Awards and Volunteering

Volunteering

There are loads of volunteering schemes that you probably didn't even know about that we have found for you. And they're not all the boring jobs that people don't want to do. You could volunteer at MTV and make short videos to "raise community awareness of local issues ". They are great to put on your CV and you can even gain a qualification, now or in the future. Maybe you just want to start giving back to your community. In this section, you can find different organisations to help you to do so.

|The Lifetrain Trust is an organisation to develop young and disabled people. Their aim is to help people to gain skills to change their environment in a positive way.

|Surrey Vinvolved is an organisation in surrey, which could help you find voluntary opportunities or work placement in Surrey.

|Do Youth Work offers voluntary opportunities and paid jobs with young people.

|DO-IT organisation free, and is great if you are thinking about volunteering for a job. They have a database of all of the voluntary opportunities in the UK, which is accessible through their website. All you have to do is to fill in a form with your details and the search engine will find voluntary opportunities around your area.

|VINSPIRED is an organisation that backs up plans and projects for young people and helps them make a difference. This organisation is different from other organisations, as young people lead it.

||Voluntary Action Elmbridge is a local organisation in Esher, which supports volunteering projects, which helps the local community. They also have over 450 volunteering job opportunities for people.

|Surrey Youth Games Volunteering - opportunities in assisting coaches and team managers.

|Surrey County Council has many and varied volunteering opportunities for young people throughout the County.

Epsom Volunteer Centre helps potential volunteers of all ages to find suitable voluntary roles with local charities and not for profit organisations. Young volunteers whether wishing to gain career experience or completing projects such as Duke of Edinburgh awards can be advised of the most suitable roles and organisaions to join.
Telephone: 01372 740394
Email: volunteering@centralsurrey.org

Awards

Are you good at something? Why not get an award for it. Below are websites that can help you to get an award for your potential. This differentiates you from others by backing your potential with a qualification. This helps you with your CV. You could also do these just to pace yourself or a good way to pass your time.

The Youth Challenges and the Youth Achievement Awards are an activity-based approach to peer education. The Awards are designed to help develop more effective participative practice by encouraging young people to progressively take more responsibility in selecting, planning and leading activities that are based on their interests.

|British Red Cross Humanitarian Citizen Awards celebrate the contribution that young individuals and groups make to the lives of others.

|The Children & Young People Now Awards are the most important awards around - pure and simple. Whether it is work with children in their early years or adolescence, to keep them safe or to help them to achieve, these awards are about the future of our society.

|Arts Award is a national qualification that recognises how young people develop as artists, arts practitioners and leaders, and is aimed at young people aged 11-25. You can achieve different levels of the qualification, depending on your skills.

|Duke of Edinburgh Award is a charity appointed by the Duke of Edinburgh. You could either participate as a participant or a volunteer. There are a series of activities to do, while at the same time you will be meeting new people. Though you will not be competing against each other, you would be pushing yourself. This program is good for strengthening your personal and social development.

|The Diana Award recognises and supports amazing young people. Award Holders challenge negative stereotypes of young people, get off their backsides to change their communities, and put their own difficulties to one side while putting others first.