Millennium Volunteers

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Millennium Volunteers (often abbreviated as MV) is a national UK government initiative, set up with public funding, and aimed at people aged between 16 and 24. It offers a wide range of volunteering opportunities, with support and accreditation for young people.

Millennium Volunteers are partners with BTCV, a national charity whose resources are used to provide an MV service in some regions.

1 The nine key principles
2 Activities
3 Rewards
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] The nine key principles

Sustained personal commitment
Community benefit
Voluntary involvement
Inclusive
Ownership by young people
Variety of opportunities
Partnership
Quality of volunteering opportunities
Recognition of achievements

[edit] Activities

Millennium Volunteers can become involved with a wide variety of different activities, some examples include:

helping to run a local scout troop
working in a hospital
creating a community garden
conservation work
classroom assistant in a school for disabled children
sports leaders
helping on trips with younger students

The only requirement is that the activity is unpaid and it benefits the community in some way.

[edit] Rewards

The organisation encourages young people to work for the good of their community by offering two rewards that can be used as proof of the hard work they have done. The first reward is given on the completion of hours of community work, and an Award of Excellence upon completion of 200 hours. An award for 200+hours is also available. The 200 hour award is encouraged to be completed within a year.