Young Lives, based in St Ives, has been awarded £599,926 funding by v, the youth volunteering charity, to get young people positively involved in their communities.

The project will support more than 10,000 young people aged between 16 and 25 to do volunteer work.

The young people can be given national recognition for any volunteering they do and can choose from a wide range of opportunities from one off events to full time volunteering, allowing them to try new things, develop their skills as well as giving something back to their local communities.

Young Lives is one of 152 projects across the country who will be funded by v as part of vinvolved, a new national youth volunteering programme backed by £75 million funding, which aims to inspire half a million more young people to volunteer in England.


The volunteering opportunities will be available from this month (April).

>> For more information visit www.wearev.com or the young people's portal www.vinspired.com