This is an opportunity for a recent graduate to support the NCCPE’s vinspired students project, through a 3-month paid internship position. The vinspired students programme has been set up to inspire a shift in culture, encouraging universities to recognise the value of student volunteering, and to provide compelling evidence of the impact of volunteering on students, communities and institutions.  The programme is funded by v (the national young volunteers service) and managed by the National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement (NCCPE).
The deadline for applications is 5pm on Monday 9th August 2010. For more information click here

European Year of Volunteering 2011: call for relay reporters 

Pau Education, which is running the European Year of Volunteering (EYV) communication campaign, has released details of a new opportunity that involves all 27 European member states. It is looking for one representative from each state to become part of a ‘journalist relay, helping to produce stories about EYV 2011. 

Each reporter will spend the whole year reporting online from their own country with a pocket video camera provided by Pau Education, as well as spending 10 days in another EU country with a professional HDV camera, all expenses paid.

Applicants should be able to speak and write English, have volunteering experience and a video and journalistic background. The deadline for applications is Monday 9 August 2010 and the relay will be launched on Monday 6 December in Brussels. To find out more, visit the EYV blog.

READ International Internship

READ International has an opportunity for someone to join their award winning team from September on a nine-month, part time, Graduate Internship.  This is an opportunity to work for a UK based, rapidly growing, high-achieving, student-led international charity, delivering positive change to hundreds of thousands of students in East Africa.  The role will be to help grow our new Community Book Drive programme across the UK.  We are looking for particularly confident and charismatic graduates who are able to recruit student volunteers and motivate them to achieve targets we set from the centre. 

A Community Book Drive is a university based, student-led project which acts as a community hub for collecting books on the campus, from local community groups and local businesses.  Each project raises funding for READ, but most crucially collects thousands of books to be sent to East Africa. Apply now! Closing date: Wednesday 18 August 2010.  For more information click here

Give a year - Change the world

City Year brings together young people of all backgrounds for a year of full-time service, giving them the skills and opportunities to change the world. As tutors, mentors and role models, our diverse young leaders make a difference in the lives of children and transform schools and communities.
By volunteering with City Year, you will make a difference every day. You will help children and schools, build strong friendships and benefit from in-depth training. City Year is recruiting volunteers now. For more information click here

Your London Needs You in 2012: 8,000 London Ambassadors will welcome visitors from all over the world during the 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games. We're looking for volunteers to be the face of London; people who are passionate about the capital and want to tell millions of people about the hidden treasures that makes London one of the best capital cities in the world.

LondonAmbassadors.org.uk

Summer Volunteering: various

The summer gives a great opportunity to try something new and use your time to get involved with your wider community whilst developing your skills. Many charities and community organisations have summer internships to apply for, and often extra volunteering schemes run duirng the warmer weather.

Find out more at Summer Volunteering

Community Fundraising Internship

Breast Cancer Campaign’s mission is to beat breast cancer by funding innovative world-class research. This 3 month role (June - August) will involve supporting the Community Fundraising and Volunteer Development team in a number of key activities with Volunteers and Regional Groups, Universities and our Paint the Town Pink initiative.  

Contact volunteering@rhul.ac.uk

Transferable Skills through Volunteering workshops

Next Date TBC in the RHUL Careers Centre

Community Action with RAVS (Runnymede Association of Voluntary Services) and Surrey Vinvolved.

Book by sending your name and volunteering activity to volunteering@rhul.ac.uk

Marketing/Fundraising Internships

Dyslexia Action is a national charity and the UK's leading provider of services and support for people with dyslexia and literacy difficulties. Voluntary internships, based near Savill Garden (15min walk) in their Marketing and Communications, and Fundraising department, are for self-motivated individuals seeking experience in the charity fundraising sector.

Contact volunteering@rhul.ac.uk

The Wave of Friendship scheme is an exchange scheme which funds volunteers from London up to £500 to volunteer in Scotland…and funds Scottish volunteers to come and volunteer down here in London too. It’s open to anybody over the age of 18.

The beauty of the scheme is its flexibility. To qualify for the bursary, you must demonstrate that your volunteering demonstrates one of the  ‘Olympic Values:  Friendship, Respect, Courage, Determination, Equality or Inspiration.

Aside from that, it’s up to you! Whether your volunteer placement is for three months or three hours; in a charity’s offices or in a school; hacking down brambles or collecting petition signatures; gardening or litterpicking or designing a website, Wave of Friendship can fund the accomodation, travel and tools you need to make it happen.

200 volunteers will benefit from this scheme over the next four years. If you’d like to be one of them, visit the Wave of Friendship website and download the simple three page application form.

Volunteering Accreditation

Get accredited for the skills you develop whilst involved in the community. Find out how by clicking on the links below.

• Get Recognised

• Vaward

• Duke of Edinburgh Award

For more info contact volunteering@rhul.ac.uk

Engleifeld Green Village Residents Association needs volunteers to assist with their newsletter distribution - Oct/Apr.

Are you up for the challenge? Want to inspire young people to get their voices heard on the issues that matter?

Do yourself a favour, find out more at www.byc.org.uk

Charity Bookstall Volunteers Needed!

Once a month - Thurs & Fri evenings / Sat daytime at the United Church of Egham.

Egham & Staines Conservation Volunteers - ESCV

Regular Sunday morning projects. For dates and locations go to ESCV website