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06/12/2005
DSD offers £3m volunteering incentive
Social Development Minister David Hanson today announced a £3 million investment to encourage more people to get involved in volunteering.
Over the next three years, the Community Volunteering Scheme will target people not in paid work, ethnic minority groups, under 25-year-olds, those aged 50 plus and people with disabilities. It aims to develop a wide range of volunteering opportunities, to encourage the development of good practice and to support projects that benefit deprived communities.
Making the announcement during a visit to Cancer Lifeline in North Belfast, the Minister said: “Volunteering is an important expression of citizenship, a commitment of time and energy which makes an indispensable contribution to the wellbeing of society. That is why we want more people to get involved.
“Volunteers from different ethnic communities, age groups and other demographic sectors offer considerable talents, experience and expertise. They in turn can benefit from a sense of worthwhile achievement, develop skills, confidence and contacts, sociability, fun and inclusion in the local community."
The Community Volunteering Scheme provides grants to enable organisations to promote volunteering and to create new opportunities for volunteer involvement.
The CVS scheme is administered on behalf of the Department of Social Development by the Volunteer Development Agency, a regional organisation that provides support, training and information on volunteering, volunteer management, child protection and voluntary management committees.
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Over the next three years, the Community Volunteering Scheme will target people not in paid work, ethnic minority groups, under 25-year-olds, those aged 50 plus and people with disabilities. It aims to develop a wide range of volunteering opportunities, to encourage the development of good practice and to support projects that benefit deprived communities.
Making the announcement during a visit to Cancer Lifeline in North Belfast, the Minister said: “Volunteering is an important expression of citizenship, a commitment of time and energy which makes an indispensable contribution to the wellbeing of society. That is why we want more people to get involved.
“Volunteers from different ethnic communities, age groups and other demographic sectors offer considerable talents, experience and expertise. They in turn can benefit from a sense of worthwhile achievement, develop skills, confidence and contacts, sociability, fun and inclusion in the local community."
The Community Volunteering Scheme provides grants to enable organisations to promote volunteering and to create new opportunities for volunteer involvement.
The CVS scheme is administered on behalf of the Department of Social Development by the Volunteer Development Agency, a regional organisation that provides support, training and information on volunteering, volunteer management, child protection and voluntary management committees.
(MB/SP)
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