London: A pioneering charity initiative that enables television viewers to find out how they can take part in local volunteering opportunities was launched recently in the UK.  Read article

London: Prisoners all over UK are thanking heads of non-profit organizations for allowing them to become volunteers under a pre-release placement project.  Read article

London: In less than a decade, some of Britain's worst wastelands, former chemical dumps, old quarries and industrial areas have been transformed into parks, wildlife areas, gardens and sports facilities with help from some 500,000 volunteers.  Read article

Volunteering has a strong history in the UK, but thanks to the hard-hitting team of the chancellor, Gordon Brown, and former home secretary David Blunkett, its profile has never been higher.  Read article

Kent: Volunteering England launches today in Kent its £1-million Home Office funded “Rural Volunteer Point” project which makes it easier for people in rural communities to access information about volunteering.  Read article

London: Student Volunteering England (SVE) today launched a booklet to provide information on “everything you wanted to know about student volunteers – but were afraid to ask”.  Read article

London, UK: Peace Brigades International (PBI), a human rights organization, is recruiting international volunteers to work in Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico and Indonesia to help protect organizations and individuals threatened by political violence.  Read article

London: A new coalition of volunteering organizations was launched today to urge UK's non-profit sector to tap the volunteering potential of a million older people by removing a host of "needless barriers".   Read article

Volunteers in Liverpool are set to walk down the red carpet as the city rewards them with an Oscar-style ceremony.  Read article

London: Global Xchange will bring young people from the UK, Africa and Asia together to live alongside each other and work as volunteers in areas such as hospices, disability, education and museum projects, women’s refuges and multicultural centres.   Read article