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V: MPs rise to vchallenge at Parliamentary reception

MPs and young people will be celebrating the success of a volunteering challenge with a parliamentary reception in the House of Commons on 21st October hosted by Dawn Butler MP, Chair of the All-Party Group on Youth Affairs.

V: Value volunteering to untap hidden talents of nation’s youth, says report

Employers and educational institutions are being urged to promote volunteering as a way for young people develop skills in a report published today (September 10) by v the youth volunteering organisation.

V challenges MPs to volunteer alongside 16-25s this summer

The door has been opened for MPs across the country to see for themselves how young volunteers in their constituencies are making a difference to their communities.

V announces new match funding scheme

v, the volunteering organisation, has re-shaped its Match Fund to attract new project ideas from the third sector and private funders.

V: 16-25 year olds offered cash to help their community

To celebrate Volunteers’ Week (June 1-7) v – the youth volunteering organisation – is offering grants of up to £2,500.

V: Young people are driving force behind v

v, the youth volunteering organisation, has recruited its new youth advisory board, v20.

V: Business leaders join debate on volunteering and the skills gap

Chris Humphries, Chief Executive of the Commission on Employment and Skills and leading businessman Rod Aldridge will be speaking at a debate on volunteering and the skills gap to be chaired by Guardian Society Editor Patrick Butler on Tuesday 20 May at London's Institute of Contemporary Arts.

V: vinvolved, England’s biggest every youth action scheme, starts today

Young people from every corner of England are being invited to transform their communities through vinvolved, England’s biggest ever youth action scheme.

V: Introducing the v awards

v is introducing the v Awards, a new recognition scheme for young people on v funded projects.

V: Top bands to headline vinvolved launch gig

Hot new band The Enemy swapped guitars for garden tools to mark the launch of England’s biggest ever youth action scheme: vinvolved. They joined vinvolved project Trees for Cities to plant trees in a housing estate in London.

V: Olympian urges young people to become sports volunteers

Olympic Gold Medallist Darren Campbell has joined young people from Emerson Park School to launch the Sky Living For Sport Youth Volunteering Project.

V: Minister praises Second Wave project

A pioneering arts project funded by v has been praised by Government Minister Phil Hope for building trust between the police and young people in South East London.



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Latest Press Releases

V: MPs rise to vchallenge at Parliamentary reception

MPs and young people will be celebrating the success of a volunteering challenge with a parliamentary reception in the House of Commons on 21st October hosted by Dawn Butler MP, Chair of the All-Party Group on Youth Affairs.

V: Value volunteering to untap hidden talents of nation’s youth, says report

Employers and educational institutions are being urged to promote volunteering as a way for young people develop skills in a report published today (September 10) by v the youth volunteering organisation.

V challenges MPs to volunteer alongside 16-25s this summer

The door has been opened for MPs across the country to see for themselves how young volunteers in their constituencies are making a difference to their communities.

V announces new match funding scheme

v, the volunteering organisation, has re-shaped its Match Fund to attract new project ideas from the third sector and private funders.