VOLUNTEERING

Student Volunteering UK works to support, promote and develop student-led community based volunteering in universities and colleges. Volunteers gain an extensive portfolio of skills and experience which can be crucial after graduation. Developing and recognising skills such as communication, management, problem-solving, leadership and teamwork through volunteering not only improves key skills but also enhances employability. They provide an information service, which includes publications, toolkits, news updates and personal support. They also publish 'Grapevine', a tri-annual magazine just for the student volunteering sector.

Publications include:

• The art of crazy paving?
  A workbook for students looking to enhance their employability through volunteering.
• Grapevine Magazine
  Each edition of the student volunteering sector's own magazine is packed full of features, projects, good practice, news, views and grapes.
• Making a Difference: HE
  A pack for new volunteering groups in higher education
• Making a Difference: FE
  A pack for new volunteering groups in further education

Student Volunteering Awards The Higher Education Active Community Fund Student Volunteering Awards website

Youth Action Network is a successful approach to encouraging young people to engage with communities, enabling them to become active in their own time, meet other young people, gain skills, have fun and develop solutions to community needs.

do-it.org.uk is the established home of volunteering on the web where visitors can browse over 500,000 local opportunities and access comprehensive information on all aspects of volunteering.

Millennium Volunteers (MV) is an initiative offering young people aged 16-24 the opportunity to volunteer in an area 'which they are into'. It offers opportunities for personal development and the chance for young people to make a difference to their community.