Track record

In the short 5 years we’ve been around, we’ve helped and inspired a new generation of young volunteers to some amazing achievements by:

• delivering over one million volunteering opportunities for 14-25 year olds across England.

• enabling over 800 young people to create their very own projects to make their world a better place.

• recruiting over 130,000 members to http://vinspired.com/ - our very own volunteering hub, which gets 90,000 visits every month.

• working with over 200 corporate partners and persuading the likes of Nike, Tesco and ITV to invest over £50 million in youth volunteering and social action.

match funding our corporate partners’ investment, meaning well over £100 million raised for youth volunteering.

• reaching marginalised and disadvantaged groups. We’ve helped a total of 25,500 homeless young people, 25,000 people who’ve been in the care system, 31,850 young people who are lone parents, 331,240 young people on low income and 44,950 young people who’ve offended to volunteer.

• creating a national community of young volunteers through our full-time volunteering programme.

• launching a suite of volunteering apps to bring volunteering closer to young people.
 

Press Releases

Terry Ryall: When traditional education fails, we must start to look at what other sectors can offer

Terry Ryall from v inspired comments on Nick Clegg's plans to reward charities and businesses for getting unemployed young people into work or training.

David Miliband MP supports Team V food poverty campaign

Young volunteers tackle food poverty in communities across the country

v: New national volunteering programme gives young leaders a chance to shine

Applications are open for a new volunteering scheme that will place young people at the forefront of social change in their communities.

v: Leading CEOs offer government help in wake of riots

The CEOs of Volunteering England , BTCV, CSV and v have written to the Prime Minister offering help in the wake of the riots in London and other cities throughout England.

v: Lets not allow the riots to overshadow the positive contribution of young people

Terry Ryall, chief executive of v: The criminal behaviour we have witnessed this week has been shocking and incredibly worrying. However, we must resist the temptation to make snap judgements about the whys and wherefores of the riots.

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