Volunteers

Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, has launched a scheme with corporate support to persuade thousands more Londoners to volunteer.

Volunteer-run third sector communications agency Bright One has created BrightWorks, a micro-volunteering app that allows charities and voluntary organistaions to get tasks completed for free online b

The Guardian is inviting entries to its Public Services Awards 2011, which includes one award for Citizenship and Volunteering.

The winners of this year's The Queen's Award for Voluntary Service have been announced: 130 volunteering groups have been awarded with "the MBE for groups of volunteers" for their excellent work in th

Sony and YouthNet are working on +U ("plus you"), a mobile volunteering application that uses YouthNet's volunteering database Do-it to deliver "bite-size" or microvolunteering opportunities to a wide

The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) has published the first online search tool for people looking to get involved in community gardening activities.

v, the National Young Volunteers Service, has today extended its vinspired mobile app to Android mobile phones.

The Institute of Fundraising is seeking applications from members to its board of trustees.

The British Heart Foundation reports that the number of men volunteering to work in its shops has increased by 100% in three years.