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vinvolved

Launched in April 2008, vinvolved, the national youth volunteering programme, aims to get half a million more young people positively involved in their communities.

The £75 million vinvolved programme has built on the success of Millennium Volunteers and created a new national framework for youth volunteering, as recommended by the Russell Commission.

The vinvolved team network
v’s England-wide network of 107 vinvolved teams ensures that young people and voluntary organisations can all access the same expert advice and help on all things youth volunteering – no matter where they live.

Each team has three key tasks:

Creating new volunteering opportunities:

  • Working with community and voluntary organisations to create more high-quality, diverse volunteering opportunities for young people in their local area
  • Supporting local organisations who work with young volunteers, by offering training, building local networks and sharing good practice

Brokering 16-25 year olds into volunteering opportunities:

  • Finding the right opportunities for new and existing volunteers
  • Helping young people to set up their own voluntary projects

Championing youth-led action:

  • Each team has a Youth Action Team (YAT), made up of young volunteers who advise vinvolved teams and get involved with the work they do

vinvolved projects
Over the next three years, more than 75,000 new volunteering opportunities will be on offer through 158 innovative vinvolved projects across the country. These diverse projects have been designed to tap into young people’s passions, cares and concerns.

vinvolved projects are being run by large, medium and small organisations and will generate a wide range of short-term, part-time and full-time volunteering opportunities for 16-25s.

vinvolved projects offer opportunities which:

  • Are inclusive and attract a diverse range of young volunteers
  • Respond to young people's passions and concerns and enable them to take action on the issues they care about
  • Improve skills and support progression onto further volunteering, education, employment or training
  • Encourage high levels of youth involvement
  • Strive for innovation and creativity
  • Have a positive impact on communities across England