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£100,000 boost to pioneering volunteering scheme for school leaders in Africa
(8 August 2008)
A £100,000 boost to a pioneering project sending school leaders on mini ‘gap-years’ in Africa, was announced today by Schools Minister Andrew Adonis. The scheme, run by international development charity VSO, strengthens heads and senior staff’s professional skills, while improving the effectiveness of the African schools and the lives of the children there.
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Project PolVol gets MPs volunteering overseas with VSO
10 July 2008
This summer’s 12-week recess will be a little different for 11 MPs taking part in VSO’s Project PolVol. VSO, the international development charity, has invited the MPs to undertake voluntary work overseas
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50th Anniversary at the Royal Albert Hall
(June 2008)
Headlined by Hugh Masekela, the legendary South African trumpeter, singer and world-jazz star, Stars Of Africa celebrates the vibrant musical traditions of the continent where VSO started its work 50 years ago.
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BAA Communities Trust supports Global Xchange for fifth year
(June 2008)
BAA Communities Trust is cementing its partnership with VSO and the British Council to support the Global Xchange programme for the fifth year in a row.
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VSO seeks world-changing students for new Global Student Prize
(16 June 2008)
International development charity VSO is calling on head teachers to celebrate the inspirational achievements of pupils in their school. VSO President Jonathan Dimbleby has written to primary and secondary schools across the UK inviting them to nominate pupils for the charity’s new Global Student Prize
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Unsuccessful Apprentice candidates urged to volunteer their business skills overseas
(11 June 2008)
Tonight one of four candidates will be crowned Alan Sugar’s apprentice after twelve gruelling weeks that have seen all but a handful get the chop. But Apprentice wannabes who’ve left the boardroom in tears need not fear their career is in tatters.
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Swap six figure salaries for voluntary work
(5 June 2008)
International development charity VSO is calling on city workers to consider volunteering overseas if mass redundancies and job insecurity cause them to rethink their future.
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Release (Recycle and raise money for VSO)
(2 June 2008)
Putney-based international development charity VSO is taking part in National Recycle Week, from 2 June and needs your old mobile phones.
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VSO Joins NetHope
(8 April 2008)
International development charity VSO has become the 22nd member of NetHope, an information technology consortium of leading non-governmental organizations specializing in humanitarian relief, emergency response and conservation.
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NEW CHAIRMAN AND TRUSTEES FOR VSO
March 2008
Sir Suma Chakrabarti takes up the role of Chair of the Board. Sir Suma is Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Justice and was previously Permanent Secretary of the Department for International Development.
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VSO celebrates 50 years of Londoners volunteering overseas
Friday 14 March 2008
Today (14 March 2008), VSO marks 50 years of Londoners volunteering in developing countries by celebrating London’s volunteering footprint on the world. VSO is the world's leading international development organisation working through skilled volunteers and, as part of its festivities, will host an anniversary event at The Royal Festival Hall on Saturday 15 March.
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Pension boost for teachers volunteering in developing countries
Saturday 15 March 2008
International development charity VSO today (Saturday 15 March) welcomed the announcement by Douglas Alexander, Secretary of State for International Development, of more support for education professionals who want to volunteer overseas.
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Pension boost for public sector workers volunteering in developing countries
Saturday 15 March 2008
International development charity VSO today (Saturday 15 March) welcomed the announcement by Douglas Alexander, Secretary of State for International Development, of more support for public sector workers who want to volunteer overseas.
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Nursing pension boost for health workers volunteering in developing countries
Saturday 15 March 2008
International development charity VSO today (Saturday 15 March) welcomed the announcement by Douglas Alexander, Secretary of State for International Development, of more support for public sector workers who want to volunteer overseas.
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Pension boost for health workers volunteering in developing countries
Saturday 15 March 2008
International development charity VSO today (Saturday 15 March) welcomed the announcement by Douglas Alexander, Secretary of State for International Development, of more support for public sector workers who want to volunteer overseas.
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VSO hails Government boost for ethnic minority volunteering
20 March 2008
VSO welcomed today’s (14 March 2008) announcement by the Department for International Development (DFID) to commit £3 million to VSO over the next three years to back their diaspora volunteering initiative.
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Welsh volunteer in first ever VSO group to Ghana
20 March 2008
VSO, the world’s leading development organisation, begins the countdown this week to its 50th anniversary on Sunday, by celebrating the contribution volunteers from Wales have made worldwide. Wales volunteers have been involved right from the start with John Grundy from Penarth being one of the very first volunteers, when he travelled to Ghana in 1958.
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Leicester ranked within top ten towns and cities for VSO volunteers
20 March 2008
VSO, the world’s leading development organisation, begins the countdown this week to its 50th anniversary on Sunday, by celebrating the contribution volunteers from Leicester have made worldwide. Leicester features in the charity’s top ten towns and cities for volunteering with VSO.
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Charity reflects on Manchester’s volunteering footprint
20 March 2008
VSO, the world’s leading development organisation, begins the countdown this week to its 50th anniversary on Sunday, by celebrating the contribution volunteers from Manchester have made worldwide, and the volunteering legacy they have left behind.
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Leeds resident in first ever group to volunteer in Sarawak for the international development charity
20 March 2008
VSO, the world’s leading development organisation, begins the countdown this week to its 50th anniversary on Sunday, by celebrating the contribution volunteers from Manchester have made worldwide, and the volunteering legacy they have left behind.
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VSO celebrates 50th Anniversary: Newcastle and North East a thriving hub of VSO volunteers
20 March 2008
VSO, the world’s leading development organisation, begins the countdown this week to its 50th anniversary on Sunday, by celebrating the contribution volunteers from Newcastle have made worldwide.
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VSO celebrates 50 years of Birmingham Residents volunteering overseas
Monday 17 March
Today (17 March 2008), VSO marks 50 years of Birmingham residents volunteering in developing countries by celebrating Birmingham’s volunteering footprint on the world.
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VSO's 50th anniversary call to the ‘Missing Middle’ generation
(24 March 2008)
As it marks its 50th anniversary this weekend, leading international development charity VSO is launching a bid to reach out to the 'missing middle' and reverse a recent decline in professionals in their 30s and 40s volunteering to work with poor communities around the world.
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VSO reponse to the budget
12 March 2008
VSO welcomes measures introduced by the government to help increase uptake of Gift Aid which is a vital source of income for charities.
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VSO celebrates 50 years of Bristolians volunteering overseas
(07 March 2008)
Today (7 March 2008), VSO marks 50 years of Bristolians volunteering in developing countries by celebrating Bristol’s volunteering footprint on the world. VSO is the world's leading international development organisation working through skilled volunteers...
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VSO celebrates 50 years of Scots volunteering overseas
(29 February 2008)
Today (29 February 2008), VSO marks 50 years of Scots volunteering in developing countries by celebrating Scotland’s volunteering footprint on the world.
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Welsh volunteers for Africa - Developing Countries, Developing Leaders, Developing Wales
(February 2008)
Wales’s programme for tackling poverty in sub-Saharan Africa gets underway this week with the first cohort of candidates ready for departure.
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VSO comments on the new report from The Commission on the Future of Volunteering
(28 January 2008)
International development charity VSO today lambasted the exclusion of international volunteering from the new report from The Commission on the Future of Volunteering.
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VSO celebrates 50th Anniversary with the launch of a new Social Networking website
(21 January 2008)
Celebrating its 50th anniversary this spring, VSO is working with Sift to launch the new, international, social networking site to build stronger relationships with volunteers
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Global Xchange seeks young volunteers to work overseas
(14th January 2008)
Global Xchange is looking for people aged 18-25 to embark on a unique challenge. This is an opportunity to spend six months living and working with people of a similar age but from a very different culture.
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VSO flashmob brings Waterloo station to a standstill
(13 December 2007)
Hundreds of volunteers joined up with Channel 4 newscaster Jon Snow on Wednesday to celebrate International Volunteers Day with a flashmob at Waterloo station in London
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VSO opens new programme in Tajikistan
(October 2007)
Tajikistan, the poorest nation of the former Soviet Union, is set to benefit from a new programme opened in October 2007 by the international development charity VSO.
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New report urges the UK Government - HIV and Aids strategy
(27 Nov 2007)
Women and girls in the developing world are disproportionately vulnerable to HIV and Aids because they face systemic and persistent discrimination, claims a new report from ActionAid and VSO.
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VSO responds to new UNAIDS figures
(21 Nov 2007)
Richard Hawkes, International Programme Director at VSO today responded to the new UNAIDs figures, insisting that "the international community must not rest on its laurels."
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Jim Knight announces funding boost for international voluntary placements for teachers
(9 November 2007)
A pioneering project enabling school heads and deputies to take up short-term placements with partner schools in Africa will receive a £50,000 boost said the Schools Minister Jim Knight.
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Did VSO change Your life?
(8 November 2007)
A nationwide search for VSO volunteers was launched today. VSO, the international development charity which works through volunteers, is celebrating its 50th anniversary
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Enriching Education
(18 October 2007)
New research from Southampton University has found that education authorities have an inconsistent view of the value of teachers volunteering their skills overseas, despite evidence that it can provide valuable professional development.
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Ditch (un)worthy causes, VSO advises gap year students
(14 August 2007)
Ahead of the publication of A-level results later this week, international development charity VSO is cautioning young people who are taking a gap year abroad that it may be better to travel rather than take up spurious voluntary work in developing countries.
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