Good Practice

Megan Edwards, publicity officer for the CALM volunteering scheme at Leeds Metropolitan University, explains how the project works in the inner North West areas of Leeds which are heavily populated with students, such as Headingley and Hyde Park, and by making efforts to give back to the community, the scheme creates positive relationships between students and residents

Penny Gee, Volunteering magazine Editor, went along with Barbara Moody and Nick Grieve from VE's Grants Team to Balham in South London to meet Fabio Gomes, Manager of the Beyond Prison project and Genevieve MacCarthy, Peer Volunteer Co-ordinator

In our Good Practice spot this month Tracy Saunders, Senior Policy and Information Officer at Volunteering England, explains what Volunteer Centres and Councils for Voluntary Service can do to support organisations that work with offenders and ex-offenders

Senior Policy and Information Officer Tracy Saunders asks how much do you know when it comes to volunteers and the law? Please take a few minutes to answer the five questions below and then check your answers

This month we hear from Rebecca Phillips, Volunteer Recruitment Co-ordinator at the Bolton Lads & Girls Club about its award-winning mentoring project