The programmes vInspired ran, 2006 to 2018
The vInspired charity closed in November 2018. Its platform did not, and neither did the record of what these programmes did. One page per programme: what it was, what it achieved, the coverage at the time, and what you can do on Vinspired today.
The whole story, with sources, is on our journey.
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2008 onwards
v20
The charity's youth advisory board from 2008, twenty young people aged 16 to 25, replaced each year, four of whom also sat on the board of trustees.
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2008 to 2018
vCashpoint
Small grants, first up to £2,500 and later up to £500, for young people to run their own community projects, from 2008 until the charity closed in 2018.
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2008 to 2011
vinvolved
Local vinvolved teams, hosted by volunteer centres across England, that found and funded youth volunteering in their area until the programme closed in 2011.
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2009 onwards
The vInspired National Awards
The charity's annual awards for young volunteers aged 16 to 25, from 2009, with regional winners, a London ceremony and celebrity hosts and performers.
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2009 onwards
Voicebox
A 2009 project that gathered the views of 16 to 25 year olds on a theme each month, visualised the results and set the data free, with a robot in Parliament.
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2010
Make the Team
A 2010 campaign with the Premier League that asked football fans aged 16 to 25 to volunteer at their local club, with match tickets to be won.
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2011 to 2018
NCS Summer of a Lifetime
The vInspired charity delivered the National Citizen Service in the North East of England, with the National Youth Agency, until the charity closed in 2018.
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2011
Star Pupil
A 2011 search, for the European Year of Volunteering, for pupils aged 11 to 16 who went the extra mile in their school or community, run with Catch22.
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2011 onwards
Team v
A leadership and social action programme, from 2011, that trained young leaders aged 18 to 25 to run three national campaigns a year in their own communities.
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2012 to 2014
Do Something UK
The charity's digital campaigning arm from 2012, built with DoSomething.org, running quick actions for 14 to 25 year olds with celebrity backing and prizes.
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2013 to 2014
Get Trashed
A 2013 campaign against fast fashion that set out to keep more than 10,000 items of clothing out of landfill, launched with a swap party at Ministry of Sound.
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2013 onwards
Igniter
A crowdfunding platform, launched in January 2013, where young people raised money from the public for their own community projects, from £1 a pledge.
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2013
Lolz not Trolls
A 2013 anti-trolling pledge campaign from Do Something UK, backed by The Wanted, Caroline Flack and others, asking young people to make the internet happier.
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2016 to 2018
Eco Talent
A six month, four days a week programme in London for 16 to 24 year olds who wanted a career in the environment sector, run with colleges and councils to 2018.
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2018
Goodstock
The charity's shop by young people, for young people, whose Manchester branch sold the stock of The Empty Shop in 2018.
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2018
The Inspired Card
A free rewards card, launched May 2018, for volunteers aged 14 to 30: retail discounts in England and 36 European countries, built by the team behind this site.
What exists now
Vinspired today is a platform where anyone can find volunteering, record verified hours and earn awards, and where organisations and schools run their own programmes. The grants, the awards ceremony and the campaigns ended with the charity; the work they stood for did not.