Dublin: Volunteering Ireland, the largest volunteering centre in Ireland, launches the first Irish handbook on recuiting volunteers, "Opportunity knocks: opening doors for volunteers with additional support needs",with Senator Feargal Quinn in Dublin.  Read article

Glasgow: Local and national volunteer-involving organizations promoted their services at "The Gathering", a fair by the volunteer sector, in the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre in Glasgow on 23-24 February.  Read article

London: Volunteer-involved organizations welcomed the government's plan to fund students from poor backgrounds to do community work during their gap year.  Read article

Oxford: Earthwatch, the international environmental organization, is calling for volunteers to take part in its new "Namibian Black Rhino project" to help save this species from extinction.  Read article

Bonn/London: The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme and OneWorld have signed an agreement to work together to exchange experience and best practice in the volunteering sector.  Read article

Statistics from a newly published national document have revealed that an increased number of people are giving time to volunteering in the towns of North Lanarkshire and across Scotland.  Read article

Albans, England: Global Vision International (GVI), a UK-based organization providing volunteer opportunities in the fields environmental research and conservation, is inviting volunteers to join its expedition on Silhouette Island, the Seychelles as part of its new marine conservation project.  Read article

Lanarkshire, Scotland: Groups of local people who have participated in citizenship education programmes in North Lanarkshire over the past three years are being offered an exciting opportunity to help form a unique Active Citizens Forum for the North Lanarkshire area.  Read article

To coincide with International Volunteer Day, OneWorld has introduced the "OneWorld Guide to Volunteering" as the latest addition to its range of educational Topic Guides edited by online volunteers.  Read article