vfifty award

Where you volunteer and what you do is up to you - as long as you volunteer for 50 hours within 12 months, you're 16-25 and you live in England, you could get your hands on a vfifty award.

It's really flexible - you could do all 50 hours over a few weekends on one volunteering project, or do a few hours a week  on lots of different projects.

v defines volunteering as choosing to spend your time doing something which benefits other people (excluding your family), society or the environment - without getting paid for it. If you're doing this, you can apply for a vfifty award. It doesn't matter whether or not the organisation you volunteer for is "offering" the vinspired awards - you can apply anyway.

How to apply

To get a vfifty award, you need to record your volunteering through vinspired's online system. As well as counting hours, you'll need to record the skills you use and the impact your volunteering has on the community. You'll also need to give the contact details of a referee who can confirm that you've done what you say you've done.

Once you've recorded 50 hours, you can simply send your application to a validator. They will either issue your award, or let you know what you need to do to improve your application.

To start your vfifty award, log in to your profile (by clicking on your avatar in the top right-hand corner of the page) and click on "My vinspired awards" (in the box under your avatar).