We are now reVOLve - a vinvolved project.

This project will replace and build on the success of the Millennium Volunteers programme which finished at the end of March 2008.

Please bear with us while we update our website.

Volunteers are currently choosing the logo design for reVOLve.

We will then be changing our marketing and publicity materials.

VOLUNTEERS WANTED FOR EASTER PROJECTS

We are looking for volunteers to come with us to community buildings, volunteer centres and play groups to help children decorate hard boiled eggs.

So if you are looking for an arty volunteering opportunity or one working with children - this is for you!

We are provisionary looking at Wednesday 26th March and Monday 31st March 2008 to do this.

If you are interested and want to find out more, come along to our offices at Community House, Coleshill Road in Atherstone between 4.30 - 6.30pm on Tuesday 18th March 2008.

Since been awarded funding from the new youth volunteering charity v - the current Millennium Volunteers project have been looking into a new name for the vinvolved project which will take over from MV from April 2008.

Staff and the steering group came up with a list of names which has been circulated to every young person currently signed up to the North Warwickshire Millennium Volunteers programme. The young people were asked to decide on their favourite five names numbering them 1 - 5. Number 1 the favourite, number 5 the least favourite.

The names are ...

Volume Volunteers

We now have a facebook account.

Facebook is another social networking site and a great way of communicating with young people.

We want you to join us as our friend - you might be a young person or someone who works for an agency also working with young people - it doesn't matter.

Find us under the name North Warwickshire Young Volunteers at www.facebook.com

North Warwickshire CVS who manage Millennium Volunteers were successful in getting a further three years funding for a volunteering project.

It will be a vinvolved project and will take the place of the Millennium Volunteers project from March 2008.

v in the new national young people's volunteering charity who want to inspire a million more young people to volunteer. You can find out more by going to www.vinspired.com or www.wearev.co.uk

Volunteers have been working hard on the new MV newsletter.

By now you should have had at least one copy (the first edition) through the post. In this edition we were giving you the chance to win an MP3 player. You've still got time to enter if you haven't done so already. Click on the attachment below to read the newsletter and all about how you can WIN!

The second edition of NWV Chat is just about ready and should be coming through your letter box very soon - so keep an eye out!

As part of the national Make A Difference Day campaign, Millennium Volunteers took part in two community projects.

During the half term week in October they went along to Warton to revamp a scout hut and Arley to clear away a soil mound.

They also put in some donated furniture and storage.

We now have our very own My Space page.

 www.myspace.com/nwvolunteers 

My Space is a popular social networking site offering an interative, user submitted network of friends, personal profiles, blogs, groups, music, photos and videos. (Wikipedia)

Take a look - you can add yourself as a friend and find out more about volunteering in North Warwickshire and Nuneaton.

Check us out on the Coventry Evening Telegraph Website

At the end of August we went along to St Giles Church to take photos of the grave stones for a web data base.

 Click here to read more: Volunteers' helping hands aid church