March 2008

A small selection of articles from the March 2008 issue of Volunteering magazine

• Call to volunteers to help elderly
  Pensioners in Hertfordshire and Manchester are in need of volunteer visitors to stave off loneliness, according to two charities.
• Grayling takes up student chair hot seat
  This month we catch up with Mark Grayling, who has recently been appointed as Chair of the Student Volunteering Advisory Group.
• National search for local heroes
  Nationwide Building Society has teamed up with the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to launch the Nationwide Community and Heritage Awards 2008.
• The Trustee Conference 2008
  Joe Saxton, co-founder of research consultancy and sector think-tank nfpSynergy, will be the keynote speaker at the Trustee Conference 2008.
• VCs at centre of best practice in action
  This month Stephanie Willats tells us how a new project is helping Volunteer Centres offer effective support to their member organisations.
• Volunteers put fizz into Science Festival
  The 2008 Cambridge Science Festival, which takes place from 10 to 20 March 2008, would not be possible without 1,000 volunteers.