A UK nonprofit is appealing to students to volunteer for a year of service. While participants gain valuable real-world insights by assisting crucial social projects, evidence shows they also improve their future job prospects.  Read article

Kent, UK: Charitable folk can now donate both their money and time to good causes at online donation fundraising service GiveNow.  Read article

London: Black people who want to volunteer are being overlooked because volunteer organizations fail to reach out to black and ethnic minority communities in the UK, says a research published today in the national paper The Guardian.  Read article

Civil society groups lobby UN summits to include “the language of volunteering” in their formal action plans. Admirable effort, says Bill Gunyon of OneWorld.net, but he calls for the volunteer sector to be vigilant. Is there a danger that the meaning of volunteering is losing connection with its grassroots origin?  Read article

London: The Peace Brigades International (PBI), a UK-based non-governmental organization working to promote non-violence, is looking for human rights observers for their programmes overseas.  Read article

North Lanarkshire, Scotland: The Volunteer Centre North Lanarkshire is the first volunteer organization in Scotland to offer PC Passport, the newest national computing qualification, to unemployed volunteers.  Read article

London: UK’s Home Secretary David Blunkett recently launched a "Community Newswire" to help volunteer and community groups publicize their activities to the regional press, according to the national daily The Guardian.  Read article

Stirling, Scotland: Volunteering a few hours of your time, lending a hand and improving the plight of starving people in the developing world, may seem like a good idea.  Read article

Oxford: Earthwatch, an international environmental non-profit organization, is appealing to the public to mark UK's Volunteers' Week by signing up for a life changing experience on one of its field research projects in 50 countries.  Read article

London: UK’s leading non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have bashed the government’s new volunteer bill, saying it "contradicts the government's commitment to volunteering and strengthening the role of the voluntary sector".  Read article