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Young Suffolk is no stranger to youth volunteering. We were responsible, up until March 2008, for managing the Millennium Volunteers (MV) programme for the past three years.

MV was a project for young people aged 16-24 that supported and accredited their volunteering. Its legacy is v: a newly formed national charity funded by the Home Office and Department for Education and Skills (DfES). And like MV, v promotes volunteering; the only difference is that the v initiative is designed by young people for young people to make volunteering a compelling choice for all 16 -25 year olds in Suffolk.

Volunteering has never featured so prominently in the minds of policy makers as it does today and v is a great opportunity for young people to be involved with their community and gain a nationally recognised award. Consequently this is a very important aspect of Young Suffolk’s overall programme.

Suffolk Education Business Partnership (SEBP) and IP1 Magazine have also secured funding.  Click here to read the full press release!

The volunteering opportunities will be available from April 2008.  To find out how you can be involved please call  Paul Martin, Youth Volunteering Development Manager t:  07899807121  or check out the young people’s portal  To find out more about v please click onto the national v website.

PS - v has lots of different inititatives, one of which is Vcashpoint, a funding initiative for young people who want to set up a voluntary project in their own communty.  By providing grants of up to £2500, vcashpoint can help young people turn their ideas voluntary projects into reality.  Click here to find out more

 

Worth checking out:It’s all about U is a new national campaign to celebrate people who volunteer every day of the year.


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One in a Million

One in a Million is the Full-Time Youth Volunteering Programme run by CSV Media.  The first cohort of Youth Volunteering Champions are now active and are undertaking volunteer placements with the Suffolk Wildlife Trust, CYDS, CSV Media, MV Lowestoft, Buttons & Bows Nursery and other placements across the county.

For more information on Full Time Volunteering contact   Paul Martin, Youth Volunteering Development Manager 

Young Suffolk Volunteer Partnership


Members of the partnership and other sponsored agencies operating within Suffolk are now invited to submit bids to the Young Suffolk Volunteer Partnership.  Please click here to see the Terms of Reference  The funding stream exists to build and develop new and innovative approaches to youth volunteering. Several key youth agencies have successfully bid into the stream, including the Haverhill Advocacy and Mentoring Service and the Suffolk Education & Business Partnership.

If a small pot of funding (up to £5,000) could be used to kickstart a youth volunteering development within your area, please contact  Paul Martin, Youth Volunteering Development Manager 

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