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Voluntary Sector conference

Posted on 17 October 2012

Step Forward Date: Thursday 25 October 2012 (10-3pm)

Venue: The Guildhall, Northampton

Northampton Volunteering Centre is pleased to announce that we are hosting an event to showcase the voluntary and community sector in Northampton as well as an opportunity to launch the update to the NVC Northants 2012 State of the Sector report.

The event is aimed at: Voluntary and community sector organisations Local volunteers / people interested in volunteering Students from the University of Northampton Local GP’s who will have the opportunity to learn about what the voluntary sector has to offer Local businesses. You will get a unique insight into how partnerships with the voluntary sector can benefit local communities and themselves Councillors.

Back by popular demand we will have a ‘market place’ for voluntary and community sector groups to exhibit and there will be the opportunity to attend a wide variety of workshops to provide you with a host of information to take away from the day.

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University volunteers recognised at awards

Posted on 13 June 2012

Congratulations to all the students and staff recognised at the annual Volunteering Awards at Holdenby Lecture Theatre, Park Campus last week.

More than 70 received certificates on the night, with awards also presented in various categories.

The Vice Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Contribution to Student Volunteering was presented by Professor Nick Petford to final year BSc Computing student Vimukthi Mudiyanselage. The 24-year-old was nominated by one of his lecturers, Rashmi Dravid from the School of Science and Technology.

Linda Davis, Head of the Centre for Community Volunteering said: “Although the full benefit to volunteers and those they support is hard to quantify we do calculate that in the 2011/2012 academic year our volunteers will have contributed volunteer ‘hours’ comparable to around £470,000, which is truly amazing.”