voluntary role that meets their needs, interests, skills and available times. Supporting individuals during their voluntary activity. Providing volunteers [...] [...more]
In late 2002 the County Council, with support from the Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland Strategic Health Authority, formed Leicestershire’s Voice, the Council’s first Citizens Panel. The panel is a valuable resource for the Council as an organisation. It is a representative selection of people who volunteer to fill in surveys and give the Council their [...] [...more]
Futures Unlocked Community Chaplaincy is a charity which aims to support ex-prisoners through the prison gates and successfully back into the community of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, thus breaking the cycle of offending and reducing crime. Do you want to reduce crime in your community? Do you feel you can offer help to someone who wants to [...] [...more]
Countdown to the 2009 Special Olympics GB Summer Games has begun. Host city Leicester has announced that the games will take place from July 25th to 31st. More than 4,000 people will head to the city to be part of the games, which are set to feature around 21 sports in a wide range of sporting [...] [...more]
Developed with Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) parents around the issues of education, health and crime, organisations can use this resource to develop their own parenting programme. The pack includes: Course guide, Board game and free set of 10 ‘black facts’ posters and playing cards. For more information contact Tara on 0116 2046225 or parenting@leicesterymca.co.uk. [...more]
Citizens Eye attended the Citizens Speak event organised today by Leicester, City of Sanctuary. While I was there someone handed me a new publication called ‘Hidden Voices’, that I thoroughly recommend to everyone who seeks an insight to the world of the asylum seeker and refugee. The ‘Hidden Voices’ publication endeavours to record the development of [...] [...more]
