Reach Your Potential With v20
v20 are seeking Enthusiastic, Motivated and committed
young people!! – No Experience Necessary.
Since they launched in May 2006 v has achieved great things –
making a massive and lasting difference to the world of youth
volunteering. Their v20 Youth Advisory Board members can take
them even further. As part of v20, young people can be at the heart
of the organisation, making sure they remain relevant and
responsive to young people’s needs. Last year’s v20
hosted their National Conference, rubbed shoulders with the
stars at the vinspired National Awards and had loads of fun during
residential weekends.
v20 influence the work of v and ensure that it remains
focused on young people. v20 advise v and help v
to meet its goals to:
- Increase the numbers of young people volunteering
- Improving volunteering opportunities for young people
- Increase the diversity of young volunteers
- Act as a youth volunteering ambassador
Volunteering with v20 brings huge opportunities for both
personal and organisational development. It requires time,
dedication, energy, creativity and a good sense of humour!
Previous seasons have worked with all sorts of people from all
sorts of backgrounds so flexibility and tolerance is much in
demand.
In return for volunteering with v they’ll make every
effort to harness young people’s talent for the benefit of youth
volunteering. They do everything they can to make the v20
experience both challenging and fun. Through volunteering to
be part of v20 young people can make a genuine difference, gain
lifelong friends, not to mention make history.
The Application form and Guidance Notes are available to be
downloaded from their website at http://vinspired.com/v20/pages/v20-recruiting-now
In order to be considered for a position on the v20 Youth
Advisory Board, applicants must be:
- Aged 16 – 24 yrs (when you apply)
- Resident in England
To make the most of the opportunity, they should be willing
to:
- Volunteer for 1 year (April 2010-April 2011): this will be
split up with 8 weekend residentials, plus minimum of 10 hours per
month extra (either online or face to face).
- Able to represent their own views, not those of an
organisation, group or other project.
- Willing to travel to locations across England (with v
organising and paying for travel)
Closing date for applications: 5pm on Wednesday 17th
February