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Carpentry student gets volunteering

29 March 2010

City College Brighton and Hove carpentry student James Lovelidge is one of thousands of local teenagers who are now getting more involved in community work thanks to a new volunteering project worth more than £1m. Brighton is one of only five areas in the country chosen by the government to take part in a 'Community Service' pilot scheme.

Community and volunteer coordinators are being appointed in all our secondary schools, and will be supported by junior youth action teams. James (18) from Portslade, who volunteers for 12 hours a week at a variety of youth and play groups, says:

'I think you can benefit from volunteering in all sorts of ways and it brings different opportunities. I organise football sessions for the kids and help with running the coffee bar at the youth centre where I work. It helps me with my communications skills and generally, the volunteering experience is great to have on my CV.'

Activities are expected to include schools developing social enterprises with social entrepreneurs as mentors to raise money for good causes, environmental projects including clean-up days around schools and an additional 300 sports coaching training places linking with the city's Take Part International Festival of Sport. There are also plans to have projects on growing and cooking local food and training for young people to produce content for local community newspapers, radio and websites. The project will be a joint effort by the city's Children and Young People's Trust, the Creating Futures charity and v, the national young volunteer service.

For more information on the volunteering project, call Brighton & Hove Education Partnership Consultant Gill Ditch on 01273 290482 or email gill.ditch@brighton-hove.gov.uk

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About City College Brighton and Hove: Situated in the heart of Brighton, City College Brighton and Hove has become an international centre of vocational excellence. Every year 2,000 full-time, 10,000 part time, over 500 Higher Education and 250 14-16 year old students as well as many international and European students choose City College as their place of further and higher education training. In addition, the College provides training to over 2,000 businesses via its 'City Business Skills' department which focuses on employer training needs. Offering over 700 courses from basic level right through to business and postgraduate training, City College is working with its partners to develop the workforce of the future.