Edinburgh: Scotland’s First Minister Jack McConnel has announced his government’s plan to create "Project Scotland", an organization supporting youngsters to engage in volunteering in local communities.  Read article

London: Student Action India (SAI) is looking for volunteers for their "Development in Action" project.  Read article

London: England-based volunteer-involving organizations, the National Centre for Volunteering, Volunteering Development and the Consortium on Opportunities for Volunteering have recently merged under one agency, Volunteering England.  Read article

Lanarkshire: Volunteer Centre North Lanarkshire in Scotland is accepting nominations for its Annual Celebration of Volunteering Awards to be held in June.  Read article

London: The Guardian, one of United Kingdom's leading national newspapers, is giving out the Guardian Charity Awards to small and medium charity organizations in recognition of their outstanding contribution to communities.  Read article

North Lanarkshire: A new website, <a href="http://www.  Read article

Albans: Global Vision International (GVI) is searching for volunteers to join its diving expedition to study the ecosystem of coral reefs in Dahab, Egypt.  Read article

London: United Kingdom's Home Office reports that 1.  Read article

Greenock: A group of 16 young Millennium Volunteers from Inverclyde are celebrating their International Volunteering Project on 12 March.  Read article

London: The National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) is inviting volunteer-involving organizations and individual volunteers to submit research papers and session proposals for its 10th "Researching the Voluntary Sector" conference on 1 September 2004 at the Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom.  Read article