Welcome to the vlearning zone. This is a new area on the wearev site, which aims to bring together a wide range of resources, information and good practice in youth volunteering.
It’s early days, but we are hoping that over the coming months, this area of the site will grow and develop, helping us to inspire many more organisations to involve young volunteers in their day to day work.
Please check back soon…
v’s definition of volunteering
Volunteering is any non–compulsory activity which involves spending time, unpaid, doing something which is of benefit to others (excluding relatives), society or the environment.
v recognises that volunteering can bring significant benefit to the volunteer as well, and is a diverse activity which can include:
- Mutual aid or self–help
- Service to others
- Participation and civic engagement
- Advocacy and campaigning
v has also identified three broad categories of volunteering activity:
- Short term (or taster) opportunities – activity which takes anything between a few hours and one or two days.
- Part time opportunities – usually a few hours per month – but also including young people who make a structured commitment to volunteer for up to two or three days per week.
- Full time opportunities – involve a commitment of 30 hours or more per week.