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 Action for Blind People recruiting and training BME volunteers |
Action for Blind People, a national charity based in Loughborough. is working on a project that will recruit and train BME volunteers from the East Midlands on eye care conditions.
Date posted: 16 August 2010
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| Biding now open for National Citizen Service pilots |
On Monday 2 August, the OCS opened a competitive tender process for organisations hoping to run pilot projects for the National Citizen Service, the volunteering programme for 16-year-olds, which will begin next year.
Date posted: 03 August 2010
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| Department for Work and Pensions considering future of volunteer brokerage |
Fewer people have taken up placements under the volunteer brokerage scheme than the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) first thought.
Date posted: 27 July 2010
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| Nominate for the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service |
The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service is the highest award given to volunteer groups across the UK for outstanding work done in their local communities. Any group of two or more people doing volunteering work that is a social, economic or environmental service to the local community can be nominated for the award.
Date posted: 27 July 2010
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| Applications wanted to run National Citizen Service |
The government has opened the application process for charities, businesses and voluntary groups that want to run its National Citizen Service, a volunteering programme for young people.
Date posted: 23 July 2010
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| Prime Minister launches National Citizen service |
Prime Minister David Cameron has launched the government’s National Citizen Service scheme, through which charities, voluntary groups and businesses will organise summer volunteering placements for 16-year-olds. A series of pilot schemes will begin next year.
Date posted: 23 July 2010
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| Report highlights concerns over voluntary work in criminal justice |
The work of the voluntary organisations in criminal justice may be hampered by resentment from the statutory sector, according to a new study by the Third Sector Research Centre.
Date posted: 23 July 2010
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| Career information sheets produced for voluntary youth sector |
The National Council for Voluntary Youth Services (NCVYS) has produced seven career information sheets for individuals interested in paid or voluntary work connected to young people in the voluntary and community youth sector.
Date posted: 19 July 2010
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