Vinvolved Volunteering

V is here to transform the face of volunteering!

Vinvolved is a national volunteering programme aimed at inspiring one million more young people aged between 16 and 25 to volunteer. The programme works to raise awareness about youth volunteering and currently in the City there are four Vinvolved projects and one VTeam.

Click here to visit the Vinspired Website

Vinvolved Projects

Voluntary Action LeicesterShire, Diversity Hub, Lighthouse Learning and WRVS are all delivering Vprojects offering a menu of activity for young people. The VTeam is based at Focus, brokering young people into volunteering opportunities. The Vinvolved project at Voluntary Action LeicesterShire works within the City of Leicester and works in partnership with Schools, FE Colleges, Universities and with a number of other organisations.

The Vmedia Hub

Voluntary Action LeicesterShire's Vinvolved Vmedia Hub group were established to create a platform for young people to communicate with each other in the City of Leicester. The group were tasked with creating a brand new young people website using their own ideas and designs.

 The purpose of the website is to:

• Give young people the opportunity to share news and information
• Give young people a porthole to share positive & negative experiences around volunteering
• To share information about issues that are important to them
• To give young people an opportunity to have their say through online surveys and questionnaires
• To give young people an oportunity to share news stories written by a team of community journalists

The group have become 'community journalists' reporting on the latest volunteering news for young people from around the local area including their own experiences and attending a variety of events. They then meet regularly to update the website.

Click here to visit the Vmediahub website

Opportunities:

Volunteering with young people that have a learning disability

Vinvolved VALUES Youth Volunteering, currently have opportunities to help and support other young people to volunteer in a variety of ways as 'Buddy volunteers'. Young people with a learning disability can get involved in volunteering through this project, just give us a call. 

Community Challenges

Want to find out more about what's happening in your local neighbourhood?  Then why not volunteer and join your local neighbourhood forum? Represent other young people in your community and have your say about things happening in your area.

Young People Group

Join our young people group and get involved in promoting the benefits of volunteering to others, in schools and your local community.  Regular group meetings at VAL and fun days out.  Youth led project using young people's ideas, creativitiy and enthusiasm.

School Based volunteering

A wide menu of volunteering opportunities have been developed in Leicester City schools. We have created opportunities in primary, secondary and special needs schools from helping out in the classroom and sharing books with children to school gardeners, playground activities and after school clubs.  At New college Leicester volunteers can help out in the school office and shadow the premises officers to get some hands on experiences.  We have created the 'Match Up' programme  volunteering opportunities based at New College Leicester to help and support the new Yr 7's to raise achievement levels.  This programme will see Yr 11's individually matched up over the year.

Want to find out more?

If you are 16 - 25yrs and want to find out more or get involved in volunteering in a variety of ways that fits with your interests please contact:

Tricia Reynolds - Vinvolved Volunteering Manager
tricia.r@valonline.org.uk
Kirsty Knowles - VALUES Disability Officer
Kirsty.k@valonline.org.uk

Register

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