volunteering

This from Donna at Solent Youth Action

Please find below information from the new youth volunteering charity V:

The 'v inspired' Website aimed at young people seems to be up and running - complete with 'do-it' linked search facility, news of latest campaigns, blogs, videos etc.

http://www.vinspired.com/

Details of a new initiative - the vcashpoint fund - which may be of interest to your MVs are on the site. It's a funding initiative run by v20 for young people aged 16 - 25 who want to set up their own community project. By providing grants of up to £2500, vcashpoint can help young people turn their ideas for voluntary projects into reality. nformation at:

This from "Young People Now"

The Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) is considering making volunteers pay for police checks.

It is understood that the bureau is keen to change the "operational definition" of volunteering to reduce the number of people who receive free checks, and increase its income.

An estimated one in five CRB checks are carried out on volunteers. They are currently offered free to those meeting its definition of volunteers - people who are not paid, but who do receive some expenses. The bureau wants to limit this definition to those who receive nothing.

Inadequate volunteer insurance creates problems - Volunteering England's risk blog reports on a case where a volunteer car driver had to pay his own costs to defend an action against him from a charity client. [Voluntary Sector news]