London, UK: A national awards scheme that will recognize and highlight the extraordinary volunteer work being undertaken by young people was launched recently by The Sunday Telegraph.   Read article

London, UK: It has been written off as wristband idealism, but last year's Make Poverty History campaign mobilized a generation of politically active young people, according to a survey for Oxfam.   Read article

The conference, to be held on 13 and 14 September at Warwick University in the UK is a wonderful opportunity to meet others with an interest in voluntary sector research, discuss findings and share ideas. The conference is UK based, but continues to attract international delegates.  Read article

London, UK: A leading volunteering charity gears up for a major event highlighting the result of a groundbreaking volunteering partnership programme with Gloucester Prison in the UK.  Read article

Teaching in Uganda with the Volunteer Service Overseas (VSO) set the television journalist Jon Snow off on a life of volunteering. Here he talks about the effects of that life-changing experience.  Read article

London, UK: This project was carried out between July 2003 and December 2004 by the Working Lives Research Institute and the Refugee Assessment and Guidance Unit, London Metropolitan University. The focus of the project was employment pathways between working as a volunteer and finding employment in refugee community organisations (RCOs), refugee agencies and organizations in the wider voluntary and community sector.  Read article

London, UK: VSO  launches today a recruitment campaign, calling on experienced educators to volunteer as teachers in developing countries.   Read article

London, UK: According to research published today by the Chartered Management Institute and the international volunteer agency VSO, individuals who volunteer internationally develop expertise that addresses skills gaps in the UK. Although employers are quick to recognize the value of volunteering, individuals do not always market themselves sufficiently when they return home.  Read article

2005 was UK's Year of the Volunteer, but did anyone really notice? Consultant Jamie Thomas looks back at the UK's most extensive celebration of volunteering and asks, "did it make a difference?".   Read article

London, UK: A new campaign in the UK, Capital Volunteering, demonstrates how volunteering could help people with mental health issues, e.g., depression and schizophrenia, re-claim their lives.  Read article