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Young
People and
MV
What is the MV programme?
• A National accreditation scheme for all young volunteers
aged 16-25
• It recognises the sustained commitment of 200 hours
o with recognition awards at 50 and 100 hours
o At 200 hours you will receive an Award of Excellence from the
First Minister of The National Assembly for Wales.
• It recognised throughout the UK by employers and educational
institutions
• 71% of MVs have used their experience on their CV’s
• In a recent survey 100% of MVs asked would recommend the
programme to their friends
Please click the below link to be directed to the MV website
Millennium
Volunteers
The programme aims to:-
• Make a positive impact within local communities
• Offer challenging and interesting volunteering opportunities
for young people
• Enable young people to acquire new skills and knowledge
and develop personally
• Increase recognition of volunteering by young people in
the community
• Set a standard for volunteering opportunities in Wales
• Encourage Ownership of the programme by young people
For Volunteering opportunities in Ceredigion, click the below link.
Volunteer
Opportunities
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Organisations and
Young people
Organisation and Including Young
People
- If your organisation is thinking about including young people
as volunteers you may want to contact the team at CAVO to find out
the next steps for your organisation.
You may also find it useful to look at the WCVA
website and the relevant policies that surround including volunteers
and young volunteers.
MV in Your Organisation
- Millennium Volunteers
(MV) is a UK wide volunteering programme for 16-24 year olds.
If your organisation is committed to involving
young volunteers apply today!
Funded Status
Is your Organisation looking for a grant to help with
volunteer costs?
- Does your organisation work with volunteer’s
aged 16-25?
- Can you offer a young person the opportunity to make a sustained
commitment to volunteering of 200 hours or more over a 12 months
period?
- Do your volunteering opportunities benefit your local community?
- If the answer to these questions is yes then you could be eligible
to apply for a Millennium Volunteers grant.
You can receive between £50
and £8000 towards volunteer’s costs.
To get more information about the grant click on the following link:
MV
GRANT
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Non- Funded Status
- Does your organisation already have opportunites for young people?
- Will these opportunities allow the MV’s to complete the
200 hours award?
- If your organisation does require additional funding to do so,
you can apply for the non-funded MV Status.
- This will allow you to run the MV programe within your organisation
without recieveing a grant.
- Applications for Non-funded status are ongoiing and will be assessed
as they are received.
For mor information and to dowload the application form see the
WCVA website at this link: MV
Non-Funded
For more information on MV
an including young people in your organisation then please contact
me:
Laura Rich Youth Volunteer Adviser
01570 423232
laura@CAVO.org.uk
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