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Turning favours into youth volunteering
A campaign titled Favours, from youth volunteering organisation v, aims to transform the face of volunteering among 16 to 25year-olds whilst making it accessible and a natural lifestyle choice.
The campaign web site is at http://www.vinspired.com/, news item at http://www.wearev.com/index.php or see Society Guardian piece at http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/sep/25/youth.volunteering.
Comments
I thought a Favour was
I thought a Favour was something you did for a friend or maybe done with an expectation of a Favour back in return. Volunteering is about giving some of your time and energy to others without expectation and without prejudice or favouritism.
Seems v would rather change the definition of volunteering than change the attitudes of young people toward it.
SJ