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Full-time volunteering update
Posted on 01-07-2009
Click on the link for the latest information from CSV's full-time volunteering partners about opportunities to volunteer full- and part-time.http://dmtrk.com/t/B8-186I-16CEKK9B/cr.aspx Here's a resume of last year's activities:http://dmtrack1.net/t/B8-D18-16CEKK9B/cr.aspxIf you want to see what has ...
Grants available to 13-19-year-olds
Posted on 30-06-2009
We have extended our deadline to Friday 12th June. If you still want to apply do it now!Do you have a burning issue you want to talk about? Do you want to record the way you and your friends want to change your community? Are you aged 13 to 19?CSV is running the Open Minds Mediabox grant scheme. It'...
Can you inspire others?
Posted on 13-02-2009
Just a short reminder that v is now recruiting the next v20 Youth Advisory Board - with applications due in at the end of this week!We're looking for 20 passionate and diverse young people to inspire a new generation of young volunteers.Do you know any young volunteers that are ready for this once-i...
‘Don't Write Us Off,' say nation's ‘hoodies'
Posted on 11-02-2009
Young people are challenging misconceptions that they are all uncaring, feral yobs. It comes in the wake of the launch by Agents4Change volunteers of the ‘Don't Write Us Off' campaign in December to encourage other young people to take action to improve the future for today's youth. They also ...
Don't write us off survey
Posted on 06-12-2008
As part of our Don't Write Us Off campaign we are carrying out a survey. Please take a few moments to answer our questions.http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=89DqbfvAKcxMwn1IUfLRhw_3d_3dpx?sm=89DqbfvAKcxMwn1IUfLRhw_3d_3d...
‘Goody Hoodies' to take to the nation's streets
Posted on 06-12-2008
‘Goody hoodies' will be taking to the streets in towns and cities across the country on Saturday 6th December as they reveal what young people have told them needs to be done to secure better futures for youth. The ‘Don't Write Us Off' event is being spearheaded by young Agents4Change volunteers...
Young people can help stop crime
Posted on 06-12-2008
Young people are being asked to encourage their parents to help reduce crime- see the attached poster. ...
Don't write us all off
Posted on 06-12-2008
Young people fed up of being labelled uncaring, feral yobs will be taking to the streets across the country in hoodies this Saturday 6th December as part of the national ‘Don't Write Us Off' campaign run by Agents4Change volunteers. They will be looking to take action to improve the future for tod...
Take part in a national survey on drink-driving
Posted on 29-11-2008
If you've ever drunk alcohol, got into a car with someone who has driven after drinking alcohol, driven after drinking alcohol yourself, or if you know someone who has been injured or killed in a drink driving accident ... we'd like to hear from you. Young people between 14 and 18 are needed t...
Living Library hits the air waves
Posted on 01-11-2008
An Agents4Change project set up by Rosanna Wynn-Williams in Norwich has hit the Radio 4 airwaves with an article in this week's Learning Curve.http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/learningcurve.shtml You can use the 'Listen Again' feature to hear the programme again (The Learning Curve) broadcast on...
Ask some BIG questions - help us get some important answers
Posted on 03-10-2008
Young people's charity v aims to inspire a new generation of 16 to 25 year olds to get involved in volunteering by improving the quality, choice and range of volunteering opportunities on offer throughout England. They want to ask some BIG questions about v's work - What difference has v made...
Agents honoured at celebration bash!
Posted on 30-09-2008
Twenty Agents4Change were honoured at a national celebration event on May 8th 2008, for their outstanding contributions to the campaign. Over the past year they have volunteered full-time and recruited over 6,000 of their peers to volunteer in the community; in many cases volunteering for the f...
Debt, unemployment and violence top fears for British youth
Posted on 22-09-2008
New independent research shows that debt, unemployment and violent crime are the biggest fears for the future for Britain’s youth. The Youth Future Fears UK survey, commissioned by UK volunteering charity CSV and Tesco, and conducted by Ipsos MORI, reveals that: • Nearly half (48%) see...
York agent in 'peak' condition!
Posted on 27-06-2008
An Agent4Change will be embarking on the Yorkshire Three Peak Challenge this summer and is looking for young people from York to join her and help raise funds for charity. Emily Cook will be climbing Yorkshire’s Three Peaks on Thursday June 19th, raising funds for READ International, a ch...
The Little Knit project is no woolly plan!
Posted on 19-06-2008
Young people from around Greater Manchester are joining lots of celebrities by adopting knitting as a new hobby. The Little Knit project, organised by Agent4Change Rebecca Salari, has recruited a team of young people to knit garments for the neo-natal department at Stepping Hill hospital. Prem...
Agent's passion for film inspires communities in Rotherham
Posted on 18-06-2008
An Agent4Change had her own film premiere on the BBC Big Screen in Rotherham. Georgina Higgins, 18, has been making short films for CSV since October 2007, she has worked on two ‘pop video’ style films of community challenges and a film for Carers’ Rights Day. She is now one of the found...
Pimped up wheelbarrows help York recycle!
Posted on 17-06-2008
York held its first ‘pimped up’ wheelbarrow race at St John University on Friday 22nd February as part of the Agents4Change campaign. The volunteers used old wheelbarrows to encourage more people to recycle in an innovative project called ‘Pimp My Wheelbarrow’. The rubbishy old wheelba...
Agents4Change take on the paper giants!
Posted on 16-06-2008
Articles in two national newspapers describing today's youth have spurned two Agents4Change into action! Vicky Powers, 21, our Agent in Sheffield (pictured right), felt so strongly about references to “Violent Thugs”, and “Terrorising Yobs” in an article in The Sun (‘Nail the Thugs...
First prize for Birmingham's Agent4Change!
Posted on 15-06-2008
An Agent4Change has snapped up first prize in a major photography competition. Winner Zahid Akhtar, 24, entered the 'Young Whipper Snapper' competition, which called for young people to submit photos with the theme "show us what you love about volunteering". Zahid - an Agent4C...
BBC One star calls on youth to prove their worth
Posted on 14-06-2008
BBC One’s Waterloo Road star, Shabana Bakhsh is backing the Agents4Changecampaign to encourage more young people to use their passions and energy to make a difference in their communities. Shabana, who plays newly qualified teacher Jasmine Koreshi in Waterloo Road, says: “I love to volunte...
Students Stage Trash Fashion Show
Posted on 02-06-2008
Environmentally minded students are creating recycling-inspired garments for a unique fashion show to celebrate Recycle Week 2008. The Recycled Beats fashion show and club night is taking place on Friday June 6th between 9pm and 2am, at The Cube on Sussex University campus. Hosted by the Env...
Agent4Change honoured in Norwich
Posted on 07-05-2008
Agent4Change Janette Cooke was honoured in May at a ceremony for Norwich's City Council's Civic Awards. The Awards were hosted by the Lord Mayor Roy Blower who said he felt humbled to be in the presence of so many extraordinary volunteers. Janette Cooke, 21, has been a full-time volu...
Get Involved
CSV as volunteering opportunities all over the country. Click on our main website to see if there is something in your area. www.csv.org.uk
Updates
As the project has now finished we will not be sending out any more updates.
