News
21 February 2012
Project Manager Natalie has helped Connor, who is registered blind, find a suitable volunteer placement with Bury Society for the Blind and Partially Sighted People. Eager to use his own experiences to help others, Connor, shown here with Volunteer Coordinator Jane Deakin after completing the volunteer training with the Society,...
17 February 2012
Mary had a very festive Christmas Holiday volunteering with The Children’s Foundation Gift Wrapping in Eldon Square as well at the Cyrenian’s Charity Shop. Mary, who met Roz Middleton, VPM for the North East, at the Newcastle Employability Skills short course at Newcastle College, has now managed to complete over...
14 February 2012
‘WWV’s Project Manager Laura (left) and Chris Dolby (right), Education Officer at Barnsley FC pose with five new recruits for this summer’s NCS programme. The students, from Kingstone High School in Barnsley, will join other 16 year olds for two weeks of outward bound and team-building activities, and then tackle...
02 February 2012
Scotland Project Manager Sue Munday helped Wallace Hall Academy student Charlotte Clark teach English in Spain this past summer. Read about Charlotte’s experiences.
'Following the talk at my school from WWV, I was inspired to experience some of the fantastic volunteering opportunities available myself. The Pueblo Ingles ‘teach English...
02 February 2012
A former member of a notorious London gang is building his skills and giving back as a volunteer for FC United of Manchester. As a young man, Sam* was arrested in the late 1990s having been tailed by the police for a number of years for several high profile criminal...
26 January 2012
James was supported by Sharon Hunt VPM for ex-offenders and volunteered his time for Crisis at Christmas in Stratford, East London this holiday season. Despite being long-term unemployed prior to working with Sharon, James got the opportunity to expand his communication and people skills by carrying out a variety of roles at...
24 January 2012
VPM Jess North is lending a hand to widen community action for Year 10 and 11 students at Colston’s Girls’ School in Bristol. The school, which already has a vested interest in helping local charities, will be assisted in creating student-led initiatives within school and in the wider community. Jess...
18 January 2012
Laura graduated in International Development in 2006, and has since worked with young people in a variety of roles, helping them develop confidence and achieve their potential. Laura is looking forward to helping 16 year olds access the new experiences and confidence that the NCS programme will bring.
Laura...
18 January 2012
Hannah, who over the years has worked with various charities such as Amnesty International, Oxfam and the British Red Cross, is keen to get started; ‘NCS is a fun project in which young people get to spend two weeks away from home; the time away is focused on outward bound...
16 January 2012
St Wilfrid’s Student is Volunteer of the Year.
A sixth former from St Wilfrid’s School in Southgate has been named WorldWide Volunteering’s (WWV) Volunteer of the Year in the South East – by developing his bedside manner in the Stroke Rehabilitation Ward at Crawley Hospital.
Sasha Santhakumar...