This week is national Volunteer Awareness Week, and youth volunteering is firmly under the spotlight. In the past decade, the number of 15- to 24-year-olds involved in volunteering has fallen. The pressures on young people’s time are increasing and, despite an array of communication tools, community groups say they’re finding it hard to connect with young people. Is youth volunteering dead? If not, what will it take to get more young people connected to their communities? Jehan Casinader is a Wellington-based journalist and youth affairs commentator.
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Vincent announces the Intrepid Volunteers Challenge and social networking site, so charities and volunteers like you can connect and bring change. The big idea is simply to reward our unsung heroes and make it easier for new volunteers to find a project that suits them. In terms of average hours of voluntary work per week New Zealand is a global leader but we want to help make New Zealand the world’s leading nation of volunteers per capita. This will help save hundreds of eco-systems and improve thousands of lives.
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