Wellbeing
NVYA are asking the young people of Northamptonshire
What does Wellbeing mean to you?
If you are aged between 13-19, please email us via the Contact Us page and tell us what Wellbeing means to you!
Have Your Say
NVYA have an Idea Generator Page on Facebook and we would like to hear about your ideas for projects, campaigning and fundraising. Click on the link below, friend us on Facebook and start adding ideas to the page!
http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/NVYA-Idea-Generator/296256440422029
Volunteer of the Year Awards 2011
For more information, please click here
EXCITING NEWS!
v have extended their age range and the Awards
they offer
v, the national youth volunteering charity, have extended their age range from 16 to 14 years old. This means that if you are aged 14 upwards you can now gain nationally accredited awards for the volunteering hours you have achieved. They have also introduced a new v10 award to accredit 10 hours of volunteering and are creating more new awards as a direct response to what young people want.
So, if you want to get your volunteering accredited for your CV, UCAS statement or just because you want to help out and make a difference in your local community, get signed up with NVYA!
Stress and Discrimination Awareness Projects
Click here to find out more about this project...
New Changes to NVYA
Northamptonshire Voluntary Youth Action is working with a number of partners to support specific groups of young people.
NVYA supports Service Six in Northampton, Wellingborough, East Northants, Daventry and South Northants to engage young people in volunteering and youth leadership activities. This project aims to work with specific young people who have already been engaged in Service Six activities and whom wish to make their mark on their communities.
We are working with Aimhigher and The University of Northampton to deliver Venture Forward, a week long social enterprise workshop aimed at young people aged between 16 and 19. 150 young people will be involved in developing a Social Enterprise Team, taking part in Dragon’s Den style presentations to decide on a community project to develop and spending a day at a leading East Midlands University. It is hoped that these young people will go on to implement the projects at the end of this year.
We have won funding awards to develop two training and development toolkits in Stress Awareness and anti-discrimination and will be supporting volunteers in Kettering and Corby to develop and pilot the toolkits in Schools and Youth Groups in the area.
If you would like to gain recognition for your volunteering, you can apply for your awards through the Vinspired website: www.vinspired.com . We have developed a handy guide to the website and creating your profile, just follow the link below. If you need any help or support, please contact us and we will do our best to help.
Click here for the 'How To' guide: How to Apply for your V Awards
Thank you for all your hard work and the huge contributions you have made to your local communities throughout Northamptonshire during the last year.
Director's Interview with Inspiration FM
Christine Morgan, Director of Northamptonshire Voluntary Youth Action, was invited for an interview with Inspiration FM on Friday 14th January. Christine told them all about the work we do, past projects we have worked on, volunteering opportunities coming up, why young people should volunteer and how to gain free awards for volunteering hours!
If you would like to have a listen, please click here.
If you would like to receive information about Northamptonshire Voluntary Youth Action in a different language or print format, please contact Ashleigh Nicholson at:
Go to www.do-it.org for more volunteering opportunities
