'Ambassadors' scheme aims for 500,000 young volunteers

By Indira Das-Gupta, Third Sector, 20 November 2007

Volunteering charity v will tomorrow unveil a revolutionary plan to use young people as ambassadors to recruit half a million young volunteers.

As part of the Government-funded scheme, which replaces the Millennium Volunteers programme, the ambassadors will also work with voluntary groups in England to create volunteering opportunities that appeal to young people. Tomorrow, v will appoint a network of regional 'expert teams' made up of between two and six members, depending...

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