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#NationalVolunteerWeek #Volunteers and #

#NationalVolunteerWeek #Volunteers and #Charities

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#NationalVolunteerWeek Hurrah for….

#NationalVolunteerWeek Hurrah for….

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#NationalVolunteerWeek #Volunteers….

#NationalVolunteerWeek #Volunteers….

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Happy National Volunteers’ Week! Come c

Happy National Volunteers’ Week! Come check out our website for many opportunities http://www.jvn.org.uk/

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#NationalVolunteerWeek Volunteers are…

#NationalVolunteerWeek Volunteers are….

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It’s National Volunteers’ Week and we

It’s National Volunteers’ Week and we would like to say a BIG THANK YOU to all volunteers for their fantastic work throughout the year !!!

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Make sure your #nominations for your #vo

Make sure your #nominations for your #volunteer are in before June 5th #NationalVolunteerWeek http://bit.ly/1yriayZ http://ow.ly/i/b0zpP

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GREAT STATS – GREAT VOLUNTEERS !!!! Over

GREAT STATS – GREAT VOLUNTEERS !!!! Over the past 6 months we have seen an average of 30% more new volunteers registering with us per month. That means 30% more people looking at volunteering opportunities !!! Over two thirds are women and over half are under 40 years old

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Big or small if you can ‪#‎walk‬ ‪#‎run‬

Big or small if you can ‪#‎walk‬ ‪#‎run‬ or ‪#‎volunteer‬ we need you! lia@jvn.org.uk http://www.communityfunrun.org/register/ http://ow.ly/i/aL1Xx

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Big or small if you can #walk #run or #v

Big or small if you can #walk #run or #volunteer we need you! lia@jvn.org.uk http://www.communityfunrun.org/register/ pls retweet http://ow.ly/i/ayZat

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Big or small if you can #walk #run or #v

Big or small if you can #walk #run or #volunteer we need you! lia@jvn.org.uk http://www.communityfunrun.org/register/ pls retweet http://ow.ly/i/ayZ4a

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Big or small if you can #walk #run or #v

Big or small if you can #walk #run or #volunteer we need you! lia@jvn.org.uk http://www.communityfunrun.org/register/ pls retweet http://ow.ly/i/ayYUe

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Volunteering: So much more than a line on the CV

For most young people, whether applying for university, internships, or jobs, there is constant pressure to have the best CV/UCAS form possible. Most understand that with the extreme competitiveness for places it is essential that you make yourself stand out from the crowd. Unfortunately this has created a compulsory mentality towards volunteering as merely doing […]

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What next for student volunteering?

There has been a long tradition of student volunteering. In the late 1800s the expansion in Higher Education saw many innovations in the way students could help out in the community. The inter-war period and the depression saw a new movement of organised economy and relief among the UK student population – one which is […]

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Volunteering In Israel – A Personal Story

Our new Social Media Consultant and former intern, Elliot Cukier, was recently afforded the lucky opportunity to go to Israel with the Genesis Challenge programme. Here he tells us all about the amazing time he and the rest of his group had, and the lessons they learnt about volunteering and giving back along the way… […]

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