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Volunteer Development Scotland and Napier University have joined forces to complete an innovative, two year project set to drive volunteering into the heart of University life. Connecting with a leading, higher education institute marks a first for S...
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Volunteer Development Scotland has welcomed the findings of a report by sport scotland, the Scottish Sport Association and Children 1st showing that Disclosure schemes are not deterring people from getting involved with volunteering.
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Eight volunteering groups from across Scotland have been announced as winners of this year's Queen's Award for Voluntary Service. The prestigious National Honour, which is equivalent to the MBE, sets the national benchmark for excellence in volunteer...
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Congratulations go to three Volunteer Development Scotland members who have recently achieved the Investing in Volunteers (IiV) national quality standard. The reports for LinkLiving Falkirk Smart Move, Volunteer Centre Angus and Volunteer Centre Dund...
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Gillian Watt, 17, from Wishaw, North Lanarkshire has won the Sunday Mail Young Scot Award - Volunteering Category sponsored by Volunteer Development Scotland.Gillian set up two dance troupes in her school to encourage physical activity, promote h...
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Elspeth Attwooll MEP, is backing calls for 2011 to be officially declared the 'European Year of Volunteering' in recognition of Europe's 'shared spirit of volunteering'. The campaign is one of the recommendations in a new report (Harkin Report) on t...
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Members of the London 2012 Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) have visited Volunteer Development Scotland to share expert knowledge and help to maximise the potential long term benefits for Scotland.
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Details of how more than £ 30m of support from the Third Sector Development Programme is to be allocated were announced today.
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This report, published on Monday 28th January 2008, follows the most in-depth consultation ever conducted into volunteering in England. Baroness Julia Neuberger, Chair of the Commission on the Future of Volunteering, demanded a fundamental shake up t...
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VDS has just published a new guide to achieving the UK Quality Standard -Investing in Volunteers- for NHS Scotland. The Scottish Government, in strategic partnership with Volunteer Development Scotland,are supporting all NHS Boards to achieve the sta...
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