vinvolved
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.
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