Volunteer this year!

Volunteering can help you meet new people and learn new skills, it can improve your confidence and improve your job opportunities, it can help you give back to your community and give you more choice in your life.

For information on a variety of different volunteering opportunities, ranging from litter picking at music festivals to acting as traffic wardens for toads, visit the organisations websites listed below:

vinvolved Nottinghamshire
www.vinvolved-notts.co.uk

vinvolved Notts is a consortium between the BTCV and Volunteering Nottinghamshire, and aim to encourage young people aged 16 to 25 years – to volunteer.

Junction49
www.junction49.com

Junction 49 is a social networking web site specifically designed for young people aged 16-25 who want to make a difference by volunteering.Young people are able to create their own volunteering opportunities by setting up projects around issues that really matter to them. If they don't want to set up a project of their own they can join and offer to help on existing projects created by their peers.

VSO

www.vso.org.uk
VSO is an international charity that works through volunteers. Visit the website for a Gap Year Checklist to help you decide which organisation is best to volunteer with.

do-it.org.uk

www.do-it.org.uk.
Volunteering opportunities - search the database for UK opportunities and find out how to become a volunteer.

studentvol.org.uk

www.studentvol.org.uk.
Student Volunteering England is a unique opportunity for students.

Year of the Volunteer

Visit: www.yearofthevolunteer.org

Pinpoint

Pinpoint is Nottinghamshire's directory of public services and voluntary and community organisations. It includes local clubs and societies.

Search Pinpoint.

You can search for an organisation in several ways:

• By word or phrase
• By subject
• By organisation
• By district.