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

Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan: International Volunteer Day events in Kyrgyzstan will be a unique opportunity for local, national and international volunteer-involving organizations (VIOs) to exhibit their work to the public, and recruit new volunteers.   Read article

Nicosia, Cyprus: Volunteer week in Cyprus will give organizations and individuals the chance to make their contributions visible and is an opportunity to show that volunteerism can help people in need such as the elderly, disabled, people with illnesses, and victims of violence.  Read article

Beijing, China: China's young volunteers will carry out a series of activities with the theme "Chinese Volunteers for a Harmonious Society", to mark the International Volunteers Day, 5  December.   Read article

The Rotary Club of Antigua-Sundown will be awarded with the United Nations Volunteer programme (UNV) award for its exemplary effort in promoting waste recycling in the Caribbean island states of Antigua and Barbuda; on International Volunteer Day, 5 December in Barbados.  Read article

But did you ever stop to wonder how volunteers actually accomplish so much? As someone recently pointed out to me, we sometimes have the perception that volunteers and volunteerism just happen. They don't. Someone needs to manage them, and the programmes in which they participate.  Read article

Šentjur, Slovenia: For this year's International Volunteer Day, the volunteer-involving organization International Relief Friendship Foundation  (IRFF) Slovenia and the municipality of Šentjur announced that they will present the "Volunteer 2005" awards to young people.  Read article

California, USA: The idea of volunteering in the community is often appealing to many. Unfortunately, finding the time and researching where one's skills would best be used often places the idea on the back burner. The holiday season is great time to get involved in the community and put those good intentions to work.   Read article

Bogotá, Colombia: El alcalde de Bogotá, Luis Eduardo Garzón, propuso que Bogotá debía tener un Día del Voluntariado, en el que todos pusieran de su parte: "el voluntariado deberíamos practicarlo todos", afirmó el alcalde Garzón.  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