Volunteers

Nominations for The Queen's Award for Voluntary Service, "the MBE for volunteer groups", close on 30 September 2010.

Mobile operator Orange UK is inviting charities and developers to share practical ideas for using mobile technology "to transform volunteering in the UK".

The British Red Cross has unveiled its first mobile charity shop in the form of a double decker bus. The Big Red Cross Bus is a charity shop and volunteer information centre.

To mark 10 years of its community giving programme, the Golden Jubilee Trust, The John Lewis Partnership is providing an additional £50,000 to cover the cost of ten additional Partner secondments in

Santander's Community Days national volunteering programme began this week, with the aim of enabling employees to donate over 7,500 hours of their time and expertise to local charities and community p

The British Red Cross is inviting individuals and organisations to nominate their best young supporters for the charity's annual Humanitarian Citizens' Awards.

Jo Swinhoe and Gill Raikes have been co-opted as new Trustees onto the Institute of Fundraising's trustee board.

Volunteering England, the national volunteering development agency for England, has chosen to implement Access Dimensions and FocalPoint to provide budget holders across the organisation with better i

Online giving site The Big Give has launched a new feature to help charities attract trustees and skilled volunteers.