Bristol, UK: Volunteers from across Europe are giving people across Bristol in UK the chance to get a taste of continental cuisine and culture at an event being staged this weekend as part of UK's Year of the Volunteer campaign.  Read article

London, UK: UK's Home Office launched yesterday a new strategy in its campaign to promote a culture of giving after research revealed that the public is becoming less inclined to donate money to good causes.  Read article

More and more professionals in their 30s and 40s are taking a career break to volunteer. Study shows that an estimated six million people in the UK have quit their jobs to travel around the world and "recharge their batteries" in recent years.  Read article

Scottish first minister Jack McConnell believes that promoting volunteering and encouraging enterprise amongst young people can make the next generation more confident and willing to seize opportunities.  Read article

Reading, UK: A campaign was launched here today to harness the talents and energy of senior citizens or pensioners looking for ways to keep themselves busy.   Read article

Swansea, UK: Wales has the highest level of volunteering in Europe with around 54 per cent of all adults engaged in some kind of volunteering activity – or an estimated 190 million hours volunteered per year.  Read article

London, UK: The Queen welcomed today 300 volunteers from across the United Kingdom to the Buckingham Palace as part of the crowning event to mark the country's Year of the Volunteer campaign.  Read article

London, UK: The UK-based Voluntary Services Overseas (VSO) is calling on computer experts to volunteer and share their skills in developing countries.  Read article

Glasgow, Scotland: Volunteer Development Scotland (VDS) has recently launched the new MV Awards to celebrate the contribution made to volunteering by young people in Scotland. Delivered locally by the Volunteer Centre Network, the awards are open to all volunteers aged between 16 – 25 years.  Read article

Brighton, UK: Unions are have stepped up their campaign to ensure voluntary sector workers receive a fair deal in the workplace. Efforts to bring charity or volunteer staff in line with colleagues in the public sector have become more pressing as moves to encourage the voluntary sector to deliver a greater share of public services step up.   Read article