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"First Figures for DWP Volunteer Brokerage Scheme 30/10/2009 As reported in Third Sector magazine, nearly 2,400 unemployed people have completed volunteering placements in the first five months of the £8m volunteer brokerage scheme being run by environmental charity BTCV for the Department for Work and Pensions. The scheme, which began in April this year, has a target of matching 34,000 jobseekers with volunteering placements within two years. A DWP spokeswoman said the department had no monthly targets, but expected the numbers to rise significantly in future months and did not intend to alter the overall target. The scheme is being run by BTCV in partnership with volunteering charities Volunteering England, CSV and v. BTCV said 1,128 of the 2,365 placements were arranged by BTCV itself and the rest by its partner charities. "

This is a partnership Charity Volunteer group with the Klevis Kola Foundation which has been set up a group of Medical students from St Georges Hospital in Tooting London SW17 (which was STAR (Student Action for Refugees & Asylum Seekers) - STAR has been going for over 7 yrs - and Body action Campaign (our Charity) has been working alongside them for the past 6 years providing film, animation, editing, & puppetry workshops - Chris Hands (Chair of the board of Trustees for Klevis Kola - told me about tonight (25th Feb 09) - If any gap year students - or passionate volunteers-want to take part in - by working with the children in Morocco - get in touch (Speaking French or Arabic is really helpful) - you can sign up on the site & talk to other volunteers who have been working there and get the low down!

"Clinks Volunteering Guides Clinks has published a series of guides designed to support organisations in their day-to-day work with offenders. The guides have been developed with the expertise of Volunteering England, Charities Evaluation Services, and the Mentoring and Befriending Foundation. Targeted at those who involve volunteers, or provide mentoring and befriending services to offenders and ex-offenders, these guides are designed to support any organisation whether they are already established or just setting up."

Some resources that will help you assess risk when dealing with volunteers ;-)

Following commitments made by the Office of the Third Sector in response to recommendations of the 2008 Commission on the Future of Volunteering, Capacitybuilders is launching the Volunteer Management Programme.

part of email about employer registering employees for their CSR charter - engaging local communities!

US article helping volunteers with their CVs (resumes)

DWP volunteer brokerage scheme pays charities to provide volunteering opportunities for jobseekers., opened last week, a DWP spokeswoman said it would provide £8m. Final dates have been delayed and there is no current info on the DWP website as of 14/04/09 - may change later on.

MUST VIEW & DOWNLOAD! ;0) mine the wonderful ideas and get your nuggets of gold for your volunteers and angels ;0)

This is for when we become volunteer managers!

This is the website that Robert (NOT Bob) told Christine and me about. I think we're going to be visiting it quite a bit in the not-too-distant future!

"2007-08 Citizenship Survey: Empowered Communities Topic Report 02/11/2009 Using 2007-08 Citizenship Survey data, this report provides an in-depth examination of community empowerment: whether people feel they can influence local and national decisions; whether they would like to be more involved in decision making; what would make it easier to influence decision making; and how people would influence decisions if they wanted to. It also looks at people's trust in institutions and what activities people actually take part in (civic activism, civic consultation, civic participation and volunteering). It is one of a series of annual reports from the 2007-08 Citizenship Survey. Other reports cover Volunteering and Charitable Giving, Identity and Values, Community Cohesion and Race, Religion and Equalities."

Watch this space....coming in April 2010 ..... funding announced for volunteer managers etc

What's Up Information is a cross platform marketing solution designed to deliver your training, volunteering and employment oppotunities directly into the hands of London's 12 - 19 year old

ICT and volunteering

Thanks you super dooper busy bee ;o)